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FerretFaucet wrote:
Dear Brushy,
What are your views on nuclear disarmament?
In general I dislike weapons and violence. One might call me a pacifist, but I'm not sure if I fit the description perfectly. I do think that in some situations it is unfortunately necessary to use force and I am prepared to use force myself to ensure the safety of others.
So back to nuclear disarmament. In my utopistic thoughts I do think that there should be no weaponry designed to mass murder people, such as nuclear bombs (or actually, any kind of guns or such, but they're also used as tools, so...), but in reality there seems to be a need for nuclear weapons. Some nations need them as a scare as some other nations seem to be hostile and might attack or something, if there wasn't a scare. But the fewer nukes in the world, the better in my opinion.
I don't really know about the subject of war politics and frankly, I don't care much about it.
Sonikkustar wrote:
Desr Brushy,
If you were under a man eating sofa and you were hungry, what would you eat?
Well, I would ask the man to move so I could get out from under him. If he refuses to move, I would try to crawl out and then get some food. If I couldn't get out, I would ask the man if he would share the sofa with me. Now if you were talking about a man-eating sofa, I would probably die because something has gone terribly wrong in the world.
scrimpeh wrote:
Dear Brushy, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll?
It probably depends on the intensity and duration of the licks. I do not know the answer as I've never eaten a Tootsie roll. My guess is 46 on average.
Scepheo wrote:
Dear Brushy,
In the following sentence:
Brushy wrote:
as my skills are quite rusty from lack of proper use.
Are you sure it's "use" and not "usage"?
Derakon already answered this for me, so yes. You did confuse me a bit last evening though and I had to thing about it actually.
Zeupar wrote:
"Dear Brushy,"
Did you kiss that girl on the mouth upon leaving?
What is your opinion of Fabian?
Do you miss the days when alden was an active member?
Can rhinotanks kill you?
Is the first question grammatically correct?
Do you like the number 6?
Am I asking too many questions?
Yours sincerely,
Zeupar.
I did not kiss her. It was our second date and I'm not sure what she thinks about me. I'm quite shy and I have a bad self-esteem, so I don't dare do to do things like that if I don't get a clear sign that I'm allowed to move in. We have a third date scheduled to happen later on this week. We will be playing Rock Band games at her place, so I guess she likes me.
I think that Fabian is a great guy. He's smart, witty and funny. I wish I could've met him in November or January when I was in Stockholm, but I didn't. Oh well, Stockholm is only 10 euros away from Turku, so maybe one day...
I guess alden had his most active period here when I was inactive and didn't even visit the site. Alden seems to be a nice guy and from what I've gathered, so I'd say yes, it is a shame that he's not as active as he used to be.
I'm not really immortal so even a flu can kill me if I'm weak enough. There aren't any rhino tanks near me though, so it's improbable that I will be killed by a rhino tank. My signature plays with that thought too. There are no rhinos here in Finland, so I doubt that they can easily kill me.
I do think that your first question is grammatically correct. If not, someone may please correct me.
I don't really have any preference on numbers without context. Six is just as good as any other number if there's no context.
You're not asking too many questions. Thank you for your questions.
NitroGenesis wrote:
Dear Brushy,
Do you keep your calendars even after the year they represent passed?
No. I don't really have calendars. Well, I have one in my bag right now, but I rarely use it. If I start to use it, I guess I could save it if it contains something that I want to reminisce on when I'm gray and old (or possibly earlier).
Bisqwit wrote:
Brushy, what motivated you to select for yourself a name of a video game character?
My lack of originality perhaps. Guybrush Threepwood still is my favorite game character and back in the day when I registered on this, I think Monkey Island was on my mind. You know how young people work with these things, right?
I had to shorten it to Brushy when I came on IRC, since Guybrush was already a registered nickname on Freenode. I grew to like Brushy a lot and I'm glad Guybrush was unavailable on Freenode.
Thank you all for your questions. I will get back to Dada's and Mukki's questions later on as they require quite a lot of thought to be answered well. Keep 'em coming guys!
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Thank you for the questions so far. I will answer them tomorrow, as I am quite tired at the moment.
