http://tasvideos.org/ListOfIdeas.html
This page has been out of date for quite some time. Maybe it was never really up to date, or really any good. It's a pity, since I think the page could be quite useful. More and more TASes have already been done, it's would be nice to have a place where good ideas for TASing are listed.
I created this thread, to have a place for quite a few things:
- Suggestions of things/ideas that should be added to the page
- Suggestions of things/ideas that should be removed from the page
- Suggestions of changes to the page in general
Suggestions of either of these things are very welcome, and could help improve the page. Not only suggestions of these things are helpful, but discussion about them probably is also. Maybe some game is suggested just because someone likes the game. This does not mean that it is suitable for TASing for instance. It would be nice to have arguments for why a certain game should be added/removed. I think this is important, because random games that not have been done being on the list could be really annoying for a person who thinks 'the site' regards it as a good idea.
I remember a TAS being rejected for poor game choice, and then the author mentioned it was listed on the ListOfIdeas. Things like this should be avoided.
Here are some things about the page which would be good to have some opinions about:
- Should a TAS of a game that is listed on the ListOfIdeas always be highly likely to be a published? (pro: this will avoid situations like the one mentioned before, con: some random ideas which
might be cool will go unnoticed)
- What about runs that are being worked on? Should they still be listed, or should they be removed? Currently they are listed in
italics, but is this a good idea? People who don't read the small line of text that says that ideas in italics are being worked on might think that these games are being suggested even more than the others. If for instance Bisqwit is working on Lunar Ball, is it still good to suggest this movie to other people (or even perhaps newcomers). It might be good to either remove ideas that are seriously being worked on, or list them in perhaps list them in grey or something?
- What about improvements to movies that are already published on the site? I'm not 100% sure, but I think currently there are only a few of these listed. They are listed just as other games, that haven't been done before. If a published TAS is known to be sloppy, or if a lot of improvements have been found, should it also be listed on the list of ideas? Should they be listed in between the other ideas (maybe with another color or whatever), or have a seperate list?
- Which suggestions should definately be removed? For instance, Super Mario Kart 2 players might be a nice movie to watch... but it's kinda unclear what the goals would be, and whatnot else. It would a LOT of work, and might not be received that well due to unclear goals. Should it really be listed? (there are a lot more 2 player suggestions)
- Which suggestions should be added, and why?
- Not sure, but is there an arcade rerecording emulator, with movie files that are officially accepted at the site? If not, I'd say the "Arcade" section should be removed.
- How should certain objectives for a game be listed. At this point the page is pretty inconsistent about it. Sometimes, the objective (like for instance 2 players, or hard mode) is written right after the game. Sometimes it has a sublist below the game. Same goes with multiple games of one sort. Sometimes it lists "Super Bomberman 3, 4, 5", sometimes it lists "Rockman World (GB Mega Man) series:", and lists which parts in a sublist.
