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Gigafrost wrote:
Well, we've tried becoming more exact, but since even M2K2 is realizing that a less descriptive name is better I've resorted to calling them "things." It's ambigious enough that it does contain everything we do. Really! Then, if people are confused and don't know what that "thing" is I tell them it's that "game thing." Trust me... they'll just know.
"Hey man come and look at my thing." "Dude." "...No man, my game thing, its pretty slick." "Ehh..." I dont think it'd work.
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xebra wrote:
In honor of Master Bisqwit's Finnish heritage, and to recognize the well-known fact that we are all honorless sellouts who would sell our grandmothers for another way to cheat at games, I think we should call them Loppuunmyyty.
Personally, I would vote for calling them "kalkkuna", in reference to the magnificent beasts that renowned for their pride, speed, and cunning: turkeys. (PS: I'm not sure if the word I chose can actually be used to mean a living turkey, or it's just the meat.) (PPS: I secretly hope it's just the meat)
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
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Atma wrote:
Gigafrost wrote:
Well, we've tried becoming more exact, but since even M2K2 is realizing that a less descriptive name is better I've resorted to calling them "things." It's ambigious enough that it does contain everything we do. Really! Then, if people are confused and don't know what that "thing" is I tell them it's that "game thing." Trust me... they'll just know.
"Hey man come and look at my thing." "Dude." "...No man, my game thing, its pretty slick." "Ehh..." I dont think it'd work.
In other words, it'll train us to only talk about other people's things and thinging won't be about competition but entertainment! Brilliant! "Dude, look at this guy's thing?" "Why" "It's, like, huge, man." "How big?" "169332" "millimeters?!?!?" "no, 169332 things." "Oh... is this those game things again?"
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Gigafrost wrote:
In other words, it'll train us to only talk about other people's things and thinging won't be about competition but entertainment! Brilliant! "Dude, look at this guy's thing?" "Why" "It's, like, huge, man." "How big?" "169332" "millimeters?!?!?" "no, 169332 things." "Oh... is this those game things again?"
Dude, but it can be confused with other people's genitals! We can't afford such a thing.
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Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
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How about we call them NEOWMs? Or WHIZZes? Then we can backronym it later.
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Cyborg Run? Heh with any luck everyone's forgotten about that by now.
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We are trying to move forward here, people. You can't usher in a new era if you're stuck in the past.
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*shrug* I still think it's a good name, so just tossing it out there.
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A thneed is a thing that everyone needs.
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upthorn wrote:
(PPS: I secretly hope it's just the meat)
It's the animal as well. Though calling them kalkkuna would have some funny implications in finnish. ;)
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JXQ wrote:
I'll sign that petition. +1 vote for "Fabians"!
I'm in. +1 more vote
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Gorling wrote:
JXQ wrote:
I'll sign that petition. +1 vote for "Fabians"!
I'm in. +1 more vote
Thanks man but it's already done and decided so there's no need to. Keep on rockin'
Zoey Ridin' High <Fabian_> I prett much never drunk
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SABERinBLUE wrote:
Cyborg Run? Heh with any luck everyone's forgotten about that by now.
You can only call it a cyborg if portions were controlled by a robot. Most TASes are more the equivalent of power armor
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upthorn wrote:
SABERinBLUE wrote:
Cyborg Run? Heh with any luck everyone's forgotten about that by now.
You can only call it a cyborg if portions were controlled by a robot. Most TASes are more the equivalent of power armor
So that makes them Terminator Runs then. We don't have power claws, but maybe a nintendo power glove can be used instead...
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Tombad wrote:
maybe a nintendo power glove can be used instead...
  • Aims for fastest time
  • Abuses programming errors
  • One player controls 2 Power Gloves
  • "Minulaptes" luck
And, of course,
  • Beats all on-map non-hidden hammer brothers
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Some interesting sound effect spellings going on at IRC: SMW Yoshi's mount noise: (a) bweep vboo (b) peesh-push (c) vee-twuuu (d) pant poo SMW Midgate noise: DWEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (caps required) SMW Ghost laughing: (This sound doesn't exist according to my memory)
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Seriously: "We do not only/always aim for speed, but also for entertainment" is a rather poor argument for not using the word "speed". Regular speedruns aim for entertainment too. They are not purely dry and technical (though human) achievements of raw speed (as well as a human can do) without any emotion nor entertainment aim. Instead, whenever it is possible most speedruns try to do something funny and entertaining. This is especially true when there's a long wait in the game. A "purely speed-oriented" run would just boringly and technically wait the whole time in the most optimal position until it's possible to continue. However, speedrunners try to do something entertaining instead. A very good example happens in the QdQwav run in one of the episode final levels where the floor lowers for almost a minute. The runner writes through the msg system of the game "I have practiced this move", then makes a slow camera movement and then writes "Did you like it?". A rather dumb joke, but demonstrates my point. Yet they are still called "speedruns", not "entertainment runs" or whatever. I see no problem whatsoever in keeping the word "speed" in tool-assisted runs. Besides, 99.9% of tool-assisted runs *do* aim at speed as their main goal. From all the 300+ published movies, how many can you list which do not?
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>The runner writes through the msg system of the game "I have practiced this move", then makes a slow camera movement and then writes "Did you like it?". A rather dumb joke, but demonstrates my point. I think the point was that his magic movement made the box of ammo disappear.
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Ok well, after reading some of this... I would like to state for the record that i pronounce "TAS" as "Tass or Taz" as Phil pointed out. Also, Nate sounds awful. "Oh, Im NATEing". sound like you are "Mateing" with your wife or someone else. "Oh, Im TASing" sound like you are "TASKing" which you actually are. "Tool-Assisted-Speedruns" like someone said, 99.9% of the runs on site have a top goal, make the runs Length a Minimum. Then the second goal is entertainment (unless its like, JXQ's Fluteless run) then entertainment is the THIRD goal. Another example is JXQ's SDW 100%(I think thats what its called). he aimed for speed while getting 100%(i think). When runs on the site are getting improved by 30 frames(SMB2) and 19 frames(SMB2) and 6 frames(Atlantis no Nazo) and then 4 frames(SMB1 I beleive) then the site is aimed for speed. The most Popular runs on the site are Zelda, Mario, and Megaman. All three of these runs aim for speed. So, I say stick with "TAS" or... go back to the old fashion term "Fast-Throughs"
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Maybe WTFs, in honor of the newer movies
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Xkeeper wrote:
Maybe WTFs, in honor of the newer movies
RFWM: Run Full of "WTF!" Moments. ;)
Warp wrote:
Edit: I think I understand now: It's my avatar, isn't it? It makes me look angry.
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Maybe we could call them Khans, so that whenever console conservatives talk about us in righteous indignation, we get to hear them say KHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!
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Heh, console conservatives...
put yourself in my rocketpack if that poochie is one outrageous dude
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i like TAS cause it helped me remember a formula in chemistry ∆G = ∆H - T∆S (∆ looks like A to me.. ) what does NATE help me remember? so yeah.. there you have it, TAS wins
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A 7 page thread spawned from a joke I made in IRC to mock nate.
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