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Posted: 4/5/2021 4:55 PM
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Samsara
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Seems like solid enough feedback so far, but there's definitely still some discussion worth having... Not necessarily about this run itself, but the points that were brought up. Namely:
    1. The Brain Age comparison makes a lot of sense, it's sort of on the same level of artistic endeavor (just with much less of a canvas/toolset to work with) but it adds in the drawing recognition system to play around with. Mario Paint is limited on the actual game factor, but makes up for it in providing a much larger canvas and toolset that could potentially be used. Assuming sufficient optimization, could another, different submission of Mario Paint be actually entertaining enough without fully relying on meme value? Could THIS run, if it was redone with proper optimization, be enough to make it? 2. Maybe this is actually a good time to start the discussion on whether or not playaround runs need defined endings. I'm perfectly happy to start having that discussion. I think not requiring defined endings for playarounds would be a great positive change that would allow better pacing and more creativity for them, and may influence a lot more of them coming in as people wouldn't have to expend all of their creativity trying to make an entire game entertaining. 3. If relying on thread feedback isn't reliable... Maybe that's a sign that we need to figure out a new way of doing things. I feel like most of my job is just figuring out where to tier movies, and there almost always seems to be a huge discrepancy between submission thread voting and publication rating that, yeah, makes relying on any kind of feedback unreliable... And that's assuming that a run even GETS feedback in the first place. Rating/Voting complaints are pretty common on Discord, it really might be worth investigating how to fix them with the help of the community at large.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 4/4/2021 9:09 AM
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Samsara
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warmCabin wrote:
Imagine publishing Color a Dinosaur Simulator but not Color a Dinosaur. That would be legendary.
Funny story about that... It could happen. This run appears to be getting great feedback, and assuming that is all legitimate entertainment and not for the meme, there is actually a pretty significant change that this could be published as a playaround. For that reason, I'd like to get some non-AFD feedback on this run. To people that voted yes: Do you actually find the run entertaining, or did you just vote for the coloring of dinosaurs, as is site tradition? To people who haven't voted yet: Is this worthy of publication as a playaround, or is it just a site meme with only niche entertainment value? I'd personally lean towards publication here. There's a lot of creativity on display and it's definitely showcasing superhuman ability. Plus, if we don't get CAD published in some way, I feel like that's just our loss.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 4/2/2021 2:02 PM
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Samsara
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Downloadables: https://archive.org/details/beavisandbutthead-tas-adelikat_ezgames69 Screenshot (blame Colin for this): YouTube is still uploading (and will need to fully process after that), just wanted to get these posted before I forget.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 4/1/2021 8:27 PM
Post subject: Re: #7059: Samsara's PCFX Pia♥Carrot e Youkoso!! ~We've Been Waiting for You~ "all endings" in 4:03:30.41
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Samsara
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CoolKirby wrote:
This was my only real question, and you answered it. Optimal manual text advancing would have been a ton of work for... a game like this.
No joke, half of the rerecords of this movie are from me not realizing I could do that, and it was from about half of a single route. Needless to say, if I hadn't discovered that, this would've been a roughly 30 minute, slightly slower-paced run of a single ending.
Who is Not Girl?
Absence Of Girl would have been a more descriptive but less funny term, where the protagonist just doesn't end up with anyone.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 4/1/2021 8:21 PM
Post subject: Re: #7077: FractalFusion's SNES Tic Tac Toe "Hard Mode" in 00:11.4
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Samsara
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Mothrayas wrote:
found the win condition
masterjun you're logged in on your alt again
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 4/1/2021 3:33 PM
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Samsara
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Yeah and what happened to Taco Fridays, and why was it never Taco Tuesdays? The alliteration is right there! And we've never done anything on Tuesdays, so why did it have to be Friday? How does that make any sense whatsoever? We really could've just done Taco Tuesdays! Someone needs to come and explain this to me, I've been a member of this site for 15 12 years and I have never once in my life been able to come up with even a SHADOW of a reason for that decision!
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 4/1/2021 2:17 AM
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Samsara
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jlun2 wrote:
Is this real?
yeah man he's really gonna eat tasvideos
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 4/1/2021 1:21 AM
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Samsara
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EZRA YOU CANT WATCH YOURE NOT ALLOWED IM GONNA TELL YOUR MOM
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/31/2021 3:31 PM
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Samsara
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mtvf1 wrote:
I'm not sure he uploaded his moves to youtube or not. His YouTube id: 游戏咖啡馆GameCafe
They were all uploaded to YouTube. Thanks for bringing them to our attention! Everything in the previous posts has been updated.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/31/2021 11:50 AM
Post subject: haha oops whoops
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Samsara
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Link to video
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 4:31 PM
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Samsara
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Link to video
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:57 AM
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Samsara
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Changes made, thank you for reporting!
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:52 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:51 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:50 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:49 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:49 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:45 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:42 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:41 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:39 AM
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Samsara
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This movie was flagged as console verified, but there doesn't seem to be a video attached, so I'm removing the flag. If a video exists or a new one is made, please post it in this thread and the flag will be re-added.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/30/2021 8:24 AM
(Edited: 8/22/2021 11:46 PM)
Post subject: Publication Maintenance for Console Verification
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Samsara
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This is a thread for keeping our publications up-to-date with console verification flags and videos. Please post here with any of the following:
    * New verifications, as this ensures that there's a central location for them that can easily be referenced * Publications that already have console verifications but haven't been updated with them yet, so we can add the flag and the video * Publications with the flag that no longer have (or have never had) a verification video so we can remove the flag until a video is provided * Anything else publication-related that needs to be updated or fixed
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/23/2021 5:02 PM
Post subject: processed
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Samsara
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Claiming for publication encodes. Processing... i've always wanted to say that Downloadables: https://archive.org/details/saiyuukiworld-tas-aiqiyou_jy Screenshot:
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/23/2021 1:42 PM
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Samsara
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To comment on the Mido-man "note" discussion: I agree with Arc, here. I don't really see a reason to consider that an essential part of the 100% definition. The "note", as far as I can understand, only changes a single piece of dialogue to help guide a first-time player in the right direction, as opposed to having an actual function or use in the overall game. Requiring things like that borders on Saturn territory where arbitrary decisions are made to go out of the way to collect things that are completely functionally useless in the long run and serve to do nothing more than just make the run "more 100%" when it doesn't need to be. Yes, I'm aware of how stupid that previous line sounds. Just because the "note" counts as a sword skill shouldn't really make a difference in how meaningful it is to the definition (there's no visual feedback of whether or not it even exists, unlike the actual sword skills), and saying it should count on account of "changing RAM permanently" is maybe the most dangerous possible precedent we could ever set for 100% runs. This would mean that all 100% RPG runs have to go out of their way to talk to any NPC that could ever change dialogue, whether it's theirs (i.e, talk to them once and they have something different to say afterward) or another's (i.e, this exact case), since it's exactly the same concept: A flag is set to change dialogue, which would persist on saving/loading.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
Posted: 3/21/2021 4:11 AM
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Samsara
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Location: Northern California
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Claiming for encoding.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
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