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The logo should display prominently the website of http://TASvideos.org/ , and the text "This is a tool-assisted emulator movie" or a close variant thereof. An animation or avatar can be used by the encoder's discretion, but the thing that is most centrally present should be the website address, and the mention that it is a tool-assisted movie.

(Emphasis added) The URL should be placed such that the eyes intuitively first focus on it (and the label below it) in such manner that it can be read entirely at the very first seeing of the logo in the time it appears on the screen before being distracted with other things on the screen. (Needs a slightly more legible font to achieve that, too.) Also, the URL should end with a slash (http://TASVideos.org/). Ps: This one is for you, too. It doesn't disturb the natural direction of reading. > Why? > > I place my replies after the context they're replying to. > > > What do you do then? > > > > No. > > > > > Do you like top-posting?

Posted: 5/12/2009 12:48 PM

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Wow. I had no idea that such a thing has existed. The Famicom does not really have CPU power (or RAM) to process PCM sound at a worthwhile rate, so as Xkeeper put it, it's just a silence/sound detector. Suppose it could be hacked to do so _something_ useful, such as recognizing a rhythm (think Patapon), given enough effort.

Posted: 5/11/2009 1:41 PM
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Solomon's Key: Feng Shui: Using the magic blocks, spell out Dana's name on the field. Feng Shui 2: Change all magic blocks into air and all air into magic blocks in some room. (I don't know whether this is possible.) Don Juan: Collect four or more fairies in a single room, bonus rooms excluded. (As far as I know, this is only possible with the acquisition of an extra bell from an enemy.) Fairy Harem: Collect 50 or more fairies. Fairy Kingdom: Collect 100 or more fairies. (This also nets you 10 extra lifes.) Royal Pleasure: Rescue the princess. Chauvinist: Torch a fairy into dust. Psychopath: Torch 5 fairies. Masochist: Die 10 times without a game over. (Does not need to be in a single room.) Chrono Master: Finish a room with 45000 or more remaining on the timer. (Tweak the number to adjust the difficulty level.) Savor the Moment: Finish a room with 10 or less remaining on the timer. Scorched Earth: Cast six or more fireballs (any size) in the same room. Scribe of Doom: Prepare a scroll with eight fireballs (of any size). Blowtorch Man: Blow up 6 or more enemies with a single fireball. Pest Killer: Blow up 7 or more enemies with a single fireball. (Hint: Transmutate orange diamonds to acquire super fireballs.) Pest Cleanser: Blow up 8 or more enemies with a single fireball. (Hint: Collect many crystals, especially the orange ones, which you can acquire by transmutating a blue diamond thrice.) Ultimate Exterminator: Blow up 10 or more enemies with a single fireball. (I don't know if this is possible.) Three of these are accomplished in the TAS. Bigfoot: The Shredder: Disintegrate the opponent's vehicle three or more times in a single race. Will Not Be Back: Bankrupt Terminator. Financial Crash: Bankrupt all computer players: The Growler, The Charger, The Crusher, Terminator, The Smasher and The Viper. (I don't know whether this is possible!) Gyro Gearloose: Climb a mountain (and win) without blowing an engine. Simon's Quest: Hacker: Defeat Dracula at day 0, passwords allowed. Perserverer: Defeat Dracula at day 99, no passwords. Unholy Priest: Defeat Dracula using the holy water only. EDIT: I went ahead and created a TAS that beats the third achievement -- that is, defeating Dracula with holy water only. It uses a password. I optimized the password for the time it takes to enter it, with the following traits: required items, 8 garlics, day 0, level 6, smallest whip, some laurels, no other special weapons. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1704190605/cv2u-bisqwit-holywater.fcm Castlevania: Molotov Master: Defeat the giant bat with the bottle weapon only. Axe Master: Defeat Frankenstein and his pet with the axe weapon only. Boomerang Master: Defeat the Grim Reaper with the boomerang weapon only. Dagger Master: Defeat Medusa with the dagger weapon only. Chrono Master: Pick up the III item while holding the stopwatch. Spawn of Darkness: Destroy every reachable candelabra in the game. Man of Big Heart: Finish a level with 99 hearts. Master of Minimalism: Finish the game without ever upgrading the whip or equipping a special weapon. Legend of Kage: Night of Massacre: Collect the scroll that makes enemies die around you. Egao Expert: Collect the grey, the blue and the red egao (flying bonus monsters). Master of Minimalism: Defeat all four seasons without ever upgrading the shirt colour. Masochist: Survive a hit from a grenade thrown by the red shinobi. More Than a Scratch: Get scorched by yōbō (and die). (Trivial, but included to give a hint on the means to achieve the following:) Just a Scratch: Survive a hit from the yōbō's fire. (This is possible.) Goonies: Straight Guy: Defeat the game without using the warp zone. The Hoarder: Collect all the equipment and all the diamonds. Arkanoid: Magic Initiative: Finish a stage by never touching the ball after the launch. Clean Field: Finish a stage with one ball and nary an enemy in sight. Ultra Lucky: Collect five 1-ups. Score bonuses don't count. This TAS achieves one of these (twice). (Or two, if the final boss is counted.) Gradius: Faster Than a Lightning: Maximize the speed upgrades. The current TAS achieves this.

