Really_Tall
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Forming a team with PerilousPeanut, Malleoz and TASPlasma!
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Wow, talk about last minute! But remember that all your teammates needs to give a confirmation post before tomorrow!
my personal page - my YouTube channel - my GitHub - my Discord: thunderaxe31 <Masterjun> if you look at the "NES" in a weird angle, it actually clearly says "GBA"
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Really_Tall wrote:
Forming a team with PerilousPeanut, Malleoz and TASPlasma!
I confirm!
Previous TASes: Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door any% x 8 Paper Mario 64 Luigi's Mansion Sonic Heroes - Team Sonic Mario Kart Wii ILs
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Really_Tall wrote:
Forming a team with PerilousPeanut, Malleoz and TASPlasma!
Yes
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Really_Tall wrote:
Forming a team with PerilousPeanut, Malleoz and TASPlasma!
Confirming
Cyorter
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Just for curiosity, if the teams are numbered, why our team (Lazy Town) is "Team B"? I noticed this long ago and never got corrected ._.XD
Memory
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Cyorter wrote:
Just for curiosity, if the teams are numbered, why our team (Lazy Town) is "Team B"? I noticed this long ago and never got corrected ._.XD
because you couldn't be team 1.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
EZGames69
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It’s because I jokingly asked if we could be named team 1 because of the meme song “we are number one”, but Dacicus punished me by naming the team B.
[14:15] <feos> WinDOES what DOSn't 12:33:44 PM <Mothrayas> "I got an oof with my game!" Mothrayas Today at 12:22: <Colin> thank you for supporting noble causes such as my feet MemoryTAS Today at 11:55 AM: you wouldn't know beauty if it slapped you in the face with a giant fish [Today at 4:51 PM] Mothrayas: although if you like your own tweets that's the online equivalent of sniffing your own farts and probably tells a lot about you as a person MemoryTAS Today at 7:01 PM: But I exert big staff energy honestly lol Samsara Today at 1:20 PM: wouldn't ACE in a real life TAS just stand for Actually Cease Existing
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Then why not calling it Team A? It should be fine as long it's not another 1. Link to video
my personal page - my YouTube channel - my GitHub - my Discord: thunderaxe31 <Masterjun> if you look at the "NES" in a weird angle, it actually clearly says "GBA"
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Are there going to be any other teams that will have a name/logo?
[14:15] <feos> WinDOES what DOSn't 12:33:44 PM <Mothrayas> "I got an oof with my game!" Mothrayas Today at 12:22: <Colin> thank you for supporting noble causes such as my feet MemoryTAS Today at 11:55 AM: you wouldn't know beauty if it slapped you in the face with a giant fish [Today at 4:51 PM] Mothrayas: although if you like your own tweets that's the online equivalent of sniffing your own farts and probably tells a lot about you as a person MemoryTAS Today at 7:01 PM: But I exert big staff energy honestly lol Samsara Today at 1:20 PM: wouldn't ACE in a real life TAS just stand for Actually Cease Existing
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The game has been revealed: Bugz on Uzebox! See the first post for details.
EZGames69 wrote:
Are there going to be any other teams that will have a name/logo?
Teams can still create/change a name or logo for two more weeks.
Current Projects: TAS: Wizards & Warriors III.
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EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot. Both 2p modes are competitive.
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warmCabin wrote:
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
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This game throws an error on BizHawk 2.4.1 and 2.4.2. Note: It will still run, but you can't use TAStudio. In order to run this game you need to use BizHawk 2.4 with prereqs 2.1 installed (using more recent versions of the prereqs don't have the required Visual C++ 2012 Update).
Post subject: Re: Dream Team Contest 9 - Game revealed!
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Dacicus wrote:
The button combination allowing you to skip around levels is allowed only for a run aiming for Arbitrary Code Execution/Memory Corruption/SRAM Glitch/Game End Glitch/Wrong Warp Glitch.
How does this button combination becomes not cheating when ACE or other trickery is used? The wiki says:
Bugz Uzebox wiki page wrote:
In single player mode, the following button combinations are considered cheating and will zero your cumulative score, but in two player modes may be used to skip around the levels with no penalty:
   SELECT+SL - skip to previous level
   SELECT+SR - skip to next level
(In any two player modes, you will both keep your cumulative scores, but lose any points earned in the current level.)
