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thread: The Site
European Unionjust_tako4 years ago

Except that the zeroes are not redundant and occur relatively rarely (1/100 if game uses centiseconds).

You can do the same with eights. Are they redundant?

6:48:888 6:52:000 6:56:888 6:58:888 7:01:888

This is a very minor issue though.

European Unionjust_tako4 years ago

I have already added plenty of runs on other leaderboards (OutRun, for example). I don't want to be "first" or "second" when there's five runs faster than mine.

There are speedruns on Nicovideo too, like this one

European Unionjust_tako4 years ago

Yep, I'd rather join a Discord server :P

There's clearly a lot of people interested in speedrunning this game, so why not

European Unionjust_tako4 years ago

One problem with this approach is that the videos would look like TASes (there's no indication of resetting anywhere).

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European Unionjust_tako4 years ago

It's a shame that his account don't exist anymore, but nothing indicates that his Batman runs were cheated. He streamed his attempts on Twitch and even started each attempt from the EverDrive menu showing that he wasn't playing on emulator.

Deleting his runs is up to the mods of individual games, but in this case it feels like erasing an important part of the history of the game.

This discussion has been more active here: https://www.speedrun.com/the_revenge_of_shinobi/thread/qx6nk/1#otxin

European Unionjust_tako4 years ago

Hi! Where can I find evidence that they were faked?

He has already removed all his runs at least once or twice before, so this is nothing new.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Wow I don't think anyone has done this before :O

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

The execution is quite simple. From TASVideos: "If you push the jump key on the exact right frame (one frame before you land) and don't press any of the arrow keys, the velocity of the previous jump transfers to the next one."

It's a pretty stupid 1-frame trick that's hard to do consistently, but it can save a bunch of time.

TAS: http://tasvideos.org/1458S.html

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European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

You can switch to 4-speed any time you want between races, it's not an option you have to set before starting the game. The category is already like that and I've already thought about it before :D

Of course you have to be pretty good at the game to actually pull it off.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

I don't think uploading the whole video isn't absolutely necessary. Showing just one whole lap before the fast lap would be equally enough (nobody would make a save state for that).

Well, we can just rename the category to Lap 2 and require either showing the reset or pausing the game and restarting it that way.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Hopefully other people share their view on the rules.

Loading a rom is basically just turning the console on (equal to a hard reset).

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Hopefully someone submits runs! Empty categories don't look that nice ;)

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Hmm, the runs become longer if you can't use your speed from an earlier lap, because you have to restart from lap 1 each time :D

I sort of understand what your idea was, but it makes it take longer to get a good time when 50% of the laps are quite meaningless.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

I changed the wording a little bit, because it sounded as if 2nd lap was the only one allowed. You can continue your attempts for as long as you wish after lap 1.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

I added some extra categories and you two as mods. Might still move them around at some point.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Whatever you guys want. I'd be fine both with disallowing save states or allowing runs if "state loaded" is clearly shown slightly before starting a new lap.

Fastest laps from races (any car) could also be added if there's any interest.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Another issue is that people would be tempted to start their fast laps from a save state after making a mistake, which I'm not very fond of (because I'm old and grumpy console player). But I guess it could be accepted just for the sake of convenience.

So, fine. Added.

European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Nobody has ever asked for those, because this isn't exactly the most popular game and because people have been submitting times to Twin Galaxies since around 2010 https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/super-monaco-gp/sega-genesis-sega-mega-drive

But I can make IL categories for the tracks, although I personally don't them it very interesting.

thread: Golden Axe
European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Hi!

Just noticed while browsing the list of Master System games that SMS is a selectable platform although it has its own separate page. Could you remove it from this leaderboard?

You also can delete this message, as it doesn't add any meaningful discussion.

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European Unionjust_tako5 years ago

Fixed the filter. Mega Drive version is the same game, just slower.

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