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The submission comments were awesome, they simply said "This input file should work with every ROM version of this game, and if it doesn't, then F*** YOU! I would also like to show this picture while I'm at it:" and then I posted a picture of Donkey Kong running on a rolling barrell down the street. The first comment on that submission was Tompa, simply saying "Lua'ed.".

This is hilarious, especially that last bit. :D

Posted: 11/12/2010 8:05 AM

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Aktan wrote:

I will shamelessly mention I do like some other type of scaling.

You guys are just impossible. :D

Posted: 11/12/2010 1:38 AM

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HQx is an attempt to increase the resolution by "smart" interpolation, but naturally this results in artifacts that look completely out of place everywhere the algorithm misfires or can't calculate the right values, so that's a no for me. In more complex cases the distortion looks pretty awful. Then again, I don't care about HD encodes other than on YouTube anyway, because: a) I prefer watching stuff I like in emulators, where I can use any filters I want if need be; b) going above 4x of the original resolution (that is, 2x width 2x height needed to battle the colorspace issue with H.264) is pretty pointless because scaling will occur as soon as the user enables fullscreen. Increasing file size by an order of magnitude to make it a tiny bit less blurry (but still not perfect) doesn't really compute with me.

Posted: 11/11/2010 7:56 PM

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I believe it has something to do with this. Then again, now that the core has been more-or-less finalized (all subsystems emulated at 100% accuracy), a TAS-specific fork can be created for the GUI. Byuu has already done enough for this emulator and SNES emulation in general, I'd say.

Posted: 11/4/2010 5:34 PM

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It would be fun if the men themselves also were black.

Posted: 11/3/2010 3:39 PM

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Making a fake video is not impossible, but in many cases doing so convincingly enough to go unnoticed requires an amount of knowledge and effort comparable to just recording the thing unassisted. Also, unassisted runners participate in meetups and stream live attempts, so nobody who have seen them doubts their abilities. Then again, if something looks and acts 100% real, who's there to complain? If you never get to know otherwise there will be no difference, anyway.

Posted: 11/2/2010 12:12 AM

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Let's do this.

Posted: 11/1/2010 12:50 PM

Post subject: "TOTALLY STUDLY!"

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Very disappointed with the freezing glitch. Sucked all the fun out of it. :\

Posted: 11/1/2010 12:28 PM

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v1.43 is what you're looking for.

Posted: 10/31/2010 2:20 PM

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This issue has already been resolved, no need to chime in and fuel this again.

Posted: 10/30/2010 5:14 PM

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HappyLee wrote:

Here's 30 seconds of my show, the opening dance of Micheal Jackson- Billie Jean. Hope you like it! http://video.sina.com.cn/playlist/4277377-1170581092-1.html#36857035

Awesome crotch grab technique. Seriously, can't believe nobody has commented on that video. I want to see more! :D

Posted: 10/30/2010 5:01 PM

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Well, let's be fair: in this case the "hard work" is mainly waiting for Aktan's computer's CPU to dump and process the same movie, as the rest of the process is otherwise identical. I'm somehow sure the SM64 team would have submitted the new version anyway if this one had been published by the time of the recent discovery.

Posted: 10/30/2010 1:31 AM

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Shouldn't there be another pod segment, or am I remembering this wrong? I thought there were three.

Posted: 10/29/2010 11:51 AM

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Hi, Fabian. How's life treating you nowadays? Did you find yourself a nice job you're comfortable with? In the past couple years, I've experienced many things, seen true love, become more human, felt things I've never felt before, improved my intuition and observational skills, understood myself and my life better and realized what I need to do to improve it further. Lots of interesting progress, though some of it did require a lot of painful cracking of my inner shells to let things grow. Unlike Bisqwit, however, religion wasn't involved. At the moment I'm in a huge financial pickle (both myself and my parents have taken loans, and at the moment I'm the only one of us three who has a regular job; I didn't really see this coming back in summer), the state military service is after me, and I have to get myself a second regular job to be able to support all this and some further needs financially. Still, I feel better and more motivated to do something meaningful than ever before, and this is completely awesome because changes for the better are already happening. I do hope I won't have to sell my body thanks to all of these debts, though, that wouldn't be so awesome. :D (j/k) Really hope you're having something good in your life as well!

