First of all, I want to welcome you to TASvideos. I'm sure you will be a great contributor to the site in time. As for the run, I agree with the other posters above me: this run looks like a practice run. The route looks solid, but this run does not show the high level of precision typical of the runs we publish on this site. It's very noticeable during levels where you use a checkpoint death to skip the end bonus screen; you often go out of your way to break boxes beforehand, as if you're trying to shorten the results screen, yet also deathskipping it later on. Additional entertainment is also critical in a run of this nature. If you have to wait for a platform or a scripted event (or ESPECIALLY during the extremely repetitive boss fights), why not dick around a bit and keep us entertained? The entire point of this site is to create runs that are entertaining to watch; superhuman play is only one part of the equation. That's not to say the whole run was bad. Many of the 2D sections were downright impressive with shortcuts that came out of nowhere. The gem skip at The Great Gate was also great too (I remember trying forever to get around that level-end gate as a kid, and I could never pull it off...grumble grumble...) I also seem to remember that beating Cortex might have been slightly faster than going through The Great Hall. I mean either way you finish the game with 100%, I don't think you're required to activate the secret ending. My favourite levels in the run were Sunset Vista and Heavy Machinery, hands down, but I guess it's one of those things where you can only fully appreciate how hard a level is if you've played it yourself. Despite the critique, this is not an insult directed again you, turbofa. I used to make some really sloppy runs when I was a newbie here, and it's part of the learning experience. I encourage you to go ahead and try to make a faster version of this run. I know you can get a run in this category published; the game deserves it. But alas, it deserves better than this. I'm giving this run a meh vote, borderline no, because despite the imprecision it was still entertaining to watch and a great nostalgia trip.