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jimsfriend wrote:
I don't think we should go so far as to force people to leave a comment because I think it would ultimately be detrimental to the judging process for the less voted on runs, resulting in even fewer votes to guide the judge, and probably not many more comments.
I agree with jimsfriend.
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I'm ambivalent. The only voting abuse in recent times was for the yearly awards, and not for submissions. If anyone feels that strongly about it, I say open it up.
However, I should note, when there are barely any posts to go by, I do look to votes to guide me.
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Try Notepad++
it should tell you the line number. Make sure you backup your movie first.
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I wonder if doing the DS version would be better, because it has the flying sequences that the GBA version doesn't.
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Slowking wrote:
Do not use fan-translations or otherwise hacked ROMs ― translators do not want you to use obsolete versions and we prefer non-hacked games.
I thought we were encouraging hacks now? So this shold probably be reworded.
Encouraging hacks? I'm not sure what you mean. We allow hacks more openly now.
Anyway, I've always disliked this rule, especially for completed RPG translations.
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strangely, youtube's suggested lists always catch my attention (because you watched list, not the list next to every video) and I end up watching more videos than I planned to. Damn you tube!
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Sonikkustar wrote:
Its a long story, but I accidently savestated there. I was tired. >_>
I'd personally just look past it and be careful in the future for savestates.
Dude. Dude. You were caught cheating, multiple ways, multiple times in this single run, and afterwards, there were questions raised about more of your previous races.
In that race alone, you used speedup, 2nd controller cheats, savestates, and did a .done (claimed you had finished) 8 minutes early.
Saying that was accidental is just ridiculous. Grow up, accept what you did, and move on from it. Understand the consequences of your actions.
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exileut wrote:
Time for the weekly update!
I haven't had time to work on this, I'm practicing for the SDA marathon, building the NESbot, and other life commitments. However, I should share my text-advance script. This guarantees (AFAIK) frame perfect text box closing.
Dialog= 0x000832A0;
while true do
for i = 0,5,1 do
X = memory.readbyte(Dialog+i*0x30);
X = X % 8;
if (X == 6) or (X == 4) then
joypad.set(1,{["circle"]=true})
end;
end;
emu.frameadvance();
end;
Pretty simple, but saves a ton of time. Now you can fastforward through Dialog sequences.
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I think this is actually a good game choice - I'd suggest just aiming for fastest time - there is definitely a balance in this game as to when to take damage.
Best of luck, I look forward to more progress.
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I wish every TAS had this level of competition/cooperation. That new WIP is damn well done.
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This would be a great 4 player TAS
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mmbossman wrote:
I just take my ball and go home.
Sadly, I was this kid growing up.
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This reminds me of TASVideos circa 2007 - I'm surprised it wasn't done back then. Yes vote.
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I voted meh. It seems like they just smacked pieces on a map.
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feos wrote:
Why not stick this thread?
We have an entire forum area for lua scripts and such - a specific topic per lua issue (related to programming lua scripts) is probably warranted.
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Fabian wrote:
DarkKobold wrote:
This is being taken far more serious than tongue-in-cheek, than I expected.
Perhaps I needed a better introduction?
People on tasvideos take something super retarded and take it super seriously and discuss it at length over several threads spanning 6-8 months? Well color me surprised!
..... Okay....
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feos wrote:
AnS wrote:
wouldn't it be faster
Would it be possible? No one seems to have a will to debug this game as FinalFighter did - till death!
Slight correction, no one is ABLE to debug this game except for FinalFighter ;)
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Randil wrote:
Does anyone here know how to read data from a text file in lua? I've googled this and found that I should probably use the ".read"-command, but I can't get the syntax correct. For example: suppose I have a .txt file with 2 numbers, one on each row, and want to load both these numbers and display the maximum with gui.text, how would that script look?
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Warp wrote:
DarkKobold wrote:
It is just that, in the long run, the crap that is at the top of the billboard Top 100 will be forgotten, whereas, the future will only hold on to the music that has actual value.
I don't think that's always true. Elvis and The Beatles are good counter-examples. There are many others as well (such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix...)
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Vykan12 wrote:
@Darkkobold: What you say sounds pretty reasonable.
Still, it scares me a little the way the entertainment industry is evolving. It seems that large record labels make very shitty music videos on purpose just to see what they can get away with, and when it works, they continue to lower the bar, thus creating videos that insult the audience at every turn.
To cheer you up, I'll give you some perspective. This industry has always been doing this. It is just that, in the long run, the crap that is at the top of the billboard Top 100 will be forgotten, whereas, the future will only hold on to the music that has actual value.
For example, Free Bird - by Lynard Skynard, doesn't even crack the top 100 for it's year.
http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1975.php
I wish I could find the Cracked.com article where I learned this fact. (i.e. the music industry has always put out shit that hits #1, but #1 isn't what has longevity.) It was great, and put real perspective on the good music we cherish from previous generations.
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Vykan12 wrote:
I don't think you guys are following. Rebecca Black got signed to Vevo, a major record label. She is probably going to make millions... for making a music video so bad it went furiously viral. In essence, she's going to make more than a surgeon...for trolling the internet.
Doesn't that make your blood boil with rage? The fact that pure irony is making people rich and famous instead of, you know, talent?
Not really. I feel extremely sorry for her. She is going to make a couple songs, that are going to be extremely forgettable (the new one certainly is), within a year or two, she'll be totally ignored for anything new that she comes out with. Her pop-career is going to be extremely short lived.
She is a teenager who got a (rather extravagant) gift from her parents to make a music video with her friends. She put it online to share with said friends. Someone found it, and it went viral. The collective internet made her a star; it wasn't her choice or goal. Now, she is just riding the tidal wave you (the collective internet) created for her. She'll disappear from the spotlight soon enough.
However, I doubt anyone is helping her invest the money she is getting intelligently, so she can use it to live off for a long time. (also, I highly doubt it will be millions, vevo will drop her once they realize she is a one-flop-wonder.) So, eventually she'll have to get a 9-5 job like the rest of us. However, she'll always be 'That Friday girl.' She goes shopping, out to eat, etc, and it will be "Hey, isn't that the girl that sung that crappy song 5 years ago?" Same for going to college, job interviews, etc. This friday video is going to haunt her for the rest of her life, and she'll have her life 'peak' at 14.
See what happened to Macaulay Culkin for what hell child stars go through. Look to "Snakes on a Plane" to see how the entertainment industry misjudges the money that can be made from "going viral."
While this is obviously all speculation, I think history has shown what happens to people like her. She is going to need something a little more memorable, good or bad, to maintain a pop-career.
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This is being taken far more serious than tongue-in-cheek, than I expected.
Perhaps I needed a better introduction?
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Warp wrote:
I don't know enough about lua scripting in the emulators, but I'm wondering if something like this could be implemented in lua without having to modify the emulators themselves. The script could save the frame numbers with some special keyword in the metadata/comments of the keypress file.
If you are going to go to the length of having a lua script (and loading it every time you tas), just take the screenshot.
Also, this gets killed if you have any other script running - every emulator (but gens) only allows for one script.
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I noticed something peculiar about many movies on this site.. Now, I have to complain, this is just a lazy introductory sentence, when you can't think of anything else to write. Seriously, I know we aren't english majors, but can't we think of anything better to say?
I mean, I would never stoop so low as to use that as an....
Oh. Nevermind, carry on.
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