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pirate_sephiroth wrote:
I don't think compilations will happen because Mother 2 and 3 are terribly dated games. They might look cool and have some funny plot but their gameplay is boring as hell.
That battle system is a joke.
Currently, Earthbound is one of the most expensive games on the SNES, for not being all that rare. I've got my copy that I never play, but man, that game is overpriced.
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Warp wrote:
I appreciate the forum moderators policy of not deleting posts/threads they don't like (except probably if they contain something outright illegal or highly offensive) and instead just locking them, which allows people to read them even after the fact. However, I have to question some of the policies about locking threads.
We only delete posts/threads of banned users. Thats the policy. The goal of this policy is to prevent those users, who are generally after the attention of this board, from gaining it.
Warp wrote:
Locking is appropriate and to be desired when a thread has turned into an endless flamewar with accusations and insults being hurled back and forth without end. It's more questionable when it's done on a thread which simply consists of people acting foolishly and making completely random posts, especially if this happens in the off-topic group (in other groups it's more appropriate because such random unrelated foolish posts do not belong to those, but even then moving the posts is better than locking the thread). Not much damage is done in this latter case, but it still feels arbitrary.
However, shutting someone down who is making a formal complaint by immediately locking the thread crosses a border IMO.
Two things: First off, formal complaint? We don't have a formal complaint policy. Some how calling it a formal complaint does not lend it credence. We do not have some magic hands-off policy because it was called a formal complaint.
Secondly, it was redundant to the complaints he had in the first thread. So, it was totally unnecessary to create a 2nd thread.
Finally, it is so ridiculously typical for someone being moderated to claim that it is moderator abuse. I did review the threads, and all I saw was a user claiming that merging his posts was defacing them.
I am considering locking this thread, because I see no value in keeping it open, other than to stir the flames. Calling it ironic for doing so is somewhat of a manipulation to attempt to keep it open. This issue needs to be let go. All they did was merge posts.
If people have legitimate complaints, they can privately contact me, adelikat, or Nach. Attempting to lodge a public formal complaint is just encouraging drama. Especially since the complaints were already made publicly.
Can we please get back to TASing?
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It is just too late now. This thread is just not necessary. I will just not let it sit open.
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The thing about a game like this - just being frames ahead really isn't enough to get published.
It should be done on the arcade version. if you were using joy2key, I could probably help you adapt one of my multi-track scripts.
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I have no idea what happened, but I liked it.
Aren't you supposed to go through dungeons to get runes?
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natt wrote:
please welcome our newest encoder, nanogyth
edit: i don't care if encoders aren't "staff", everyone i recruit gets WELCOMED, so you better start cheering.
Hooray!
Also, thank you to all the new judges for reducing the workload, and cleaning up the workbench!
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Kyman wrote:
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"This run started when I found out that you can warp from the basement to the final level, by jumping and holding up at a certain spot. "
This sounds like a cheat code, like the one for Super Metroid to get all of the items. I'd like to know more about this.
I believe that's where you go to the final level anyways. It only works when you are on the exact level of the barrels. I think it's more of a glitched warp than a cheat code.
Cool, thats all I needed to know.
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"This run started when I found out that you can warp from the basement to the final level, by jumping and holding up at a certain spot. "
This sounds like a cheat code, like the one for Super Metroid to get all of the items. I'd like to know more about this.
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Nach wrote:
Most of the staff and players on the site are famous?
What kind of silly thread is this? You just did the in real life equivalent of walking into a large production movie studio and asked if anyone in the room was famous.
No, not really.
TASVideos is still a relatively small community. No one knows me from bupkis outside of these forums. adelikat, our single most prolific author, administrator, and guy here from the get go isn't even really known outside of here and SDA.
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jlun2 wrote:
Wikipedia wrote:
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO).
TheNewTeddy wrote:
How will I get paid: I will work a minimum of 44 hours a week. I will pay myself the equal of minimum wage, or, $451 a week.
Not sure what to say at the moment...
This is not the problem with this ridiculous idea, in actuality. Charities are allowed to take part of their income in donations to cover program, administrative, and fundraising expenses. However, that said, TheNewTeddy does not seem capable of filing for 503c status, which would be required to legitimately accept money for charity. Additionally, I highly doubt he would pay income tax on this venture. In short, he'd have to pray he never got audited.
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TheNewTeddy wrote:
Last week, I was stopped by somebody asking for money for basketball for poor kids.
Last month I was stopped by somebody asking for money to send poor kids on a trip or something.
Once a month there are people standing on the corner asking for money for world vision or something similar.
Just a few days ago people knocked on my door asking for money for some other kind of program.
My grocery store will often ask for $2 for this or that cause.
Why should I give money to any of them?
You really shouldn't.
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And now, Mothrayas as well!
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Congrats to our newest judge, Nahoc!
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Nahoc wrote:
Nach wrote:
I like the idea of Mothrayas and Nahoc becoming judges.
