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Hello. Sorry for my post in English, I don't speak Japanese, but that is why I'm here.
I'd like if someone could translate for me the comments and description of this video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21538215
The glitch in the video could be a huge improvement to the current SCV4 run, but I do not understand what causes it or how to perform it. Therefore I'd like to know what the comments say and see if they contain any useful info. If anyone can help me translating them, that would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks and sorry again for posting in English
-scrimpeh
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So FerretWarlord notified me towards a certain trend in this thread and asked me to contribute accordingly.
As I was checking out the thread it dawned upon me. Apple Bloom, Scootaloo? Jeez, what am I gonna draw then?
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Mugg: Really nice work there. I like the 'fuzzy' quality Scootaloo has, it makes the entire image feel warmer
This ought to be fun when people begin arguing which countries are even recognized or not. Kosovo? What is this madness?
For the record, I got about 140 countries or so right. Woulda been more if I knew how to spell certain ones. At least I now learned you spell it Tajikistan and not Tadjikistan >_>.
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hellagels wrote:
Yes vote. It is awesome to see a new zipping glitch. NKT...
Will this submission replace cpadolf's movie?
I wouldn't hope so, as cpadolf's movie shows off considerably more of Julius mode. Anything I can say about the movie has already been said, it's technically very well made and smooth, but the bosses drag on a bit. I vote yes, but I'm not entirely sure whether it's a moon or a vault one.
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I'd like to make a case for the Souls games here. They sparingly use music outside of boss battles, but the places where it is used, it's all the more effective. Your milage may wary on those, as I'm not sure how well the themes stand on their own without experiencing the actual moment in the game they are associated with. Nevertheless, I feel they're worth a listen.
Demons' Souls:
Maiden in BlackFlamelurkerDragon God
Dark Souls:
Great Grey Wolf SifGravelord NitoArtorias the AbysswalkerGwyn, Lord of Cinder
//For something unrelated:
The Binding of Isaac has a very haunting Cave Theme
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Wall of text incoming:
Hi, Mediosthenes and welcome to TASvideos. The situation with obtaining ROMs is a tough subject indeed, but for the site, you're just not allowed to post links to copyrighted ROMs or ROM sites on the forum.
As far as the legal situation of obtaining ROMs is concerned, copyright law holds that you're permitted to obtain a ROM if you already own the game legally - as a copy for yourself - under fair use. (In fact, you could even dump a ROM from the cartridge yourself if you have technology.)
However, the law isn't entirely clear on the matter and it probably only applies to the US if at all, so it falls into sort of a grey area overall. If you wish to avoid downloading ROMs, your best bet are free- and shareware games, but they are very uncommon outside of Home and Personal Computers. You mentioned the SNES in your post, for which freeware games are very rare, so if you want to TAS systems like it, I fear you're kinda out of luck.
Do note that the movie files themselves are not subject to copyright, and those are what you end up actually submitting. As long as the movie plays back correctly for the judges, everything is good.
However, realistically it's very, very, very, very unlikely that you ever will get in trouble for downloading ROMs due to their age and small size. (There's also the concept of abandonware, but it doesn't apply for many games, especially with digital distribution of old games becoming popular) And, in practice, nobody ever asks where you got your ROMs from.
I understand it however if you do not wish to violate copyright, and it really is a barrier most people don't even consider anymore. Legally, you quite honestly should have nothing to worry about in any case but if your concerns are ethical, you may want to only stick to ROMs of games which you've bought or games which are freeware.
If you just want to try out some TASing, you can also look for homebrew games like Battle Kid for the NES. While they also are for sale, they usually have free Demo versions which you can use.
Hoping that helps.
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Personally, I think we should give the credit to the hard-working industrious playerbase at tasvideos, allowing for this amazing feat by submitting such an extraordinary amount of movies lately. Wouldn't have been possible without them.
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I highly anticipated the movie, and you certainly did not disappoint. The precision and attention to detail stuck out throughout the entire movie, and there were a ton of small little highlights that made the run special, especially towards the item cleanup. The shinesparks chains and speed boost space jumps were a treat as well. Great watch and an amazing improvement to the existing run. Yes vote.
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I'd be excited to see an Adventure: Rebirth TAS, I wonder how much it'd differ from the unassisted runs. Other than not using the copout of easy difficulty to skip the second form of the final boss, naturally.
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Other than a broader assortment of TASes to chose from now, I wonder how a new promo movie could be structured.
As an idea, I was thinking about showing one particular section of a TAS and how it got improved over the years.
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Derakon wrote:
scrimpeh wrote:
Only the music in the encode seems slightly off-key, I'm not sure what that's all about. Voting yes.
I'm pretty sure this is just the music being off-key in the actual game.
I was gonna chalk it up to NTSC/PAL differences, but then this is a (J) Rom apparently. I remember hearing some of the game's music online before, which also sounded off back then, so I have to guess that's the case.
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Mugg: Really nice work there. I like the 'fuzzy' quality Scootaloo has, it makes the entire image feel warmer
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...Oh god.