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moozooh wrote:
Archive.org for direct downloads. No disadvantages compared to download sites. Problem solved.
Quoted for reinforcement. Many of the older runs on the site have linked .avi files on archive.org, and it works perfectly, without having to go through the crap that Rapidshare presents with.
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AngerFist wrote:
Cardboard wrote:
petrie911 wrote:
If the poll is to be trusted, it seemed to entertain quite a lot of people. Since the technical accuracy of the run doesn't seem to be in much question, I still see no good reason to have rejected this run.
Because it is boring. We try not to have boring runs on this site. Mostly we succeed, and rejecting this was a step in the right direction.
You think its boring, but the majority thinks otherwise.
So if we're going by majority vote nowadays, lets go ahead and just set up an automated system of accepting anything with over 50% yes votes. I'm sure we won't publish a whole bunch of shit that way.
Swordless Link wrote:
If the poll is to be trusted, it seemed to entertain quite a lot of people. Since the technical accuracy of the run doesn't seem to be in much question, I still see no good reason to have rejected this run.
Quiet, peasant! You are not a judge! Your opinion is worthless! Worthless!
It's interesting that whenever someone doesn't get their way, immaturity sets in and they start bitching about how their opinion was never listened to. I read through this discussion thread just like everyone else, and I understand that some people find this a good movie. But I also understand that nearly 40% of the viewers were either indifferent, or thought that it was horrible in terms of entertainment.
So until you become a little less egocentric and start to be able to analyze things from both sides of a situation, I guess I really don't have anything else to say.
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I think that expressive movie descriptions, with some humor thrown in are a good thing. However, I don't like sentences which only act to inflate the author's ego, such as "This shows the author controlling two characters, now that's really hard to do!".
Thankfully, it seems that those types of descriptions are most common in the older publications here, and are slowly getting weeded out.
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If someone can make a speed-based run that doesn't repeat the same 2 or 3 moves (since that has been the main complaint with speed-based runs), it's still a possibility. However, Derakon seems to be pretty on point with his answer.
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symbolic X wrote:
As with all the other SM runs between you and hero of the day, I'm just going to vote YES so that the judges can collect the info and start trying to publish and encode. Now how's that for emphasis?!
>:)
I still don't have the right rom's and versions of snes9x to play the input movie, so hopefully a good AVI would show me the way. =)
Poll Question wrote:
Vote: Did you like watching this movie? (Vote after watching!)
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Derakon wrote:
there's a lot of people who just don't know what they're doing when it comes to computers.
Amen.
And I've never had problems using a console controller for FPSs. I may not be a master-super-1337-awesometastic player, but I hold my own. So, while keyboard/mouse may be moderately better method for some people, controllers are by no means bad.
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nfq wrote:
Warp wrote:
The GameCube was not bad itself in this regard, with 21 million units sold, but once again completely overshadowed by its competitor.
The problem with Nintendo is that they aim for babies as their target audience. Especially the Gamecube. I mean, who still wants to play with cubes when they're 20?
In case you haven't noticed, people continue to be born. Which means that there will always be a younger demographic to cater to.
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Sure, why not.
Gender? Male
Age? 25 in a month
Play on PC or Console? Console, with random freeware games on PC
If Console, which one? N64, PS2
Do you play: (very infrequently)
[x] Alone?
[ ] Online?
[ ] In-home groups?
Do you take your gaming “seriously?” (want to beat friends, win tourneys etc.) Nope
Where do you get your information about games? Here, a couple random internet sites (gamepro mostly)
Favorite games?
1. God of War 1/2
2. Tony Hawk series (up to THUG)
3. Chrono Trigger
• Where do you buy your games? Wherever they sell used PS2 games
• Where do you buy your consoles? Got my PS2 at Target
• Have you ever traded in or purchased a second hand game/console? Nope
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Your parents:
[]Support your gaming
[]Dislike it
[]Don’t care
[X]Not living with parents[/quote]
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I liked it. It had army men, mutants, robots, bad-ass biker dudes, cyborgs, midget Vega, a pimp with a white suit and purple hat, and best of all, ninjas with boobies!
I am a little confused with your movements sometimes though. In the first couple of levels, you simply walk to the right when there aren't any enemies and the screen scrolls, but in level 5 (the one right after the pimp), you backflip to move to the right. Is there one that's faster than the other, or does it not matter?
Also, I didn't bother to check, but is there a 2 player co-op mode?
Anyway, yes vote (assuming of course that there is no 2 player option).
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I just realized that Lord Tom's suggestion would leave roughly 90% of the TASvideos population without a rank, since they don't have a published movie. And because of perceived problems with the rating system, I think that variable could be replaced by one referencing forum posts. So:
Lord Tom wrote:
Thus (for example):
# of movies currently published:
1-3: Contributing
4-6: Active
7-9: Workhorse
10-15: Prolific
16+: Super-Prolific
0 movies published: Watching
# of forum posts:
0-10: Newbie
11-50: Talker
51-250: xxxx
250-1000: xxxx
1001- : xxxx
Couldn't think up any good names for the xxxx's since it's late, but you get the idea.
EDIT: I also just realized that this is a slightly more detailed version of what we already have. Time to get some sleep, I guess :P
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Lord Tom wrote:
There's a lot I like about Baxter's idea, but share Bisqwit's reluctance to distill players down to a single 'score.'
My idea for player ranks is separately assign keywords for number and quality of movies made, and combine then to construct a rank.
Thus (for example):
# of movies currently published:
1-3: Contributing
4-6: Active
7-9: Workhorse
10-15: Prolific
16+: Super-Prolific
Average (or median) rating of all published movies:
<6.0: Dilettante
6.01-7.0: Achiever
7.01-8.0: Afficionado
8.01+: Superstar
I like this idea a lot; it looks like a simplified (and much, much cleaner) version of what I suggested a year and a half ago on the previous page. [EDIT]: I'm unsure if using movie rankings are the best variable to use, There has been a lot of (justifiable) complaints about them being biased.[/EDIT] However, I still think this:
mmbossman in April 2007 wrote:
I think that people who manage this site and contribute beyond the normal call of duty (i.e. judges, encoders/publishers, and editors), should be given a single title superseding all other parts of the rank. I had "Operator" in mind.
It helps provide a little distinction to the people who keep this site running and looking good.
(Note that I suggested this before I was either an editor or judge)
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alden wrote:
mmbossman wrote:
A lot of people, despite what they are supposed to do, will look at publication of a run as the ultimate goal, not the enjoyment of the creation process or the knowledge that some people, somewhere will enjoy it.
Then we should give those people the artificial incentive of making their work of art relatively available on this revered collection of tool-assisted movies (not in the reject pile).
"Available" is a weaker term than the revered "Published" -- I would like a smaller, refined section of the current publications to be the most public face of the site, and devote the rest to all these good movies that will be enjoyed by people, but not by everyone.
I know your position on this. But start bugging Bisqwit about it if you really want to make a permanent change; no one else has any sort of control over it.
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Got it all worked out. At the end of World 1, I am:
* 8 Frames ahead
* Have 100 more points
* And have 4 more coins (cuz Mario gots to have some cash to pay for his ho, once he gets to her).
This won't be a very noticeable improvement (other than obvious stylistic changes), but that's what frame wars are for, I guess.
