...leaking a private beta of Sonic Megamix, resulting in him getting banned from the forum again, and g-lined from the irc. He returned shortly afterwards, only to be banned again...
You now know of my scheme, and it is time to say goodbye.
More than a few times, I've considered my surroundings in a quasi-lucid state and thought, "oh good, I'm at a school for some reason. I almost thought it was that stupid dream I keep having." So I'm interested in hearing what other people have to say— does anyone else here get these kinds of dreams?
I'm just trying to wonder what exact rules you think the site has broken. Let's look at the list of submission rules: Acceptable Movie Files The movie must begin from console power-on: The games must be real The ROM must be good Use the correct version The PAL/NTSC settings must be correct The BIOS must be real The movie must be good Cheat-keys and debugging codes are not allowed The movie must be complete Play games that are emulated Obsoleting a published movie I can see issue with the way the 'Use the correct version' rules are written. It actively discourages (J) ROM use when it doesn't give a saving in terms of time, or tricks that aren't possible in other versions. The way I see it, the rules dictate that (J) ROM submissions should be allowed, assuming there is a good reason to do so. There are provisions however, where the (J) ROM would be allowed without argument outside of the current situation: 'If you decide to start to a run using a version other than (U), make a post on the forum detailing why — this is to prevent future complications.' So I would see this as 'if the (J) version is the naturally better choice for TASing reasons only, then it should be accepted.' By TASing reasons, I don't mean for the shorter text that comes from Kanji, but for possible tricks that can only be done in J versions, or perhaps if U/E versions are technically worse and less precise (ie introduces more lag). This case is slightly different since the TASer himself is Japanese, so it would be natural for him to choose that to do initially. While it doesn't necessarily conform to the letter of the law, I don't think it should be rejected on that basis alone. Rules do have to allow for some flexibility, after all, no rule is ever perfect. Under the 'The movie must be good' rule it states 'A speed-oriented movie must beat all existing records', and as I am aware the previous record was held by a movie over twice as long as this TAS. It also beats the real time run. In 'Obsoleting a published movie' it states: 'When obsoleting a published movie (that aims for fastest time), the goal should be to minimally match its speed and impressiveness throughout the entire movie, not just in final completion time. Meaning, if you found a 30 second shortcut, that isn't an excuse to waste 10 seconds elsewhere due to sloppy play. If you found a 30 second shortcut, try your best to improve the movie by at least 30 seconds.' While entertainment factor is often in the eye of the beholder, it is clear that TASers who are familiar with TASing the game are aware that the run itself is sloppy in a few places, suboptimal in some of its tricks and uses a less-than-optimal route through the game. So there is clearly an issue with the run itself being sub-optimal. However, directly below this it states: 'Site rules still apply even if the published movie breaks them. We make mistakes sometimes, that doesn't provide a green light for you to do so.' It is a nice catch-all proviso that covers a number of situations where the admins etc make mistakes, and mistakes will happen - no-one is perfect after all. Prevention however is better than cure. More pause for thought comes from this: 'However, if a rule is broken for a specific reason and it was allowed, then it is okay. If not sure, ask a judge or admin before making the movie. (An example would be movies that start from SRAM, use passwords, etc.)' I hate to come down on one side or another, but it is true by the letter of the rules that this run SHOULD NOT have been published. I call an end to the bickering, sniping and trolling here and now, and perhaps start a logical thought out debate over the site rules itself. Not here, but in a seperate topic. This thread should be used for discussions about the TAS itself, not about site policy.
I was picking up a normal problem, which is, that it's somehow pointless to try perfecting a run, because nobody will notice it any way.
Slowi is absolutely right. If this run gets published, I'll consider the J ROM to be green-lighted for all future runs, and it will be used in the improvement.
I would really like an example where a game was switched from japanese to english without the english version having a hughe glitch the japnase one doesn't. Can you bring me one?
It uses the (J) ROM because the TASer is Japanese, not because of faster text. Get your facts correct before posting DK :-)
...and using JPN rom. This rom can show the message quickly than others. They'll allow to complete this game within an hour.
Given two runs, one of which can be beaten by a kid with a controller, and one which uses a secondary ROM, I'll go with the ROM choice.
Also, for anyone who is curious about why I'm for accepting this run, please reference this post, and the entire thread: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=222483#222483 In a nutshell: People get pissed off when the admin staff reject a good movie because of possible improvements, and yet in this thread, people are using that for a reason for rejection. Can't have it both ways people.
That makes the run less entertaining, because it eliminates even more actual gameplay.
After completing first 3 stages we are already about 2 seconds faster so no worries there and still we have 3 bigger ace cards in our sleeves to play with such as skipping two stages and using delay death to change our "after death" checkpoint.
I made HackROM with the same effect as delaytest.lua. It makes a mistake in the bank number when the select is pushed. The ips patch is here. http://www.yuko2ch.net/rockman/rockman_changebank.ips