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That's a pretty good article. It does a good job of explaining the point behind the videos. It's also refreshing to see a comment topic about TAS movies on an unrelated site without all the drama and accusations of cheating and the like.
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errror1 wrote:
It's hard to take this list seriously when it doesn't have Mega Man 2 on it.
Seriously Contra, Sonic Advance 2, and Punch-Out?? and yet no strider 2
Well, to be fair, it already contained two Mega Man runs. He probably wanted an as generic list as possible. I think Contra and Punch-Out are public favorites in the nailbiter category. He probably picked the Sonic Advance 2 run because it's the fastest of all Sonic games even though it's (probably) not the biggest hit.
This got me thinking: If we wanted to create a top 10 (or 20 or whatever) list of the most representative TASes currently published, what would it be?
While taking the top 10 TASes with the highest average (or entertainment) rating would be an easy solution, it might perhaps not be diverse enough of a list to be truely representative of the diverse types of runs published. In other words, it should be more of a PR list than a "highest rated" list.
It would be a disgusting argument over opinion and conjecture with hostility, hurt feelings, and comments lobbed in question of sexuality, that's what it would be.
Better to take an outsider's opinion for what it's worth.
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Warp wrote:
This got me thinking: If we wanted to create a top 10 (or 20 or whatever) list of the most representative TASes currently published, what would it be?
Depends on whether you're looking to show the best TAS videos (for any reason; technical, aesthetic, et cetera) or want to make a list of videos that are most likely the most enjoyable for the average person. In the latter case, you might want to give precedence to more well-known games and avoid using multiple games from the same series.
