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I use YouTube almost all the time. My favorite way to access YouTube videos is by watching them via the Android YouTube app on my Samsung S5 Mini, as the screen resolution is 1280x720 pixels and thus fits perfectly with the 720p60 option. I don't care that the screen size is relatively small compared to most nowadays smartphones. It's also worth mentioning that it allows to me stay on sofa while watching. Less often, I watch YouTube on my pc. It's a bit of a problem since my pc is more than 10 years old and can't really reproduce video streams at 720p or higher.
  • If I need to watch only a short movie or a short section of a movie, I use the embedded player option. Watching on YouTube.com is horrible due to the annoying video suggestions and the additional weight of all the javascript garbage behind the scenes.
  • If instead I need to watch the movie from start to end, I download the YouTube stream by using youtube-dl, which I equipped with a macro for downloading the 480p stream only. I prefer this over the MKV downloadables because youtube-dl has insane download speed.
  • While my pc is able to reproduce MKV downloadables at full fps, I only download these for few TASes that I really love, since I'm more likely to watch them again and again in the future.
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Post subject: Needs more audience response, please
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Please, I'd like to have more people voting and posting their opinions about the entertainment value of this movie.
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This is a game I discovered when I was little, in its arcade version. I'm happy to see this improved run, Yes vote!
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Post subject: temp encode
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Hello and welcome to TASVideos. Is this the encode for your movie? Link to video By the way, I see that this movie doesn't trigger the credits roll... I know that beating just the first 49 levels is considered as any% for the relative speedrunning community, but here we try to apply universal rules for all games, when applicable. So we need a movie that beats all levels in order to reach the credits roll, otherwise the game can't be considered as beaten, according to our rules.
Movie Rules wrote:
It must be able to reach the credits or end screen without requiring any further interaction; all input must come solely from the input file (e.g. configuring the emulator to autofire after the end of playback is not allowed). An exception has been allowed for Rygar.
In any case, this submission looks pretty optimized, and I found it entertaining, but we need a movie that beats all levels.
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Shima33 wrote:
The last PSX BIOS revision that was put on actual PSone consoles was revision 4.6 - in the PS3's firmware, there is a PSX BIOS revision that is labelled 5.0. Is this BIOS revision allowed or forbidden?
Movie Rules wrote:
Any official PSX BIOS version is accepted, provided it matches the region of the game played.
If this BIOS if found in PS3 then it's not a PSX BIOS, it's a PS3 BIOS. It's a firmware specifically revised for retro-compatibility. Also, it can be inconsistent to the original console. However, I think this is the first time that the issue is brought up, so I'd like to hear what the higher-ups think about it, as it's not up to me to decide. In any case, I advice to stick with the PSX BIOSes recognized by BizHawk, if you want to be sure that your submissions won't be rejected for using a forbidden BIOS. For the rest, what Spikestuff said makes sense. Don't use a non-recommended BIOS unless you really know what you're doing.
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Lil_Gecko wrote:
On topic though. For some reason I didn't notice the item next to us in Don Corneo's basement is an Ether. Which means I don't have to pick the one in Aerith's garden. I have implemented this up to exit Midgar and saved 597 frames, with possibility of saving more in Bottomswell thanks to full C's Limit Gauge. Since the step-route is already done, I don't mind reTASing everything. Should I set to delayed or cancelled ?
It doesn't sound like an improvement necessary for making the current submission acceptable. However, if you still want to implement this possible improvement, I will set the submission to Delayed for you (only Judges can set Delayed status).
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So in this game you can instant-kill enemies by jumping at the right time? That's just like in Prince of Persia for SNES! Found it very entertaining despite the apparent simplicity and the short duration. Yes vote! Also, I wanted to say that the second screenshot is my favourite: that's the perfect combination of nice green woods with muscolar bad guys about to fall into oblivion.
