Prepare yourselves for a challenge which will test your wit and of course - speed.

**Starting Date:** 12:00pm UTC May 22nd, 2024

**Duration:** 11 days, until 11:59PM UTC June 2nd, 2024

This challenge is especially exciting, because we’ve worked with the developer on some extra content developed *specifically* for this speedrun challenge - more on that later. Here’s what you need to know:

## **Eligibility:**

Must own a legitimate copy of Athena Crisis

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, and Venezuela.

## **Category:**

As this is a challenge for a pre-existing game, we will not be revealing the category until near the start of the challenge to avoid anyone starting too far ahead of time. That said, if you want to hop in a game and start learning the basics to prepare yourself - we encourage you to do so if you’d like!

# **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via our[ Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section.

# **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

**Contest Rules:**[https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/contest)

**Category Rules:**[https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Prize Distribution:**

The $1000 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the chosen category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $500

**2nd place** - $300

**3rd place** - $200

## **Challenges**

In case you aren’t aware of what a challenge is in the context of Speedrun.com, a Challenge leaderboard functions similarly to the regular leaderboards you're already familiar with. However, we've made a few layout adjustments to cater to the time-sensitive nature of challenges and the inclusion of prize pools.

We always aim to avoid any undue pressure on the associated moderation team with whatever game is the focus of the challenge - so to ensure a smooth process, all runs submitted to the challenge leaderboard will be screened and verified by either SRC staff or Athena Crisis moderation team members *volunteering for the challenge specifically*. After the challenge concludes, SRC staff will collaborate with the Athena Crisis moderation team to discuss the potential merging of challenge runs into the regular leaderboard once the moratorium period expires, respecting the mod team's preferences.

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To follow the challenge as well as find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit the[ Athena Crisis Challenge leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/ml3l8pr0-Athena_Crisis-athena-crisis-speedrun-challenge) and the #🏃🏽-speedrun channel in the [Athena Crisis Discord server](https://discord.gg/ch9qYJ34Xq)

Good luck, and have fun speedrunners! :)

Attention all turn-based strategy enjoyers and speedrunners from all genres! We are extremely excited to announce our $1000 Athena Crisis Speedrunning Challenge in collaboration with Nakazawa Tech & Null Games!

Athena Crisis $1000 Speedrun Challenge!

Hello everyone, NFS Tournaments is happy to announce that it's going to host a BlackBox Relay Race between Stacked Deck and Eastsiderz, prepared to battle to the last mile!

# **Games:**

- Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2)
- Underground
- Underground 2
- Most Wanted
- Carbon
- ProStreet
- Undercover
- The Run

# **Hosting Channels**

### [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/nfstournaments)

### [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@nfstournaments/featured)

# **Schedule**

**Starting day:** May 25th, 2024

**Starting hour:**** 5PM CEST

@SlivenKage vs @thereisnofuture - NFS Underground 2: 5PM-11:20PM

@VROOMGUYx vs @toni_935 - NFS Most Wanted: 11:20PM-3:00AM

@kunesz vs @Cousin - NFS Carbon: 3:00AM-5:05AM

@SF5109 vs @DJTHED - NFS Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2): 5:05AM-6:45AM

@icecreaaam. vs @CrayZeei - NFS ProStreet: 6:45AM-8:55AM

@Cement Mixer vs @wortex - NFS Underground: 8:55AM-2:10PM

@MilesDippereon vs @CrayZeei - NFS Undercover: 2:10PM-5:35PM

@marino111 vs @SecondLtBadger - NFS The Run: 5:35PM-8:40PM

We will be very happy if you come join us in this amazing race and enjoy the show!

***The NFS Community is organizing a BlackBox Relay Race between 2 teams. Come watch us and have some fun starting time is 25th of May 5PM CEST Time!***

Need for Speed: BlackBox Relay Race 2024 (NFS Tournaments)

*Indie Horror Speedruns Presents…*

# **IHS Summer Marathon 2024**

Many of you know Indie Horror Speedruns for our yearly winter marathons centered around indie horror games as well as our preservation of indie horror speedrunning. We’re proud to present our first summer marathon along with the opening of submissions for IHS Summer Marathon 2024. Taking place live on June 15th 2024 at 1PM eastern standard time and running for roughly about 8 hours. All horror centered and horror-adjacent games are eligible to be submitted but indie horror games will always be prioritized. Official guidelines and rules can be found below and if you have any more questions feel free to contact us at [@IndieHorrorSR](https://linktr.ee/indiehorrorspeedruns) or join our [Discord.](https://discord.gg/Kxm6mHnZv3)

# **Submission Guidelines**

-Submit Here: [https://oengus.io/marathon/IHSSM24](https://oengus.io/marathon/IHSSM24)

-All participants are limited to 5 game submissions for any category of each game.

