Competitive Speedrunning

A Multi-Single Speedrun is the concept of having two or more people compete with one another in a single player game instead of a single, split-screen, or multiplayer speedrun.

This was the basis behind the many speedruns seen in RIPTO tournaments and events in the RIPTO community.

In ISGP, there remain a variety of these kinds of speedruns, ranging from the most basic collect-a-thon to the more rare Tag-Team Co-operative Matches.

Recorded Live
A Multi-Single Speedrun is often done live either in the same room, or (more commonly) over a VoIP program such as Skype or Discord. In advance, a proposed game and objective for the speedrun is decided upon. Once an agreement is reached, the competitors prepare their recording software for both commentary and video footage of the game they're playing. In some cases, game audio is also included.

One competitor (or observer) will start a countdown to signify the start of the run. Then, the racers scramble to complete their objective(s) before their opponents do. As the competitors aren't allowed to see anyone's screen except their own, they will often let everyone know where they're at during the race.

Split-screen video
Once a match has finished, each competitor prepares their video for editing to be put into a single split-screen video. They are then given to the volunteer video editor. As the guidelines are rather loose, the editor can be however fancy they want; however, they must provide the following information either in the video or YouTube's video description: Game, Objective(s), Names of Competitors, etc. In the case of tournaments, the video must be uploaded before the deadline, or the person responsible for uploading the video risks the match being made Void.