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ais523 wrote:
If it does meet that standard, though, I don't see why similarity to the any% would be a reason to pick that run over this one; as long as a run is being published to Moons, it should be the most entertaining of the possible options (as that's what Moons is for, maximising entertainment.)
The issue is that entertainment is not the only requirement for warranting an extra branch (non-Vaultable). See from the Movie Rules page:
  • The goal choices should be clear, so it's understood what needs to be accomplished in order to obsolete it.
  • Arbitrary goal choices need to offer new TAS material to be accepted. Choices which have no goal other than to create a new game branch are rejected.
This rule doesn't have anything to do with superseeding. The only thing I can do as a Judge is asking to the audience if they found this movie different from the fastest-completion one, and explain why. Edit:
ais523 wrote:
I believe that TASvideos should also host all TAS records for any% and 100%, and thus if this movie is published to Moons, the less entertaining any% should be published to Vault alongside it (showing the speed record).
When I said that I personally found "all dungeons" more entertaining, I wasn't implying that the any% movie is going to get in Vault. Also, "all dungeons" is not 100%, as the author also comfirmed: Post #479336
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ais523 wrote:
I asked about a similar situation in another game recently. The opinions posted on the forum seemed to be in favour of allowing the all-levels run to obsolete the any% run if it was more entertaining. (For what it's worth, you (ThunderAxe31) have pointed out here that any%s have been rejected in the past for being too similar to a full-completion submission, despite being a vaultable goal!) I believe the current consensus is that only one of the two runs can be published, but that there is no consensus on which. (I personally disagree with this precedent, and think that both should be published if the any% run is the less entertaining of the two – the any% in the vault, and the similar longer run in Moons – but suspect I am outvoted on this.)
The superseeding mechanics are applicable only for very linear games, for example like Toki Tori (the one you mentioned) or Dr. Mario, because there the fastest-completion branch can potentially be already included in the full-completion. This clearly doesn't happen for a game that requires a complex and long route across most of the movie, like it inevitably happens for games with RPG elements, like in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. In fact, only half of the fastest-completion branch is able to overlap with "all dungeons". Apart from that, I agree that "all dungeons" is both more entertaining and more complete, but it doesn't include the full-completion specifics inside it due to its differences, which on the other hand are still not sufficient for warranting a non-Vaultable branch, sadly. Reassuming: when we have to decide between two similar branches, of which one is Vaultable and the other one is not, we have to keep the former and exclude the latter. Indeed, except in case where the latter branch superseedes the former, but as I already said it doesn't happen for "all dungeons" branch of this game. Is there any contradiction?
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Wobmiar wrote:
I'm sorry for not taking into account this rule. I just assumed this as an improvement of the current all dungeons.
That's why I said that it's not your fault. On the contrary, the site actually needs submissions that introduce new situations to figure out, since it helps in refining the rules and setting new precedents.
Wobmiar wrote:
It's ok if the all dungeon is removed. It's ok if this submission is refused. The TAS still exists on Youtube for people who want to see the other dungeons ;)
Additionally to that, if this submission gets rejected, the video could be added to Gruefood Delight, which is a special place where we put interesting rejected submissions. Also, if you decide to make new TASes for this branch, you could still post them in the relative game thread, since they could work as documentation of TASing knowledge and techniques.
Wobmiar wrote:
Thank you for your work :)
No problem, I'm here to work for the community! :) By the way, I'm still waiting for more people to give their thoughts about this branch.
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Post subject: Needs opinions: do you find this branch enough unique?
