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Posted: 8/12/2017 8:38 PM

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Archanfel

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I think what if to give right to edit (and create new) pages for all registered users. Not only for editors as it now, but for all users who have right to vote. Something like TASVideos Fandom powered by Wikia. In this case everyone will be able to easily translated or improve existing articles at their native language. Editors (should be at least one for each language) will just from check from time to time recent changes and new articles/translations.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/31/2017 11:25 PM
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I also have nothing to contribute to this discussion. But i hope that will not be invened special decision for this run just because it is Mario. Themis is blind. So it should be judged like all other runs for other games.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/27/2017 12:35 PM

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@r57shell Нужно бежать со всех ног, чтобы только оставаться на месте, а чтобы куда-то попасть, надо бежать как минимум вдвое быстрее! At flat surface optimal moving speed is 2.998828 = 29 frames at exact 3.00000 + 1 frame at 2.96484. Main point of animation above is not a speed but to show impossible jump thru beam without getting damage.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/26/2017 8:14 PM

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“Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.”

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/22/2017 9:43 PM

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I am second with WHAAAAT?! vote. It so weird to see Mario on Genesis. Now i seen everything. Can't say that it very entertaining, but at least it was quite interesting to watch.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/12/2017 2:09 PM

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r57shell wrote:

Regarding to Gotham's Toy Factory, I don't understand one thing: why do you hit at 1:21 with one player. Is it really doesn't matter: both players hits, or single player hits?

Yes, absolutely no matter how fast these enemies are killed, so B&R decided to use this free time to practice martial art to impress each other. If you remember truck stage 1-4 where Truncated already made similar play with balloons for same reasons.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/11/2017 6:19 PM

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feos wrote:

Movie file? Sky level hasn't been released.

No public movie file anymore. So please temporarily forget about Sky level. Lets move forward. “But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass Cheshire Cat: Link to video

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/6/2017 2:24 PM

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After several months of inactivity Batman and Robin decided to go on an excursion to the Gotham's Toy Factory: Link to video

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/5/2017 12:58 PM

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In sokoban community we care about minimizing amount of pushes in best moves solutions, so it especially great that you applied this secondary goal too. Thanks! So now this run is flawless. Here table with best known records for reference: http://sokobano.de/results/table.php?set=boxxle Yes vote.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 7/5/2017 2:20 AM

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Nice to see it is finally done! Better late than never :) Btw i hope you updated all 11 suboptimal solutions we spoke about, not only 4 mentioned?

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 5/9/2017 9:02 PM

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Maybe i am alone, but i prefer current ending. There are no reasons to make the input longer for unnecessary fight. Batman already did his job - save town. Now he can die with a pure heart.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 5/5/2017 1:19 AM

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feos wrote:

Продираюсь сквозь кромешный ад поломавшегося поведения врагов. Так и сжирают все что я наоптимизировал в сравнении с последней версией. Чувствую мы еще взвоем при создании чистовика. Оптимизация сама по себе уже кажется банальщиной.

Это лишь преддверие ада, настоящий ад разверзнется когда доберемся до уровня 3-2. Поведением обитающих там летучих дронов управляет сам первородный хаос. Вот там можно будет познать всю глубину отчаяния в полной мере :)

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 4/29/2017 4:55 PM

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Excellent TAS, very entertaining. Yes vote without doubts.

TASVideoAgent wrote:

First one in 2007, second in 2012 and now five years has passed again...

2007--2012--2017--2022-- Such a beautiful progression! It is good to know when the best moment for next submission of Batman game on Sega Genesis will come :)

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 4/26/2017 12:28 PM
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Spikestuff wrote:

Fog, you published it with a/v desync ya gonna have to go over all of it again.

A/V desync is just tip of the iceberg, for some reasons he also replaced all Ariel sprites with strange guy with a gun... Fog, what the hell are you doing with my Little Mermaid TAS? Link to video P.S. Also tag "Uses death to save time" was missed.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 4/20/2017 6:05 PM

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Mothrayas wrote:

Only any% and full completion are clear and non-controversial goals for Vault purposes. Aiming for maximum score only counts if it is a definite full completion (so only if there is an actual maximum score to get, not an infinite one). Not commenting on this specific game or situation, just clarifying in general.

@Mothrayas Still not fully clear. Can you please say for this specific game, can "Aims for maximum score" goal fit the vault rules as kind of "full completion"? Or not fit? (Max possible score is finite number.)

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Posted: 4/20/2017 1:19 PM

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c-square wrote:

I can see your point, however if I was TASing this, I'd just go for fastest time, in case it didn't get Moons. Catching the cash would disqualify it for Vault if I understand the rules correctly.

