Q: Why is playing on emulator a big enough deal to be a separate category?Ī: It would be nice if everyone would play on console because we wouldn't really have to worry about little stuff when making comparisons, but that's not an option for everyone. Hurblat wanted to get everyone's input on different controller types (regular controller/vs keyboard).

Q: Why were the times separated on the leaderboard?Ī: Because we were unsure of the timing differences between console and emulator. Long version (because I want to put some stuff to rest) This thread is about people having a friendly competition and pushing it to the limits. TMR and Heidman are both incredible at the game and they've done more than their share to push the time down. TheMexicanRunner has posted the best time for the game and Heidman's got the best time on console and let's put the other semantics to rest. I've talked to Hurblat about merging the leaderboards together and just listing the platform alongside of each time. There wasn't any intention of alienating anyone or creating a faction in the community. The category split was because there wasn't a lot of clarity about how the times might have differed between versions and to get input on how people felt on emulator vs console and keyboard. I'm going to give a short version and a long version. I was going to let sleeping dogs lie, but here's one last poke at this.

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