This topic is for the purpose of discussing #2545: GGG's Genesis Columns in 00:23.93

ARGGHH!!! I am sick of Columns speedruns! Sorry but I've gotta vote no. FYI: Yes I watched it.

I, too, have officially passed the threshold of interest for watching runs of this game. There's just nothing new here compared to older runs. No vote. EDIT: Call me paranoid, but this "first" submission bears remarkable similarities to axelito's previous submissions for this game, and considering several "new" accounts have submitted low quality improvements to some of his other runs, I have reason to believe that we're witnessing abuse of the queue with questionable submissions by one person using several different accounts, and see no reason why this should be allowed to continue.

I'm not the best person to analyze IP addresses, but I can tell you that each of the three submissions mentioned (the two you linked and this one) have the same IP address of 190.173.xxx.xxx, however the last half of the addresses are all different. Come to whatever conclusions you would like about that coincidence, but I have a feeling this submission will meet a similar fate as previous attempts, due to lack of entertainment value.

another columns run? i've lost interest, no vote

I'm not the best person to analyze IP addresses, but I can tell you that each of the three submissions mentioned (the two you linked and this one) have the same IP address of 190.173.xxx.xxx, however the last half of the addresses are all different.

According to an IP Address Locator, those two numbers indicate that they are in the Czech Republic, possibly somewhere near Prague.

You know what? This run is actually more entertaining than all the other Columns runs. Combos are set up and knocked down, and it's kind of neat. Unfortunately the author's showmanship gets the best of him at the second to last piece, which really, really ought to have been the last piece. Yes, he throws away a piece just to get an extra two-fer. If this is in fact the same person who's been submitting the videos so far, this is a step in the right direction. However, making the right turn doesn't mean you don't have to still watch for oncoming cars, or an overwrought metaphor in the crosswalk. Voting no, but with a golf clap.

The initial intent of this movie was to see to it that no genesis columns run would ever make it to the site.

I'm hoping this holds true. EDIT: I'm abstaining from voting, since I refuse to watch this submission and I don't believe in voting before watching.

I pretty much completely agree with Priam. The second-to-last move was an unnecessary time-waster. That earns a No vote, also because this is a bad category for a Columns run. Here's what I don't understand though. The submission comments reference all the previous recent runs of Columns. However, did the submitter actually read through the discussion forums for those? Time and time again, everyone has said that this is a bad category of run for Columns. So although people can improve the time of this run, it's not really worth it to do so.

om, nom, nom... om, nom, nom... nom nom

This submission who had improved andymac by 29 frames, I've improved my own submission for 1 second (60 frames). Here you have it. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/433373240/GGheysjr%20-%20Columns.gmv

The new version has a much better ending. Thank you! I still feel like this game should be run in a different category, though.

I tried a combo run of columns a while back. It tuns out that the peices are manipulatable, but only after you have restarted the game (I didn't know this when I did the combo run). and it seems that there is only one seed. Because in doubles mode, the pieces fall in a different order, yet the gameplay is virtually identical to normal flash columns. Although I like the improvement, I don't think runs like this really belong on the site with the copious amounts of tetris and "falling blocks" variants around.

I tried a combo run of columns a while back. It tuns out that the peices are manipulatable, but only after you have restarted the game (I didn't know this when I did the combo run). and it seems that there is only one seed.

That was awesome. Thanks for making it.