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CoolHandMike wrote:
I would like to nominate [3415] SNES Donkey Kong Country "101%" by Tompa in 41:18.37 for stars.
I decided to finally watch this after you mentioned it, and after seeing the full run, I have to agree with you! This is a great Stars candidate!
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feos wrote:
CoolHandMike wrote:
I would like to nominate [3415] SNES Donkey Kong Country "101%" by Tompa in 41:18.37 for stars.
How does it compare with [2027] SNES Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "102%" by Dooty, NxCy & Comicalflop in 1:21:31.88?
Comparing the tases as a whole they look pretty different imo.
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I suggest we give the 101% TAS it's own Star class. DKC games don't have that much Star runs anyway.
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McBobX wrote:
I suggest we give the 101% TAS it's own Star class. DKC games don't have that much Star runs anyway.
Yeah, I checked and the only Star run in the entire original trilogy is the 102% TAS.
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CoolHandMike wrote:
Comparing the tases as a whole they look pretty different imo.
Do they feature completely different speedrun techniques too? A good example was the NES Mega Man series:
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.
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I've seen plenty of positive feedback for [6755] Flash Snailiad "100%, no parallel universes" by Mikewillplays & Dimuslv in 03:48.75 and even some requests to send it to Stars. I took a look at it and really liked it myself! Any objections?
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
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Memory wrote:
Any objections?
Will old games retain former priority when being judged? Because I see the tendency that a perfect receipt to get a Star is to TAS a side-scroller Flash game which simply wasn't made with super-fast mouse movements and 999 FPS provisioned by libTAS in mind
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Dimon12321 wrote:
Memory wrote:
Any objections?
Will old games retain former priority when being judged? Because I see the tendency that a perfect receipt to get a Star is to TAS a side-scroller Flash game which simply wasn't made with super-fast mouse movements and 999 FPS provisioned by libTAS in mind
How many Flash TASes are there which do this and have a star?
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Dimon12321 wrote:
Will old games retain former priority when being judged? Because I see the tendency that a perfect receipt to get a Star is to TAS a side-scroller Flash game which simply wasn't made with super-fast mouse movements and 999 FPS provisioned by libTAS in mind
OK, how does this relate to this TAS? This TAS is modified to run at a LOWER framerate than normal because it desynced at anything higher.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
inconsistent
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Memory wrote:
Any objections?
I also liked the TAS! No objections.
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Memory wrote:
Any objections?
Nope! I loved it.
SMB2U is the best NES Mario game.
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Good enough for me! Setting it now!
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero

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