The best PvE players in the world are competing to see who is the fastest speedrunner in the raid “Last Wish” in Destiny 2. It’s all about rules, short-term changes to those rules, and a lot of drama.
The top players of Destiny 2 are usually not satisfied with just defeating a raid. They work hard to always find new ways to complete raids in record time. One of these speedruns by Slayerage and his clan “The Legend Himself” has caused a stir in the community.
And not even because of the players themselves, but because of a completely different clan.
Top player disqualified for skating
What happened? The clan The Legend Himself recently set a new world record for the raid “Last Wish” with 26 minutes and 22 seconds. The clan and especially the player Slayerage are no strangers when it comes to setting new records or outrageous runs.
The clan decided to submit their run to speedrun.com to have the world record recognized within the community. speedrun.com is a website where all sorts of records for various games are collected. The site is monitored and operated by the various game communities.
Why was there trouble? The Legend Himself was disqualified from their run by the leaderboard on speedrun.com because they used Titan Skating. This allows Titans to move faster with their Catapult Jump.
TLH was accused of using a macro for Titan Skating. It is officially possible to remap the jump key on PC in the Destiny 2 settings to other keys. This includes the mouse wheel, which the clan claims to have used.
The moderators of the leaderboard justified the DQ by stating that consistent rules should apply to all platforms. Titan Skating is not possible on consoles due to the FPS limitation.
TLH defended themselves by stating that the rule only makes sense if you have a team of six Titans. However, the run was completed with only one Titan, two Hunters, and three Warlocks, and the checkpoints load only as fast as the slowest player: therefore, Titan Skating would not benefit mixed teams.
When the referee plays along and changes the rules …
Where is the drama now? The Legend Himself was disqualified by Indica, a member of Clan Redeem, who also moderates the leaderboard for Destiny 2 on speedrun.com. According to the community, this represents a conflict of interest, as Clan Redeem also participates in speedruns and held the world record at the time of TLH’s record attempt.
The rule against Titan Skating was also not visible in the rules on speedrun.com at the time of the record attempt and was only added after TLH submitted their run.
After Indica was pointed out that he had himself violated one of the rules, namely that no more than 10 percent of the Super may be available before the start of the speedrun, this point was quietly removed from the rules.
What does the community think? The Guardians in the Destiny subreddit have almost unanimously sided with Slayerage and TLH. It particularly bothers them that players who themselves participate in speedruns also decide on the runs of others.
Moreover, the actions of Redeem players Indica and Ehroar were not well received in the community. While Indica was allegedly responsible for the rule changes, Ehroar insulted Slayerage and his clan on Twitter.
Clan Redeem already has a hard standing in the community: The clan is known for being incredibly competitive and stood out in Destiny 2 especially by using the Coil Glitch in the “World First” run of the Prestige Leviathan raid.
The community also accuses the clan of having used the Primus Engram Glitch to achieve the “World First” of the Forsaken raid. Furthermore, they are said to have glitched in before the opening of the raid to grab raid-exclusive loot.
Enough drama! Conflict point is out
What impact did the dispute have? The reputation of Clan Redeem has undoubtedly suffered in the community. After the commotion, Indica was excluded from Redeem.
The founder of Redeem stated that Indica has repeatedly been responsible for controversies. Speedruns should be fun and not serve as a stage for childish, toxic behavior.
The Guardians in the subreddit, however, believe this is still not enough. They are calling for Ehroar to be removed from the clan for his toxicity.