-Submissions are required to be at least horror-genre centered or contain horror elements. Indie games are preferred but not required. Final exceptions will be decided by the IHS staff team.

-All submissions must be sent in to our Oengus forum by June 1st 2024 12:00am eastern standard time.

-All runners are required to be available the day of the marathon and there will be no exceptions in regards to schedule changes.

# **Scheduling**

IHS Summer Marathon will be taking place live June 15th 2024 on [Twitch.tv/IndieHorrorSpeedruns](https://www.twitch.tv/IndieHorrorSpeedruns) at 1PM eastern standard time.

-Submissions CLOSE 12:00AM eastern standard time on June 1st 2024.

-Official schedule announcement on June 7th 2024.

-No exceptions to schedule changes unless at IHS Staff discretion.

-Live event on June 15th 2024 1PM eastern standard time.

We hope to see our whole community attend along with new faces interested in indie horror speedrunning. We’ve hosted the premiere event for indie horror speedrunning since 2022 and we’re excited to bring this event to the summer.

See you there.

Many of you know Indie Horror Speedruns for our yearly winter marathons centered around indie horror games as well as our preservation of indie horror speedrunning...

Indie Horror Speedruns Presents... IHS Summer Marathon 2024

Summer Segments Scramble is returning to host the third ever Grand Theft Auto V speedrun tournament! This year, up to 32 speedrunners will be competing in one on one races in the six most popular and entertaining any% segments along with three of the most popular miscellaneous categories.

## Categories

- Trevor%
- Countryside
- Blitz Play
- Deep Inside
- Fresh Meat
- The Third Way
- All Stunt Jumps
- All Races
- Epsilon Program

# Dates

The first races will take place on June 14th. Most races will take place on the following Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and the tournament is expected to conclude by August 18th. Exact race times will be announced on the GTA V speedrun server once they are scheduled.

# Prize Pool

Prize money consists entirely of donations from the GTA V speedrunning community over the course of the tournament. As of right now, a little over $900 has been raised so far. At the end of the tournament, prize money will be distributed as follows:

- First Place - 45.0%
- Second Place - 25.0%
- Third Place - 17.5%
- Fourth Place - 12.5%

# Eligibility

Signups for this tournament will be open to the public until June 8th at 9:59PM UTC. Anyone is welcome to sign up, but if the cap of 32 players is exceeded, the competition will be limited to the applicants with the best GTA V speedrun personal bests.

All races for this tournament will be streamed, so any competitors must be capable of maintaining a livestream with a reliable connection.

More details about the schedule, rules, and forms to sign up are available on The GTA V Speedrun Discord Server: [https://discord.com/invite/3qjGGBM](https://discord.com/invite/3qjGGBM)

Starting June 14th, top speedrunners will compete for a community funded prize pool in Grand Theft Auto V’s most popular any% segments and miscellaneous categories. Signups are open to the public until June 8th.

Grand Theft Auto V Speedrun Tournament

Grand Theft Auto V

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

Athena Crisis

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RakeJyals

SlivenKage

Zomb_Slays

MoistCr1TiKaL $10,000 Speedrun Challenge #5

Athena Crisis Completionist Speedrun Challenge

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Survive both Chapter 1 & 2 of Poppy Playtime

SRC Series: Poppy Playtime Duo Challenge

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SRC Series: Ultrakill All Secret Levels (Inbounds)

SRC Series: Rocket Racing Expert Tracks

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Pit of Eternal Sands - $10,000 Speedrun Challenge

Blood Will Run $10,000 Challenge

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ULTRAKILL

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1

Ghostrunner 2

Another Crab's Treasure

In order to properly figure out categories, rules, timing method, etc. this leaderboard will not feature any runs for the first two weeks after the game's release. In the meantime you can join us in the [Prince of Persia discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/0Ss0agDWPoiSvr3E) to discuss about the game.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Rocket Racing

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Leaderboard will be closed for moderators to prepare for full game release.

The Outlast Trials

Indigo Park: Chapter 1

The leaderboards will open 2 weeks from launch to allow discussion about the categories we want to start out with.