To answer your possible query about why I am tired, I will tell you in advance. I was on a date (with a girl) and I walked her home. I missed the last bus so I had to walk 5 kilometers home in snow. No wolves chasing me though. Also, it's about 1:30 in Finland.
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So, following Fabian's example, I decided to create a topic like this myself. I don't encourage others to follow my example of copying Fabian's idea though, as things might get a bit out of hand.
So why am I creating such a topic then? I have two reasons:
1. I will be attending an entrance exam to study English in the University of Turku this June. I thought that this might help me get back in touch with English, as my skills are quite rusty from lack of proper use.
2. My activity on this forum has been varying for quite a while now. Maybe I'll get to be more involved with the site in general this way.
So, ask away! You name the subject, but try to stay within the borders of good taste. Let's follow Fabian's example and address the questions to me with "Dear Brushy,". I'll try to answer every question, but I work and I should also study, so my time is limited. Please be patient.
Also, I'm aware that I'm not as memorable or awesome as Fabian, but I'll do my best not to be a jerk. I'd also ask other moderators not to intervene with the flow of this topic, I'm able to moderate this myself if needed. Thank you.
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A portable system with 3-5 hours of battery life... I guess that's all that has to be said.
And yes, I was interested in 3DS and I'd still like to see one in action.
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Mupen is the only rerecording N64 emulator and as far as I know, there is unfortunately no Mac OS X version of it. I might be wrong though, so if anyone could confirm this, it would be nice.
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Okay, I'm locking this before it gets too much out of hand and turns into a discussion about candy and nuts or something.
Partyk1023, your first post wasn't very informative and didn't really introduce the thread in any way, so people just started trolling here (which isn't really common on this board). So in the future, please make sure to write more elaborate introductions to your threads. Thank you and enjoy your stay here at TASVideos.
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Okay, I have no idea anymore about the subject this discussion. This is the submission thread of this particular Metal Slug run and I don't think anything else should be discussed here. If you still have something to say about Metal Slug X, please post it in the corresponding thread and not here, thank you.
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Okay, now I watched most of the run (to the point where you use a continue). I have to say that the run was entertaining, but those deaths at the level 5 boss were quite ugly. Then you used a coin that you didn't really have and that felt just like cheating to me, so I stopped watching and I have to vote no.
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To clarify my objection to publishing this run, using deaths is fine to me as a category. The thing that makes this run seem like a cheated run, is the fact of feeding coins mid-game. An emulator has an unlimited amout of coins and using them costs you nothing, so it's nothing but a cheat to me.
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I haven't seen the run yet, but I don't think that feeding coins mid-game to gain advantage is acceptable. It's basically an unlimited lives cheat when playing on an emulator, since you have an infinite number of coins on your disposal.
I'm not going to vote since I haven't seen the run, but had I seen it, I bet my vote would be no.
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There's story continuation from the first game and in my opinion the cities in the first game were more fun to roam, so be sure to get that one too. I've seen used ones at Gamestop for 10 euros.
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Tenchu is a game about ninjas killing people. Pretty brutal, eh? But for real, it's a stealth action game based in ye old Japan. It's a lot of fun to play and I think it would make a cool TAS. I made a short video with PSXjin (I can provide the input file if anyone's interested) to show a bit of the game. It completes the first level quite fast, but it's nowhere near perfect.
There are several ways of moving forward and I didn't really test out which is the fastest. I would think the grappling hook has the highest speed and the long jump the second fastest. Both of them have some motionless time though. Also, the game has pretty bad collision detection, so some glitching might be possible.
Now this video of mine shows what the fastest completion would look like. I also think that a 100% stealth kills run would be awesome, since it would show off more of the game and possibly more impressive acrobatics.
So, is there any interest in this game at all? I doubt I will be the one TASing the game, since I'm not good at. I just made the video to stir up some discussion.
EDIT: Oh yeah, there are two different characters and I didn't check if Ayame is faster. That might be the case, but I'm not sure. There are also different items that might make the life of a TAS ninja more easier, but once again, I didn't test any of them.
