ESA is holding an online edition of Break the Record: LIVE in collaboration with the Sonic Speedrunning community. This will be a three day event with a $3,000 prize pool

Prize pool sponsored by Kaspersky

• 1st place: $1,250
• 2nd place: $750
• 3rd place: $400
• 4th-6th: $200

ESA is holding open qualifiers for this event

Join the Sonic Community Discord to find out more: https://discord.gg/pwnWuZX

Join the BTRL – Event Discord to get involved: https://discord.gg/7kJYmNv

Qualifier leader board: https://www.speedrun.com/sadx/full_game#BTRL_-_All_Stories

Category Rules – All Stories

• This Category is PC Disc/Steam Version Exclusive.
• Start the timer on screen fadeout after selecting Game from the Character Selection screen OR on the last input in the instructions menu.
• Stop the timer when the In-Game timer for Perfect Chaos stops.
• You do not have to watch the credits at the end of each story.
• As the credits start you can soft reset or close and re open the game.
• PC Disc/Steam-specific rules:
  • Runs are timed by IGT (In-game Time.) This is NOT the save file timer, if you do not know how to configure Livesplit to show IGT and RTA times please use the following guide: Configuring Livesplit to IGT and RTA for Sonic Adventure DX
  • Any Enhancements or UI Scaling Graphics with SADX Mod Manager not allowed.
• The following mods are approved:
  • Xinput fix / Input Mod
  • EHCF
  • CCEF
  • 63/60 fps mod
• No cheats of any kind, unofficial versions, or texture hacks are allowed for these runs.
• Removing voice files or replacing music files is allowed during the qualifying period but not during the main contest.
• Editing voices files is not allowed as they impact the game directly.

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