Comicalflop
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About me
Hi! I'm Comicalflop, I'm 20 years old, and I live in Massachusetts. I joined this site in 2006-06-13, after spending a few months browsing around. I first got into TASing when my brother showed me Morimoto's SMB3 TAS and I started thinking about speedrunning video games. Through my initial feeble attempts with Super Mario World on ZSNES (I didn't hold items underwater, that's how bad I was. I got roughly times of 13-14 minutes?), I offhandedly discovered this site, was inspired by GuanoBowl's Ocarina of Time TAS, and dove right into making a Donkey Kong Country 2 102% TAS. I was made an editor as of 2006-12-04, to which I try to make and edit some interesting and informative pages. I have this tendency to get easily distracted and start thinking about/working on different projects, even though I'm supposed to be focusing on only one major one. I TAS many games that I have never played before, and sometimes never even heard of before. Many games I just simply observe and all the little details and complexities make sense to me. Because of this, I am of the opinion that you generally do not have to be a complete master at a game to TAS it; dedication and thinking outside the box usually wins in the end (although being a master is required for some games, and helpful for most.)
I like to encode things, but I'm not terribly smart with computers and encoding so I only do single pass stuff that I upload to youtube.
I also like to be very encouraging to members new to TASing, as well as use my intuitive eye to closely watch the progress of runs and point out possible improvements if I spot any.
As of recently, I've thought about getting my hands on recording equipment and trying to make a speedrun. That would be fun, but I'm finding it hard to get the recording equipment and get fully comfortable speedrunning the entirety of my game of choice.
I like to encode things, but I'm not terribly smart with computers and encoding so I only do single pass stuff that I upload to youtube.
I also like to be very encouraging to members new to TASing, as well as use my intuitive eye to closely watch the progress of runs and point out possible improvements if I spot any.
As of recently, I've thought about getting my hands on recording equipment and trying to make a speedrun. That would be fun, but I'm finding it hard to get the recording equipment and get fully comfortable speedrunning the entirety of my game of choice.
Published Runs/Contributions
Donkey Kong Country 2 102%- Needs obsoletion :-P
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim Version"- Obsoleted by me
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim Version" v2- Obsoleted by Deign
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim no Warp"- Played by me and zggzdydp DKC Glitches pt. 1 Commentary Yeah my voice sucked in this. Bah Tompa my voice needs to be more sexy and manly next time! DKC glitches pt. 2 Commentary I said I wanted my voice sexier! Blarg!
DKC Glitches pt. 4 Commentary Better.... getting there.... Mischief Makers Tricks
Donkey Kong Country Tricks- Needs updating, especially to include new DKC2 tricks shown in Arne's run, and to account for many new discoveries in DKC as well as DKC3.
Super Mario Kart Physics
Zelda Ocarina Of Time Tricks
Super Mario 64 Tricks Still needs more content I think.
Yoshi's Island Tricks Doesn't need more content. Spezzafer is one hell of a thorough dude.
OoT 100% TAS Route, OoT new any% TAS route v3- I personally no longer need these, but they're here to be here if someone needs them. Oy, they need updating yet again, thanks to Deku Tree and DoT skip.
Majora's Mask any% TAS improvements
Zelda A Link To The Past Tricks- Needs content. Like seriously.
Lady Sia Tricks
N64 Wishlist- This project sort of died, but I'm positive my efforts have made N64 TASing increase a little, which was my intended goal. The .shtuff site seems to have expired, so I should re-research everything and get it on the TAS wiki. Sigh, all that data lost....
Wetrix 1 Minute Challenge Mode. Cancelled. Deign beat my score by an enormous amount. My run was accepted and paved the way for another N64 movie to be published, so I'm glad in that regard at least.
SSB High Score Time Attack. Rejected. Man was this one controversial; SSB is cursed it seems. But for anyone that wants to see: Downloadable SSB High Score TAS
Super Monkey Ball Jr.. Cancelled. I probably should have only posted this in the GBA thread rather than submit, especially because I missed a very obvious trick to skip stage intros. I so far have:
-The WR for Mischief Maker's 4-05, Rescue Act II. 28.47"
-The WR for Mischief Maker's 5-01, Clance War II. 1:25.48"
-Almost WR for 2-08
Hopefully I'll beat some more, get them recorded, and submit them to SDA with Veysey.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim Version"- Obsoleted by me
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim Version" v2- Obsoleted by Deign
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance "Maxim no Warp"- Played by me and zggzdydp DKC Glitches pt. 1 Commentary Yeah my voice sucked in this. Bah Tompa my voice needs to be more sexy and manly next time! DKC glitches pt. 2 Commentary I said I wanted my voice sexier! Blarg!
DKC Glitches pt. 4 Commentary Better.... getting there.... Mischief Makers Tricks
Donkey Kong Country Tricks- Needs updating, especially to include new DKC2 tricks shown in Arne's run, and to account for many new discoveries in DKC as well as DKC3.
Super Mario Kart Physics
Zelda Ocarina Of Time Tricks
Super Mario 64 Tricks Still needs more content I think.
Yoshi's Island Tricks Doesn't need more content. Spezzafer is one hell of a thorough dude.
OoT 100% TAS Route, OoT new any% TAS route v3- I personally no longer need these, but they're here to be here if someone needs them. Oy, they need updating yet again, thanks to Deku Tree and DoT skip.
Majora's Mask any% TAS improvements
Zelda A Link To The Past Tricks- Needs content. Like seriously.
