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Posted: 4/22/2011 3:26 PM
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alden
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I liked the piano song personally, except for the end when you started playing the melody :) Voted yes
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Posted: 4/22/2011 1:12 AM
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Very good! Though extra points for identifying the exact site (hint: it's the largest known Mayan site)
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: 4/22/2011 12:17 AM
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Aglar wrote:
Can anyone guess my location?
Hong Kong OK, someone guess where my wife and I are. Also, bonus points for identifying my t-shirt :P
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: 4/20/2011 2:21 PM
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I third it :P I actually tried making one the other day but couldn't get the movie to sync past the first level. Mupen and I are not friends and never have been. But seriously, I'm surprised our ravenous horde of encoders hasn't gotten *anything* out there yet. This is almost like TASvideos back in the day where an encode before publishing was unheard of :) Kids these days have it so easy. Why, in my day we had to blah blah blah and furthermore give me an encode and get off my lawn.
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: 4/16/2011 10:12 PM
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I have been looking forward to a TAS of this game since I first heard about it... definitely a fun watch, even at over 30 minutes despite my being totally unfamiliar with it! It almost seems to have been made with TASing in mind -- the gameplay itself is impressive as a TAS but there is no major glitching or sequence breaking. Out of curiosity, what items could be skipped and still get the "good ending"?
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: 4/16/2011 4:52 PM
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This was pretty radical dude... but would love to see an all tapes and all golds run. It *is* fairly amusing to medal in the competition with only 8 seconds of playing, but I'm guessing it would also be nice to see WINNING the competition after only XX seconds. Beggars can't be choosers though, so thanks again for this run, it was awesome. (Oh, and if there were two good TASers I think a game of horse would be in order haha)
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: 4/12/2011 10:08 PM
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sameasusual wrote:
mklip2001 wrote:
There are two shorter submissions, but neither got accepted: * ais523's NetHack "fastest death" in 69 frames * Alden's Minesweeper in 28 frames In fact, both of these were so short, they were encoded as animated images!
The Minesweeper image appears to have been deleted. Does anyone have a copy?
Here you go: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1665523/minesweeperanimation.png "IIRC" this is encoded at 50 fps and it's an animated png which some browsers choke on. But it's the one I can find. If someone who's not as retarded as I am can update my submission text I would appreciate it; I can't seem to edit it for some reason. On topic, Yes vote.
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: 3/10/2011 1:55 AM
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Yeah, the Monopoly one was my favorite... seeing it played on a real board was cool. Not that you could do that with a lot of games :) Though I remember having a horrible SMB board game when I was a kid The other two didn't add too much for me because I was pretty familiar with both of those runs. But they are definitely a great explanation for people who don't read the submission text. Hope to see more of these!
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: 3/9/2011 9:16 PM
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It's fake, IMO Which is a shame, because when I first heard about it I immediately wanted to tas it D: Hope I'm wrong!
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: 2/16/2011 3:45 AM
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Oh daaaaaaaang, that was awesome. Keep up the good work etc.
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: 2/10/2011 8:14 PM
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Very awesome indeed! Thanks for sharing! It looks like voting begins Monday so be sure to bump this topic so I remember to vote for you :)
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: 2/8/2011 10:39 PM
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Until someone finds a way to do some memory corruption or something to trigger the boss appearing earlier :)
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: 2/8/2011 12:46 AM
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http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5569 among other threads springs to mind. To your question about publishability, probably only movies that people find more entertaining on an aesthetic level will get published (ie they are faster etc). Just because it was generated by a program doesn't mean it's entertaining to a large audience, and I doubt a new category would be created. I would be interested to see any of your attempts though as this sort of thing fascinates me :)
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: 2/5/2011 6:57 PM
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Hmm yeah it might not be working at all. But perhaps you could decode some of the memory addresses for the other games? I guess you could figure it out for yourself anyways :P Anyway, good luck!
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: 2/4/2011 11:01 PM
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For what it's worth I dug up an old script I was working on for MM 1, 2 and 3. Not sure if it is even in a working state, though it was at some point. I got hung up on the graphical issues. Would love to see a TAS using your script someday! http://lua.pastebin.com/Y5MS2nyR
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: 2/1/2011 1:00 AM
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first i was like omg nostalgia then i was wtf i don't remember any of this obvious yes vote
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: 1/28/2011 2:29 AM
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Granted, I don't remember the previous movie too well, but this entertained me just as much if not more. Time be damned.
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: 1/27/2011 8:19 PM
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I was reading about Star Fire (because I was curious what the first arcade game with a high score chart was after Warp commented on it) and it implements a cool down period (last sentence in the first paragraph of this section): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fire#Gameplay I imagine there are even older games that have something like that too.
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: 1/25/2011 2:37 AM
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Yes vote and camhack vote though I guess it may not be possible.
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: 1/25/2011 2:26 AM
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Wish there were more submission text. But this gets my yes vote for fulfilling my absurdity/time quotient.
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: 1/23/2011 3:40 AM
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Pretty much what ElectroSpecter said. Plus Count Duckula
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: 1/18/2011 7:42 PM
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Those are all great suggestions! Radz's in particular, those are great older players. Further to that, and also in keeping with traditional "Hall of Fames", maybe it should be restricted to players who have "retired" -- whatever that means... ie all movies obsoleted, or latest movie from 3 years ago, or...?
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: 1/13/2011 4:12 AM
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As we mature, some players will naturally move on (except adelikat who will tas until he is 110). I think it would be fun to list super-contributors into some sort of "hall of fame" as a way of preserving history and something players to aspire to. Off the top of my head, apologies if I've forgotten obvious nominees, no particular order: Bisqwit Morimoto Arc Michael Fried Phil Nitsuja JXQ AngerFist Baxter Randil Acmlm Aqfaq Lord Tom adelikat Cardboard ...That's all I can think of for now. Plenty of other people too :) Hmm, politics. Maybe just people with a certain threshold of points :P
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: 1/13/2011 4:00 AM
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Bag of Magic Food wrote:
alden wrote:
Let's face it, stuff like M64 has a devoted speedrunning community to itself -- but most people don't care about obscure NES titles like Linus Spacehead.
Meh, I was hoping I could make that game less obscure with a TAS. Or I was hoping its having a funny name would make more people care to check it out. >_<
You did make it less obscure! The only reason I knew about it was because of my research on Code Masters when doing my dizzy run. But still, I don't think it's surprising that most people were daunted by an almost half hour run of a game no one had ever heard of. A shame, but not surprising :)
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: 1/13/2011 1:31 AM
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Mr. Aqfaq, You have proved yet again your impeccable taste in tasable games and your profound ability to tas them. Voted So Awesome. Star this shit. Regards, Alden
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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