Hello everyone. It's that time of year again.
So for those who are in the Discord server FZN, you've seen the topic come up regularly and recently, so I'll keep it short
PROS:
- More competition; Climax is an expensive GBA game, Wii Us are expensive and would require you to import one (even more expensive and inconvenient) or mod it. Emulator gives more people the ability to compete, lots of people already have set times but aren't allowed to submit them yet
- Well that's the main thing really, but a very big one
CONS:
- It's easier to cheat on emu
- You lose the legitimacy of having all records set on legit copies (although personally I feel like VC is already blurring that line. Sure it's an official release, but it's still emulation)
- Possibly more work for proof mods
For now I'm posting this in the scope of allowing this only for Climax; depending on how things go from here, we can start allowing more, but this is the game that needs it the most (along with F-Zero X EK, but N64 emulation isn't nearly as good so that's out of the scope for now).
Vote in the poll and elaborate as necessary.
A draft of conditions could be as follows:
- Must have video proof (either for all times, or times above a certain rank)
- Must capture the entire emulator window and enable settings that prove it's not just playing back a TAS
- Only allow certain emulators that are proven to be accurate