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Posted: 9/28/2024 2:57 PM
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Ferret_Warlord
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"It's a part of history where I wasn't following the site culture so I do apologize in advance for getting anything wrong here." For further context, I made a submission in 2011, which played through all the completable minigames, that was initially rejected for game choice and later re-rejected for being slightly suboptimal.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 4/22/2024 10:55 AM
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To give viewers a little more context, Jinsei Owata no Daibouken is the game that inspired the creation of I Wanna Be the Guy. When it first came out, it was in an incomplete state. Kaiyin played this demo, thought to himself, "I can do better than this," and went on to make IWBtG. King, the creator of Owata, then played IWBtG, loved it, and decided to include a final area in Owata as a big shoutout to it.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 3/16/2023 12:34 AM
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You might want to double check your URL there, RT. Oh hey, 15 years later, and someone decides to follow up on my efforts! I am genuinely happy to see this. It's exciting to see that you found a use for the missile reload quirk. Unfortunately - and I will be the first to admit that this is probably raging, out of control ego speaking here - I find that killing the same group of 8 metroids, with not-insignificant downtime between each go-around, is kind of dull. But this really isn't my community anymore. The future is now, and y'all can decide what to do with this movie. And yes, since some of my input is copied, I'd like to request coauthorship. Thank you.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 3/8/2023 1:49 AM
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I got my hopes up too soon.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 11/28/2022 2:19 PM
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Dimon12321 wrote:
Oh. Finally someone went past State of Liberty levels' manipulations Yes vote
I think he's referring to me. I tried this ages ago and stalled at the SoL stages due to being unsure of how to manipulate the tablets.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 11/4/2022 9:53 PM
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"Unlike most of the overheard forest voices, the substance of the record was quasi-ritualistic, and included one palpably human voice which Akeley had never been able to place. It was not Brown’s, but seemed to be that of a man of greater cultivation. The second voice, however, was the real crux of the thing—for this was the accursed buzzing which had no likeness to humanity despite the human words which it uttered in good English grammar and a scholarly accent." -Excerpt from HP Lovecraft's The Whisperer in Darkness, emphasis mine Thanks to this, I think I have an idea of what the protaganist heard.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 5/11/2022 12:48 AM
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I speak very much as a non-expert on this, and may even be wrong on all counts, but I have a few nits I wish to pick. First, I want to say that it is nice - and quite impressive! - that several levels have been improved. However, given what has already been said, that just means this should have been a standard any%. As mentioned by others, frontloading the bonus levels into the first two levels is just boring. If the goal is to 100% the game as quickly as possible, they should have been spread out across the game more evenly, unless this method truly is the fastest way of getting all the emeralds. And then the bonus levels themselves: I will be the first to admit that I am terrible at making entertaining lulls in the action, but I have to say that everything here felt very lethargic. There is very little movement or dancing around, very few close calls when dodging things, and often movement appears imprecise. Things seem to improve a bit in later rounds when it became clearer that Tails was being controlled independently, but then the goal choice within the bonus rounds and the execution of those goals seemed unclear. Sometimes you barely clear the quota; other times you vastly overshoot it. I can understand either goal, but in this case I think you should pick one and stick with it. Here's my breakdown: 1) Fewer rings means less time on the bonus countdown - that is, if that matters. 2) More rings can be seen as more impressive. In some cases where you seem to go for 1, you end up going over the quota by a few rings; for example, the very first emerald you collect 143 out of 140 needed. I would think it would be more impressive to just get exactly what you need. When it seems you go for 2 , there are plenty of rings going uncollected; the very last emerald, you collect 300, when you only need 210, and leave plenty of other rings behind. If you're going for a high ring count, go all in! If the goal is 1 in order to keep the bonus countdown to a minimum, would it help to keep the rings spread out between Sonic and Tails? Since it looks like the game deducts both ring counters at the same time, divying them up would result in the absolute lowest countdown. I guess what I'm trying to say is, great job on improving the main game, but everything else leaves me bored and confused. I hope things can be cleared up a bit.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 3/11/2022 10:50 AM
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Thank you, I'll take the compliment. One other remark about the difficulty: It also affects some boss AI patterns. The clearest example I can think of is phase 2 of the final boss has twice as many spikes on the hard difficulty compared to "normal".
