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Click the 'preview comments' button first.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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I'm fine if you want to refer it to a demo, or anything else you like, but what makes it not a playaround, or not comparable to a playaround? It's still, at its essence, button input to make things happen on screen that the audience likes, like any playaround TAS.
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ACE runs more or less follow the same rules as playarounds. They're not required to be speed records (if you want that in this case, you can watch this movie instead).
Playarounds more or less just need to reach a meaningful ending (which this movie does), and entertain the audience with whatever it can get out of game input (which, judging by audience reactions, this movie certainly also does).
This is not really a new thing - the site has accepted playaround TAS movies practically since the beginning.
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mGBA is the superior emulator core and preferred choice, yes.
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Mitjitsu wrote:
I will admit I'm using a 7 year old laptop, but I can't imagine it ever struggling to run a GameBoy emulator. After all, it does a pretty good job at running N64 games, and yes I will admit it's not up to emulating GameCube/Wii games or anything similar to that. I was only wondering if the AVI was an accurate representation of how movie would run on authentic hardware. Due to the intense nature of the inputs being fed, and what is being outputted.
Keep in mind that the movie file feeds literally thousands of inputs per frame that have to be individually read and processed by the emulator. That's a bit heavier than the average 60FPS HLE N64 emulator which only needs to poll/read once per frame.
The gameboy core can handle this in real-time, because it has zero overhead for all the subframe input passed to it (and in the movie, dedicates all its CPU time to polling it, handling it, and updating the screen/audio accordingly).
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I don't think there's a precedent category for holding off glitches until the end, but there is a similar case with the Swordless runs of Legend of Zelda, which hold off on getting the sword until the last possible moment and then only use it when strictly required.
Holding off on glitches for the event Pokémon at the end could work somewhat similarly as a category, I suppose, although as noted it wouldn't be necessary for the diploma anyway.
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SmashManiac wrote:
Am I to understand that all Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow TASes that uses RNG should be rejected due to emulator bugs until this matter is resolved?
If things such as not including GB BIOS emulation, or minor RNG state/timing differences, were something worth rejecting submissions over, we would be rejecting every GB/GBC/SGB TAS on the site and almost every GBA TAS on the site (and a whole host of other systems too, while we're at it).
We are not planning to do that.
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Thanks for the input, gifvex - good to know about the history of these emulation updates. So, if I read this right, this run then technically runs on inaccurate emulation behaviour, which just happens to give the right results for Red/Blue. That's useful to know.
gifvex wrote:
As for the TAS itself, my only comment will be that it can be in the 10-11 minute range based on current knowledge and use of non-RTA strategies that Graystripe selected.
Any chance that you (or perhaps someone else) could elaborate on this?
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This may be an issue with the emulator version rule:
Movie Rules wrote:
Use an official emulator version
Every officially supported TAS emulator has a repository to host official releases obtainable as a package (like binaries). These official releases are supported by TASVideos. Using custom or interim builds compiled from emulator source code (from e.g. svn or git repositories) is not officially supported. Always make sure your movie syncs on the official releases; use interim builds at your own risk. If a movie syncs on some interim build, but doesn't sync on any official release, it will be rejected.
Note that some emulators require interims because their official releases are infrequent and/or often outdated (including Dolphin and VBA-rr); for these emulators, interim versions are accepted.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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So klmz' latest TAS is literally featured on the front page right now and your friend had to wonder if he was alive?
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Speaking of encodes, does anyone know what the longest fully video-recorded TAS is?
I don't think I've seen any longer than the longest current publication (FFVIII), but there might just be something elsewhere.
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<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
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Vendor lock-in is not a relevant problem to us as long as it is used as an alternative, and not as a dependency.
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Warp wrote:
fsvgm777 wrote:
I'd also like to point out the existence of this movie rule:
Additionally, buying continues with coins in arcade games is considered to be a cheat-like practice, as it provides the player with a free and virtually unlimited power resource, and as such goes against the typical concept of a TAS.
I find it curious how that's frowned upon, but using the reset button in consoles is just fine.
Because the reset button is not a power resource. Abusing coins in arcade runs is essentially the TAS equivalent to bribing your way to victory, which is considered antithetical to the concept of 'perfect play'. The reset button has nothing to do with any of that, nor is it relevant to this discussion in any way.
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andypanther wrote:
As for the ESRB, there might be justified AO ratings like Hatred, but then there's just as many ridiculous ones like the original version of GTA: SA.
I'll grant it that the SA rating was blown out of proportion (keeping in mind it was entirely due to the existence of Hot Coffee, disregarding its lack of accessibility). There's a good argument to be made that the controversy overshadowed reason in its judgment, so I'll give you this one. I also already explained earlier in this topic how a run of original SA can still be published here, knowing exactly what content falls under AO and what doesn't.
There are, currently, 29 AO-rated games. How many others do you consider 'ridiculous' and do you disagree with? And how many of those do you think should be publishable on this site, not counting the games that also have M-rated versions available?
