I personally love the 100% runs from any game. Especially the RPG games. The one I saw of Secret of Evermore, plus getting all the hidden items that you have to use your dog to sniff out was pretty impressive. I'd love to see more of them from different games as well.
I don't understand how speed isn't entertainment. I've seen so many comments on how you should "sacrifice some speed for entertainment". I think anything that sacrifices speed becomes less entertaining.
Totally false. Best example: any fighting game. Fastest way could be to use the same attack over and over and over and over again... that would be incredibly boring. Using diversity is longer, but it's a lot more entertaining.
What I'm saying here is that it depends on the occasions. Sometimes, doing something funny can justify losing a few frames. For example, FODA took a little more time in Mario 64 to make a good screenshot for his run (Mario having his face "fusionned" with a star) instead of simply turning around. He lost a few frames but it was worth it because it created a funny moment.
Speed is not ALWAYS more entertaining, and being too slow can also be less entertaining. It all depends.
I concur. 100% TAS runs are much more entertaining for me to watch how fast someone can obtain all items in any particular game.
I prefer the 100% run, because you can actually use these runs as guides too while you are playing the game =p Tell me how you hit so freakin hard in the game and I didn't quite get at the dessert area why you waited out there for so long.