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Posted: 10/7/2009 3:57 PM
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alden
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I think that there could be both versions, with one being 100% emerald collection... I also think that it should be the SMS version since that is already going to be slower than the TSC times. Also I think GG looks better despite being squished down small... de gustibus non est disputandum
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Posted: 10/1/2009 1:36 AM
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Sorry I haven't commented on this run yet... First off, I will repeat what mike89 mentioned in the previous thread about Bridge 1: you can spin before launching off the teeter-totter/see-saw things then hold right for massive speed. Here is an unimpressive example of that (it doesn't seem to save time vs yours, but if it was done correctly like in Sprint's old videos, it will): http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1695293183/alden-Sonic1GGMarkIV.mmv Incidentally GH2 is also a second faster in this one, possibly because I don't stop before the sign (which I don't think is needed because this is in game). As far as the time on GH1, the record of 0:18 was on the SMS version which is fairly easy to do unassisted. I still don't believe it's possible on the GG version, but I'd of course love to be proven wrong. (My record was about 10 in game frames faster than yours, again probably due to you stopping before the sign, but still about 5 frames short of 0:18). I asked about the labyrinth time on TSC but met no reply. I believe it is some sort of zipping.
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/23/2009 5:49 PM
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This sounded cool so I tried it out but couldn't get past the first level... probably just because I suck at video games. Are you just supposed to kill all the enemy tanks? Or something else?
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/23/2009 12:47 AM
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GMan, it looks like your program is restarting entirely after every try. In other words, it tries best of one, and then scraps the results so far and tries best of 3, then scraps the results and tries best of 5, etc. I believe the original intent was to keep the coins tossed so far. So, if the bully lost once he has to come back from that deficit, which is much harder. I think that's why you got such a low number compared to what I got. (I could be wrong because my c++ is rusty at best, but I compiled your code with the output and that's what it looks like is going on.)
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/22/2009 10:50 PM
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Heh, that's why I initially capped off the number of tries before "giving up". Here's my code, for what it's worth: 
import random
Total = 0
Highest = 0
for i in range(1,10000):
    Heads = 0
    Tails = 0
    Rounds = 0
    while Heads <= Tails and Rounds<100000000:
        Rounds += 1
        if random.randint(0,1) == 1:
            Heads += 1
        else:
            Tails += 1
    Total += Rounds
    if Rounds > Highest:
        Highest = Rounds
    print i
    print Rounds
    print Total/i
print Total/10000.0
print Highest
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/22/2009 8:18 PM
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Infinite? That doesn't really sit well with me but here's my logic (not a proof). Suppose there is a new rule: after n rounds the bully will get mad and declare himself the winner anyways regardless of coin tosses. Obviously a lower n will result in a lower average number of rounds. I wrote a little python script to take the average of 10,000 games, and here are the results: 
n          avg
100        15
1000       50
10000      150
100000     515
1000000    1270
10000000   5016
The average roughly correlates with 1.5*sqrt(n). That implies that (as in the original question) if n approaches infinity, so does the average. Quite different than my original guess of about 2 or 3 :) I'd be very interested to see a more rigorous solution.
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/16/2009 1:23 AM
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well, I'm a total jackass. I turned on sound emulation and it worked fine in no$gba :D Thanks for all the suggestions!
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/15/2009 6:16 PM
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I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/14/2009 10:51 PM
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Blah, I can't get it to work :( Tried desmume (nothing), no$gba 2.6 and no$gba+no$zoomer, on both of those when i create a new profile I can't seem to start a new game unless I spawn an object on the title screen. But when I do that and try to load a level it gives me a black screen. [/passive-aggressive cry for help]
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/14/2009 10:36 PM
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Yes, along with a bunch of other things that are slower. I think it would be a good idea to do an all-emeralds run on the SMS version personally, but with my rate of output who am I to complain?
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/13/2009 8:45 PM
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Here's a trick in labyrinth that is fun and saves time: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1963552637/aldentrick.mmv It can be used one other time that I know of, maybe you can figure out how to use it more effectively. (Spoiler: vertical zipping!)
