Jay's Speed Mod

[Frances_Penfold]

Does the piece of tape come in the box with the PSP?

Yep-- on the plastic sleeve holding the warrantee registration card-- some people just want to move it onto the analog nubbin

In all seriousness, the problem with this argument regarding controller mods is this...

It just dawned on me that since my down button was stuck down (thereby keeping the nose of the ship up constantly) for a good portion of my Pure playing time, then a lot of my times actually would be invalid and should be deleted.

Not all controllers are born equally, and they sure as hell are altered naturally by use. Does that make Medusa's times invalid? Should she sell her PSP to the highest bidder at WOZ because it's an unmod'd controller that behaves like an outlawed mod'd one? That's why simple controller mods are almost always allowed for time trials and speed runs-- it is impossible to level the playing field. And if you try, you end up telling player X that he can't file the base of the D-pad to facilitate zig-zag mini turbos in Mario Kart Super Circuit while Player Y has effectively done this already by playing Mario Kart DS on his console... a situation that clearly isn't fair.

Not that I don't appreciate the "hard-line" approach-- I just want to point out that it's atypical even amongst sites that have TONS of very specific rules and that require pretty much everybody to document their times with videos

Edit--
If the decision is to very clearly outlaw CFW, I think that needs to be stated bluntly because some people don't interpret CFW as a mod. Just say it-- "All times must be set on a console running official Sony firmware-- custom firmwares are not permitted."