I know that the wiki page quotes single player mode, but I don't get how this becomes any different in multiplayer mode. I don't quite understand how it becomes not cheating if it's used to assist in ACE. This seems to the definition of a level select code, which seems to go against http://tasvideos.org/MovieRules.html#CheatsDebuggingCodesAndArcadeContinuesAreNotAllowed. Is there some precedent where if a cheat code is used, but ultimately enables memory corruption instead of going directly to the end, it becomes fair game? To me, it would seem there's no such exception in the rules, and such an exception could potentially create problems. For instance: debug codes may be less tested, so getting into an invalid state from them may be inherently easier. One could argue the debug code taints the legitimacy of the run, even if it's used for a purpose different than the intended purpose.
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Ive got a proposal for others teams: You voted for something unknow, how about we vote for something we know. Im proposing to pick the saturn game, it isnt very long (30min) and there is a RTA Link to video I realize this isnt really in the rules, but should the others teams agree I dont see a real issue with it. My main reason for proposing this is the current game is an atari clone of lone runner with absolutly nothing appealing in it, not even musics, maybe it make up for an excellent puzzle solving, but the saturn game is so much more pretty, it has accelerations, triple jumps and what seems like cool stuff overall for a tas, id dare saying it might even be entertaining, unlike those 21 lvl coin-picking 8bit graphics.
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I don't think Ninpen makes the best TASing material. It's a monotonous game where it's likely strategies won't deviate from the most obvious intended methods. I personally would have suggested Burning Rangers for a short not too complex game, with potential for clever strategies. However, I'm with you and would say Bugs is even worse TASing material than Ninpen.
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I'd rather not change the game at this point. Graphics aren't everything.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
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Memory wrote:
I'd rather not change the game at this point. Graphics aren't everything.
I'd tend to agree. I think the Lode Runner comparison is a bit surface level, since the movement here is quite different, and the 2-player mode makes for some interesting routing possibilities and challenges.
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arukAdo wrote:
Ive got a proposal for others teams: You voted for something unknow, how about we vote for something we know.
Picking something we know would take the whole fun out of the contest.
[14:15] <feos> WinDOES what DOSn't 12:33:44 PM <Mothrayas> "I got an oof with my game!" Mothrayas Today at 12:22: <Colin> thank you for supporting noble causes such as my feet MemoryTAS Today at 11:55 AM: you wouldn't know beauty if it slapped you in the face with a giant fish [Today at 4:51 PM] Mothrayas: although if you like your own tweets that's the online equivalent of sniffing your own farts and probably tells a lot about you as a person MemoryTAS Today at 7:01 PM: But I exert big staff energy honestly lol Samsara Today at 1:20 PM: wouldn't ACE in a real life TAS just stand for Actually Cease Existing
Memory
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Started work on a Game Resources Page. Hopefully yall will also share helpful information there.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
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I've shared what I've learned so far.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
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This is sickening. Someone TASed the European version, but you have to buy the encode from friggin' Amazon! Has TAS monetization gone too far!?
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warmCabin wrote:
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I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Post subject: Re: Dream Team Contest 9 - Game revealed!
Memory
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Dacicus wrote:
In the event that two or more runs tie for first place based on time, the combined final score (P1 score + P2 score on the trophy screen) will be used as a secondary determinant of rank; the higher score will have a higher ranking.
I really don't like this rule tbh. It means in the event of two equally as fast strategies, I have to go with whatever gets the most score rather than whatever is the most entertaining. Same with downtime.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
EZGames69
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Yeah I would also agree with this.
[14:15] <feos> WinDOES what DOSn't 12:33:44 PM <Mothrayas> "I got an oof with my game!" Mothrayas Today at 12:22: <Colin> thank you for supporting noble causes such as my feet MemoryTAS Today at 11:55 AM: you wouldn't know beauty if it slapped you in the face with a giant fish [Today at 4:51 PM] Mothrayas: although if you like your own tweets that's the online equivalent of sniffing your own farts and probably tells a lot about you as a person MemoryTAS Today at 7:01 PM: But I exert big staff energy honestly lol Samsara Today at 1:20 PM: wouldn't ACE in a real life TAS just stand for Actually Cease Existing