He's not talking for anyone else. He's sharing his thought process with us. >_>

there are ways and ways of saying something, I found his choice of words to be improper

Alaktorn, I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. I share Shadowwraith's opinion, I hardly believe Kuwaga was speaking for everyone when he wrote his opinion. Also, this debate about continues and deaths has in my opinion worn out because of x2poet's stubbornness to acknowledge other people's opinion.

How can you make sure that continuing kills the entertainment by default far more than any longer boss battle with default weapons could do?

You make it sound like dying and using continues is the only way to get "non-default" weapons. (Having never played this game I don't know if that's so, but it would sound quite implausible, as it makes little sense.) I'm assuming you can get the higher-level weapons by regular play. It then becomes a question of managing your resources: Save stronger weapons for the bosses, or use them on the normal enemies... The optimal strategy might not be trivial to find out, but that's what TASing is all about.

After all 1 more minute longer also = Negative entertainment value.

On the contrary, that extra minute could actually be more entertaining than throwing in deaths for a faster time. Even if it means the end stage boss takes more time or shooting the trains with handguns takes more time, it'd be more entertaining than seeing a random death happen multiple times. Yes the deaths save time, but entertainment is also valued. If you dying provided something more than just a dull skip, then I'm sure there would be a lot less controversy. Use this to look at a few death use runs. From ones I remember watching before, check out Mega Man 2, Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening, and Final Fantasy for some entertaining ways for deaths. For Metal Slug, I'd only see it interesting if each credit meant 1 life and you started with 2 characters, then during the middle, one of them died off and is replaced with one of the other 2. 1-2 missions later, the 2nd of the starting two dies off, and is replaced with the other of 2nd set. Then on the final mission, during the final boss fight, one of the last 2 sacrifices his/herself to save the other, allowing the last survivor to defeat the final boss. I don't know if it's possible to do in a Metal Slug game, but this would make deaths in a game like this more entertaining than more questionable. Think of a TAS like a magic show. The magician wants to keep the crowd entertained, showing off the small tricks first before getting onto the bigger ones. As his show progresses, the crowd is entertained at what he does as his tricks become more complicated and flashy. As he nears the end of the show, the magician wows the crowd with a final trick, which is usually one of their most unusual if not astounding tricks. A TAS is very similar in that it starts with small tricks before showing off some more insane ones as it progresses. Your TAS was great, no one is questioning that part. The only questionable thing is the use of the deaths. Put yourself in as the magician and you're in the middle of the show. You're now performing some very amazing tricks, however now you reach a point where if you continue the way you go, your performance might go longer than the time alotted, however you can perform a more basic and simpler trick to make up for this. You chose to save time, however the crowd wasn't as impressed with this trick.

You are not the only consumer in this restaurant. And not only this restaurant is convenient for you.

Maybe so, but the restaurants thrive on their customers. Without them, they can't do much. One person might seem meaningless to you but one person can make a difference in this case. That's why restaurants try to be as flexible as possible. They want their customers to return and eat again, not leave and tell people about the shoddy service they received.

I will be happy to do a no death version.But I still want to make a comparation for you at that time. I hope you can help me make a decision. Your opinions are uncertain before the comparation appear.That is what I want to show.

I will be happy to do a no death version.But I still want to make a comparation for you at that time. I hope you can help me make a decision. Your opinions are uncertain before the comparation appear.That is what I want to show.

No way. Just adjust the settings at the beginning of the movie to have 4 lives per coin and die 3 times to skip the three trains without having to feed coins mid-game!

That's cool. I'll be waiting for a comparison video. :)

Edit: I'm an idiot.

Nah I am one of few blatant cursing propelling dicks around here.

FerretFaucet, thank you for your effort, but you uploaded an encode of the original Metal Slug! This thread is about Metal Slug X (which is sort of the sequel). I was glad to vote Yes for the run beforehand with deaths, and I'm pretty sure I'd be happy to vote Yes for a deathless run, even if it takes a little more time. I'll wait for an encode of it to pop up before casting the vote, though. By the way, even though I'm personally for using death and continues in Arcade games, it was very interesting to see good arguments against continues in Arcade games. Moozooh, you especially deserve thanks for doing a wonderful job at getting directly to some important points without getting angry or using attacks. I think that deserves some special recognition.

Oh, by the way:

I like logical thinking, and partly because of that, enjoy arguing — sometimes just for the sake of the process of arguing. I believe there is no better way to stress-test one's own system of beliefs and arguments.

So, he may even NOT think what he had posted about all that Arcade Continues, so it's hard enough to get all his arguements seriously, knowing him. ;)