Posted: 5/11/2009 6:26 AM

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Comicalflop wrote:

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I would have also submitted (at the site) Chrono Cross, if there was a movie file to submit in the first place.
You know, PlayStation has a working rerecording emulator, so you could, redo the entire movie and submit it.

Windows-only emulator. :( :( :( :( I don't use a Windows machine at long periods enough to actually make any progress at such a movie.

Posted: 5/10/2009 8:04 PM

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LagDotCom wrote:

I also mentioned SC2 when this was brought up on IRC, although in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner. I add another vote to this one.

I would have also submitted (at the site) Chrono Cross, if there was a movie file to submit in the first place. Alas, there wasn't. But I stand by SC2's rejection decision. Not because of the movie / game, but because of the platform it was made on. The emulation platform wasn't just robust enough.

Posted: 5/8/2009 1:07 PM
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Kuwaga wrote:

so it is almost like YHWH and Yeshua really existed just because of the claim that they would

I'll have to admit that I don't understand the rationale behind this wording.

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I'm happy there's such a thing as religion

Ironically, my view is completely the opposite. But then again, our definitions of "religion" may differ a bit. What I see as not-religion you see as such, and vice versa. I emphasize that a personal relationship with Yeshua is a tantamount over any actions. You can't win the prize by doing good deeds or with any rituals. Even if you decorate your whole home with spiritual icons, prostrate 5 times a day facing an important town of some particular lore, fast for 40 days and 40 nights, talk to a thousand people compelling them to convert to #{religion}, and can quote your holy book forwards and backwards in 4 different languages, but your relationship with LORD is akin to sending a Happy Sabbath postcard once a week, you're as good as a door mattress when it comes to salvation.

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But arguing with others about what YHWH really wanted to say by totally overanalysing his/her/its words [...] sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be better to focus more on getting more aware of it rather than on exact wordings in the Bible. I'm more for a symbolic reading of the Bible, and more on an emotional rather than a logical level.

Depends. The Bible is a book that has multiple layers of meanings all over it, as though everything* written in it happened both at different times and at the same time, and in the spiritual realm and the physical realm separately and at the same time, and in a literal, metaphorical and prophetical sense at the same time. This is what makes it an endless* source of new learning and new teaching. *) exaggerated word to make the sentence more compact. Don't take literally.

