Welcome to Restart Syndrome! We maintain a collection of online leaderboards for shmups where our users can share, compare, and track their progress in the various games of the genre.
1) Real scores only.
People work hard for their scores, and are protective of their place on the leaderboards. False scores cheat everyone below you, and if you're falsifying a last place score why would we want you here? Just don't do it.
Providing proof of your scores is highly encouraged. If a score's legitimacy is contested, the user has three days to provide proof. If none is provided, the entry in question or entire account may be removed from the site, at the owner's discretion.
Users can contest scores by sending an email to cstarflare@gmail.com or finding me elsewhere online.
2) Scores must be obtained on one credit and on default settings.
All the basic shmup rules apply - one credit, all defaults is the only way to go. The only exception is that controller functions may be remapped as the player sees fit.
If you agree to follow the above, register or log in and get started!
All scores entered are by default publically viewable. If prefer to use the site to track your activity privately, you can set individual entries as private, or change your account's default privacy setting. You can also hide your activity from the front page, but keep them public on the scoreboards.
Restart Syndrome also provides a user-curated video listing. Videos submitted on the leaderboards are included, and users can also submit videos by other players as well. TAS, individual stage, or strategy-focused videos should be properly tagged as such. Replays which are not intended to be public should not be published here. If any player wishes for his or her videos to be removed from the listing please reach out to me.
One final note: our list of games is always growing, but I welcome requests at cstarflare@gmail.com. I may need some help in accurately entering the game's specifics into the system, so feel free to include those details as well.