To eliminate the advantage that emulators and USB loaders provide due to faster loading times, the Boss Battles category will now be tracked with the in-game time instead of RTA. There are a few runs on the leaderboard without videos, so I couldn't get in-game times for them; those will remain on the leaderboard for archive purposes, but will automatically be last place (assuming I can do this; if not, I'll remove them).
However, in-game time does not keep track of the room between boss fights. Getting hearts to heal obviously takes time, so you must add four seconds to your time for every heart you get in your run.
The Boss Battles leaderboards may look a bit off as I implement this change. If you see anything wrong in the next few hours, feel free to say something, but chances are that I'm still working on things. I'll post a reply here when I'm done, too.
A similar change may come to All-Star soon, especially if it becomes more active.
As for the other rule, any and all top 3 runs must have a video along with their submission, unless said run would be last place in the category. If it's the first-ever run for a category, a video is still required. This has basically been an unwritten rule for a few months, so I figured I'd make it official.
As always, I appreciate your feedback, support, and cooperation! Don't hesitate to contact me (preferably on Discord) if you have any questions or concerns.
Done; that was a lot less work than I thought it'd be. Because of the way I had to do it, this change is already partially implemented for All-Star, Co-op Boss Battles, and Co-op All-Star as well. Eventually, I'll fully implement it for those categories by actually going and looking at in-game times for every run, but I won't put a timeframe on that right now.