Lady Sia Tricks
N64 Wishlist- This project sort of died, but I'm positive my efforts have made N64 TASing increase a little, which was my intended goal. The .shtuff site seems to have expired, so I should re-research everything and get it on the TAS wiki. Sigh, all that data lost....
Wetrix 1 Minute Challenge Mode. Cancelled. Deign beat my score by an enormous amount. My run was accepted and paved the way for another N64 movie to be published, so I'm glad in that regard at least.
SSB High Score Time Attack. Rejected. Man was this one controversial; SSB is cursed it seems. But for anyone that wants to see: Downloadable SSB High Score TAS
Super Monkey Ball Jr.. Cancelled. I probably should have only posted this in the GBA thread rather than submit, especially because I missed a very obvious trick to skip stage intros. I so far have:
-The WR for Mischief Maker's 4-05, Rescue Act II. 28.47"
-The WR for Mischief Maker's 5-01, Clance War II. 1:25.48"
-Almost WR for 2-08
Hopefully I'll beat some more, get them recorded, and submit them to SDA with Veysey.
Workbench
Mischief Makers Done, go vote!
I start runs more than I finish, so the workbench does not see movies from me very often. My main projects are massive ones, so those that are more anticipated by the community will not see submission for a long time, especially since I usually am stuck doing more than one at a time and I have real life things getting in the way.
Current Projects
I'm currently working on Gunstar Super Heroes. Be sure to check out Pirate_Sephiroth's WIP.
Favorite Movies
- Castlevania: HoD by zggzdydp
- Castlevania: HoD "Maxim Version" by klmz
- Donkey Kong Country any% + 101% by Arne_the_Great
- Donkey Kong Country 2 any% by Arne_the_great
- Super Mario 64 0 Star by SilentSlayer & zOMG
- Super Mario 64 120 Star by Rikku (I still like FODA's version too)
- Super Mario World 96 Exit by Fabian
- Super Mario World 11 Exit by Mister
- Super Mario World Small by thegreginator & skamastaG
- Super Demo World 120 Exit by Chef Stef
- skamastaG, Fabian, JXQ, jimsfriend's Super Demo World 15 Exit
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island any% by Spezzafer
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island glitch warp by Deign
- Megaman 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 by Deign, Angerfist, Shinryuu, Vatchern, Baxter
- Megaman X, X2 by Fractal Fusion/Graveworm
- Sonic Advance 1, 2, 3 by Nitsuja
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by Nitsuja
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 by Nitsuja & Upthorn
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 100% by Upthorn
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD by Nitsuja
- ECCO The Dolphin by Nitsuja
- Super Mario Kart 150cc by cstrakm
- Angerfist & Baxter's Megaman 3, 4, 5, 6 Quad Run
- Deign's Wetrix 1 Minute Challenge Mode
- Arkiandruski's Gunstar Heroes 2 player expert
- Upthorn's Rocket Knight Adventures
- Wyster's 007 The World Is Not Enough
- Adelikat's Glover
- Mukki's Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Rising Tempest's Goldeneye
- klmz's Aria of Sorrow death warp any%
- Deign's Gimmick!
- Parrot14Green's Rockman and Forte 100 CDs run
- JXQ/Adelikat/Deign/Cardboard's Super Mario Bros 3 warp improvement
- mmbossman's Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
- Deign's A Link to the Past EG run
- FractalFusion's Rockman and Forte
- AKA's Twinkle Tale
- Upthorn's ECCO 2: The Tides of Time
- mmbossman's Spiderman 3 GBA
- Cpadolf's Super Metroid 100%
- Blaze's Super Smash Bros. Yoshi runs
- Electrospecter's Donkey Kong Country 3 any%
- Bloobliebla's LoZ: OoT All Temple
WIP runs that I'm dying to see
- Arne_the_great and Tompa's Donkey Kong Country 101% improvement
- Tompa and Arne_the_great's Donkey Kong Country any% improvement
- NxCy's Donkey Kong Country 2 102% improvement
- Sami's Banjo Kazooie 100%
- Baxter and Deign's Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 100%
- NxCy's Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island any%/100%?
- ElectroSpecter and Tompa's Donkey Kong Country 3 105%
- ISM's Super Mario World 96 Exit Improvement
- Tompa's Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past any% improvement
- SwordlessLink & AKA's Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time any% Bottle Adventure improvement
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow all souls run by pirate_sephiroth/arkiandruski
- Upthorn's Sonic the Hedgehog 2 improvement
- Mr_Robert_Z and rikku's Super Mario 64 120 Star improvement
- Xenos's Diddy Kong Racing v2
- SwordlessLink's Majora's Mask any% v2
- Vespa's Pocket Bomberman
- VANDAL and Truncated's Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Truncated's Alien Soldier
- Halamantariel's Uniracers
- MUGG's Kirby and the Amazing Mirror 100%
- MUGG's Kirby Super Star 100%
- Rising Tempest's Goldeneye v2
- Wyster's Perfect Dark
- Xenos' Shadow of the Empire
- Xenos' Mario Kart 64
- Chaosv1's Bomberman 64
- Starfox 64
- FractalFusion/Atma's MMX 4
- Zggzdydp'a SotN
Contact me
You can PM me, AIM/Skype me at Comicalflop, email me at @l.oDmrebjjosu@lahnfrroste0y@ebur.vkl@1ycwin@yaeXselhaehooq.com, or chat with me on IRC, I go there regularly. Feel free to talk to me about anything TAS/speedrunning related.
Comicalflop last edited by Comicalflop on 2008-09-27 05:57:38
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