GermanyJust wanted to link this awesome run done by emptypipe here:
The run uses the dosbox speed up feature. I don't know if we want this in an additional (maybe misc.) category or not.
Thank you ^^ I updated the rules and added 2 categories that make sense to have in my eyes. We will discuss this further and improve the rules and maybe add more misc. categories ;-)
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Death abuse is possible, see . Extra lifes respawn when the room is reset (by death). So you can theoretically build up an unlimited amount of score. To ban death abuse, should we say, it's not allowed to grab extra lifes at all? Would be the easiest solution imo.
Thanks for the notes! I tried to implement some little improvements and I came up with the idea to use a thief instead of the soldier. He can equip the Jambiya then which has 31 akt instead of the silver sword which has "only" 30. Might be useful, have to do more attempts on this ;-) Also an idea from Polminitui: buy a CharBow for Viera instead of ThornBow. Makes you able to blind enemies on ThesisHunt and DesertPeril. Might also be useful, I'm going on to check on these. My updated notes -> http://pastebin.com/uixrTUBH Will change them a lot in the future ;-P
So a run would only be legit with the absolute maximum of points you can get? Yeah sounds interesting, should be fun to stream. Let's just keep that in mind ^^ Thanks!
I'm thinking about adding a 100% category, or All Items if you wish. This doesn't really make sense but should be fun anyway ^^
Any opinions?
Thanks for adding all this stuff here!
Timing should end when the credits start. Is this ok with you ?
Yes! Otherwise there would be no real chance for time in Any% because we will not jump on Marv's head ;-)
Health bug: Should it be allowed in full runs and we call the category lowglitch / no warp bug, or should we ban it and call it glitchless ?
I guess we allow health glitch in full runs because it seems pretty hard to get. Except the SGB version. I think we should take different categories for SGB versions because of the overall differences. I will disallow SGB for the current categories.
Wow, thank you very much for this feedback! Let me answer your questions first:
1. I remember having read that the emulator BGB is allowed for races on SRL, so currently I'm using BGB version 1.5.1. Hopefully soon I will be able to purchase a capture device. I plan to play on GameBoy Player and stream from console, but at the moment I have to use the emulator.
Right after writing this response I will gladly add you as moderator ^^
Didn't know, thank you, I will do this next time!
Don't know if this really speeds up the first stage that much, I should try that and bring up a reliable comparison.
Yes I stumbled upon this glitch on tcrf, but somehow I managed to get this on the gameboy version as well (japanese version). I highlighted that, it's in my VOD section on twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/berfometh_/c/6964733). I have no idea if it is invoked the same way as in the SGB version or if you have to do something else... I got this glitch to work once in the dog fight in the first stage and also in the dog fight in stage 3. And yes, it would be cool to have that in the machine fight ^^
I tried to glitch out after the 3rd room in stage 1 like you did in the TAS. But well, it didn't work as expected. So I don't know if it's possible, but I already thought about dividing any% into "beat the game" and "magic%" (inspired by SoM leaderboard ^^). Any% low-glitch sounds better though, thanks for that ;-)
I will try to find a consistent setup for this then! Didn't know that ^^
As I said, would be really amazing just to finish the machine off without the need to heal or to be that careful!
Another thing I need to try out, thank you very much for the idea!
So all in all I'm glad not to be alone with this anymore. It's my very first speedrun and I really appreciate your help in this. I hope I was not upsetting you in any way because I didn't involve you first by mailing you or by just proclaiming the WR for this game. The idea was to get other people into running this game in order to get the WR off from me ^^
Thanks again and now I'll add you as mod as I promised ;-)
PS: My run was accepted for Zocktoberfest! Would be my first active participation in a speedrunning event, any further advise or tips? I'm freakin' out right now...
