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Not crappy at all, but definitely Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTZo_-UYOM4 I really liked this Mountain Dew commercial.
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hero of the day wrote:
first click here http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php then type zggzdydp into the box, and finally click the SPEAK button.
Sounds like Zig-Zee-Dip
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Sir VG wrote:
in Canada, you can't set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden-legged man.
Uh, that's not a crappy law. That's called assault.
I think it's saying that it's illegal to burn a wooden leg of a wooden-legged man, both when the man is wearing it, and when he's not wearing it. You can't burn a wooden leg, even if the person is not currently wearing it, just to piss him off or something.
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Definitely a yes vote from me. I would even give this run a star, if I could do so. Great job guys!
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CtrlAltDestroy wrote:
Mostly kids, and video game freaks at that. Force them to use BitTorrent, and guess how many of them will go on to become pirates? Do you think that very many of them will be "mature" enough to restrain themselves once they discover TorrentSpy or MiniNova or whatever other site?
Oh yeah, TASvideos is definitely a school for pirates! We encourage people to engage in illegal activities by providing our videos using BitTorrent. Of course. That makes sense. CtrlAltDestroy, please stop arguing. Your arguments are too good.
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It is possible that the window is offscreen. It happens sometimes for me, too. Try right clicking on its icon in the taskbar, and select Maximize. It might work. That's my theory. It's highly possible that I might be wrong though, since there are many possibilities here.
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Nice descriptive topic subject. Link to the appropriate FAQ section (got there in 4 clicks: FAQ, Movie Making, Generic Tips, Resume recording later): http://tasvideos.org/GenericTips.html#resume_recording_later_ Please take some time to read the FAQs.
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Pickle surprise! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzOpjBOzMqA Definitely crappy. Very crappy.
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Selling computer games to minor will get you life NEW YORK has decided that people who flog adult ranked computer games to minors should be sent to jail for life. While you do not get jail for life for selling crack to kids, or beating one up, by a strange quirk of the US Justice system, selling a game to a kid could get you locked up until you drop. Lawmakers have decided that selling such games is now a serious crime, what over the pond they call a felony. Since New York has a three strikes rule, which was upheld in 2005, it means that if you commit three felonies, however important or not they are, you go to jail for life. More here. Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40039
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Nice descriptive topic subject!
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stickyman05 wrote:
That. Was. Godly.
Speaking of which .. Drawing using HTML: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1761987 The same video is on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELZAU0Ohfdk), but compression on youtube kind of ruins the video. The original is here: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm336877
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Powerthirst!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs I don't know why, but that made me laugh SOOOOO hard. I never laughed that much for a short video like that.
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Please reduce the size of the image ... it makes the forum go too large and I have to scroll horizontally to read your post. Thank you. Peak speed is 640. The peak speed is always 640. It will not be higher, ever. You can't affect your speed while in the air, unless it's by slowing it down. Boost increases when the trick is displayed on screen, yes. The reason the boost-storing technique works is because the boost is not used when it is shown on screen because you're in the air when that happens.
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caitsith2 wrote:
[Explanation about the "easy play" glitch]
Thanks, but that isn't going to be used.
caitsith2 wrote:
[Facts about tabletops and other tricks in stunt courses
Thanks, but I already knew all of that.
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IronSlayer wrote:
Nitrodon wrote:
The only way to manipulate luck in this game is to change the number of times the RNG is used. Whenever Gaia opens her mouth, the RNG is used once. The result is a perfectly manipulated Sand Fanger battle. (Also, he didn't save when he talked to Gaia.)
Interesting...so the only way to make sure the Sand Fanger uses the spawning attack twice in a row is to manipulate the RNG by speaking with Gaia? There isn't any other way to do it?
I could have waited in Dark Space for a long time, but speaking with Gaia speeds up the process because, as Nitrodon said, Gaia uses RNGs each time she opens her mouth. I didn't *have* to talk to Gaia, but it was certainly faster.
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Kitsune wrote:
I'm sure the Final TAS will be better once there are tricks used. :3
You do know that this is only the "pre-TAS" run, which is only intended to generate the SRAM needed to get All-Gold without doing each track 3 times in a row, right? You don't sound like you know that ... just for the heck of it, I'll explain once again. There will be a "pre-run" which will complete bronze and silver on all sets. Then, when that is done, the TAS will start from the SRAM generated from that "pre-run". The TAS will get Gold everywhere. My intention on this pre-run is not to entertain or to beat some records or use any tricks or whatever. My intention is only to beat bronze and silver. That's it. My intention on the TAS is to get the fastest time possible. Therefore, in the TAS, I will use as many tricks as necessary to do an OMFG-ish run. Hope that helps. Just to make sure this is clear ... this pre-run will NOT be part of the final TAS. The TAS will start from a savestate (and not from a reset that clears SRAM) and will only complete Gold on every track.
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nitsuja wrote:
I notice you have Volume Envelope Height Reading on, which is so likely to make playback unreliable that the emulator possibly shouldn't even allow anyone to start recording with it on.
