Tool
Assisted
Superplay
Not...
Tool
Assisted
Speedrun
Hell, you can even read the sign in the top left there, see? Of course, "superplay" is somewhat vague in its definition. But nevertheless, the purpose of these videos on this site is to entertain, not satisfy the urges of tachophiles. If the River City Ransom run can be accepted, why not this? Well, apart from the autoscrollers, but that's an issue we have to deal with with every single playthrough with autoscrollers. Besides, it shows of a variety of glitches, stunts and tricks in a unique way, and has its advantages over places like YouTube and single demonstration movies in several ways...
1. Unexpectedness.
2. No stupid music played over the gameplay.
3. No stupid music played over the gameplay (I'm listing it again just to be clear).
4. Higher quality video.
5. Has more variety.
6. Precision in what goes on.
7. It's different.
8. etc. etc. etc.
Some explanation of these
1. Just as it says. Seeing something you did not expect gives a different and much more satisfying effect than being told what you are going to see before you see what you're going to see, which is often the case, at least in my experience.
2. You get to hear the sounds of the game, instead of the movie-maker's favorite music from their favorite band.
3. You get to hear the sounds and music that naturally occur during the game, giving an element of depth to it. A number of YouTube videos seem to carry music not from the game within them, which you may or may not like, but at any rate, doesn't give the same feeling as hearing what goes on within the game itself. Of course, this isn't always the case, but that leads us to...
4. With this, you get high-quality playback! Also, you don't need to wait for the entire video to s-l-o-w-l-y l-o-a-d.
5. The entire game is played through and a variety of situations that you would not normally see and glitches are shown off, instead of just one level or something.
6. It tries to keep a good speed throughout all the chaos going on, and the glitches and stuff are pulled off well.
7. It's more amusing than frame wars in which people compete to see who can reduce lag the most, as the fastest possible strategies have already been developed. At least in my opinion. I'm sure others share it. While to some people, three frames that the human eye will not even notice will make enough of a difference to worship the runner as their new god for at least a brief period of time, others get bored of such things after a while, and want something different. This is something different, I am an other, and there are others.
8. Lots of other things too.
If I could vote, which I cannot, due to general inactivity around here, mostly contributed due to activity on other forums, and basically having little to nothing to say most of the times, but mostly due to activity on other forums and not checking this one all that often, it would be Yes. But, as I do want to contribute something, I'll suggest a screenshot to use. Either NVA's fifth, depicting red shell rape, or the part in 3-3 where it appears Mario is running across the water.
Also, as a closing comment, my mind was blown at the bonus area in 3-7. I was not aware of that place until I watched the playthrough.