Posted: 6/25/2011 2:33 PM
Post subject: Hello i'm a newcomer !
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Joemenix
Joined: 6/25/2011
Posts: 15
Location: Overlook hotel
Hi everyone, i'm a sixteen years old french boy, so i have some difficulties to write proper english, so forgive me if I do mistakes ^^ I know your site for 2 months by 88 mph, and i'm very interested in TASpeedrun and I decided to make one ! I have some experience in TASuperplay with the game Super smash bros. N64 (http://www.youtube.com/user/Joemenix?feature=mhsn If you are interested). Despite many emulator's problem and the difficulty to use FCEUX on a Mac, I began my own TAS with "Metroid" (NES). I hope to achieve it. Then, I'll send it to you and will expect your comments in order to improve my know-how. Cordially.
My Super smash bros. TASuperplay : http://www.youtube.com/user/Joemenix?feature=mhsn
Posted: 6/25/2011 2:42 PM
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Lex
Joined: 6/25/2007
Posts: 732
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Welcome, Joemenix! Despite your English being "improper", I could easily understand what you were saying. :) If you plan on submitting your Metroid run, you should know that Metroid has had a lot of competition. Beating any of Lord Tom's times may prove impossible for a new TASer. Just don't be discouraged if you can't do as well as those runs, since they're products of a ton of competition and deep technical analysis. Also, TASvideos doesn't publish slower runs whose goals aim for speed in their respective categories. On the other hand, if you prove to have skill and determination far beyond expectations and manage to find glitches and/or routes not previously found to get a lower time on Metroid, we'd be excited to accept your run for publication. Of course, you can freely ignore all this if your goal is only to get acquainted with FCEUX and its excellent assistance tools.
Posted: 6/25/2011 2:47 PM
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scrimpeh
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Hello, Joemenix, I hope you enjoy your stay. Good luck with that Metroid run, you may find this page to be pretty useful on the game. As Lex said, keep in mind the current Metroid runs are very well optimized, so keep that in mind. So, best of luck with your projects.
Posted: 6/25/2011 2:58 PM
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Joemenix
Joined: 6/25/2011
Posts: 15
Location: Overlook hotel
Thank you Lex. I know about the competition with Metroid, and I know I can't beat Lord Tom in the present case, but I make this TAS because Metroid is my favorit NES game, and I just want to have fun to make TAS , and be better :) and thank you for your support !
My Super smash bros. TASuperplay : http://www.youtube.com/user/Joemenix?feature=mhsn