Developing A New Category

Now a bit of context, this was meant to be posted in February but got outdated due to v1.5 and me being lazy. that being said I'm glad I didn't upload it since due to the update it would've been an unbeatable record because of changes to the game's speed. With that information given now onto what this category actually does: Pretty simple, just complete every "Run" stage that exists in the custom match section of the game (with the exception of Planet Wisp Run 3 since it didn't exist in 1.4.6) while only using purple/epic rarity avatar abilities. This was originally meant to make the game more accessible to newcomers that wanted to speedrun the game as originally Stage Challenge, the other category for this game, costed medallions (currency gotten through event passes) to unlock all the levels, this has since been changed to having the unlock requirement be completing the previous level which is a very good change but that left this category in the shadows since there wasn't much of a purpose anymore. Well due to the game speed change unintentionally making the current standing times very hard to beat I thought it would be a good time to derust this other category and actually have it be on the boards instead of just that other run people sometimes do if they get bored of stage challenge. For more information about the rules it will be pinned in the comments as well as in the section where I link to the leaderboards which speaking of: --------------------------------------------------- The link to the Sonic Rumble leaderboards: https://www.speedrun.com/SonicRumble --------------------------------------------------- Category Rules: Complete all 35 (at the time) stages in the Run category of the Custom Match mode Runs start with Green Hill Run 1 and ends with Space Colony ARK Run 2 The rest of the stages can be completed in any order You are allowed to leave the stage when the "Finished" text appears for that stage CPUs are toggleable if needed *How to Access Custom Match* Go to Mode Select in the main menu (left of the play button) and scroll to the rightmost modes, click/tap the "Create a Custom Match" button. From here, runs can be done in either 1 or 3 round matches or set up for Practice Solo or Play with Others menus (although we highly recommend doing the run on Practice Solo). *Character Skills* "Avatar" Skills only. These are the skills with a purple background that any character can use. This excludes the Racecar skill as it isn't available for all players. Character specific skills are banned in this category due to them being stronger and having a premium cost, aka Shadow's Doom Wings providing a large movement boost AND invincibility. Timing Timing starts on selecting "Yes" on the Practice Solo prompt or "Play" on the Play with Others menu Time ends crossing the finish line or when "Finished" appears on Space Colony ARK Run 2 Run is timed using RTA (Real Time Attack) --------------------------------------------------- Social Links: Second Channel: ‪@greenlionextras‬ Vod Channel:‪@tophatnoob64‬ Twitch:   / greenlion257   Twitter/X: https://x.com/Greenlion257 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/greeniion.bs... Toppat's Bluesky (Art): https://bsky.app/profile/toppatnoob.b... ---------------------------------------------------