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Any% run of Sid Meier's Pirates. Extremely short TAS, inspired by the real (joke) any% speedrun.
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As was noted in the discussion thread, this submission is slower than a previous submission of this game; and that run was, itself, rejected. Therefore, we cannot accept this run for publication. This game itself may have publication potential, but unfortunately this run isn't it.
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Posted: 11 days ago
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #10010: ondydev's NES Sid Meier's Pirates! in 00:18.553
Posted: 11 days ago
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Hi. #6708: Spikestuff's NES Sid Meier's Pirates! in 00:07.36 Edit: Okay, time to do the words. Hello ondydev and welcome to TASVideos. Unfortunately your TAS, and your 10 second adjustment is slower than the submission I made 5 years ago, which was also made as a joke. This is a bit unexpected, cause typically we direct you to go into the resources, and you'll be able to find either an existing Submission, or Publication. But this is more niche than anything, so it's not really something you'd expect where someone has already completed, a TAS of something you submitted. I guess querying it up on YouTube may have helped, but even I couldn't find my own TAS via YouTube. Uh... with your next project time the time, and understand the tools a little bit better, then go again.
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Posted: 11 days ago
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This reminds me, I should really go back and finish that 'max final score' run someday...this game deserves a legit submission.
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