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Seemed we're getting hammered again, static back up.
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Raiscan wrote:
Nach wrote:
We should be showing off many more speedruns next time.
One issue with this is that, while our runs are certainly cool (especially when run on a console) they don't really play out any differently to what you can see on the site.
The point is to expose TASVideos and TASs to those not familiar with it. It's not intended to be interesting for our regulars.
Raiscan wrote:
Or have the bot send the reset signal to all 4 at the same time, even if they were turned on at different times. But I do definitely like the power strip idea if feasable.
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And we're back to normal.
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Hi Toad King,
We should be showing off many more speedruns next time.
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IRC log:
<Anty-Lemon> TASBot has an account :o
<Anty-Lemon> Oh god
<Anty-Lemon> Guys are you looking at the front page
<scrimpy> what is happening
<Fog_TAS> OH SHIT
<Fog_TAS> ITS HAPPENING ON THE MAIN SITE
<scrimpy> man, dwango is gonna be in such deep shit with site management :P
<TheGreekBrit[L]> LOL
<FireFly> Awesome
<scrimpy> what hte
<andydick> Tompa cam
<Spikestuff_> Camera
<Fog_TAS> LOL
<Raiscan> so I think the site is being hammered?
<scrimpy> shit
<Spikestuff_> They have the camera
<mkdasher> Tompa cam lmao
<Spikestuff_> "Zoom in"
<scrimpy> at this rate tasbot really is gonna take over the world
<exileUT> tompa threw his blanket on the ground
<exileUT> like a boss
<Mothrayas> TASBot really likes zooming in on Tompa's crotch
<Anty-Lemon> I'm so glad I saw the red before the site went down >.>
<Spikestuff_> Or not
<DeHackEd> Cpu(s): 24.4%us, 2.1%sy, 0.1%ni, 68.5%id, 0.6%wa, 0.0%hi, 4.3%si, 0.0%st
<Spikestuff_> still running here.
<mkdasher> I was able to load it
<Spikestuff_> forums is running for me
<Anty-Lemon> Omg
<Anty-Lemon> It's flashing now
<TheGreekBrit[L]> front page is static Spikestuff_
<Spikestuff_> I wrote the forums TheGreekBrit[L]
<mauris> this is good but i guess it's just javascript :(
<Spikestuff_> 'cause everything is slow
<TheGreekBrit[L]> I'm telling you why the forum is up and the site isn't
<DeHackEd> ran out of apache threads...
<Anty-Lemon> "I, for one, welcome our TASBot overlords"
<Anty-Lemon> Yes
<Nach> DeHackEd: we can make more then
<DeHackEd> Nach: please, and quickly
<Spikestuff_> forums are going down slowly
<Fog_TAS> lolol
<Fog_TAS> how delayed is it?
<Spikestuff_> Dunno, too Australian Fog_TAS
<Nach> DeHackEd: Way more threads now
<Anty-Lemon> 56 users online, nice
<Anty-Lemon> What happened with 457 tho o_o
<DeHackEd> Nach: that was your bottleneck
<Nach> DeHackEd: Indeed
<Nach> So you guys should be able to access the site now
<deepy> it's lightning fast for me
<deepy> both nginx and tasvideos.org
<Tompa> that was interesting
<Mothrayas> hi Tompa!
<AnotherGamer> OK
<andydick> Tompa cam!
<AnotherGamer> So can someone tell me what's up with the part in the first bot segment where the chat is flooded with repetitive crap
<AnotherGamer> Was that intentional or some screwup
<deepy> the colour switching on the featured movie is really obnoxious
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And we're back to static.
Next TAS block should begin in roughly 90 minutes from the time of this post.
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SmashManiac wrote:
Isn't the whole point of the Demonstration category to allow these types of movies if they are deemed entertaining enough? There are multiple movies in this category that were sub-optimal at publication. It would be a shame to hide these movies from the public because of such a triviality.
My movie did get over a thousand downloads already...
I explained why I haven't submitted it. If there's massive demand to have it published, despite its flaws, I'll reconsider.