Vault rules wrote:

Goal choice criteria must be clear and non-controversial

Aims for maximum score is quite clear and non-controversial goal, so i think that it should be legitimate goal no matter is it for Moon or for Vault.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 4/17/2017 4:54 PM

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DrD2k9 wrote:

the current submission is sub-optimal/sloppy in the same way that Feos did when I submitted the currently published movie. You've made an improvement over a few frames, but neither of you have shown anything that guarantees your 'improvement' will not negatively affect RNG and that the rest of the run will play out at the same pace or even faster resulting in a faster completion.

Do not confuse soft with warm. There is movements optimisation and there is luck manipulation. I just pointed that movements optimisation in this run is still far from perfect.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 4/16/2017 2:01 PM

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Only 8 frames improvement? Seriously? This movie is not so greatly optimised as one might think from reading such description. (Even the densest amount of references to feos per string of submission text can not deceive me.) Previous run was quite sloppy... and this one is a still sloppy. Every one can spot ugly place in level 1 (the most obvious place). And guess what? Is still can be noticeably improved - you can easily save yet ~half of second at this corner. Here non-optimised movie (just a buttons mush) which is 29 frames faster: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/171978829/Circus%20Caper%20-%20Any%20%25%20-%20DrD2k9---Ar.fm2 It not require advanced Reverse Engineering skills. It is more likely Basic Tools skills: http://tasvideos.org/TasingGuide/BasicTools.html

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 4/10/2017 11:35 PM

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partyboy1a wrote:

The out-of-sync sound is a bug in Snes9x, recording in 32000Hz is broken. Just using 48000 Hz should fix that.

Thanks for tip! I will try to re-encode with 48000 Hz sound tomorrow. Udp: Well, i tried at 48kHz but in result audio is out-of-sync even worse...

partyboy1a wrote:

470 rerecords? Seems very low, but it doesn't fit into the picture with that detailed submission text.

Usually i use some non traditional techniques that not affected on records count. So not take this number too seriously, it have no correlation with optimisation quality.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 3/9/2017 12:00 PM

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For me this is clearly cheating - so i voted "No". Though decisive word is work for a judge of course.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 2/24/2017 12:30 PM

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HappyLee wrote:

Something to disscuss: Although this TAS and x2poet's MS TASes don't abuse death, I think that "deathless" should be removed from the future goals of Metal Slug TASes.

Fully agree. Uses death to save time is one of basic pillars of any speedrun. And ignore this opportunity without good reasons is not good.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 2/20/2017 8:24 PM
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TASVideoAgent wrote:

I used computer programs (JSoko and YASC) to optimize solutions the best that I could, and traded solutions with users on Sokoban-Online and LetsLogic. In the end there were still 4 levels I could not figure out the best-known moves solution to: 6-6 (1,383), 6-8 (757), 7-2 (548) and 10-7 (966), as the holders of these solutions were unwilling to share them with me.

Hey, next time you should just said that you are want make TAS and people will share any solutions happily! Edit: Delete solutions to not damage forum formatting. Hope you already copied them.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 2/19/2017 5:29 PM

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Oh so many endings: S, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H. It will be hilarious to look at game page when all of these categories will be finally published. Btw what is now the current record for most categories per one game published on tasvideos? 5?

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 2/16/2017 1:28 PM

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Evil_3D wrote:

Is a valid goal do "All" levels?

Of course! It is good goal. Why not? https://www.speedrun.com/bht#All_Stages The philosophical retreat: There are limited amount of good Sega Genesis games and most of them already have TAS. The next logical step to enlarge our joy (besides improvements old runs) is to make runs for new categories / interesting goals. I will not be surprised even if TAS for goals like "All carrots" will be created in next 10-20 years.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)

Posted: 2/11/2017 1:13 AM

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Dooty wrote:

I'm watching everything related to Mickey Mania lately. I guess I'm becoming a Mickey Maniac ...

Pfff i watched original The Mad Doctor just yesterday.

Dooty wrote:

They say that this "Level Warp" thing is SNES exclusive, but I don't know. It may be worth to try a game crash on the Genesis version just in case.

SNES version is a lot more broken than Genesis. Dozens of extra trick and glitches in it which completely absent in Genesis. I never seen/heard about "level warps" happens in Genesis.

I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Current projects: NES: Tetris "fastest 999999" (improvement, with r57shell) Genesis: Adventures of Batman & Robin (with Truncated); Pocahontas; Comix Zone (improvement); Mickey Mania (improvement); RoboCop versus The Terminator (improvement); Gargoyles (with feos)