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andypanther wrote:
To me, the current policy of TASVideos regarding adult content, was always wrong for a number of reasons.
1. Only using one specific rating system (ESRB) is arbitrary.
It is less arbitrary than using multiple systems, and having to pick and choose what counts if they differ.
Using one system which is the de facto standard of the majority of the American video game industry, for an American-hosted video game site, is not arbitrary at all.
andypanther wrote:
2. The rating system of the ESRB is wrong. It follows that weird, American idea that nudity and sex are the worst things imaginable, followed by swear words, while violence is irrelevant.
Whether or not the ESRB's rating system is 'wrong' is a subjective opinion, not fact, so I can't hold a lot of value to this statement.
Also, the reasoning is factually wrong - ESRB does rate games AO for violence reasons, and in fact has been controversial quite a few times for doing so. Thrill Kill, Manhunt 2, and Hatred are all rated AO solely for violence and have caused a bit of controversy as a result.
andypanther wrote:
1. The use of ESRB ratings as a guideline is obviously due to Google using them. But why should we even care about Google? It's not like this site is here to make money, it's a niche community for nerds.
Nobody has mentioned Google in this context so far in this topic, but either way it is far from the only reason. Nach already mentioned Symantec, Microsoft, safety-concerned ISPs, and such. Google hits may be a similar factor but it's not as major as some of these other ones.
The site is not here to make money, but we do have goals to not get our site blocked from view for potential users (due to one of aforementioned) or have it otherwise hidden from a potential audience.
andypanther wrote:
2. Games should be judged case-by-case. If something is deemed inappropriate for younger audiences, a login should be required to view it.
As mentioned before in the topic, putting requirements or checks on viewers before they can watch a movie that they're not even sure they'll like to watch will mostly just annoy people, while not really solving anything.
andypanther wrote:
3. When judging content, this should be the guideline, from most to least important: Extreme violence/hardcore porn -> Nudity / strong violence. The only type of content that should be considered completely unacceptable should be anything that promotes things like racism or fascism.
Why would we refuse to use the most relevant rating system for this, just to end up making up our own rating system?
That's a really arbitrary solution and just creates more work. It would also be a massive mess of subjectiveness and controversy, when inevitably there would be a disagreement between what the site thinks is acceptable and what certain users will think is acceptable.
andypanther wrote:
You know what's the best thing about this system? Your average hentai flashgame would still be filtered out, simply because of the existing rule that a TAS must have meaningful gameplay. But at the same time, a good game that happens to have some nudity, could still be published without having to carefully avoid specific content.
It's not like this is ever going to happen, since people with my beliefs never get to be in positions to decide such things. My opinion is quite simple, though: Nudity never hurt anybody, only hardcore porn should be restricted, but not necessarily more than extreme violence.
If you think the ESRB bans all games that have any form of nudity (and exclusively that), you may want to read up on the ESRB. Several links have been posted in this topic so far (including in the actual rule itself) - I recommend you give them a read.
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Very nice guide! Nice job at showcasing the usual TAS tools, the concept of TASing (and speedrunning as a bridge for those unfamiliar), and even the common questions and concerns, all in a very digestible 8.5 minute video format. It looks quite accessible to newbies to me, but it's hard to accurately judge that from a non-newbie perspective.
I like the variety of games/TASes shown off too - obviously there's a common Mario (and Smash) theme, but it still does a good job at showing the various kinds of TAS runs that exist.
A few very minor nitpicks:
• There's no reference to TAStudio or such TAS editing tools (while I don't use them, there are many others who do and who would recommend them to newbies).
• Maybe it could've gone a bit more in-depth about the fact that TAS files are input files, and the sort of things you can do with that (opening them, hex-editing them, etc.). Then again, maybe that might not add that much and might unnecessarily overcomplicate it.
• The fact that Mupen64 and Cheat Engine are primarily shown off for the RAM watching segment (and Mupen64 in general for other segments). Understandable given the community you come from, and where probably a good chunk of the audience would also come from, but it still feels iffy to show off such a deprecated emulator that has its slew of issues. Points for still referencing (images of) the tools of other emulations, at least.
• The comments about the glitches/TASes = fake argument seem like they would fit better earlier in the video rather than near the end of it. Most people who could be convinced by that message probably wouldn't sit through six and a half minutes of tutorial first.
All in all though, definitely the best guide of its kind that I've seen so far. Nice job, and definitely would recommend it to newbies.
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SmashManiac wrote:
Please excuse my ignorance on the matter, but does a RAM state containing only zeroes must be proven possible on a given console now before submitting a run with this property? I realize that this is probably true for most computers by waiting long enough on a power off state, but I don't think it's true for the general case. If my fear is justified, it would put the validity of most published movies into question.
What the rule forbids is using unproved/customized states, particularly to gain an advantage.
