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I'm not going to ask you anything, but I'll definitely tell you how you feel about things.
YOU LOVE AMERICAN IDOL, BUT YOU HATE TOP CHEF. YOU ARE A FAILURE.
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I asked this following question earlier, and I figure it would essentially be most pertinent to ask it of the administrator for this site. That being said:
Zurreco wrote:
So Fabian, are you aiming to have a large public discourse here, or simply a method of altering Off-Topic back to a dialectic in and of itself? That is to say, are you looking for unending debates on the intangible, or are you simply trying to stimulate conversation?
Depending on your answer above:
Do you believe that religion, both in the theological sense and moral applicability sense, lead to factioning throughout a society, no matter how ideal or unideal that society would be? Would you determine that we have factioning here? Do you think that this is a good or a bad thing, and should we actively attempt to abolish "technical" factions (as in, official bonds, rather than simple friendships)? Would you conclude that this makes us an ideal or unideal community?
OR
Where do you see our site heading towards, assuming that we either take an active stance to "better" it with new ideas or stick to our guns and work towards our original ideals? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Could you possible compare the teleological image of tasvideos to that of another site (as in, a progression towards a site vs the degradation to a state such as gameFAQs)?
Also, what are the odds that you'll give me ops in #nesvideos?
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I asked this of Fabian, and he didn't even attempt to give me a true response. I'd like to have some sort of opinion on it, though, so I guess I'll post it here.
Zurreco wrote:
So Fabian, are you aiming to have a large public discourse here, or simply a method of altering Off-Topic back to a dialectic in and of itself? That is to say, are you looking for unending debates on the intangible, or are you simply trying to stimulate conversation?
Depending on your answer above:
Do you believe that religion, both in the theological sense and moral applicability sense, lead to factioning throughout a society, no matter how ideal or unideal that society would be? Would you determine that we have factioning here? Do you think that this is a good or a bad thing, and should we actively attempt to abolish "technical" factions (as in, official bonds, rather than simple friendships)? Would you conclude that this makes us an ideal or unideal community?
OR
Where do you see our site heading towards, assuming that we either take an active stance to "better" it with new ideas or stick to our guns and work towards our original ideals? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Could you possible compare the teleological image of tasvideos to that of another site (as in, a progression towards a site vs the degradation to a state such as gameFAQs)?
Also, how is the weather up there? It's really nice down here as of late.
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Fabian wrote:
Anyway you used too many big words and I don't really understand what you're saying so.
Dear Fabian,
What is it like to be a huge quitter? How long have you been copping-out of open forum questions, which you invite upon yourself, in order to have such a mastery of letting me down?
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So Fabian, are you aiming to have a large public discourse here, or simply a method of altering Off-Topic back to a dialectic in and of itself? That is to say, are you looking for unending debates on the intangible, or are you simply trying to stimulate conversation?
Depending on your answer above:
Do you believe that religion, both in the theological sense and moral applicability sense, lead to factioning throughout a society, no matter how ideal or unideal that society would be? Would you determine that we have factioning here? Do you think that this is a good or a bad thing, and should we actively attempt to abolish "technical" factions (as in, official bonds, rather than simple friendships)? Would you conclude that this makes us an ideal or unideal community?
OR
Where do you see our site heading towards, assuming that we either take an active stance to "better" it with new ideas or stick to our guns and work towards our original ideals? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Could you possible compare the teleological image of tasvideos to that of another site (as in, a progression towards a site vs the degradation to a state such as gameFAQs)?
Have fun with those. Anyone else can answer, too. Just don't make this into a drama fest.
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Use my route for the 100%. It will shave about a minute off of Lucid Faia's speedrun routewise. The any% is pretty much the same, but you can work at least 30 seconds off of his run, since he accepted a lot of bad boss fights.
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Fabian wrote:
I guess I kinda used to kinda think of you as an "enemy" if you will because I considered you to be one of like 4 smart people on this forum and I enjoy feeling better than everyone else. Also you insulted me a few times which kinda pissed me off and I can be very grumpy.
I think associates will work out well though.
I can live with these responses. Now I just need to work on BoltR and moozooh.
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mmbossman wrote:
Maybe the next time someone thinks about posting about the "worst day ever" not mentioning 9/11 or the holocaust, will reconsider.
Every day is the worst day ever because life is nothing by a swirling tumult of pain and suffering until you are alloted a respite in the cold and definitive embrace of death. Also, Transformers was a let down, but it was not the worst movie by far.
There you go.