Posted: 5/7/2009 9:49 PM
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Kuwaga wrote:

I'm afraid this quesion has been asked before in this thread, but I'm interested to hear what made you believe in YHWH? I'm asking because I don't see any proof for his/her/its existence, nor against it, so it would theoretically be my free choice to start believing in him. I'm not even sure if I want to atm, it seems to have both advantages (like a longer life) and disadvantages (people thinking you're crazy). Of course stuff like getting into some sort of heaven isn't an argument for me considering my very sceptic standpoint. However, even if I would come to the conclusion it would be good to start believing in YHWH, I still wouldn't know how to believe in something without any basis whatsoever. I hear the argument a lot that if I asked for it, YHWH would let me feel it and make me know he/she/it exists. Lots of believers tell me that's what happened to them. But how would I know? I mean if I suddenly got a strange feeling and stuff, I still couldn't know if it was YHWH, coincidence, my brain or something else that caused it. And then I'd still have to believe without any basis which I guess I can't. If I did I could just basically believe in anything. x_x I can trust people without questioning what they recommend me to do. Mainly because if they did, and I then followed their advice and something bad happened, in the end I could still profit from it because it would have enhanced our emotional connection. I just don't see how I could blindly trust ideologies.. So what was it that caused you to do so? If your answer is that you felt it, please also discribe why you chose to interpret the feeling you had in this particular way. Thanks.

Thank you for asking, Kuwaga. I'm afraid I cannot draw from my personal experience to answer your question regarding how to start believing that YHWH exists. I have never not believed that. However, believing in YHWH is a different thing. Believing that one exists is different from having faith in them. I'm still learning that. When they came to the crowd, a man approached Yeshua and knelt before him. "Lord, have mercy on my son," he said. "He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him. "You unbelieving and perverse generation," Yeshua replied, "how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me." Yeshua rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment. Then the disciples came to Yeshua in private and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Faith in YHWH means that one takes His words at face value and accepts them as complete and uncompromised truth. It is surprisingly difficult, but luckily, we don't need to produce faith unassisted. The Bible is full of examples showing that if we take a leap of faith, God will do his part, which will strengthen our faith. Starting from Moshe's brother, Aharon: He spoke in front of the Pharaoh of Egypt and threw his staff to the ground, expecting it to turn into a snake, because God has promised to do so. But not until he actually threw the staff, did he get a confirmation that it indeed happens. And it strengthened Moshe's faith that he could deliver the word he had regarding the plagues to come -- again before seeing it actually happening, only trusting that God will do his part. Eliyahu challenged the priests of Ba'al: both parties will build an altar to their respective deities, and see which one answers. And not until the fire struck from the heavens and scorched the water-soaked meat, the altar, and obliterated the moat around it full of water, did he have anything tangible other than God's promise that his spirit is upon him and the faith that his feeling that he is exactly where God wants him to be, is right. Gedeon, who had seen a messenger of YHWH telling him that He will deliver Israel from the Midianites through his hand, was unsure if the word was truly from the God of his ancestors, and asked Him for proof. He put wool on the ground, and said in prayer, if at the morning, the wool is wet but everything else is dry, he will believe. God made it so, but Gedeon was still doubting and asked for another test: if next morning, the wool is dry but everything else is wet, he will believe that the message truly was from YHWH. And God made it so. Anyone could still have doubted, but Gedeon had enough support to his faith now. He did his leap of faith, and YHWH kept his promise. Last January, I went with a certain missionary organization to a weekend-long trip to St. Petersburg. I had felt that God had asked me to go there. But I did not have any tangible proof of that. If anyone asked me, it could have been just my own idea. I had no idea what to expect. Weeks elapsed, and it came the morning when we would go. But when I entered the group's rent bus waiting for me in front of the art museum in Helsinki, I immediately I felt a strong feeling. A feeling that is best comparable to hugging someone you love immensely. I felt that I'm exactly where I must be, and that God is with us, on this very trip. Not when I entered my name in the list of travellers. Not when I paid the trip price. Not even when I saw the bus. Only when I entered the point of no turning back. And it continued to strengthen from there. I had no idea what I'm going to do at that place where we are going, and I knew that I must trust YHWH with all my heart to give me direction. And so he did. By putting the right ideas in my mind; ideas that had nothing to do with my deduction. Faith is like falling backwards and knowing that someone is there catching you. You can't say you have faith, until you actually tilt backwards and start falling. And then, the someone will catch you, and you are gratified. Repenting and asking Yeshua to become one's sole Lord is a leap of faith. You cannot do it as a probe. You have to go all-way-in. And he indeed catches you. That's when you know. Reading YHWH's word, the Bible, is helpful in building your faith -- because then you learn of all things God has promised -- but until you actually put the faith to test, you cannot say you have faith. You may witness things that make it easier for you to take the leap of faith, but you still need to do it personally.

