Smudging the game disc to make speedrunning 'SpongeBob' faster

YouTuber SHiFT shared a speedrunning technique for SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom that involves strategically smudging the game disc to create lag, which allows players to exploit glitches and complete the game faster. However, SHiFT cautions that this method risks permanently damaging the disc or console, as it relies on unreliable hardware issues and contradicts the speedrunning community's goal of preserving classic games.