Alright .. I'll re-record everything without this setting then. At least this part of the pre-run isn't hard to do :)
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caitsith2 wrote:
Make sure to complete the remaining two tours (of 8) in the all silver run. (The first 4 tours are available initially. The next 2 are available when the first 4 is completed to at least bronze level. Then the next two become available upon completing the first 6 to at least the silver level, then the very last tour becomes available after completing the first 8 to gold level. That last tour only has one objective. (no bronze/silver completion iirc))
Gee, thanks! I didn't know that! *rolls eyes* I don't want to be mean, but thinking that I might NOT know this already is kind of an attack to my intelligence or something.
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Tilus wrote:
Hate to say this, but that run desynchs on Bowl, the first Stunt track (you fall one point short of the qualifying mark).
Hmm... sometimes it desyncs, sometimes it works. I just watched it 5 times in a row (from the start up until the end of Bowl), and the first 3 times, it desynched, but the next 2 times, it worked fine. Note that I use FMod to record/watch my movies. Maybe that changes something, maybe it doesn't. Could a Snes9x ninja look into that?
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*UPDATE* ... sort of I've made a decision. Since there will be 2 runs, one that completes Bronze and Silver, and then the real TAS which gets Gold everywhere, I decided to do this in 3 different ways. For Bronze, I will go for a minimalist approach. The goal is to do as little as possible to win the tracks. For the races, it means to NOT do any tricks and NOT use any shortcuts. Most of the time, I only hold left or right. For stunt tracks, I get the minimum required to win. For Silver, I will also go for a minimalist approahc. However, since Silvia is a way better opponent than Bronsen, it's going to be a lot more interesting for you guys to watch. There will be tricks and shortcuts used, but I will definitely not go for the fastest time possible. For Gold, well... do I need to tell you? I will go for the fastest time possible. Now, for the update, I've completed the first 6 sets with bronze medals. There are two exceptions to the "rules" I stated above. 1) In "Monster", I did a Twist to gain some speed in the second lap. If I didn't do that, I wouldn't have made the jump and then I would have lost. 2) In the last track (Jump Over), I jumped over the gap instead of falling in it and then jumping out of it. Why? ... because I don't want to TAS falling into the gap and getting out of it. Result? I lapped Bronzen. Here's the link: Clicky here. You don't HAVE to watch it ... after all, you could probably do this in realtime. It's not very entertaining. But then.. that's kind of the whole point, isn't it? That's not the run that will be submitted, it's only the run that will create the SRAM needed for the All-Gold run.
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VirtualAlex wrote:
What's RA2?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Also, a quick search on google for "RA2" shows the first link is "Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 for PC" on Gamespot. Google is your friend, my friend.
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I had nothing to do today, and I didn't quite feel like TASing, so instead, I came up with this: a realtime play of Uniracers. It's 1h26m long and completes the first 6 sets of races with a silver medal. I named my character "I SUCK", because I suck. Sometimes, you'll see that I lose against Bronzen, and other times I fail to take a shortcut which is vital to beat Silvia, and other times, I just suck. So anyway ... you can get it on my website and scroll down to the bottom and download the file named "ZZZ - Realtime Play.smv". There are 3 Zs before the name because I wanted it to go to the bottom of the list. Anyway ... feel free to watch it or not. It's just a realtime play, so don't expect greatness in this. If you see anything that I missed, like a shortcut, and that I never ever took it (not when beating Bronzen nor when beating Silvia), please let me know. That's if anybody watches this ... Please don't tell me that I suck, I already know that. EDIT: Oh and by the way, no I won't be recording a realtime play of the last 2 sets, and no I'm not going to record a realtime play for all-gold. Why? Because I'm not good enough. Yeah, I can do those 2 sets for bronze. Easy. But hey, don't ask me to do them in silver! I'm not good enough and/or not patient enough for this.
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theenglishman wrote:
I don't get it...probably because I don't play Half-Life.
Haha. N00B :) There are 1337s everywhere.
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Spider-Waffle wrote:
I'm trying to figure out how you went so far on the last jump. I can't seem to replicate it. Even doing a TtFT on the last half loop doesn't get you as far. When I try F2T like you did it doesn't work either.
See? Now do you understand why I wanted to know what time you got? That's why I always say "Bigger boost doesn't always mean faster time". Will you stop arguing on this point now? :)
Spider-Waffle wrote:
I guess I'll take a look at the speed memory adress or something. What are they btw?
7E0411,2u,X Position 7E0415,2u,Y Position 7E04B7,2s,Speed 7E11CD,2u,Booster Meter 7E1509,1u,Screen X Pos "Screen X Pos" is your position in the screen. When you're offscreen, it's 112 for some reason.
Spider-Waffle wrote:
I was wondering if it's possible to delay your boost other than jumping.
The booster meter constantly decreases. When your X position in the screen is between 15 and 175, it decreases only by 4. Other than that, it decreases by 20. So, to delay the boost, all you need to do is stay between 15 and 175.
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