BelarusChris: Come on, Rom! Get out of the way! I need to finish this speedrun and get my personal best time!
Rom: Sorry, Chris. I can't let you pass.
Chris: What do you mean you can't let me pass? You're just a spider! You can't stop me from completing this run!
Rom: I can and I will. This is my home, and I won't let you disturb it with your silly games.
Chris: But I'm not trying to disturb anything! I just want to beat my personal best time!
Rom: I don't care what you want. You're intruding on my territory, and I won't tolerate it.
Chris: This is ridiculous. I've never heard of a spider getting in the way of someone's speedrun before.
Rom: That's because most people have the common sense to respect other creatures' habitats. You're being selfish and reckless.
Chris: I'm not being selfish or reckless! I just want to beat my personal best time! Is that too much to ask?
Rom: Apparently, it is. You need to learn to respect other living beings, even if they're not human. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a web to spin. Good day, Chris.
Chris: Fine, I'll leave you alone. But don't think I'll forget this, Rom. You're making it impossible for me to get my speedrun PB.
I agree that we should make a community vote (a fixed time limit of 'grace' period like 1 minute) and come up with unambiguous pause rule to avoid any confusion in the future. Runners can state the reasons for pausing on the description when submitting (eg: stuff IRL). I had a 20 seconds pause in one of my old runs (https://www.speedrun.com/dino2/run/yde1w0wm , 1:50 - 2:10) and it was still accepted by if while. I would like to know why it wasn't rejected. Does that imply there's a 'hidden' rule that says 20 seconds is allowed while 41 is not?
Either gotta have a rule where you state how long someone can pause for or you just have no rule. Would 40 seconds have been okay but 41 not or is it just how's mod feeling on the day.
Hi everyone! I've been doing some triceratops practice with the trice splits and i think it will be interesting to have a trice% board. Is it possible to make it happen? :)
