Yeah, I would understand if it was anywhere in the rules that they had changed the requirements. But I went through all the rules with a fine tooth comb and it in no way or point restricted runs from endless games, nor has it stated arbitrary goals don't qualify as a speedrun.

Its unfortunate but I guess Ill have to drum this up on the reddit and start a community for it there.

Thanks RaggedDan for the suggestion. Hopefully there is simething added to the game in future that can help it get its foot in the door for speedruns.

I keep trying to submit to have a new category for Project Zomboid;s A Really CD DA challenge mode. If you know the challenge mode then the goals of the speedrun are, cure the cold and heal the injury, then sleep in a bed. Which makes a fair amount of sense if you know the challenge.

I keep getting rejected because "We are not accepting speedruns from endless games with arbitrary goals".

But there are speedruns for other endless games with arbitrary goals.

Such as Dayz and 7dtd die having a "Kill a zombie" speedrun, or the sims having a "Max out a carrier speedrun". What makes these endless games with arbitrary goals allowable compared with mine?

I know Project Zomboid has an active player base, especially for the challenge mode, and has an average of 14k players online. Me and some friends who play the game are waiting until we can get the category to do speedruns, but its wierd that the rules are unevenly enforced across the board.

Is there any way I can actually talk to the people that reject the runs to seek clarification?