Speedrunner of the Week Revival #3

[Atari4600]

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wonder if that shortcut is allowed (can either low jump it or use sword to take away the vanish & speed across)

Hmm, another situation where 
Glitch: No
Breaks level flow: Yes

perhaps a slight edit to the rules would be beneficial and would clear a lot of this up.

Rule 1: The user must play the level as the creator intended.
Rule 2: Glitches are allowed IF they do not break level flow.
Rule 3: If the level intends for you to glitch in order to advance in the level it is allowed (obviously) (This is a redundant rule because by following rule 1 you play the map as intended by the creator)

however, if you decide to glitch so that you can skip a segment of a map then it breaks level flow and therefore not allowed

Two of the controversial tricks are

1) Low Jumps
which means you are above the lowest part of a block, but your Next intended XPOS is within "corner glitching" range and as you collide with the block from the side, pr2 sets your position on top of the block. There are a few ways this can be done, but the important part is that it is a glitch. But, in many cases it does not break level flow within the level. low jumps can be done accidentally or on purpose but the important part is that it does not break level flow.

2) "Head Glitches" (I will refer to this as "Head Clips" because this is not a glitch)
This is where pr2 does a poor job determining where your pr2 character inside of a 1-block tall gap. So in regards to Bi3liu's question, his pr2 character could skip a portion of the map without actually glitching. So, it violates rule 1 because the creator did not intend that their map to be traveled in that manner.

with this edit to the rules it would be easy to answer Bi3liu's question, because doing that head clip would result in a break of level flow which is against the rules. However, in the previous week, Bi3liu's question would be allowed because while it is the same head clip, it does not break level flow and therefore would be allowed.

It is easier to define breaking level flow versus defining what a glitch is and isn't