United StatesMother 2 has a little bit of extra randomization that doesn't occur in EarthBound. When I looked at it briefly in the past, it appeared that HP increases from Vitality updates were the cause. It seems that how quickly you advance that specific text box affects how many RNG updates occur at that time. You could try delaying long enough to see if there is some upper bound to it.
When exactly does timing end? The rules state that it's on the last action "when the inventory box turns black," but the inventory box for the Staff turns black when you select it rather than when you use it. It seems everyone splits when using the Staff on the Behemoth, but I'd like to know the exact frame in case I ever need to retime my split off the VOD.
My method is explained here: https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/7j6ibq/wr_earthbound_any_debug_menu_in_1139_by_ceriam/dr8cwlz/
You can use a rom patch to enable access to the in-game debug menu and use that to warp around as desired. It is available here: http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2644
Wait, if Super Series leads to more people wanting Boogey% on the leaderboard, that means Super Series has to be ended? That doesn't make sense to me.
I agree that, if added, it should be a miscellaneous category rather than a main category.
As for it being an incomplete run, as I mentioned in my initial post and others have stated, partial runs are common in other speedrunning communities and are on their respective leaderboards (i.e., playing up until Magus in Chrono Trigger, Paladin in FF4, and Master Sword in ALLTP).
I really just don't see the harm in adding it. Saying that people would grind it if it were on the leaderboard isn't much of an argument against it in my opinion. That means people are speedrunning EarthBound. How is that a bad thing?
I regret mentioning SoK% since it's really a separate issue. I don't see the harm in leaving it on the leaderboard even though it does seem out of place.
There has been some discussion on Discord of adding Boogey% to the leaderboard.
The arguments in support of adding it are: it will help the community by bringing in new runners, and give them a place to post their times; Boogey% is EarthBound's version of Magus% or Paladin%, both of which are on their respective leaderboards; and it will give people a chance to go for a PB after a run dies when they don't have time to do another full run.
Arguments against are: it is an arbitrary category; it is merely a race category; and the leaderboard should not be cluttered.
There was also some discussion of possibly replacing SoK% with Boogey%.
What are your thoughts?
EDIT: To be clear, I am in support of adding it.