The default RAM state of emulators for many consoles is indeed unproven (and in some cases probably invalid), but that is something we can't really do anything about without (retroactively) outlawing the majority of runs on the site. By allowing the default emulator state, no specific run is particularly advantaged or can specifically exploit it, so we can at least consider it a neutral state. If that is an invalid state, then that can be chalked up to just an emulator inaccuracy, and not a TAS exploit.
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Warp wrote:
To me it looks like the difference between M (17+) and AO (18+) is quite fuzzy at times. The latter seems to be stamped onto a game only because of rather subjective controversy, rather than there being a clear definitive standard that clearly delineates the difference between the two. (Eg. some AO-rated games do not have sexual content at all. Some M-rated games have sexual content. The distinction seems very subjective and fuzzy.)
AO ratings are not exclusively for sexual content. A variety of factors are involved, and while "strong sexual content" is applied to many of them (24 out of 29 AO ratings, in fact, plus two more that include "sexual themes"), it is not the only one. Violence considered too extreme is another factor that can get a game an AO rating.
More on this is described in the Wikipedia page that the very rule links to (and which has been linked here), and the ESRB page that Nach linked to here.
Warp wrote:
I suppose that what I'm saying is that if the principle is "M-rated games are ok but AO-rated games are not", the argument cannot be "to make the site child-friendly" because neither type of game is.
There is no absolute line of child-friendliness, and what one may consider child friendly, another will not. You could have endless arguments about this. We also want to keep a relatively sane policy, where we don't end up banning half of all video games.
So we need to draw the line somewhere, and the same line where retailers refuse to stock and sell games, where publishers refuse to release games, and where video sites refuse to stream games, and which is self-enforced in the gaming industry basically almost everywhere, would be a logical line to draw.
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SmashManiac wrote:
I have to correct you on one detail however: the first thing returned by Google when searching the word "censorship" is "the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security", which is exactly what this adult rule does in its current form. So while TASVideos can ban such content, it's definitely censorship.
Once again, refusing to endorse and publish a movie is not censorship by any meaningful definition.
Censorship would be if we actively removed and suppressed submissions of adult games. We do not, and if you'll look deep enough, you can still find submissions of strip poker etc., they just are not endorsed and placed on the main site.
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Warp wrote:
ESRB M rating is for 17+.
AO ratings are pretty distinct from M ratings. There are reasons that console manufacturers refuse to publish AO games, many retailers refuse to sell AO games, Twitch bans streaming AO games, etc., whereas there is no stigma at all with M games.
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I wrote that rule, so I'll elaborate on it. The idea of it is basically identical to the rules of other video game video sites including SDA and twitch.tv.
TASVideos as a site intends to maintain some form of family-friendliness, and to uphold itself as a site for cool video game movies, not a shock site, fetish site, or porn site. That's why the site refuses video games of that nature through this rule.
SmashManiac wrote:
censorship
TASVideos is a private entity and reserves the right to publish or not publish any movie it receives. Refusing to publish a movie submission to its front pages is not censorship by any meaningful definition.
Warp wrote:
Also, what exactly constitutes "adult-only" video games?
The wording specifically says "rated adult-only" (although SmashManiac did not copy over the link). That is, a video game is considered AO if the ESRB rates it AO. Games that do not have a rating of this sort will be looked at case-by-case and rejected if they show qualities on the same level as AO-rated games (this is what "to AO standards" refers to).
Warp wrote:
The God of War series
All God of War games are rated M by ESRB, meaning all of them are not affected by this rule.
Warp wrote:
How about the The Witcher series
All Witcher games are rated M by ESRB, meaning all of them are not affected by this rule.
Warp wrote:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
SmashManiac wrote:
Manhunt 2
These are examples of games that have both uncensored and censored versions released, where the censored versions are rated M (thus eligible in any case), and it's the uncensored versions where the issue lies.
In these cases, what matters for me is what exactly is shown in the game on a run-by-run basis. A run of San Andreas on the original version would be fine as long as it does not access any Hot Coffee content. Likewise, Manhunt 2 would be acceptable as long as no scenes are shown that are unavailable in the censored version.
Warp wrote:
The (uncensored) remastered version is rated M by ESRB.
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<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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The default out-of-the-box settings are fine.
Advanced Bus-Level Timing can be either on or off (on is default, and preferred). It does help to specificy whether it's enabled or not, if a movie is submitted.
Do not enable Dynamic Recompiler or any of the debug settings.
Firmware settings are preferred default - if you change them, notify so in the submission description if applicable.
When starting a movie, do not start from SRAM (unless it's explicitly needed, and if so, create a verification movie file for the SRAM data - see the TASVideos movie rules on this). Any date setting is allowed, as long as it correctly plays back without desyncs on an official release.
Any reasonably recent version of DeSmuME is fine - 0.9.9, 0.9.10 or 0.9.11 are all good. Some recommend 0.9.9 because later versions have save issues, but if you don't mind those then 0.9.11 is fine.
That should cover everything.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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Fog has returned as a judge - welcome back!
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
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There is an upload form on the bottom of the page Patashu linked.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