Posted: 5/7/2009 1:59 PM

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nfq wrote:

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Because 1. life is quite unlikely
That's true, but think about the immense number of stars in the universe. There are calculated to be at least 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in the observable universe. It's so much that each person on earth could personally own more than 500 billion stars to themselves. By the way, I also wonder how you can believe in both Darwinian evolution and Christianity at the same time. For example, how would spiritual beings like angels, demons and souls evolve?

I'm aware of the numbers. I don't believe in Darwinian evolution, nor in Christianity for that matter.*

nfq wrote:

3. if biological life somewhere else in the universe had any consequence to us, I'm sure YHWH would have mentioned it.
It would have consequence for our beliefs and religions though. Because if there is extraterrestrial life, God would have had to send his son to die on all of those planets.

Only if those extraterrestrial beings have a unperishable spirit like we do, and aren't akin to animals; and even then, their history could be vastly different from ours, starting from the first deception, and consequently, so would the way God deals with them. *) Many things Christian are founded in Rome and have no Biblical basis; and many things that actually are in the Bible (and that are YHWH's commandments), were discarded alltogether due to antisemitism.

Posted: 5/7/2009 11:28 AM

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Xkeeper wrote:

Y/N?

Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail? ^C ^C ^C ^C

Posted: 5/7/2009 10:58 AM
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Baxter wrote:

Does this mean that if it turned out that biological life somewhere else in the universe did have a consequence to us, that this would change your faith?

Mu. Faith does not work with the scientific rules of cause and action. You cannot conditionalize it. Otherwise, it's just a theory. EDIT: Much like love [1], actually.

Posted: 5/7/2009 8:00 AM

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nfq wrote:

Bisqwit, I read on your website that you are skeptical of extraterrestrial life; why is that? Considering how many stars there are in the universe, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that life would evolve on many other planets too?

Because 1. life is quite unlikely 2. the distances in the space are such vast that even if there was life somewhere, it is of no consequence whatsoever to Earth 3. if biological life somewhere else in the universe had any consequence to us, I'm sure YHWH would have mentioned it. Now, having said that, I have the feeling that mankind will get a "proof" of extraterrestial life within the next few years.

nfq wrote:

And another question, I heard that you might quit administrating tasvideos some day. What interests you or what is taking up your time so that you don't have enough time or energy for tasvideos?

Change of priorities, in favor of spiritual work.

Posted: 5/4/2009 4:44 PM

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I liked the new art in this movie.

Posted: 5/4/2009 7:55 AM

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Thank you for the very detailed submission message, guys!

Posted: 5/3/2009 7:44 PM

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Sir VG wrote:

Given how well that first mission looked, you should almost manage to be able to do both be fast and be perfect. ^^;;

Oh dear, this removes all the feeling of pressure and stress from the game. Good job, doctor Styles!

