Popular Post Lordidude Posted March 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Hello everybody. Speedrunning games is something that gathers huge audiences online. Completing a game as quickly as humanly possible requires an insane amount of skill, dedication and sometimes luck. A community where speedrunning has not taken off yet are the trophy hunters. Some people are doing it already but there has been little incentive to do so. I welcome you to the Speedrun Platinum Challenge What can I win? The prize for the winner is a PSN card worth 20$. If more than 50 people are participating then the prize will be two cards worth 20$ for the winner and runner up. What is the goal? It's quite simple: get the world record in any game by earning the 100% trophy completion faster than anyone before. Timer starts when you earn your first trophy and ends when you earn the final trophy of that game (including all possible DLC trophies). The challenge starts today and ends on April 30th. Flaggable offenses as per this site's rules are banned: https://forum.psnprofiles.com/topic/52663-what-constitutes-a-flag/ What games can I play for this challenge? Basically all games are part of this challenge. There are only a few minor restrictions: All trophies must be obtainable (obviously) Game must have a Platinum Trophy The current record for the game must be at least 10 hours or longer The game must have at least 1000 platinum achievers You can see the current world record by going to the game's 100% completion page. Here is an example. Who can participate? All players who: are members on this site, have earned at least 1000 trophies and aren't banned from the leaderboards on this site. I already platinumed the game/Can I use an alt account? Yes you can use an alt account if you want to play a game that's already platted on your main account. Using your sibling's account or a new one is fine. The alt account needs to be linked to your main account. The main account has to fulfill the participation requirements. How do I sign up? This sounds really fun! Simply write a comment on this thread which game you want to participate before you earn your first trophy. Once you achieved your final time post it again. It's possible to play multiple different games during the challenge or even play the same game multiple times. In this case you need to announce what game/account you will be playing on before you earn your first trophy. The fastest one of your submitted times wins (see below). How do I win? You win by getting a world record in any game. If there are multiple winners then the leaderboards will be determined by how large the lead is in terms of percent. For example if a game has a current record of 20 hours and you do it in 10 hours then your winning margin is 100%. The highest percentage wins first place. If no record was achieved then the winner is whoever is the closest to the current record by percentage. ____ Since this is my first challenge I might have overlooked a few things. This means that some rules might slightly change during the duration of the challenge but I will alway try to be as fair as possible. If you have any suggestions, feedback or criticism don't hold back and contact me in this thread or in a private message. Happy Hunting! Edited March 17, 2021 by Lordidude 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 48 minutes ago, Lordidude said: What is the goal? It's quite simple: get the world record in any game by earning the 100% trophy completion faster than anyone before. Is there a qualifying body that needs to certify a world record (another site or organization that handles world records) or is just the fastest on PSNProfiles enough to qualify? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoesusHCrust Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, DaivRules said: Is there a qualifying body that needs to certify a world record (another site or organization that handles world records) or is just the fastest on PSNProfiles enough to qualify? That was exactly my first thought! My inner pedant was twitching that the time on this site seems to be being referred to as the 'world record' time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zauberwald1g Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 How long we have time? Currently moving places and just would lower tony hawks pro skater 1+2 on an alt if i have enough time to start it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Zauberwald1g said: How long we have time? Currently moving places and just would lower tony hawks pro skater 1+2 on an alt if i have enough time to start it ? I presume all of April. It's not clarified but the title of the thread and challenge name is "World Record Challenge April" Edited March 15, 2021 by DaivRules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zauberwald1g Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, DaivRules said: I presume all of April. It's not clarified but the title of the thread and challenge name is "World Record Challenge April" Ups sorry haha didn't saw it on mobile while on the run. Thanks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Zauberwald1g said: How long we have time? Currently moving places and just would lower tony hawks pro skater 1+2 on an alt if i have enough time to start it From now until April 30th. 30 minutes ago, DaivRules said: I presume all of April. It's not clarified but the title of the thread and challenge name is "World Record Challenge April" That is correct. Its stated in the initial post. 1 hour ago, DaivRules said: Is there a qualifying body that needs to certify a world record (another site or organization that handles world records) or is just the fastest on PSNProfiles enough to qualify? Its the PSNP times. As far as I know this is the only site measuring the times this way. Thanks to an established flagging system we also have some sense of guidelines about cheating questions. Edited March 15, 2021 by Lordidude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iGGTheEnd Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I love watching speedruns but I don't think I have the skill for this unless I chose a really insure game, currently I only have the fastest time in one game I think I could get the fastest time on PubG eu stack but that would require me to have 3 days off work. Good luck to all participants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
based_gigachad Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Curious, if this goes anywhere. Would want to do Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered - I have a pretty fast 100% time for the EU version and I know I could push this lower as I went to sleep and did a 9 hour shift at work in between my first and last trophy! That's theoretically enough time for me to shave off the 14 hours between my run (1 day 22 hours) and the fastest 100% time on PSNP which is 1 day 8 hours for the NA stack. If I did do this, I would probably try and import an NA version of the game so I can do the second stack. If I did do that, I'd still need to dedicate a whole weekend to it - play the game through Friday night into Saturday and including Sunday to get some sleep before work on Monday! EDIT: I have looked at 100% completion time for Need for Speed Rivals (both ps3 and ps4 versions) and the best is 1 day 7 hours. I have recently played the ps3 version, so I am relatively confident that I could beat this time if I play the PS4 version, probably get the time under 1 day! Edited March 15, 2021 by mareepx shortlisted another game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffiiti Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Interesting