SM64O Why the mods made the choices they did.

First off, with every character having very different abilities, we believe comparing them against each other is a foolish move, and as such should be separated. Secondly, the issue with SC is that if we allowed that in every category, co-op would just be full of Rosalina's. As such we felt that was not a great idea, so we separated Star Cancelling categories from non-Star cancelling categories. third, we added multicharacter runs because people here requested them, and it sounded like a good idea. therefore, we have a fuckton of categories. Now, if we removed every empty category, it would look kind of dumb. Plus, by not having the category there, it makes it seem we don't want runs there. As for why we keep saying no to 16 star co-op, our logic is this. the reason 16 star is as popular is it is in SM64 is because its basically any% with no sblj's. Yet, in SM64O, any% with no sblj's would just be one star. If we then banned clipping into doors in general, it'd become 31 star. So, to make 16 star co-op viaable, we'd have to ban a specific way of clipping into a door. To me and the rest of the mods, that seems extremely arbitrary. Finally, I just want to reiterate that this is not an issue of us (the mods) v. them (the rest of the community). Many of the mods including myself have been involved in speedrunning for several years by now, and as such, we have a feel for what works and what does not work. I specifically mod 10 other games in addition to this one. I would never put myself before any other member of the community, and if it ever looks that way, then I apologize. However, just getting angry does not help anybody at all. In order to create change, we need to be able to feel omfortable talking to each other, and respect everybodies differing opinions. I know some of you are pissed that we were chosen to be mods and not others, but that was not up to us. We submitted the game just as much as you guys did. All I want is for us all to get along over our enjoyment of speedrunning Super Mario 64 Online. I'm sorry this is long, but I feel like i wrote out everything I needed to. If you have questions, requests, or anything else, please ask.