Posted: 5/3/2009 4:50 PM

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Hello and welcome to the board. We have a page that answers your questions. http://tasvideos.org/WhyAndHow.html

Posted: 5/3/2009 9:29 AM

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Added into newly-added category: technique: corrupts save data

Posted: 5/3/2009 9:18 AM

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I'm glad this submission was published. Now, I was not aware whether adelikat handled the judging&publishing himself. Last I noticed, he was hoping mmbossman will do it. If neither did, I would have, and I would have accepted this submission for publication. Rationale: On this site, publication is slightly better thing than no publication. This movie is, at least slightly, entertaining -- and the ratings seem to support this. Average entertainment rating currently is 5.8, which is better than "average". Nowhere in our rules does it say that the movies must be perfect. There is only one mention towards that general direction, and this movie passes that criteria. We have dozens of guidelines which emphasize perfect game technique knowledge, but the purpose of the guidelines is primarily to steer the players' attention. The guidelines are also used in the judging process, but applying them is a matter of balancing the vague measures of the supply (do we have something else to offer (now or soon)?), the demand (how much do people want to see such a movie?) and the required effort (how much extra labor are we demanding from the submitter if we reject it?) in a non-mathematically precise manner. In this case, the supply aside from this movie is clearly zero to the moment, and the demand is significantly nonzero, so therefore it was an easy decision. If you are angry at this movie being published despite its quality, go ahead and obsolete it. Quick. The quicker you do, the less time it remains published. (But be sure to meet the guidelines. In the contester case, the supply is no longer zero, so you won't have that advantage for shrugging off obvious mistakes.) I hope this ends the discussion.

Posted: 5/3/2009 8:59 AM

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Solon wrote:

I know of two that didn't; Jackic's Gunstar Heroes 1-player Normal run, and Cpadolf's first Super Metroid any% in-game run.

Give me torrent filenames, or at the very least, link to the published movie page, and I'll restore them.

Posted: 5/2/2009 11:02 PM

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Are there some historically significant movies for which a torrent has not been kept? I have tried to follow this guideline, though I didn't mention it in the opening post.

Posted: 5/2/2009 10:24 PM
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Whenever a movie is published on this site and it obsoleted an older movie, I usually make the old torrent unavailable and make it be indicated on the bittorrent as "the requested download is not authorized on this site". I'm asking for your opinions, which way should we do? Option 1: Remove old torrents Pros: Attempts to download old movies will give (some kind of) indication that it's no longer a valid movie, as it has been obsoleted Cons: History is erased. Bad for archivalists. Option 2: Don't remove old torrents Pros: History is kept. Archivalists rejoice. Cons: Those who run some kind of seed-on-demand scripts such as btfriend will find it hard to get rid of old movies and to control the disk space used. Disk space is used for many, many obsolete movies.

Posted: 5/2/2009 8:33 PM

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I suggest a video where the second screen is moved to be a thumbnail on the side of the first screen... Btw, if you use MPlayer, use this option: <code>-vf crop=256:192:0:0</code>. It does wonders. (Though it sacrifices the second screen.)

Posted: 5/1/2009 8:33 PM

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Ferret Warlord wrote:

Yes. I said it.

*gasp* (I thought of somehow cleverly including a Family Feud gasps sound effect here but I couldn't get the spelling right)

Posted: 5/1/2009 8:18 PM

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superjupi wrote:

I consider this the most boring of all Mario platformers to watch someone play, even when played well.

I think Super Mario Land is worse.

Posted: 5/1/2009 8:05 PM

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Warp wrote:

Now, completely honestly: Would you be advocating the publication if this was, let's say, a SNES game rather than a DS one, knowing the flaws the run has?

Yes. If (1) the movie was not worse than another candidate movie, (2) it had no visible mistakes (i.e. ones that make you say "ouch, why did he do that, that's horrible" when you see it) and (3) was entertaining to watch nonetheless, I would approve its publication regardless of strategic discoveries made during the time the submission sits in the queue, regardless of the console it was made for. Now, I still have no idea what kind of flaw is it that is in this movie, and consequently, whether (2) holds. I'm just saying, here's what I think if it's one of these cases.

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