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I'm sorry to say, but I'm afraid that this branch could not be acceptable anymore, since it results very similar to the fastest-completion branch. The Movie Rules state that "Arbitrary goal choices need to offer new TAS material to be accepted", and the Judge Guidelines state that "A run for a proposed new branch for a game should offer compelling differences relative to previously published runs of that game.". Note that while we already have an active publication for "all dungeons" branch, we can't reject the fastest-completion submission for similarity, as fastest-completion works as the trunk from which all the possible additional branches are originated. I previously accepted movies for "all dungeons" branch because it was still faster than the RTA WR for any%, so it was still beating all known records while being enough entertaining for the Moons standards; there weren't reasons to reject those submissions back then. I believe that this specific kind of situation is unprecedented. Still, I want to give this movie a chance and ask for more opinions, even though I personally think that it won't ultimately affect the outcome. So I'll start it by sharing the results of my comparisons between the two submissions that we currently have in the queue: The first 40% of this movie matches with the first 50% of the fastest-completion movie. Also, the rest of the movie doesn't feature much different content: the differences are mostly the result of minor route adjustments. The only parts that could be really considered unique, that are the dungeons not seen in the fastest-completion movie, consist in less than the 20% of this movie. Note that I'm doing the comparisons basing only on gameplay segments, so this doesn't count the cutscenes, dialogue, overworld travel, and loading times. So far I can't see any precedent poiting that this degree of uniqueness is sufficent for warranting an extra branch (that this, anything that isn't fastest-completion or full-completion). By the way, I want to note that the author did nothing wrong, as this kind of situation could not have been predicted with certainty, and in any case this submission is going to be useful for setting a new precedent, so it's still welcomed.
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[3878] GBA Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure by WarHippy in 33:31.87 Got GBA TAS of 2018. Extremely entertaining, fast pace yet enough easy to follow, lots of quick and optmized movements, very satifying to watch. I don't know what else to say.
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Flameberger wrote:
EZGames69 wrote:
Not that it should matter that much, but is there any reason why you didnt include the GBA bios?
Is that something I'm supposed to list in the submission? I'm not sure I understand the question.
No, it's an emulator setting. Open BizHawk, open a GBA ROM, then in the BizHawk menu click on GBA > Settings... In the tab "Sync Settings" you will find "Skip BIOS" at the beginning. It is preferred to have it set to "False". Also, I see you used VBA-Next as emulation core for this movie. The preferred core is instead mGBA. You can set it on GBA > Core. In any case, none of these settings are required for making a movie acceptable. But please, next time remember to have these settings before starting a new TAS. Also consider using the latest BizHawk version, 2.3.1 (for 64-bit computers) or 1.13.2 (for 32-bit computers).
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Post subject: No worries!
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Hello YushiroGowa. The first thing I want to tell you is that there is no reason to be afraid. Here we judge the TASes, not the TASers. Also, I see that you have a very respectful attitude towards the rules, and I apprecciate that, but there is no need to go as far as not wanting to share your TASes anywhere. We highly encourage to share any movie file in the userfiles space, as it has been specifically designed for showing incomplete or unoptimized TASes to other people, in order to gather opinions and ideas for improving. There are no requirements for the movies uploaded in the userfiles space, and no one is gonna get offended for suboptimal TASes. 1. Even unfinished works can be useful for other people. This is yet another reason why I suggest sharing unfinished movies or discussing your game knowledge on the forums. 2. Look, if you keep comparing yourself to the others, you will always find something in which they are better than you, it's perfectly normal. You can't expect to be better than everyone without first working on improving yourself. This requires patience, efforts, and trying many times. Maybe you won't reap the benefits immediately, but if you keep trying you will eventually reach your goals, no doubts. 3. I think that a good game choice is a game that you like to play casually. Are there games that you played a lot? Do you have favourite platform or a favourite genre? If you still have troubles, I could suggest some games to you. 4. As MESHUGGAH said, everyone has strengths and weakness, it's perfectly normal. Why don't you focus on things that come easier for you? This would give you greater results and satisfaction. Everyone has different talents, and sometimes you need to combine your work with someone else for obtaining the best results. But if you still need to learn how to work with the RAM, I could help you. We can talk in IRC, Discord, or forum PMs.
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hopper wrote:
It seems like the decision was affected by a lack of feedback during the judging process?
