Topic by Gigafrost

Sleepz, do you plan on doing a Mega Man speed run? TG is offering a $25 bounty for fastest completion. http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=73&id=991 Anyway, *tries to think of something on topic to say* it's hard to imagine how to save 7.5 seconds unless taking the vine route in the first level is really that much faster with the up+down trick. Did you come up with something really cool like warping to another part of the level or skipping the Birdo fight?

Posted: 3/14/2005 6:02 AM

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Sleepz

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I get to Birdo without climbing the vines or blowing up the wall. The run uses 3 bugs that haven't been used in any of the previous runs. It seems that someone has already discovered the up+down climbing trick, but I'm pretty sure the other two have not been used by anyone yet. I took me a whole week to think up these new improvements. I'm also doing the entire run frame by frame so that everything should be fast as possible and to avoid slowdowns. I'll try to have it submitted by tomorrow night.

Michael Fried wrote:

Sleepz, do you plan on doing a Mega Man speed run?

No, I don't think I'll do that one. However, I did do a sub-11 smb3 run a while ago. We timed it at 11:03, which would make it 10:59 the way SDA times it. So it is possible in a speed run.

Posted: 3/14/2005 11:51 PM

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Highness

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It's "tomorrow" already mate! SUBMIT IT!!! =D

Posted: 3/15/2005 12:08 AM

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Sleepz

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Just finishing up the last level.

Posted: 3/15/2005 12:08 AM

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Highness

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So... Submit already! =D

Posted: 3/15/2005 12:12 AM

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Dada

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Michael Fried wrote:

Sleepz, do you plan on doing a Mega Man speed run? TG is offering a $25 bounty for fastest completion.

OH JOY. WHOLE DOLLARS?? But yeah. I'd love to see another one of Sleepz's runs. :)

Posted: 3/15/2005 12:13 AM

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Phil

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He said tomorrow night :P But Sleepz, we are so impatient to see it.

Posted: 3/15/2005 12:18 AM

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Highness

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Oh. Well.. It's "tomorrow" and it's still night. ;) Yeah yeah.. I'll admit it. I stopped reading after "tomorrow". But I'm impatient to see it as well. *Walks away from the computer to watch some X-pac pr0n*

Posted: 3/15/2005 12:38 AM

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Michael_Fried

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No, I don't think I'll do that one. However, I did do a sub-11 smb3 run a while ago. We timed it at 11:03, which would make it 10:59 the way SDA times it. So it is possible in a speed run. Do you have a vid of it?

Posted: 3/15/2005 7:34 AM

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Sleepz

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It's taking longer than expected, but I'll submit it before I go to sleep.

Michael Fried wrote:

Do you have a vid of it?

No. I wasn't recording at the time. Otherwise, I would have sent it in already. I used the bowser castle shortcut of course. My 8-1 is now 289. Also, the mistake in 8-2, I do it on purpose now. You probably save 2 seconds if charge right through them maintaining full speed, then quickly regain the fire in the castle.

Posted: 3/15/2005 1:16 PM

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Sleepz

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7:54. 4 seconds longer than estimated. I was expecting up+down to save more time on the last two levels, and on 7-2 it didn't save any time at all since you have to now wait longer at Birdo.

Posted: 3/15/2005 2:46 PM

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Bisqwit

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Sleepz wrote:

7:54. 4 seconds longer than estimated. I was expecting up+down to save more time on the last two levels, and on 7-2 it didn't save any time at all since you have to now wait longer at Birdo.

Have to wait? Was there a birdo that needed to be killed? I thought there was only the one who automatically drops her key... What is there waiting for it?

Posted: 3/15/2005 3:20 PM

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Sleepz

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Bisqwit wrote:

What is there waiting for it?

It's a wait of around a dozen frames because I get to the room faster this time. When you start falling into the room, there is already an egg headed towards you. Whether you use up+down to get to this room faster or not, you still have to deal with this first egg, there's no getting around it. You can do 1 of 3 things: 1. Wait for the egg to hit the wall, then get the key. (slow) 2. Pick up the key so that the egg passes through you during your pickup animation. 3. Pick up the key and throw it at the egg. If you do 2 or 3, then you still have to wait for Birdo to shoot the 2nd egg. If you try to head straight for the door, you WILL land on Birdo's egg or get hit by it. The jump must be timed so that Birdo shoots his egg to the right 1 frame before you cross over to his left side so the egg's not in the way of the door. It's not apparent in any of the previous runs because up+down isn't used and you arrive at Birdo later, so less waiting. Up+down will not speed up this part of the level.

Posted: 3/15/2005 3:26 PM

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Phil

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So, submit it. We want to see it :P

Posted: 3/15/2005 3:31 PM

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Sleepz

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Just give me a min for the write-up.

Posted: 3/15/2005 3:49 PM

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Sleepz

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FCM error: Movie begins from a snapshot The given ZIP file contains wrong number of files. It should only contain 1 valid movie file and nothing else. Do not put TXT files in your ZIP file. Write your submission notes to the submission text area - not into a separate text file. Do not put ROM files in your ZIP file. Do not create subdirectories in your zip file. Is there a way to fix?

Posted: 3/15/2005 3:51 PM

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