challenge but one thats not for me. I already operate on 4-5 hours of sleep a night just so I can fit some gaming time normally. If I tried this I would probably end up falling asleep in a meeting or not be able to function at all. Good luck to those that give it a shot. I will watch from the sidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoorayForTyler Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Lordidude said: What games can I play for this challenge? Basically all games are part of this challenge. There are only a few minor restrictions: All trophies must be obtainable (obviously) Game must have a Platinum Trophy The current record for the game must be at least 10 hours or longer The game must have at least 1000 platinum achievers Cool concept, and I’m interested. My only personal issue would would be pinpointing a good 10+ hour record that I can probably cut in half (I work 7 days a week currently). If I find days off before April 30th, I’ll probably participate. I need to think about the game I’ll be running and will comment back once I have an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 13 hours ago, mareepx said: EDIT: I have looked at 100% completion time for Need for Speed Rivals (both ps3 and ps4 versions) and the best is 1 day 7 hours. I have recently played the ps3 version, so I am relatively confident that I could beat this time if I play the PS4 version, probably get the time under 1 day! That sounds awesome! Go for it! 13 hours ago, HoorayForTyler said: My only personal issue would would be pinpointing a good 10+ hour record that I can probably cut in half (I work 7 days a week currently). The 10 hour rule is the least important rule. It's just a guarantee that no ratalaika games are played so that's probably way overboard anyway. I think I could go down to min. 5 hours which would be more reasonable. Do you think that would help? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoorayForTyler Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Lordidude said: I think I could go down to min. 5 hours which would be more reasonable. Do you think that would help? I actually think the 10 hour minimum makes things more interesting so it’s okay! I’m going to be running LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 (PS4) btw. I’ll comment back once I finish ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 11 hours ago, HoorayForTyler said: I actually think the 10 hour minimum makes things more interesting so it’s okay! I’m going to be running LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 (PS4) btw. I’ll comment back once I finish Nice! Have fun with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamoPh Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Great concept mate! I hope it gains traction and kickstarts a wider interest in trophy speedrunning. To help you pre-emptively refine the rules a little: 1) Do you allow for someone to complete a declared run and then attempt a different game for a better score? If yes, do you keep the best score, or is the first run immediately discarded as soon as a second game is declared? 2) What do you consider the current best time for games with multiple stacks? Is it the best time of the stack being run, or the best among all stacks? On 3/15/2021 at 6:17 PM, JoesusHCrust said: That was exactly my first thought! My inner pedant was twitching that the time on this site seems to be being referred to as the 'world record' time! If it makes you feel any better, the likelihood that the times on this site are the actual world records in trophy speedrunning is quite high. I'm happy to be corrected, but I'm not currently aware of another site that displays fastest times in trophy completion like this. Which means that if someone goes through the trouble of getting the fastest time, he will make sure it's displayed here. I know that you can submit a trophy run for some games over at speedrun.com, but you're at the mercy of each game's mods for whether they decide the category is worth including in their game's leaderboards. And typically when it is, there's only 1 entry, maybe 2. Yes, it's true that trophy hacking is rampant, and often it's impossible to prove, but until there's enough traction that there are people willing to go through numerous multi-hour videos to verify them, the policing of the leadeboard here is the best approximation we're gonna get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, NamoPh said: To help you pre-emptively refine the rules a little: 1) Do you allow for someone to complete a declared run and then attempt a different game for a better score? If yes, do you keep the best score, or is the first run immediately discarded as soon as a second game is declared? Yes you can attempt as many games as possible, given you announce it beforehand in this thread. Edit: Only the fastest record (in terms of percentage lead) per participant is being considered for the challenge however. Quote 2) What do you consider the current best time for games with multiple stacks? Is it the best time of the stack being run, or the best among all stacks? Different stacks are counted like different games. If a game has multiple stacks then each version has an own record that can be broken. The only limitation is that no partial or full autopopping is allowed. Quote If it makes you feel any better, the likelihood that the times on this site are the actual world records in trophy speedrunning is quite high. I'm happy to be corrected, but I'm not currently aware of another site that displays fastest times in trophy completion like this. I agree. This is the best verified leaderboard we have right now and conveniently enough the timed leaderboards are governed by the same cheater removal process that oversees the rest of the users. Edited March 17, 2021 by Lordidude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazcomp Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Interesting idea. Looking forward to seeing what people make of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 I updated the rules and questions in the initial post. They should answer the questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamoPh Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I'll put myself down for Jedi Fallen Order (EU) for now since that was gonna be the next game on my main profile anyway, and see where it takes me from there. https://psnprofiles.com/Croudostrasz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Bumping this for visibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MohandGamer7 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 i was going to work on Hiq unlimited but it doesn't have a platinum and it only takes an hour ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 19.3.2021 at 7:40 PM, Lordidude said: Bumping this for visibility This here once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehUberCheezCatz Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 i guess i can throw in for rez infinite, since i wanted to play it anyways, see how well that goes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehUberCheezCatz Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 ok so i did get the top in rez, though its only 34 minutes faster, but thats something, i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordidude Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 10.4.2021 at 9:44 AM, TehUberCheezCatz said: ok so i did get the top in rez, though its only 34 minutes faster, but thats something, i guess Congratulations on your record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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