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Posted: 10/30/2006 8:46 AM
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You mean this can be improved 12 sec? SICK!!! 7503 re-records... that's quite a hefty amount for a 45 sec run, any particular area that caused so many re-records? You submission text makes it sound so easy...
Movie Info wrote:
He wanted not only to become a vampire hunter, but also to break the game.
LOL...
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Posted: 10/30/2006 8:28 AM
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That's cool! No comedian ever comes over to where I live :( Hope he updated his act this time round lol...
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:38 AM
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Another good standup comedian who does good impressions is Pablo Francisco. I remember watching his comedy central routine on youtube before, and it was pretty hilarious. He is very well known for his ability to imitate the voice of the 'Movie Voiceover Guy' and Arnold Schwarzenegger... go check him out too if you like Caliendo
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Posted: 10/29/2006 11:33 AM
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I just can't imagine how people can stand all the pressure sitting through 2 hours trying to create a 'perfect' run. I would prolly just die of a heart attack if I screw up on the last stars :S I respect them for their persistence and all man... training for a speedrun is tough and time consuming! It's different from TAS, not so much on finding the best glitches to save time, but more on grinding and grinding and grinding to be able to produce consistent results time after time. If hotarubi really pulled it off (which I am starting to be convinced he did), he will definitely be my most respected speed runner...
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Posted: 10/29/2006 11:24 AM
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Hmm, I thought the run was fantastic because it beats a fresh game quick... using a secret character wouldn't be as impressive though it would be faster.
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Posted: 10/28/2006 2:26 PM
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Ah I see... never thought of it that way. Cool!
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Posted: 10/28/2006 2:06 PM
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Tub wrote:
a standard clock would help. There isn't too much fluctuation in the difference between real time and ingame-time if you stick to the same route.
I don't quite get what you mean. Most obviously, the movie file I downloaded was 58 minutes long, assuming that 10 minutes were taken up by the credits and intro (which I am sure is an overestimate), then the remaining 48 minutes would be the real time of the run... but the in-game clock only reflects 32 minutes. In this sense, I would think its hard to actually know accurately whether the game would be rounding up or down your time isn't it? Maybe I am not getting what you mean, care to explain further?
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Posted: 10/28/2006 1:28 PM
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I just thought some of the jumps were too precise, makes it look almost TASed, especially at the speeds it was being played at. Still too unbelievable, though the shoulder pumping part doesn't look too robotic, since the rate of pumping wasn't so constant all around... still that would have probably given him carpel tunnel or something having to press it so frequently for 30 minutes :S If it was indeed legit, then I can only imagine the immense stress going through it, and perhaps the disappointment when he finally gave up and went on to rescue the animals lol. But then again, how did he know 31 wasn't attainable, since the game timer can't be seen... he couldn't have watch memories too right?
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Posted: 10/28/2006 4:46 AM
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Can't quite understand it though (watched most of it through turbo :S), ugh, it was pretty boring for me since I never tried the game out before. But considering the interesting time savers in the submission text and how much time it saves on a published movie, I guess this should be accepted. Voting YES for these reasons
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Posted: 10/28/2006 4:39 AM
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NrgSpoon wrote:
i've got some balls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP5J4W5GQ3w
OMG, they actually flooded the town with balls? o.O
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Posted: 10/28/2006 12:43 AM
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You sound like you almost got it... hmmm, did you screw up somewhere and position P and Q wrongly? Q should be on top while P below... i think. EDIT: Hah... managed to solve it finally :P This works :P For my solution now: 
Consider forces parallel to string for Q
CF1 sin(alpha) - T - 2mg cos(alpha) = 0 (forces balance)
2m(w^2)(QB sin(alpha)) sin (alpha) - T - 2mg cos(alpha) = 0
(2 QB) m(w^2) sin^2(alpha) - T - 2mg cos(alpha) = 0

Consider forces parallel to string for P
CF2 sin(alpha) + mg cos(alpha) - T = 0 (forces balance)
m(w^2)(BP sin(alpha)) sin (alpha) + mg cos(alpha) - T = 0
(BP) m(w^2) sin^2(alpha) + mg cos(alpha) - T = 0

Solving simultaneously
(BP) m(w^2) sin^2(alpha) + mg cos(alpha) = (2 QB) m(w^2) sin^2(alpha) - 2mg cos(alpha)
m(w^2)(2QB - BP) sin^2(alpha) = 3mg cos(alpha)
w^2 = {3g cos(alpha)} / {(2QB - BP) sin^2(alpha)}

Pretty close now, just need to figure out the inequality:
2QB - BP = 3QB - length of string       ; given as 'a' in question
since QB < a
      3QB < 3a
      3QB - a <2a>
    
Therefore,  {(3QB - a)^ -1} > {(2a)^ -1}
=> w^2 > {3g cos(alpha)} / {2a sin^2(alpha)}


For part (ii) 
when (w^2) --> infinity,
{3g cos(alpha)} / {(2QB - BP) sin^2(alpha)} --> infinity
hence denominator --> zero

