I'll probably give it a shot.
Okay, I got onto IRC. How do the races work anyways? Do I just announce when I start and when I finish, or do I have to film my gaming as proof? Do we play on emulators or on consoles?
Somebody will start a race when there are multiple people who want to race with the .startrace command and set the goal with the .setgoal command. Type .enter to enter the race and .ready when you are on the file select screen. The race will start when everybody is ready or the time limit is reached. The bot in the IRC will do a countdown and give a file name. Enter it as the file name and start. Type .done when you have finished. You can find a complete list of commands here:
http://www.speedrunslive.com/. We usually play on consoles. You can stream your gameplay on
http://www.ustream.tv/ if you want, but it's not required.
For the puzzle race, the goal will be on an image that will be linked to in the IRC when you type .goal. If you finish the puzzle you may have to tell your route to Cosmo so he can be sure you obeyed the rules and restrictions. Good luck and I hope to see you there.
