Posted: 1/10/2013 12:10 PM
Post subject: New TASing Guide
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feos
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Wiki: TasingGuide Goal: collect all info spread through multiple pages, overlapping each other, to one systematized guide, as was done some years ago with Wiki: EncodingGuide by sgrunt and reinstalled by me: Wiki: EncodingGuide/PublicationManual. What will hopefully be obsoleted by this guide: Wiki: TASHowTo Wiki: Guidelines Wiki: KeepingAnOpenMind Wiki: GenericTips Tools usage was moved to 2 pages: Wiki: TasingGuide/BasicTools Wiki: TasingGuide/AdvancedTools Added a page focusing on how to create art while TASing. Wiki: TasingGuide/TASArt Do not ask to remove all the Guide because you didn't like it. Suggest constructive improvements instead. Which still doesn't mean "being as sterile as possible", because TASing is not creation of something sterile, it is about creating something unique and interesting.
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Posted: 1/10/2013 1:36 PM
Post subject: Re: New TASing Guide
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jlun2
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feos wrote:
Do not ask to remove all the Guide because you didn't like it. Suggest constructive improvements instead. Which still doesn't mean "being as sterile as possible", because TASing is not creation of something sterile, it is about creating something unique and interesting.
How about some pictures of said "art" in the "TASArt" page?
LLCoolDave wrote:
This seems to be competing for the "Worst looking TAS of 2011" Award.
Posted: 1/10/2013 2:13 PM
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feos
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We need to find good examples.
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.
Posted: 1/10/2013 2:30 PM
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Odongdong
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Can I suggest some? [1734] DS Brain Age "playaround" by Ryuto in 06:33.66 This TAS itself is an art! [1794] SGB Mole Mania by Ryuto in 08:09.00 Look at the publication screenshot. [1035] SNES Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 "playaround" by Genisto in 1:06:46.28 World 6-2. [1931] Arcade Metal Slug 5 "2 players" by X2poet in 17:37.27 Just before the final boss battle. I mean this.
Posted: 1/10/2013 2:33 PM
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Tetris in Super Mario Land. JXQ in half the TASs he's done... juggling in SDW is a good example. adelikat in Gradius.
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Posted: 1/10/2013 7:19 PM
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Grincevent
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I think it would be nice to encourage people to work on guides in other languages too. Either full guides or just articles focusing on some specific technical aspects to begin with. I'm sure a lot of newbies are hesitant to post questions about some things they don't understand because they're not confident with english (and afraid to not understand the answers given ^^).
Posted: 1/10/2013 7:53 PM
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feos
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Grincevent wrote:
I think it would be nice to encourage people to work on guides in other languages too. Either full guides or just articles focusing on some specific technical aspects to begin with. I'm sure a lot of newbies are hesitant to post questions about some things they don't understand because they're not confident with english (and afraid to not understand the answers given ^^).
That's how I imagine it: Each page that has translations must store them as a special kind of subpages, so that once you put [module:traslations] (which doesn't exist yet), it gives links to translations in the same fashion [module:listsubpages] works. Encouraging people to actually translate stuff is a whole different story. And it lacks official support, like putting translation on actual wiki, unless you count this: http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http://tasvideos.org/&wb_lp=ENJA&wb_dis=
Warning: When making decisions, I try to collect as much data as possible before actually deciding. I try to abstract away and see the principles behind real world events and people's opinions. I try to generalize them and turn into something clear and reusable. I hate depending on unpredictable and having to make lottery guesses. Any problem can be solved by systems thinking and acting.