TAS Competition 2012 Discussion (Page 2 of 4)

So it will always be whoever has the least presses comes first, then if there is a tie for presses it goes down to time?

MKDasher's run is at least 6 frames improvable at the end

my englisch is too bad

Didnt find another way to get 3 coins. How should i have done it?
And i lost time too at the beginning because i guess a dive would have been better.

That hear we gladly Callum.

I have already my Task 3 run done. But i want improve it, before i submit.

Hi! I'm a newbie too and definitely going to give a try at the competition, hopefully I'll manage to appear in a compilation video atleast  .

Anyways I don't think pressing the A button on the star select screen counts as the timing starts once you're inside the level.
I'm not sure though, so if I'm wrong someone please correct me since I did the same hehe.

Submitted It's probably less than optimal, but if I don't submit it now, I'll keep working on it and fail all of my exams haha

Thanks for reply, DennisBalow. Now I see that it isn't cheating.

Where do I sign up? I want to get in on this action!

Hi guys I'm new here and I'll try to participate in this competition as well.

I have a question though, is it necessary for us to use TAS input plugin for the controller? Or can we something else like the
Nrage plugin for the keyboard controlls or a USB controller?

Because yeah.., I'm still learning how to use TAS input.

Arrow, you sent a Task 2 run.

Trying not to sound like an idiot, but who/where do I submit my run to/at?

Wow, I over-read that before.  Sorry.  TASCompetition@live.com in case anyone else hasn't seen it before now.

What did I do wrong about submitting?!?!?

I submitted now my run. In a few hours is the due date over, so is now the last chance, to do something or submit now his run! I wish all good luck with her TAS. I am really looking forward.

where did i go wrong?

i don't remember pressing a 7 times.
could you tell me where i used the presses?

i wish i double checked
edit: yeah i know just i was stupid
i was so close to getting 1st place

Just a quick question about task 4. It says to collect any star in the game, I am not sure if that is misworded or not, so do you mean that I could get a star in Bomb-omb battle field, collect 6 blue coins in Bomb-omb battle field, and then go in the big painting of Tiny-Huge Island? Or am I restricted to Tiny-Huge Island only?

You must do it in this order:
- Start from the big painting in THI
- Get ANY 6 blue coins in the game (doesn't have to be in THI, but can be if you want)
- Collect ANY star in the game (doesn't have to be in THI, but can be if you want)

That's all you have to do guys. Pretty straightforward if you ask me.

^ +1
Having to explain it completely ruined the idea of the task.

No.

Who has submitted:

RongHole
MKDasher
Jeremiah (SP)
Eru
RubixClan

Re-records are pointless information if you think about them.  I could spend 10 re-records and get the same result if I were to use 3000 re-records.  Some may think it shows people how "experienced" of a TAS'er you are if you use less re-records with a faster time, but that isn't true in my opinion.  Most of my re-records are from me trying one route and then testing another, which is the total re-records of two TAS'es of the same task.  I'm sure others are like that as well.  I don't hex mine back to 0 when I start over.  They are more of a personal source of information than anything.  But I'm fine with the way things are  because it all boils down to them being useless.  Who cares if you hex them, and who cares if you don't? 

Edit:  They should however be used in single star/completion TAS'es.  They still aren't a need to know thing for the viewers but if you get a WR or do a completion of the game they should be noted by the author to convey the effort put into the run.  But for competition, if you care about conveying your effort you won't hex them anyways.  The opposite is true if you don't care.  As far as negatives go, it doesn't change the magnitude it's just something fun to do.

Well, it's okay that you disagree with me, but when you lose or win a task you almost never jump to re-records first.  You most likely look at the time difference.  I can see where you are coming from when you want to compare your effort with someone else and look to see a completely fraudulent number staring you down.  This is frustrating while trying to break records because the run is most likely done before you attempt to beat it and you keep using more and more re-records just to match them.  However, in the spirit of a fun competition they serve no real purpose because every submission is completed more or less at the same time.  We all have 2 weeks to do a task and effort is portrayed more through completion time than re-record count.

Edit:  I guess what I'm saying is that while doing a task (something typically never done before) the effort is conveyed more through mentally thinking of a route and then re-recording to semi-optimize/optimize than it is by brute forcing a frame out of something that has already been done, which ups your re-record count through the roof.

I think we can just agree to disagree. Everyone has their own opinions.