Here are some suggestions and ideas i have for the leaderboard.
#new timing rule
i think timing should just be done from when you spawn in to when you kill the last enemy( either first frame of the reactor exploding or first frame of the text appearing)
#Timer rule
The timer rule is bullshit and doesn't make sense. There is no reason( at least to me ) to have a timer shown. There is no autosplitter or anything like that. So showing a timer doesn't do anything. On-top of that its against moderation rules https://www.speedrun.com/moderationrules
#retiming
back to timing.. i don't think the leaderboard moderation retimes runs (i only talk about Mrsp1k3s in this case because tselis is inactive) That should 100% change... runs should always be retimed ..doesn't matter who did them... maybe i timed my runs perfectly right so you didn't have to retime them but when i retime other runs they don't fit. So something doesn't seem right. (Timing rules are also pretty uncertain..i mean when does the button count as clicked=?? when is an enemy defeated?? a hint towards "#new timing rule")
#solar system category
The solar system category isn't really needed . To my knowledge is it the same as tiny galaxy, unless i miss something here. The category can be removed.
#time with and without loads
tbh I'm uncertain about that, but i don't think its fully needed. We can just change the timing start like in " "#new timing rule"" and it will prob have somewhat of the same effect. The only categories that would use the time without loads are the galaxy runs and the credit collection. I guess it could be a nice addition there but i doubt those few seconds will really be that much of a influence. It can stay but only if we change the timing start to what i said in " "#new timing rule"" and if we don't have it in the planet category .. since there are no loads there.
(also its a lot of work to remove the loads)
#no speedup and speedup
Its pretty good right now , but i don't think we need it in the galaxy runs or the credit collection. You will always use the speed up there...unless you want to waste your life haha.
So removing it from the "long" categories would be smart i think.
#new moderation
Currently the supermod is inactive and the only mod is Mrsp1k3s. We should get a few new moderators that know the game , are active and know how to moderate a leaderboard. I think its a bit hard for Mrsp1k3s right now because he doesn't have a lot of experience in moderating a leaderboarrd . I know that Captain Redstone would like to moderate the leaderboard and i also don't mind to moderate it. If we can get into contact with tselis that would be great.
#Game Cover
It looks weird and stretched. yea... idk get a good one haha.
#Any% credit collection
I dont think we need to have Any% in the name... while yes its true...but just having it named "Credit collection" looks better. If people are confused if they have to complete a few solar systems or smth before they collect the money we can just include somthing like:" You dont have to finish any amount of solar systems or planets" , but i think people understand what they have to do from the name alone.
I pretty much agree with everything, especially new moderation. The community is starting to notice speedrunning because of jannik and I expect there will be quite a few more runs being submitted in the near future. I also completely agree that the timer rule is unnecessary when you can verify run times with a stopwatch. There's no reason to have a timer shown in the video, especially when it's going to be less accurate than looking at frames in a video editor.
In terms of the game cover and the Speedrun.com logo, I saw (and others are probably aware of this too) that some people have made new ones that look better than the current ones, which can be found in #general of the Cosmoteer server.
It looks like tselis has linked his discord to his mod page, so I'll try find him and get in touch with him today, if possible. EDIT: looks like his discord name linked on his profile is inactive, so someone will have to find some other way to contact him (maybe sending him a message through speedrun.coms message system?).
Also the discord link in the sidebar goes to an invite link in #off-topic, which should probably be fixed.
yea ive already asked Mrsp1k3s about the discord link. he doesnt seem to respond. Oh and yea i contacted tselis on twitter.. hope he will see it.
Just as information, I've reached out to both tselis's speedrun.com and discord accounts, but haven't heard anything back so far
Edit: He's just re-joined the Cosmoteer discord, and says he'll be available soon
Btw in terms of new moderation I'd be happy to help or if there's too many mods I'd also be happy to be a verifier (see the bottom of https://www.speedrun.com/moderationrules).
Btw your account needs to be at least 30days old in order to moderate a leaderboard. @UltraNova-01
