Terminology

General Terms

Src or Sr.c- Speedrun.com

SoB - Sum of your best segments/splits.

Emu - Emulator

LiveSplit - A software to keep track of how you are doing in a run by saving each segment takes you to do and how much time you gained or lost.

Category Terms

Any% - Complete the goal as fast as possible using any means possible.

Any% Glitchless - Complete the goal as fast as possible without using glitches.

100% - Complete everything in the game as fast as possible.

Deathless - Complete the game without dying as fast as possible.

Warpless - Complete the game without using warps as fast as possible.

Low% or Minimum% - Complete the game doing as little as possible.

Longplay - A Speedrun with no focus on speed.

RTA (Real Time Attack) - A Speedrun counted in “real time” instead of an in game timer.

IGT (In Game Time) - A Speedrun counted from an in game timer implemented in the game.

NG+ (New Game Plus) - A Speedrun completed using items and/or bonuses carried over from other playthroughs of a game.

Reverse Boss Order - A Speedrun making you complete the bosses in opposite order.

OOB (Out Of Bound) - Getting outside of the normal boundaries of a game.

Blind Run - Speedrunning a game for the first time not knowing what will happen.

Blindfolded Run - Speedrunning a game literally blindfolded.

TAS (Tool assisted speedrun/superplay) - A theoretically perfect or high level gameplay made using the help of tools, such as frame advance, savestates slowdown, etc.

Leaderboard Terms

WR - World Record

TWR - Tied World Record

UWR - Untied World Record

FWR - Former World Record

Sub## - When a run is sub a certain time, it usually means it is respectable. When a runner says they are going for Sub-20 minutes it usually means that any time under 20 minutes is a decent run.

Strat - Strategy

Safe Strat - A safer strategy.

Marathon Strat - A safer but slower strategy used in marathons.

Marathon - A speedrunning event in which many runners get together to run many games one after another.

Route - A planned path for the speedrunner to follow.

PB - Personal Best

IL - Individual Level

FPS - Frames Per Second

Retiming - The action of using tools to analyze a video and see the precise time of a run.

Retime Tools - Tools to help retime a run. Some examples are Somewes Retime Tool, Better Speedrun Timer, and Slushpuppie's Retime Tool

Running Terms

Buffer - Inputting an action while another is still going on.

Pause Buffer - Buffering a command out of a paused game.

Clip - Clipping is the act of going through something that should be solid.

Cycle - A place in a game where you can only progress in increments of time.

Damage Boost - Taking damage to take advantage of frames of invincibility.

Death Abuse - Dying in a speedrun specifically to get some sort of advantage.

Emulator - Any program used to mimic a game console.

Gold - get a best time on a segment of a splitting software

I-frames - frames of invincibility

Reset - Restarting a run

RNG - Random Number Generator

RNG Manipulation - Manipulating a game’s random number generating algorithm to make what should be unpredictable predictable.

Save State - An emulator’s ability to save the game at any point in time and revert back to it instantly.

Save Warp - Reloading a game to restart at a save point because it is faster than traveling there normally.

Soft Lock - A state the game is in and also soft lock doesn't prevent you from completing a game as for example restarting the game most likely gets you out.

Split - Save the time segment on a splits software to keep track of how well you did on the segment or how you compare to your set time on it.

Hard Lock - Making a save file incompletable

Farming Terms

Mod Farming - Becoming a moderator of many games just to show on you profile that you moderate a lot of games. Very disliked by the community.

Post Farming - Making useless/a lot of threads, or posting nonstop so that you have a lot of posts on your profile. Very disliked by the community.

Run Farming - Running a lot of games/running very short categories to show that you have a lot of runs on your profile.

Game Farming - Running multiple games without trying to show that you have played a lot of games.

World Record Farming - Running many short and easy categories but trying to get a lot of world records.

Podium Farming - Running many short categories trying to get top 3 on those leaderboards to have a lot of podiums.

Category Farming - Running a lot of different categories from different games.

Farmington - A discord server for run farmers. A leaderboard showing top 50 (sometimes top 100) people for different farming categories.

Speedrun.com Game Terms

Category Extensions - A leaderboard meant for extra categories for a game or game series (usually meme categories).

CE - Category Extensions

Base Game - The main game of a series of games including Category Extensions, Custom Content, Fangames, etc.

Game Types:

ROM Hack - A game that has been modified.

Modification - A game that has been modified on PC.

Fangame - An unofficial game of an official game made by a different person/company.

Webgame - A game found on the internet browser.

Pre-Release - A game that has been released early.

Mobile - A game that is found on a phone.

Expansion/DLC - Add-Ons to a game.

Multi-Game - Multiple games are being played.

Minigame/Gamemode - A mode that is played in the game and not the actual game.

Server/Map - A custom server or map made by a separate player.

Homebrew - Games made by unlicensed game programmers.

Sub-Game - A game within another game.