Post subject: Rookie of 2014 - solarplex
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Please nominate eligible TASers. Voting now (until about 2015-01-15 0:00 UTC) Nominations Rookie of 2014: Alyosha arandomgameTASer Archanfel Dimon12321 ForgoneMoose Kurabupengin mamuuuut solarplex TheYogWog Tseralith The winner: solarplex
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I nominate: ForgoneMoose, for going out and dominating Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in every category solarplex, for his work on a wide variety of runs arandomgameTASer, for creating some nice runs, with Shantae being the most stand-out one.
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Lots of impressive newcomers on the scene, but I've gotta say that I was particularly impressed with Dimon12321. After a couple of gruefood submissions, he improved quickly and cranked out a number of entertaining Genesis runs during the latter half of 2014 (I particularly enjoyed Zero Tolerance). *honorable mention to Spikestuff for correcting Dimon's inputs ;) *
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Tseralith and mamuuuut.
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solarplex, randomgameTASer and that guy that TASed that Pokemans Gameboy bootleg.
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Kurabupengin wrote:
that guy that TASed that Pokemans Gameboy bootleg.
Are we seriously supposed to understand from vague references who you're talking about? You must be referring to Mothrayas, but he's not a Rookie anymore, and therefore ineligible. If you want to correct me on this post, please upgrade your sarcasm detector.
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I nominate: randomgameTASer solarplex Tseralith mamuuuut
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Archanfel Dimon12321 mamuuuut Alyosha TheYogWog
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Kurabupengin wrote:
that guy that TASed that Pokemans Gameboy bootleg.
I'll make that nomination official, then. You've improved a hell of a lot since joining, which is what I personally find most befitting of the award: Having the dedication to keep trying and improving your skills is an example that more rookies should be learning from. All my other choices were brought up already... Damn, this year's been really good for newcomers. This one's gonna be close.
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I'm going to nominate the following users: ForgoneMoose solarplex Dimon12321 (he's improved a lot since his first few TASes) arandomgameTASer Alyosha (just joined recently, already made two good TASes)
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Solarplex. Not only did he create a lot of notable TASes, but he is incredibly helpful around the forums.
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I shall nominate: ForgoneMoose arandomgameTASer Dimon12321 Solarplex
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I voted for solarplex. It was a tough choice between him and Forgone Moose. I happen to know that Forgone Moose's work is well optimized and consistently high quality. He also has the most published movies this year. But when I think about the type of TASer I think has the brighest future in TASing and will be the type I most enjoy, I prefer those that can handle a variety of platforms/emulators/genres over those who become the master of a single game. With that, the tie breaker went to solarplex.
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As far as my opinion matters to anyone else, solarplex is not just the Rookie of the year but the Rookie of all time.