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 3/10/2022 10:44 PM
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Freakin' finally! I'll give it a watch later. ***some times passes*** So, first thing's first, I want to mention that I actually made this run in 2005, not 2006 (publication was a slow process if your name wasn't Phil). Seventeen years ago! Back then we didn't even have memory watching, much less all the crazy things you youngins are using these days. It was just frame advance, save states, and input watching. And the first few runs I made didn't even have that last one. As such it's kind of crazy for me to see many of my runs go uncontested for so long. Maybe it speaks to my natural talent for the art form. Or maybe it's my habit for picking obscure games no one cares about. It's probably that. I don't really care for the change in difficulty, but eh, it's not my site, not my community. I have better things to worry about. Also it's a shame to see the OoB bug in level 1 go. Didn't even think that I could go full speed through the normal route. Dying so you can use more dashes against the Principal! Oh, that's clever! Silly me for not thinking to do that. Thank you, Sammy, for picking this up. It was fun to watch. ThunderAxe Basically what Samsara said. In fact, you can watch the pallette correct itself once Dr. Whoo is defeated in level 5.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 2/9/2022 9:16 AM
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I feel that a question like this is important to understand when you have to know how to enter information into a calculator. I work as an HVAC tech, and bless their hearts, for most of my coworkers, the ability to subtract x from both sides is considered god tier mathematics*. One calculation that we routinely do involves entering the information into a calculator as a/b/c. The problem is, in more formal settings, like in a textbook, it's presented as a b*c And I've known some to get confused about why the multiplication symbol disappears. I think at least one of them asked, shouldn't that mean you type it in as a/b*c? And as much as I would love to sit down with some of them to explain where the discrepency is, I usually just resort to, "I watch math videos for fun, trust me on this one." *not saying they are dumb, but they are certainly the kind people that only paid enough attention in high school algebra in order to get a C- before forgetting about the subject entirely
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 12/5/2021 10:26 PM
Post subject: Re: #7258: supersonik's GB James Bond 007 in 39:26.43
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TASVideoAgent wrote:
The aim of this TAS was to lay the groundwork for future optimizations.
I've only bounced around the video, but I can tell. For example, at 37:15 of the youtube encode, you get caught on a corner, and a short while later press up against a laser turret for a second when it appears you could've been moving forward, and turn around to block for just a few frames. With the disclaimer that I haven't seen all of the movie, this makes me feel like we have a good baseline, but otherwise wasn't fully optimized. I look forward to a movie that has been tightened up.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 12/5/2021 3:05 PM
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I'm not qualified to solve this problem, but I think you might be overthinking it. It may have more to do with the ratio between volume and surface area: by slicing off a chunk from a cube (supposing our ice block is a cube), you'll remove some ice, but you'll also remove some surface area, making it more difficult for heat to get in. You'd need to calculate a slice that would maximize both volume and surface area. I'll grant the puzzle as stated is a bit understated, failing to describe what the conditions are. Vague language like this leaves a lot open to interperetation.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 10/12/2021 11:35 PM
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Yknow, plugging your products like this strikes me as a little uncouth, but y'know what? I'll bite. Thanks for letting me know. Now if only Fangamer would get back to restocking Strong Bad Sings...
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 5/31/2021 3:53 PM
Post subject: 16 years, and I don't think I've ev used this avatar before.
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Quit coming up with new, pointless branches for this stupid game!! There are plenty of other games out there! Find them, they are worth your time and effort!
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 5/9/2021 12:04 PM
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p4wn3r wrote:
Try to calculate the integral of ln(1+dx), for example.
x+C I've seen the video Warp is referring to. It uses the interperetation of dx as something that approaches zero. Using the same "multiply by dx/dx" approach as in the video, and applying the properties of logs, the term inside becomes (1+dx)^(1/dx). The expression equals e as dx approaches 0.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 4/24/2021 10:36 PM
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To his credit he does take the bullet for Graham at the very end, even if he had no intention of doing so.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 4/16/2021 9:54 AM
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I watched a bit of this run. Watching it made me realize that this song is based on something public domain. So I did a little digging, and came across this video explaining it. TLDR "Mayim Mayim" is a Jewish folksong that became a cultural touchstone in Japan. Link to video
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 1/19/2021 1:26 AM
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So, which liar's legacy is this speedrun going to tear down?
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 12/12/2020 1:24 AM
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A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 11/10/2020 1:14 AM
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I attempted to convert it to a polar equation and ended up with a complicated cubic equation to solve.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 10/31/2020 1:28 PM
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*The way foreground objects do not scroll vertically is slightly nauseating. *I'm assuming that several of the stage intermissions cannot be skipped? Shame. *What was happening to the sprites after killing the Republican party? Otherwise, I am the Ferret Warlord, and I approve this TAS.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 10/30/2020 10:08 PM
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Oh hey! When I was in the process of running Cooly Skunk, I learned that this had also been found recently. I was a little upset because I thought this would've been a perfect voting PSA here, but I didn't have the time anymore. Glad to know I wasn't the only one with that idea! I'll check it out later.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 10/27/2020 12:15 AM
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Samsara wrote:
I should've clarified that I'm asking more about overall entertainment than the actual rules. There are precedents for the patch and I should be able to decide the level of unique content on my own, but being confident on tier placement is still important to me as well.
Gotcha gotcha
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 10/26/2020 10:50 AM
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Samsara wrote:
'Ey, what up, it's ya girl Sam "I need some opinions" Sara. As you can see, Due to the nature of this game being an unreleased kinda sorta prototype of Punky Skunk, I'd like some more audience feedback on it. You know the drill, CasualPokePlayer casually poke-provided an encode, please give it a watch, a vote, post your thoughts here, Like, Share and Subscribe, hit the bell to be notified of future judgements and don't forget to support me on Patreon. $10 backers and above get to see my judgements three days in advance! This post is sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends.
I think the relevant rule here is "Prototype game versions are only accepted if there is no stable release version available." Which it is pretty clearly the case here. The Playstation version has similarities, but is not the same game as this one. I figure the hack rule should have some leniency because, at this time, there is no other way to play the full game without a hack.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Posted: 10/17/2020 11:44 PM
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I'm an idiot.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
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