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:26 PM

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So we can only get along if we turn a blind eye on your silly little antics. Sounds like a sweet deal, right? You're pretty full of yourself, mr. Pixel g0 Red.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:14 PM

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C0DE RED wrote:

Now STFU already, ya worthless poseur!

I would've deleted that and issued a warning, but this gem should be preserved for laughs and go down in history as a shining example of hypocrisy on the part of codeportalofsymbolicpixelgoroundxrainred. Though, coming to think of it, I'll still issue a warning because calling one of the more helpful members of the site a worthless poseur is just… wrong.

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:41 PM

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It is indeed more worthy of a publication compared to the run at SDA (no offense intended; I've already expressed my opinion on that run several times on the SDA forum), but the merits of having it published here are dubious at best. Still, stuff like this is more entertaining than some of the long 8.0+ rated runs just because it's not as painful to watch. Voting meh.

Posted: 10/26/2010 12:59 PM

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Wow, awesome! Also, please embed the videos as you see fit. Most people just don't bother or don't understand how.

Posted: 10/26/2010 2:35 AM

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I'm a big fan of Garegga, and I've actually tried TASing it around two years ago for the exact same purpose. Unfortunately the emulation was highly unstable so I couldn't continue without FBA constantly crashing for various reasons. I wonder if it's any different now?.. Anyway, here's some more information if any one of you picks this up. 1. "Harder" mode starts off on a higher rank initially. I'm not sure of the exact differences in starting rank or rank caps. The cap might or might not be higher than the one set by "very hard" dip switch. That switch only regulates per-frame rank increase rate and the max rank cap. 2. The rank doesn't increase upon each consecutive play indefinitely, it just raises the starting value a little bit over the time and stops at a certain threshold that doesn't dramatically differ from the default. 3. Set the board region to USA via dip switches to increase the base rank increase rate. 4. A good trick to drive the rank up faster is to choose Gain as your starting ship, immediately increase the autofire rate to 30 Hz through a shortcut, pick up four options ASAP, and hug the top of the screen with straight option formation for as long as needed for the value to max out, going away from the top only to pick up power up items. This will bypass the "Space Invaders syndrome" Gain's options normally have (new projectiles can't spawn from the same source as long as the previous ones are still on the screen), allowing for an immense rank increase rate. 5. Make no mistake, the game will lag with lots of bullets on the screen. Kind of defeats the purpose at some points, since the game slows down enough to be able to dodge the bullets without tool-assistance if you're playing smart enough to leave wide openings in the attacks and not move around needlessly.

Posted: 10/22/2010 11:18 PM

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Keep in mind that: 1) most of the scenes are pretty trivial; 2) in many cases, max score requires a lengthy setup to catch more bullets in the frame. In regards to Touhou games, Perfect Cherry Blossom would likely benefit the most because its scoring system is the hardest to max out. Most runs by HS参謀 are pretty damn awesome, though. Fairy Wars would be nice as well.

Posted: 10/22/2010 11:47 AM

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I think drawing these imaginary lines beforehand with no danger in sight smells of cowardice. There might be both bad and good things to gain from confronting the unexpected, and by drawing these lines we prevent either. I agree, it is very much a mental masturbation, because coming to a conclusion makes you feel like you're already in control of a potential future controversy, but by the time such decision becomes necessary both the circumstances and current conjecture might render it inapplicable, obsolete, or otherwise unwanted. I think, if a future tournament mode run is submitted it will most definitely compete with this one, just as a full game run will compete with a full game one.

Posted: 10/18/2010 10:27 PM

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You could at least try quoting the post you were replying to, considering three more people had already posted after that without going further off-topic. Which is actually something I would like you to do in the first place: not going off-topic.

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