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'''Speedrun.com''' a website that provides leaderboards and forums. It is a place that community can upload the resource for speedrunning. Speedrun.com was created in 2013 by [https://www.speedrun.com/user/Pac Pac]. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/the_site/thread/bxhkz</ref> The website was acquired by Elo in 14 October 2020. <ref>https://discord.com/channels/124483701970173952/562563093092237312/765614490896957480</ref>
'''Speedrun.com''' is a website that provides leaderboards and forums. It is a place where communities can upload resources for speedrunning. Speedrun.com was created in 2013 by [https://www.speedrun.com/user/Pac Pac]. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/the_site/thread/bxhkz</ref> The website was acquired by Elo in 14 October 2020. <ref>https://discord.com/channels/124483701970173952/562563093092237312/765614490896957480</ref>
Speedrun.com used to partner with [[Guinness World Records]] before. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/the_site/thread/07rvd</ref>
Speedrun.com was partnered with [[Guinness World Records]] in the past. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/the_site/thread/07rvd</ref>
== History ==
== History ==
== Roles ==
== Roles ==
=== Leaderboard super moderator, regular moderator and verifier ===
=== Super Moderator, Moderator and Verifier ===
Super moderators are the people who can appoint verifier, regular moderator and super moderator in the leaderboard. However, they cannot change the position of other super moderators. They have all the permission of regular moderators and verifiers.
Super Moderators are the people who can appoint Verifiers, Moderators and can even add other Super Moderators on a leaderboard. However, they cannot change the position of other Super Moderators once one is added. On top of that, they also have all the permissions of Moderator and Verifier.
Moderators can edit leaderboard settings (such as categories or rules) and they can edit runs. They can also verify their own runs. They have all the permissions that Verifiers have.
Verifiers can review other user's run.
Verifiers can review runs in the queue, but they cannot edit runs that are already verified/rejected.
=== Elo staff ===
=== Elo staff ===
Elo staff are the people who are employee of Elo.
Elo staff refers to people employed at Elo, the company who owns speedrun.com.
=== Original donator ===
=== Original donator ===
Original donator were the donators in speedrun.com before speedrun.com got acquired. Before the website got acquired, original donators could make their username a gradient between two colours. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/changelog</ref> The users were also allowed to have animated profile picture. They could also access the beta translation of the website. All users could use those features after speedrun.com got acquired. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/news/570-2020-11-18-donation-perks-unlocked</ref>
Original Donor refer to the donators for speedrun.com before the site got acquired by Elo. Beforehand, Original Donors could pay to make their username a gradient between two colors. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/changelog</ref> They could also have animated profile pictures, and access beta translations of the website. These perks were made free for everyone<ref>https://www.speedrun.com/news/570-2020-11-18-donation-perks-unlocked</ref> after speedrun.com was sold and didn't need people to donate anymore, but their contribution is still honored with a special badge next to their name.
=== Removed ===
=== Removed ===
==== Admin ====
==== Admin ====
==== Full moderator ====
==== Full Moderator ====
==== Content moderator ====
==== Content Moderator ====
==== Translator ====
==== Translator ====
Translators were the users who translated the beta translation of the website.
Translators were the users who translated languages for the website.
== Website feature ==
== Website feature ==
== Speedrun.com iceberg ==
== Speedrun.com iceberg ==
sers on speedrun.com made an image that shows an iceberg of the site. <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/talk/thread/ynhru/1</ref>
=== Staff Test ===
=== Staff Test ===
Staff test <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/stafftest</ref> is possibly used by site staff to test the beta feature of speedrun.com. LewisAndSpark, the former employee in Elo submitted a run in that leaderboard before. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TycApIw3yMQ</ref><ref>https://www.speedrun.com/talk/thread/ynhru/2#77cyx</ref>
Staff test <ref>https://www.speedrun.com/stafftest</ref> is possibly used by site staff to test the beta feature of speedrun.com. LewisAndSpark, a former employee from Elo, submitted a run to the leaderboard. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TycApIw3yMQ</ref><ref>https://www.speedrun.com/talk/thread/ynhru/2#77cyx</ref>
=== Farming ===
=== Farming ===
Farming refers to getting a lot of world records, running a lot of games, verifying a lot of runs, being leaderboard moderator in a lot of leaderboards (also known as mod farming). Mod farming is the most disallow one because mod farming is against the site rule. There is also a community called Farmington which hosts leaderboard about farming different things in speedrun.com.
Farming refers to doing a lot of something, whether that be getting a lot of world records, runs, etc. Mod farming is the most controversial and is universally frowned upon as it promotes getting mod just to have it rather than genuinely taking care of the leaderboard, and it is against the Site Rules. There is also a community called Farmington which has leaderboards related to farming and tools to help you farm.
=== Statistics page ===
=== Statistics page ===
=== Invalid usernames ===
=== Invalid usernames ===
Invalid usernames refer to the username that has three or less than three characters. Some invalid usernames have more than 21 characters.
Invalid usernames usually refer to usernames that have less than 4 characters, although there are some that have 21 characters.
=== Rejected: Spam ===
=== Rejected: Spam ===
When a leaderboard moderator rejects a run with the reason "Spam", the run will be sent to site staff to review and decide if the runner should be banned.
When a leaderboard Moderator rejects a run with the reason "Spam", the run will be sent to site staff to review and decide if the runner should be banned.
== Elo ==
== Elo ==
== External link ==
== External link ==