With 10 votes (9 yes, 1 no) and 4 reaction posts (3 positive, 1 negative) at the moment of the verdict, I wouldn't say that there was a lack of feedback. What I meant in my previous post, is that I'm considering the chance that the specific users who gave the feedback, could happened to not have been a sample indicative of the opinion of the whole community, which could have misled me into doing a wrong decision. Edit: Published movie currently has 6 ratings, with an average entertaining rating of 3.2. For this reason, I'm now changing the Tier to Vault.
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I apologize if my Tier decision was wrong, but given that votes support was about 90%, with 3 appreciation posts against only 1 disagreeing post, I couldn't just ignore the overall feedback, especially after that I asked for more responses. hopper, I see that you didn't make it in time for posting your thoughts before the end of the judging process, but we can still change the Tier now if necessary. We only need enough ratings in order to be sure that the feedback received during the judgment wasn't enough relevant.
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I was just saying that (apperently) you're the one who has the worst opinion of this movie.
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Mothrayas wrote:
Did you guys just forget about the nomination rules entirely?
I wanted to nominate Dragonfire because of technique used for achieving the high moving speed. This game is known to be very hard and it's almost impossible for real-time attempts to run straight without having to stop on the bridge, while in the castle it's normally necessary to first take a look at the position of the items to loot, while being very careful about the dragon's attacks and the troll's sword. Not only the TAS grabs all the items without any delay, but it does also manipulate luck in order to get more favorable item arrangements for having to walk a shorter route.
EZGames69 wrote:
I dont think Dragonfire is a good choice only because it’s at the point of being downgraded to vault, considering that it has a rating of 5.3 for entertainment.
You're the one who gave the lowest vote for entertainment, as the average of the non-public votes is currently about 5.4, according to my calculations. Also, the reception during the judging wasn't that awful. Shall we give it a chance before downgrading it to Vault?
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I wrote a lua script for being able to see where are you while you're out of the map (out of bounds): http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/52333479328688971
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Let's stay on topic.
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Nach wrote:
ThunderAxe31 wrote:
[3833] Linux TowerFall Ascension "all trials, 1000 fps" by keylie in 03:26.75 It's so fast that you can't even follow what's going on. At all. Not sure if it's a good thing, but it's indeed speedy.
Yes, it's running at 1000 FPS. If you run it at a normal frame rate, would you consider it speedy?
Yes. The 1000 FPS part is an internal setting of the game. It's done for gaining some marginal advantages due to how the game engine works, as explained in the submission text. Apart from getting some slightly faster movements, the game is mostly the same of how is at 60 FPS, with the same loading times and duration of the animations. As a proof, compare with the RTA WR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRQ7KQ-vGAw The main reason why the TAS is faster is thanks of the superhuman precision and reflexes that are far beyond any human attempt. In my opinion, the 1000 FPS setting doesn't overshadow the TASing merits, but does instead extend the TASing possibilities.
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Thank you for the detailed answers. Indeed, just beating all dungeons can't be considered as full-completion (aka 100%), because there are more kinds of accomplishements that are acknowledged by the game. On the other hand, full-completion doesn't necessarily need to consist in achieving every single thing that can be done only once, as many games can have a lot of secondary stuff isn't much important for the idea of full-completion for the relative game. For example, in most Pokémon games you can beat each opponent trainer only once, so it's a one-time accomplishment, however we don't consider it as part of the full-completion requirements; we only consider catching all Pokémon. This is mostly for two reasons: 1. The game awards the player for catching all Pokémon, not beating all trainers. 2. Catching all Pokémon is the main theme of the series. Now, getting back to FFCC. I don't know if the game does award the player for getting all the memories of the adventure journal, however it seems to me that it can be considered as the main theme of the game, as it's even part of the game title. Do you agree? About the "selkie%" run, it seems a nice idea to me! We already have games with extra branches that feature a different character, and the fact that it would result in a different route helps much. But remember that I can't guarantee beforehand if that would be accepted or not; sometimes the only way to know for sure is to go through the judgment process.
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