Well... if low% is the fastest category then it's any%. So 0 stars is any%. 70 stars is any% "no BLJ".
A true "any%, no BLJ" would just use hyperspeed wallkicks to skip everything. But those are used in the published 70 star for different things, so yeah, it's pretty arbitrary :p
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There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.
The unnamed (any%) branch should always be the fastest way to reach the credits, no matter how this is achieved.
So if the credits can be reached faster by inputting a cheat code, it should be allowed?
(My point is that "anything goes" implies "within certain rules".)
Not using cheat codes (except for cosmetic things or gamemodes/characters inaccessible otherwise) is a general rule of the site, just like the usage of the hardest available difficulty. Of course a TAS shouldn't violate those. But what if the fastest way to beat a game was to actually "create" a sort of cheat code by using arbitrary data execution? I think this technically should be allowed.
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This is the same discussion we had in the topic about the term "glitched". I can only repeat my opinion: The unnamed (any%) branch should always be the fastest way to reach the credits, no matter how this is achieved.
For 100%, the problem would easily be solved by creating a category called "100%, no arbitrary code execution"
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Pretty cool TAS, especially considering it's your first project. The only things that I can criticize are the fact that the team match wasn't "perfect" (your partner took damage) and the first bonus level didn't beat the non-TAS WR (or did you intentionally sacrifice time there to not take damage?).
Good luck on future TASes!
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I was always thinking of "any%" as the definition of a "anything goes" run, the absolutely fastest way to beat the game, no matter what it takes. From there on, the communities can make different variations of any% that ban certain techniques ("any%, no X"). For me, that's what any% is about.
Therefore, if the fastest way to beat the game is not called any%, this contradicts the meaning of the term. If "glitched" is faster than any%, why is the latter even called any%? It's not a true any%, it's just another type of "any%, no X", so why don't we use this naming convention instead? This way, there won't be confusion regarding the term "glitched", just different types of any% that explain their restrictions in the title.
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I just know of at least one game that loses time in the TAS, if a memory pak is present (the one I'm currently TASing, Gex 64). I'ts not much of a difference, but it would still be nice to have the choice.
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The problem with the PAL version is, that this is the only first party GC-game I can think of, that doesn't run in 60Hz. Nintendo was really lazy here :/
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That was really fun to watch. I'm glad too see you didn't get discouraged from all the restarts and just kept optimizing it.
Newgame+ is a good idea, it makes the run faster, so why not using it?
Yes vote from me!
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Swordless' run was rejected because it requires a completed savefile and he failed to include a verification movie. It's basically a glitched newgame+
I think the best choice would be to do a 100% with TT.
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You unlock TT by beating his ghost on every single track. It would take some time to produce a verification movie, but it would be worth it. A TAS should use this character, as it makes the run faster and more entertaining.
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Man do I hate stupid copyright laws like they have in Germany. I can see the videos from Switzerland, but we also get some stuff blocked on Youtube (mostly music from Sony I think), even though not as much as our neighbors.
Anyway, the run itself was amazing. I knew this would eventually happen, I just wondered how long it would take. Runs like this may not be entertaining for everyone, but I just love it when TASes reach the point where the game simply gives up.
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There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.
I liked the run, it really offers everything that a good Pokémon TAS should: Luck-manipulation and crazy glitches. I'm fine with the ending, although I think it would also be acceptable to skip anything just to get to the credits.
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For vault, wouldn't it be like: Max-score = 100%?
Personally, I think it would be a good idea to handle it this way, so even boring but technically interesting highscore-TASes can be published.
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Why don't you try to mess around with RAM addresses to create a code that lets you play from first person view and then encode the current TAS with it? That would basically be the same thing.
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There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.