SA World Ranking Updates 2/18/2000

This has not been updated in a while, but this is a major update–the Sonic Team posted an announcement that seriously focuses on how the World Rankings are done, and the insane times that are posted:

Thank you for your participation in the Sonic Adventure community.

Recently, it has been discovered that a non-standard controller sold in some parts of the world allows players to move slightly faster than those using standard Dreamcast controllers. (This is due to different analog output values in the non-standard controller.)

In order to keep the World Rankings fair for contestants worldwide, we ask that all participants only use standard Dreamcast controllers in all future competitions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Also, for future World Ranking events, we will select competitive events and stages very carefully, to minimize any differences caused by the use of non-standard controllers.

We ask for your cooperation in making sure that Sonic players worldwide can enjoy these competitions.

At the bottom of the page, you are asked to agree or disagree. Now, the third-party controllers are pretty much unknown, but if anything comes up, we’ll tell you. I can tell you that I have a third-party controller here @ TSSZ HQ, the AstroPad. I used it during the Ice Cap WRs, and it worked extremely well in turns. Perhaps that was a major factor in this message.

That aside, the E-102y in Red Mountain contest has begun. This time, the highest time wins, and there are indeed some high times:

1. Marvel, USA, 8:09.49

2. Drops, USA, 8:05.87

3. Flyojumper, USA, 7:20.84

4. BUNCEY, UK, 7:16.28

5. Flinty, UK, 7:13.19

6. Crimson_fury, Canada, 7:03.49

7. Dean, UK, 7:01.38

8. CREATURE, Canada, 5:56.11

9. Dave, USA, 5:38.76

10. Fudge, USA, 5:38.04

We’ll have updates when we get them.