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You can insta-kill him in the sense that you can multi-cast it before he starts being a nuisance. However, earning the money, buying the spells, and casting the spells (this one especially) takes a huge amount of time.
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Actually, I amended the path a little bit for a 100%:
Level 1 -> Somulo -> Vellum 1 -> Hippogriff 1 -> Arma 1
Level 2 -> Ovnunu
Level 4 -> Vial 1 -> Hippogriff 2 -> Crown -> Vellum 2 -> Arma 2
Level 4 -> Flier 1
Level 3 -> Vial 2 -> Skull -> Flame Lord
Level 3 -> Life Vessel 1
Level 6 -> Vial 3 -> Life Vessel 2 -> Armor -> Flier 2 -> Arma 3
Level 6 -> Vellum 3 -> Grewon1
Level 1 -> Vial 4 -> Life Vessel 3
Level 2 -> Vial 5 -> Hand -> Life Vessel 4 -> Belth
Level 2 -> Vellum 4 -> Life Vessel 5
Head Butt Minigame
Level 5 -> Life Vessel 6 -> Crawler
Level 5 -> Life Vessel 7 -> Life Vessel 8 -> Holothurion
Level 3 -> Vellum 5 -> Life Vessel 9 -> Scula
Level 7 -> Hippogriff3 -> Fang -> Life Vessel 10 -> Grewon2 -> Phalanx
I don't think I've forgotten anything in that list. For reference, Life Vessel 1 is after the forest burns down, 2 is behind the ice blocks, 3 is midway on the last cliff face, 4 is in the graveyards, 5 is near the candle area, 6 is in a statue, 7 is where Crawler spawned from, 8 is underwater, 9 is in an underwater room, and 12 is in the bell tower. Everything else is retrieved from games and bosses. If I forgot anything, be sure to point it out, or throw it in wherever. That route maximizes damage and movement capabilities at the expense of a few extra seconds of map movement, all of which I'm pretty sure are saved by faster boss fights and fluid movement.
Also, just for kicks, here is the weapon damage values/boss HP counts/etc:
Fire: 1 HP
Buster: 1 HP
Tornado: 0 HP
Claw: 1 HP
Demon: 3 HP
Earth (air): 1 HP
Earth (ground): 2 HP
Air: 2 HP
Water (dry): 1 HP
Water (wet): 4 HP
Legendary: 5 HP
Somulo1: 7HP
Somulo2: 4HP
Hippogriff1: 16HP
Arma1: 16HP
Ovnunu's Eyes: 3 HP
Ovnunu: 10 HP
Belth: 32 HP
Flame Lord1: 26 HP (fire immune, air resistant)
Flame Lord2: 20 HP (fire immune)
Scula (bottom): 24 HP
Scula (top): 10 HP
Flier1: 24 HP (150% weak to air)
Hippogriff2: 24 HP
Arma2: 32 HP
Crawler: ~61 HP (immune to air)
Holothurion: 75 HP
Flier2: 48 HP (150% weak to air)
Arma 3: 72 HP
Grewon1: 64 HP
Hippogriff 3: 64 HP
Grewon2: 64 HP (200% weak to legendary)
Phalanx 1: 30 HP
Phalanx 2: 100 HP (drains water at 50HP)
Phalanx 3: Dunno
That being said, stand your ground with the Earth Crest until you can get the Time Crest. Then, use the Time Crest for every fight, even Holothurion and Phalanx2.
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Useless Ideological Opinion: While I commend that you set out to make a script that is able to determine "beauty," I don't think that's really something that you can determine by such a simple determination of action and color differentiation.
How does the color factor in to grayscale Gameboy submissions? How does the activity factor in to games like Deja Vu, where "action" is more of less an instance of text?
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Actually, Earth Crest while taking damage is the faster way to fight Ovnunu. If you stand on either platform, you do 2x damage than Fire Crest (and you match it if you need to jump, which works if you need to reposition the small eyes with an air shot as they come out).
Electro: Are you doing 100% or any/low%? Also, I'll watch your WIP and give you feedback, so long as you plan on submitting this eventually. There is, to be honest, no point in the game when you really need to manipulate anything outside of boss fights.
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2k just needs to put a txt file in the installation folder. "'Would you kindly' remember to uninstall your copy of Bioshock if you wish to be reimbursed one of your activations?"
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The best ending is 100% from a fresh game. The ultimate quest mode is an extra ending, and would probably be lumped in as a "concept demo."
That being said, low% and any% are the same, which is just killing Flier, Flame Lord, Belth, and Phalanx1. There is nothing between low% and 100% that constitutes a necessary new category.
