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I've got a question for Bisqwit, regaurding http://bisqwit.iki.fi/jutut/rockmanbasics/
I know you said halfway down "unknown" about your release date, well I'm really looking forward to this project of yours. I can completely understand you would be very busy with other things and such, but i was just wondering, you haven't lost your motivation to continue that right? Or have you??
Dear Bisqwit,
If person A does something wrong, is person B justified in doing the same thing wrong, because A did it first?
No need to go into specifics, a general answer will be fine thanks.
Edit: If yes, some discussion/elaborating would be appreciated too.
Joined: 3/9/2004
Posts: 4588
Location: In his lab studying psychology to find new ways to torture TASers and forumers
Fabian wrote:
If person A does something wrong, is person B justified in doing the same thing wrong, because A did it first?
Last I checked, there's been many convicted murderers, and they still convict murderers.
Warning: Opinions expressed by Nach or others in this post do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or position of Nach himself on the matter(s) being discussed therein.
Dear Bisqwit,
If person A does something wrong, is person B justified in doing the same thing wrong, because A did it first?
No need to go into specifics, a general answer will be fine thanks.
Edit: If yes, some discussion/elaborating would be appreciated too.
I got one I PMed Bisqwit about.
Why am I forced to reveal my real first and last name just to post a video on this website? I cant just leave that blank?
Please fill either the real name, or nickname, or both. Preferably both.
It's only preferable that you write your real name. Many people don't.
Although in your case, it might be advised, as Speed Man is hardly an original name.
If person A does something wrong, is person B justified in doing the same thing wrong, because A did it first?
Generally speaking, no.
However, exceptions exist. For example, a police is allowed to speed to catch and fine someone who speeds.
To set things right, sometimes one needs to go the same path as the offender.
Got another one.
Do speedruns have to be absolutely perfect on here? If no other run of a game is up, and someone makes a run that isnt perfectly fast, but entertaining, will that run be rejected?
Do speedruns have to be absolutely perfect on here? If no other run of a game is up, and someone makes a run that isnt perfectly fast, but entertaining, will that run be rejected?
We tend to judge them on effort and appearance basis.
If it looks good, we favor it. If there are mistakes, we judge the effort needed to fix them, and if the effort would be too high (for an experienced TASer), we let it slip.
Bisqwit,
How come some runs which are accepted a month/months ago still aren't posted? Example: Shining Force.
Too little time to upload? Not enough space?
D. Bq.:
What's up with NesVideoAgent now? It doesn't seem to be reporting any posts or movie updates like usual. It's only doing non-site-related duties on IRC.
Speedrunning is more and more acknowledged by the people who are creating games. Highscores and fastest times have always been there, but now they seem to realize that it's even more interesting (to other people) how how this highscore/fastest time is made. Super Smash Bros: Brawl for instance has options to record your break the targets attempt and send it to friends...
Do you think that this trend will continue, so that eventually slowdown and rerecords options will be added inside the games, so competitive TASing is possible for everyone, just like competitive speedrunning (and setting records non tool-assisted) is now?
Bisqwit,
How come some runs which are accepted a month/months ago still aren't posted? Example: Shining Force.
Too little time to upload? Not enough space?
It is a FAQ on this site. Search for previous answers.
Shortly: Encoding is a hobby.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
What's up with NesVideoAgent now? It doesn't seem to be reporting any posts or movie updates like usual. It's only doing non-site-related duties on IRC.
As NesVideoAgent did not report your posting, I did not notice it until right now. I restored NesVideoAgent's posting feature as soon as I noticed that it was missing ― which was apparently about 22 hours after your post.
Baxter wrote:
Speedrunning is more and more acknowledged by the people who are creating games. Highscores and fastest times have always been there, but now they seem to realize that it's even more interesting (to other people) how how this highscore/fastest time is made. Super Smash Bros: Brawl for instance has options to record your break the targets attempt and send it to friends...
Do you think that this trend will continue, so that eventually slowdown and rerecords options will be added inside the games, so competitive TASing is possible for everyone, just like competitive speedrunning (and setting records non tool-assisted) is now?
I'd like to see that as an option. However, I don't see a feasible way to market such features (considering the difficulties explaining what it does and what can be accomplished with it), and such, I don't see how a gaming company would spend resources developing such features, in today's profit-profit-profit culture.
Also, it is technically difficult to implement enjoyably in today's games, considering that the save/load operations often take many seconds each to perform.
D. Bq.:
Have you (or would you) every consider/ed changing the design of the site, particularly the palette? As far as I know, the non-forum part of the site has always had the same grayish design.
Have you (or would you) every consider/ed changing the design of the site, particularly the palette? As far as I know, the non-forum part of the site has always had the same grayish design.
I've invited redesign attempts for the main site but none have come except for some structural changes (thanks Tub / which are still pending implementation though). As for forums, I haven't had plans to change it for at least two years.
I tried to create a 'dark version' of the site (using mostly dark blues and purples), but without any server-side support, attempts to use it would fail and debugging it to work was a mess.
Attempts to get Bisq to add a "CSS switch", that would just replace the board's external CSS link to something else, failed. Nothing was done.
I do not have hope that any sort of new theme will come any time soon.
