Simple; new owner new rules ?
Joke aside, from TimeSpy on, the previous moderation team adhered to Futuremark's standards, thus the run needs to be checked as valid on their site. Initially not even a screenshot was required, but the systeminfo couldn't keep up with the creative software clockers so we reinstated that standard screenshot rule for TimeSpy...
If we would force the popular Firestrike series to no longer use LOD we would get even more upset overclockers as they can't beat older records... we imposed VALID runs for cloudgate and co which were less popular... you can't imagine the hate mails I got...