Therefore, 2QB - BP --> zero <=> BP/QB ~= 2
Suddenly got the inspiration to figure it out :P hope its understandable
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Posted: 10/27/2006 1:26 PM
Post subject: I've got some balls... do you??
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Check out this coffee break game: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~sebbi/shatter/ballseng.htm Heck it's damn fun, got me hooked onto it trying to break some records (try out chase, FUN!)... How I wish this had a frame advance function on it haha. Hmmm, I think it's Windows only, not sure how wine will emulate it, haven't got time to try on my fedora...
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Posted: 10/27/2006 12:09 PM
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Mukki wrote:
This is good; i've been hoping to see Morimoto's run replaced because by the site's current standards that run is not worthy of a star. It misses shots and is generally boring. This is very much different and improved.
Hmmm, actually I thought that was one of the better movies on the site. At least it was the movie, together with SMB3 and SM64, that got me into TAS :) In my opinion, it was quite a milestone back when it was published, basically because playing on frame advance wasn't possible, and the velocity should have been tough to optimize fully with slowdowns... It was perhaps the best concept of sidescroller TASing, that is until adelikat showed how more art there is to it!
Bisqwit wrote:
I recommend against trying to "improve" this movie. The author was not aiming for game clear speed. It's merely a demonstration of what happens when you have tons of speed upgrades.
Haha, interesting to know that adelikat managed to change Bisqwit's opinion on the game so much (compare with a post by Bisq in page 1) :P
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Posted: 10/27/2006 9:46 AM
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Hmmm, theenglishman probably can't understand the rules in English...
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Posted: 10/27/2006 9:40 AM
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VANDAL wrote:
This, to me, is probably one of the best movies I've ever seen on this site. It was very well done to the point in which I thought an actual robot was playing. It's definately a yes vote from me.
Hmmm, aren't macros sort of robots... pre-programmed to run at the single hit of a button? haha
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Posted: 10/27/2006 12:35 AM
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Interesting run, I reckon it would have been more magnificent if you managed to manipulate the first hits to always produce a warp. The waiting for the demo to finally turn up was a bore... but at least it looks well done after that :) It's well done enough for me, and the concept is novel. YES vote
NesVideoAgent wrote:
* Uses Death
LOL, hmmm would the death of the CPU player in the demo count?? And I was wondering, could the CPU player in the demo be manipulated to pick a warp, and would it be possible to move it into the warp? What would then happen???
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Posted: 10/26/2006 7:41 AM
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Hmmm, found his profile page here and found out that his RL name was James Browne. But searching his name in google turned up only Godfather of Soul results :S His website seems down, and he isn't active anymore in 2 other forums which he visited before... gone without a trace I guess
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Posted: 10/26/2006 7:24 AM
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Hmmm, I don't quite like the death part too, just didn't sit well with the momentum of the run... but who cares, it will all well done (except when crashing into the brain). Will definitely vote a YES when it's completed :P Btw, what were the words you were spelling? I know I managed to spot ADELIKAT, but after that what did you spell? It seemed to end with 'JOES'. The run looked quite good in terms of optimization though you did admit some slowdowns for entertainment, which is forgivable ;) In a way, I appreciated the lag at the start of stage 5 since it allowed me to follow the movement of the ship more clearly o.O it sure is fast even with lag LOL
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Posted: 10/26/2006 12:11 AM
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Sorry for taking so long to reply. I think I am going to start with some basic assembly for windows, mainly for doing debugging work and stuff. If the language is quite alike to that of NES/SNES assembly, then I may carry on with rom hacking... Still, going to take a while before I get used to looking at all the code, deciphering what is going on in all the registers is confusing :S
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Posted: 10/26/2006 12:05 AM
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Yea, good luck AngerFist, everyone in this community will be behind you all the way (I hope)! All the best and hope you get better soon :P
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Posted: 10/26/2006 12:01 AM
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qqwref wrote:
'Boring' is somewhat subjective (some people think two hours of Super Mario RPG is boring; all people (I think) think two hours of Tetris (just standard Tetris) is boring), but I like Morrison's idea. The Gruefood part of the forum is useful as an archive, but it would be better to have a thorough, ordered list of the most well-executed boring movies. It would be even better with screenshots, of course (although that's not necessary)... Even if Bisqwit (or whoever) wouldn't work on it, I'd contribute some time towards the page if it was made.
I am not sure if you mean to have a page where any registered user of the site can recommend runs that are already eaten by the grue... but I see too many possible areas of abuse that can happen. Also, what if a person see something worthy of recommendation in a run that nobody else agrees with (back to the "boring is subjective" argument) or if each person recommends 1 run (or the author recommends his own) it would beat the whole purpose of the Gruefood archive. I don't know, the fact that the boring-ness of a run is subjective makes such a page un-definitive. Anything can go there, since
DK64_MASTER wrote:
Boring runs are in the eye of the beholder for the most part
Even having moderators to manage such a page wouldn't sound right, since who is to say for sure that the moderators' view of boring-but-worth recommendation being right? Whichever way I look at it, the page just doesn't sound unbiased enough...
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Posted: 10/24/2006 11:02 PM
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Haha... that was a silly little typo over there... his time was around 5 sec slower. Heh, I was skiving off from work, better not let my Papa and Mama find out about this :P
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Posted: 10/24/2006 6:53 AM
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I just watched the flyswat video... and actually I realised that it has potential for a concept video. Instead of just pure speed run, it can be made to beat to a rhythm or something. In fact it would be cool if a montage is made with like many of such clips from many different games... sort of like the nike freestyle advert
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Posted: 10/24/2006 5:13 AM
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I get what you mean Zurreco. Pure water is a bad electrolyte to obtain hydrogen from... but what if there are some ionic salts dissolved in it, or maybe hydrolysis of acids to make the water ionize further so that it can be 'split' more easily... Here's another video on youtube that sort of reiterates my point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhm0ozrpHJ8&NR EDIT: I realised this thread is updating even faster than I can read or reply lol. Just saw xebra's post, I get the idea...
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Posted: 10/24/2006 4:15 AM
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Haha... the more I interact in this forum, the more impressed I am of the inhabitants. They seem to know everything from Informatics, to Chem, to Politics and Linguistics o.O Now the only other topic I haven't seen is on theoretical Economics LOL
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