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Why are the first 3 TASers here getting different votes when they all TAS'd the same games? (and slamo TAS'd one more game than the other two)
For those who aren't aware, you're able to select multiple options when voting for awards.
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Probably meant 2558, which thankfully was already nominated.
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Zowayix wrote:
OmegaPaladin is asking if a (presumably more optimized) newly done TAS of SMW-SMB1 would be publishable.
Citation needed.
Even to your question, why do you need a newly done TAS of SMW-SMB1?
As for more optimized, Ilari managed to sync HappyLee's latest run on it. However if you want to see that run, it's been on the site for a long time now.
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GeminiSaint wrote:
Also, is there any technical explanation for the minor glitches in the SMB part?
During the second run, there was probably still some interference, but less of it, causing enough bits to be messed up to ruin the display, but not enough to make the entire thing crash.
OmegaPaladin wrote:
I am curious if a TAS of super mario brothers in super mario world would be possible, and would it be publishable?
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In addition to that, see this post too.
Summary:
These TASs were made for impressing AGDQ2015, not TASVideos. They focused on quick creation for playing back on an SNES with TASBot, not for quick completion and minimization. While there may be some demand for publication here of these TASs, TASVideos does not publish subpar TASs.
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Zowayix wrote:
For example, I recall Masterjun mentioning that they tried doing SMW-SMB1 in 2014, but there was some memory(?) limitation on how much code could be pumped in. How was that overcome?
There was a limitation on how much code could be transferred at once. We overcame that by having an improved bot (from true) capable of higher transfer speeds, and using a better transmission algorithm. Also, with this new system, only a single multitap was used instead of two.
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feos wrote:
Why is boring video title so much better than a memetic one?
Titles need to be descriptive.
Any other content you want to write up can be added to the description.
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Zowayix wrote:
Are the SMW and Pokemon Red AGDQ TASes being submitted officially to the site this time around?
No.
You can watch the SMW TASs from userfiles.
You can read my description for why I'm not submitting it.
As for Pokémon Red, the TAS turns the game into a notepad program where future input presses display the text on the page. The text can be anything, and can be scripted from any source able to produce button presses, including live feeds from IRC or elsewhere. There is no recording of that, nor is any such recording meaningful.
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And it's back to normal.
I'll switch back to static if load suddenly gets higher, and when we have AGDQ TAS block later in the week.
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AndyDick wrote:
Thank you all for blowing my mind again :) Not sure how it's possible to top this for 2016, but somehow I know it will happen.
Don't worry, we're already in the planning stages for it.
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Raiscan wrote:
Nach wrote:
feos wrote:
Since it all have succeeded.
It didn't all succeed. They ended up skipping using twitch input to break out of the twitch chat and into the environment to do more crazy.
It didn't all need to succeed. The concept of "Pokemon plays twitch" to a chat room full of twitch users watching was all that was needed.
You wouldn't say that if you saw the rest. Further the last part was to knock the socks off our TASers specifically.
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feos wrote:
Since it all have succeeded.
It didn't all succeed. They ended up skipping using twitch input to break out of the twitch chat and into the environment to do more crazy.
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Whatever is decided in the end, staff members, please ensure the correct movies are tagged, meaning removed where it doesn't belong, or restored as needed, as awards eligibility depend upon it. This is time sensitive as we should be going into award voting at the end of the week.
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Due to expected high load from AGDQ later today, the front page is currently static. Which means don't expect anything special from it.
Other pages should work normally. So if you want something to work correctly (as it normally does), navigate elsewhere.
We'll be returning to normal functionality after the big load later.
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Wow, great job.
I'm also surprised, I'm getting the same results as you, which is an incredibly rare thing.
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thatguy wrote:
So Nach, how "obvious" does the luck manipulation have to be? Should it be obvious to any viewer who has played the game, or can it be something you really have to read the submission notes to understand?
It should be obvious to someone familiar with the game that luck is being manipulated like crazy.
If you're not familiar with the game, and you can still tell it's being manipulated like crazy (like the dice are always double six), even better.
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