Nahoc do you feel comfortable with judging Dolphin runs?
One thing I know is that Nahoc is comfortable with Mupen, and N64 runs pile up from time to time as well, so he'd be welcome in that sense too.
Yes, I do feel comfortable with GCN/Wii and N64 and would be willing to judge those platforms at any time.
On the other hand, I would never verify PSX and DS TASes.
Perfect. Welcome to the team.
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There was some discussion that this decision was made in haste, and that this actually serves as a 100% plus the extra stuff - sort of a combo playaround+100%.
I'd be willing to reconsider.
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[07:16] <Swordless> Are judges allowed to judge their own runs?
[07:16] <Ilari> Swordless: No.
[07:16] <Swordless> Okay. I won't bother applying for judge
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turska wrote:
WELCOME ME, YOU MONGRELS! Also, it's spelled with a 't'.
publisher and judge, within 24 hours!
turska has volunteered to go where no judge has gone before! Into windows judging!
Welcome to the team.
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turska has volunteered to be a judge for Windows (as well as other stuff!) so he will be assigned the duty when I get a moment. Yay turska!
Nahoc, Mothrayas, I'm in favor of you both being judges, but a priority would go to the one able to handle GCN/WII submissions. In other words, I'm just desperate for at least one of you to commit to being our go-to GCN/WII judge.
Clarification: My first priority is to find someone willing and able to judge (AND VERIFY!) GCN/Wii runs. After that, I'll consider others for judges, just to help with the load.
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I am currently extremely busy in my PhD work (I've not had a single day off in 2 months), and thus falling behind in the judging realm of this site. Thus, I am putting out a request for people to volunteer to be judges. Typically, judges are required to have at least 1000 player points. However, due to the lack of interested people, I'm am relaxing that requirement.
What I'm looking for:
* A judge that can handle new platform submissions - We have a new build up of new platforms that the current judging staff is hesitant to take. Additionally, judges are required to verify that the runs playback.
* A person in good standing with the community. People who invite extreme drama will not be considered.
* A player with at least a few published runs
* A good command of the English language. It is difficult enough to communicate intention if you're a native English speaker.
Please PM me with any volunteers.
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natt wrote:
DarkKobold wrote:
about the sound - FF8 runs at 59.997 FPS, not 60. Every sound file, whether 2 minutes or 4 hours, comes out at a matching length. I've encoded it enough to know. This makes it look like sound desyncs, but it doesn't.
The video files that come out of the emulator are labeled as 60.000fps. If that's not what they should be, then that's an emulator problem.
FFIX comes out similarly, making me think it's possibly a global emulator failing (and not game-specific).
I thought Dada figured out that at certain times (loading at the start, disc swap), the sound buffer stops, and PSXjin never creates empty audio for it, thus leading to a weird ratio that will still have sync issues.
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snorlax wrote:
Voting yes, but this run didn't really provide all that much different content for those who have been following the any% speedrun. The most significant difference is probably the Mido skip. Still, it's nice to see this done.
Agreed. Been following ZFG's runs. The new route really doesn't leave room for much difference from the RTA other than optimization.
Also, surprised that ISG with the Deku stick isn't faster than crouch stabs.
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As awesome as I was anticipating.
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I've been lax to enforce it, because we want to encourage submissions any way possible. Its best not to piss off, or rule-lawyer people generating legit content for the site.
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nanogyth wrote:
DarkKobold wrote:
Get cards in Balamb
Could you get Quistis from the groupie on the top floor right after that?
Would that be faster than walking to the cafeteria?
You probably need Ifrit's and Anaconduar's card to beat them - especially the Trepes.
So, I should babble about the improvement plan. You NEED to get Card, Imag RF, and Boost before talking on Elvoret. (Need the 18 AP towards Card Mod and STR-J) This requires 40 AP.
The breakdown of forced stuff is:
* 20 - Ifrit
* 6 - 2 Fishies
* 6 - 6 G-Soldiers
* 4 - Anaconduar
This leaves 4 AP to get. In the previous TAS, I kill the 2 vampire bats, and 2 bombs. This costs 1 victory fanfare and 2 limit breaks, however it lets me skip getting the cards in Balamb.
My new plan is to kill the two vampire bats, and then kill the g-soldier on the bridge, as well as waste steps to get a 2nd encounter right before Elvorett. This would cost ~8 seconds to get the cards, 1 victory fanfare, ~5 step counters, plus the time to get them. (If you skip this, you are forced into a G-soldier battle that you can't run from after BGH-2052).
So the question is, is Cards + 5 steps < 2 limit breaks?
The other hidden issue here would be the number of step counters remaining right before you get Enc-None. If it is 5 or less without this strategy, you'd get another encounter, negating the gains. However, I'm skipping invincible moon this time, plus skipping parts in the prison, so it'd be near impossible to pre-calculate.
Anyway, suggestions appreciated!
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