comparing one of my runs from nearly 10 years ago to a more recent one...

This makes me feel that I've gotten worse at this game; I somewhat do like the xbox version more, but that might be bias of that is the version I learned the speedrun on... I also know some of the drop rates were changed on the xbox version (at this point) where I think the old run was very lucky, but as I don't have all the drop rates for both versions and I don't actually know how your LCK changes it, thus I can't give a "fair" analysis... I do think the 'newer' route is 'better' in a few ways but there could be a few things I might be better off using the 'older' strats for (maybe just leave the Mage out through the Machine Tower could be better...) I think a similar IGT to the xbox time is probably possible on the modded PS3, but it is probably a bit harder... [If I can get my xbox fixed/replaced I might use that version again for a bit... {though replacing it will likely be a older model xbox...}] This is also why we have changed the speedrun timing method of this game as the different ways you can play it have drastically different load times and the load screens are not a part of the gameplay therefore just having a newer/better way to play isn't an expression of your skill at the game. {also it makes us not have to outright ban emulators as PS2/xbox emulation is not the best at accurately emulating this game, especially not the loading, but making the loading worse on emulator to make it more accurate does not seem like the best idea to me at least... and xbox emulation is not great for this game (yet, hopefully it gets better)} [I think the modded PS3 has load times more comparable to the xbox version than the PS2 version, emu has a different rate(s), PS2 consoles have a different rate(s) and all those are too much different to just put a time penalty / advantage to the faster / slower version be meaningful... we are also ignoring the fact different console revisions most likely will be better or worse depending on the revision, and that some models of PS3 did have backward compatibility with PS2 games. (this game was never put onto the xbox360 backward compatibility games)... timing without loads technically does make a few strats that would be worse in RTA better for LRT but any I could think of are extremely minor...] even in this the xbox version takes advantage of the fact it loads faster to use a different Memorial Ticket location that was basically never considered for the PS2 version because the loading was that much worse...