Quote from Jumpman__:
It seems a little complicated but I'll do it if I have to. I know for a fact it's going to be the exact same quality as my previous run, so would it be acceptable to use that as a quality test?
You could, but I'd take a small snippet of the run and upload that so the people who'll be checking your video quality don't have to download and watch the entire run.
Quote from Jacky Durand:
This is exactly why I never got too deep into recording something for this game even though I did an any% run-attempt of 2:10 (with many mistakes). I suck at Mumbo's Mountain. Even with termite skip I'm slower than Jumpman, but I make up for it later. I think it's a problem if you have to be perfect in the earlier parts of the game to even be considered for an accept. In this game you don't get the best time by beating MM 7 seconds faster, but by finding the fastest route in the later levels. Jumpman clearly did that in most levels.
I agree with this. My perspective is generally a 3-second mistake is a 3-second mistake, no matter where in the run it is. A bad beginning does look sloppy, but you need to look at the entire run.