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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.
SMB2U is the best NES Mario game.
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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:
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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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I think [4585] PICO8 CELESTE Classic by FlyingPenguin223, RichConnerGMN, cominixo, ikuyo, Meep, Snoo23, gonengazit, Lord Snek, Akliant, Beeb, Warspyking & RoundUpGaming in 01:42.767 should be starred. It's extremely technically impressive. Several new tools were created specifically for this TAS and the level of optimization is far beyond most of the TASes submitted to this site, thanks to the combined effort of a dozen authors and the brute forcer "Searcheline". It also is the highest rated PICO 8 TAS, and won the exotic platforms TAS of 2022.

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