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 9/9/2009 12:24 AM
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Whoah, surprise! Can't watch now but will be interested to see. I'm not entirely sure, but I believe I improved 1-2 over whatever I posted here... anyways, I'll post something less useless later I guess :)
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/26/2009 9:43 PM
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So I'm killing time waiting in a car in Amarillo TX and I thought I'd share an x-files story. Yesterday we saw a post card and decided to go to Bandalero (sp?) park in New Mexico where they have old cliff dwellings. It's way the hell up in the mountains and by the time we got there there was only an hour left to see it, which was just enough time to do a quick loop. The ruins were totally awesome. Unfortunately we couldn't take our dogs so on the way out we looked for somewhere to take them on a little stroll and watch the sun set. I spotted a dirt road going up a hill so we parked at the bottom and hike maybe 100 ft up the hill where we found a barb wire fence and a gate with a big sign saying No Tresspassing and also, mysteriously, Danger: Fragment Hazard. We couldn't quite see the sun set from here and there was a >1 foot gap under the gate so we went ahead through and sat for a spell. I was a bit paranoid as usual and especially so when we spotted an orange jeep go by our car, slow down and then turn around. As we left we also saw something called LANL TECH CENTER. I though Lanl was a Native American name or something. Well, LANL means Los Alamos National Laboratory, and when I looked up "fragment hazard los alamos" on google it came up with a bunch of pages about how they tested depleted uranium weapons there! I was pretty panicked but Mariah pointed out that we were only there a bit, didn't go in and besides the government claims DU is safe for our troops so what the hell. Still I felt a little like we'd stumbled across some secret and they were tracing our licence plates and credit card purchases and lord knows what. Oh well, we went to bed in our hotel. The next morning I opened the curtains and was shocked to find our windows had been covered by white plastic! My mind instantly flashed again the the X-Files, like we were being decontaminated or something. Fortunately I realized pretty quickly that the white plastic had a paint brush emblem on it and a trip outside confirmed that they were indeed repainting the hotel that morning. I felt a little silly :) Hope to post more soon!
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/26/2009 9:33 PM
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For mem watch you need to install Python 2.4 (specifically that version) and also not use the new 1.16 build of dega...
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/21/2009 1:43 AM
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Very nice, Mr. Tom. The technical details are impressive and the stylistic choices are well thought out and executed. What will you conquer next? :D Here is an encode with subtitles: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1665523/excitebike-taspreview-LordTom.mkv
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/20/2009 2:22 AM
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We're not worthy.
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/18/2009 4:09 PM
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I haven't checked 1.16 but for previous versions you had to install this version of Python: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4.4/ And a menu would magically appear inside dega with memory watch.
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/18/2009 3:39 PM
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Well, it sounds like we chose a route that perfectly misses all forum members, except possibly Sticky :) Thanks for the suggestions so far though...
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/18/2009 3:26 AM
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Not sure about the new new new version, but in previous versions you have to install Python (version 2.4 I think?). It should be documented somewhere. It's a little janky, but it does the job.
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/17/2009 5:47 PM
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I'm going on a road trip across the USA from August 22nd to September 11th! I was thinking it might be fun to meet up with some of you if time permits. You can meet me, my fiancee and two dogs. I will buy you a coffee or a beer and perhaps we can talk about the absurdity of our modern internet-enabled culture. Tentatively I will be going on or around I-40 from Southern California to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and then to Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois (Chicago), possibly Wisconsin (Madison), then back to Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. If you're interested, send me a PM... Otherwise, I'd also appreciate if anyone has any suggestions for things to visit. Thanks, and hope to see you soon! (Sorry, no Finland this year.)
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/17/2009 4:04 PM
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Nice! I liked the taking damage to go through walls trick; is that useful in the first level at all? I guess not. I would suggest looking into the memory watch feature of dega. Let me know if you need any help... it can be quite useful. Oh, and I suppose the level select code would be making the game faster with an undocumented code so it wouldn't be allowed.
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/15/2009 11:03 PM
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But... but... Wachunga! Just kidding, feel free to change the shot to whatever you think -- I'm sure you will be able to pick the best one since you made the run ;) I will look forward to the new script and add an mkv with it if it works out...
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/15/2009 11:01 PM
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This game looks like it was programmed by four separate groups or something... if each segment were about 1 minute I think this would be almost acceptable. As it stands, I don't see this being much more than Gruefood Delight I'm afraid. But, here's an encode! http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1665523/platoon-taspreview-chupapi.mkv
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/15/2009 8:43 PM
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I wanted to do a separate encode with the Lua overlay, but due to the size of the map information it didn't come out well for me using standard encoding procedures... any suggestions?
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
Posted: 8/14/2009 2:15 AM
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Nice fast paced game and seemingly well played. Not much else I can ask for... And here's an encode: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1665523/kidkool-taspreview-randil.mkv
I make a comic with no image files and you should read it. While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. -Eugene Debs
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