If a sub optimal run was what this game "needed", then
Weatherton's run would have been published.
It seems that everyone has completely forgotten that test runs exist for every single cup, except for Star cup. If you have MK64 cravings, and desire to see theoretical routes and lack of inhuman precision, check those out, it's why Weatherton made them in the first place.
So what if it takes me "forever" to finish the run? Isn't perfection what we're trying to achieve? My opinions about what constitutes perfection, and the methods that I use to achieve it (even if it means redoing constantly) are what they are, and they help me create very optimal and entertaining movies. Art cannot be rushed. Mario Kart happens to be immensely popular, is very complicated, and has many theoretical new tricks and glitches that have never been seen before.
For Mischief Makers, yes I restarted 9 times but that's because for that game I was constantly finding new tricks and reaching new levels of precision. For Mario Kart 64, a sub optimal run is unacceptable because the hundreds of pro players have achieved a level of human played precision that a TAS can only beat by
0.20" of a second.
I really wonder why my unwillingness to accept imperfection is being treated as a hindrance. The final date of completion of a movie should not matter; the end result should be. As much as you all want to badly see a run completed ASAP just to see one, the truth of the matter is that in order to make this game be the best that it can be, you must devote a lot of time and effort into it. Did you know that Michael Fried, who can make Time Trial TAS videos really quick and optimal, refuses to work on the MK64 run that would do justice to the game because he
knows it will take too long and MUST have a lot of effort devoted to it?
One of the many goals of having adelikat joining the crew was in giving me constant motivation boosts. I'm sad to see you not only doubting my motivation and ability to get it completed in what YOU consider a reasonable time, but that adelikat won't be able to make me productive.
Long story short: Patience pays off. Trust me, it has been proven on this site many times over from movies that took a long time to complete, but the end result was worth the wait.
"Apologize section"
I step down from the high horse and apologize in advance for these reasons:
-mmbossman and everyone else: I realize everyone has been waiting since Feburary 2007 when I started,and I'm sorry that as a person I fail to be on top of my game when it comes to personal life matters, and that I have ADD and do get easily distracted.
-I am mostly sorry for being an asshole about this subject because I am constantly, nonstop getting harassed about this run. I have actually had, no joke, nightmares about making no progress on it. I am bugged all the time on IRC, on AIM, and by many members at mariokart64.com about when the next stage will be done. If I'm not getting bugged about "when is Mischief Makers being done", I am getting bugged about when this will get done. Part of the reason I started MM is that I could say I spent ~1 year solid on a project, and prove to myself that I can make a game like MK64 be the best that it can be. It is very highly stressful; I don't think anyone appreciated at all what I went through in the making of Luigi Raceway (twice, and possibly a third time) and Moo Moo Farm, and the lack of appreciation made me selfish sometimes.
The door to the Living Armor is a raising door; normally, you cannot glitch past those because the current room will freeze your current position; in other places of the run you can see this happening. However, Maxim is going so fast (because he had enough room to attain 36 pixels per frame) that he is in the next room before the "freeze Maxim"action can take place.
I hope that explains things.