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This is something I've wanted to see done.
TASing is all about completing a game as fast as possible, so how fast can you TAS? I'm going to start this thread as a competition.
Stuff that you need to know:
-There are no signups, play for as many tasks as you like, if you don't like a game, skip that task
-You don't have to complete the game, but it advantages you to complete more of the game. your rank will be determined by how far you get in the game, and secondarily, how fast the completion is. This isn't perfect because people could just use rerecords to undo major stuff-ups and complete the game and get a higher position, but it doesn't really matter. This tournament is supposed to be more fun than anything else.
-hopefully the winner or each task might feel compelled to do an official TAS of that game for TASvideos.
-There is no pressure, if you only have a couple of hours, try anyway to get as far as possible. Getting further is criteria 1 so it is in your best interests to complete as much of the game as possible. you can have the run as sub optimal as possible, you don't need to be a frame whore. I am putting in time limits so that the runs are not optimal. Basically, how fast can you make the video in the fewest rerecords
Details:
If you want to submit a task, post in this forum clearly that it is a submission, and have a link to the movie file
If you want, post a Youtube link or whatever if you consider it worth watching. If you want to update a submission, clearly state that the older one is obsolete.
Scoring:
First place will get 100 points, last place, 10 points. Everyone else will get equally distributed somewhere in between.
And I think that's it!
upthorn and mmbossman raised a few good points, an I didn't actually think that anyone was going to complete sm64 with 120 stars in three weeks. But I didn't think that someone would just record themselves playing normally, and only use rerecords for major fuckups.
The reason that I had done a very well known game was because it's the first task, and if I got a fair amount of people attempting it, enough hype, there would be enough people to give nominations and everyone could vote for games.
both those reasons mean that sm64 120 stars is not a suitable candidate, also because it is advantaging people like AKA, Mr RobertZ and others.
Heh, just realised rewriting this post is the equivalent of one rerecord to cover up a major fuckup.
Now That that is over with I am going to ask for nominations for the first game starting now, the first five will be nominated and I will chose the one to use for task 1. Try to nominate games that do not have a run already on TASvideos.
ORIGINAL POST:
This is something I've wanted to see done.
TASing is all about completing a game as fast as possible, so how fast can you TAS? I'm going to start this thread as a competition, This will be in a similar format as the SDA speedrunning tournament linked below. It's not about competitiveness, but more about experimenting with TASing. The games will all be ridiculously long, so that there is no possible way of making a fully optimised run in the timeframe.
read the SDA tournament rules for more information.
The scoring is first place will get 100 points and last place 10. All other scorers will be equally distributed in between.
But the main thing is to participate, if you only have half an hour, get as much of the game done as you can, you don't have to complete the game. Even if you think you suck at TASing or have never TAS'd before, join in.
the link to the SDA tournament is here:
http://speeddemosarchive.com/forum/index.php/topic,9226.0.html[/url]
The first task is a 120 star run of sm64
You will have until dec 22 to finish this run
