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[Bluenoser]

Too bad they went more than an hour over schedule, not gonna make it for BB and Metroid

Yeah 2 hours behind now. Can't stay up for FF4 now.

 

[frequency]

Why is everything a race this year?

 

[stan423321]

Wait really? Why didn't they stick that in a 2 AM slot? Or just not include it. No one wants to see that janky trash.

but it is 2 AM right now

Spoiler

in Moscow that is

Spoiler

/s

 

[toddhunter]

BEST ZELDA COMING UP FUCK YEAH

Best... and last good one.

Wait really? Why didn't they stick that in a 2 AM slot? Or just not include it. No one wants to see that janky trash.

I don't know, sure it has failed to win any game of the year awards, but I still think somebody, somewhere might be interested in it still.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Why is everything a race this year?

They couldn't get them to do 2p1c

 

[Crayolan]

Because it's bad "television".

I would be interested to watch the TAS people sit down and talk about what they did and how they did it, showing it step-by-step with detailed explanations. I'm not interested in watching a rushed and disorganized exhibition with a pitch out to Twitch chat to break things.

Give 'em a six hour block in the middle of a Tuesday night, not 30 minutes in the run-up to the big runs of the marathon.

They don't stick it in a bad timeslot because it's a unique part of the event. There's like 6 and a half days worth of speed runs; if you miss one there's still like 50 others to see. There's only 1 TASBot section, so if you miss it, you're screwed.

I assume most people want to see it considering they've been bringing it back for a while now, so naturally, it gets a prime time slot.

 

[cyba89]

Hitting a million dollars soon.

 

[NormalFish]

Why is everything a race this year?

it makes sense to do this specifically as a race since it's twice the chance someone actually gets a good run. This run is not easy.

 

[Imperfected]

But it's word wide event. It's midnight here right now. It's hard to to time every segment for every county.

That's exactly the point.

It's midnight there right now. Midnight Sunday.

Everywhere in the world right now, it's either Saturday or Sunday. This is basically the closest you can get to "global" primetime: Saturday afternoon/evening. This is the closest you can get to a time block everyone can have a chance to catch regardless of timezone.

That's why I said Tuesday/weeknight.

 

[XenogearsX]

Best... and last good one.



I don't know, sure it has failed to win any game of the year awards, but I still think somebody, somewhere might be interested in it still.

You didn't enjoy ALBW? Not saying it's better than LTTP but it was still good

 

[stan423321]

Why is everything a race this year?

Because races are an easy way of adding some spice for people who have seen some games speedran a lot. And guess what, by now a lot of people have seen some games speedran a lot.

 

[Brashnir]

Why is everything a race this year?

1) races are fun
2) when you have a "big" game that is run by a lot of people, there are often multiple qualified runners worth putting on the big stage
3) the "big" games have been done so many times at these events that unless there's some crazy new tech involved, you kind of need something other than a single runner to make things interesting.

 

[XenogearsX]

Hitting a million dollars soon.

They've technically broken a million already or very close to it. They add up all the sponsor donations and subscriptions at the end and that usually pushes it a decent amount more

 

[MonorailCat]

That's exactly the point.

It's midnight there right now. Midnight Sunday.

Everywhere in the world right now, it's either Saturday or Sunday. This is basically the closest you can get to "global" primetime: Saturday afternoon/evening. This is the closest you can get to a time block everyone can have a chance to catch regardless of timezone.

That's why I said Tuesday/weeknight.

But I liked this segment and thought it shoudl be primetime :/
YSG was happy, the audience was happy, twitch chat was happy.
So I dont' t see the problem.

 

[toddhunter]

You didn't enjoy ALBW? Not saying it's better than LTTP but it was still good

To be fair it was good, but that was pretty much because of it being mostly LTTP. Whenever they tried to do newer stuff I had DS game flashbacks and curled up into a ball metroid style.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

But I liked this segment and thought it shoudl be primetime :/
YSG was happy, the audience was happy, twitch chat was happy.
So I dont' t see the problem.

Look, they're only aloud to run a segment in a prime time slot if every single person in the world will enjoy it. It doesn't matter that they do the same thing at every event and it always goes down well.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

I think we'll hit 1 million around the 75% mark of ALttP run. Time predictions?
I've donated 3 times so far

 

[RedShift]

Closing in on that cool mill

To be fair it was good, but that was pretty much because of it being mostly LTTP. Whenever they tried to do newer stuff I had DS game flashbacks and curled up into a ball metroid style.

The wall merging was one of the best gimmicks in a Zelda game ever.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Because it's bad "television".

I would be interested to watch the TAS people sit down and talk about what they did and how they did it, showing it step-by-step with detailed explanations. I'm not interested in watching a rushed and disorganized exhibition with a pitch out to Twitch chat to break things.

Give 'em a six hour block in the middle of a Tuesday night, not 30 minutes in the run-up to the big runs of the marathon.

You realize recording a TAS involves hundreds of hours of input, advancing a frame, observing, reverting, rerecording thousands and thousands of times for every minute that's running at full time, right? They showed an example of the process once year on Megaman and it took like five minutes to load into the first stage. Trying to explain everything would take the entire week and be horribly boring to watch. Fortunately you can go to their site and see that info you're looking for!

 

[stan423321]

That's exactly the point.

It's midnight there right now. Midnight Sunday.

Everywhere in the world right now, it's either Saturday or Sunday. This is basically the closest you can get to "global" primetime: Saturday afternoon/evening. This is the closest you can get to a time block everyone can have a chance to catch regardless of timezone.

That's why I said Tuesday/weeknight.

Honestly the SMB3 shenanigans have been the highlight of the event to me so far barring

Spoiler

Pokemon ACE putting that Mew under the truck

. So it made perfect sense to put them there from my viewpoint.

The things that get shoved to the non-prime time are unproven, not well known games, mostly - or ones with higher popularity in EU, I guess? I really liked some of these.

 

[toddhunter]

The wall merging was one of the best gimmicks in a Zelda game ever.

I agree, it was right up there with the train. Which just shows you how god awful the mechanics have been since LTTP.

 

[Bane]

I've never seen a ROB run of LttP so I'm looking forward to this.

 

[XenogearsX]

Are donations tax deductible? Also reverse boss order for LTTP going to be interesting

 

[febLey]

What's up with this cup guy sitting in the front oO

 

[Imperfected]

I assume most people want to see it considering they've been bringing it back for a while now, so naturally, it gets a prime time slot.

I mean, where do they get any sort of meaningful data on whether or not people enjoy it and want to see it come back in that time slot? They check the reactions on the internet.

I'm casting my internet vote for "don't do this on the last day, please".

You're free to throw yours in for "please more TAS" or whatever suits you.

 

[frequency]

it makes sense to do this specifically as a race since it's twice the chance someone actually gets a good run. This run is not easy.

Because races are an easy way of adding some spice for people who have seen some games speedran a lot. And guess what, by now a lot of people have seen some games speedran a lot.

1) races are fun
2) when you have a "big" game that is run by a lot of people, there are often multiple qualified runners worth putting on the big stage
3) the "big" games have been done so many times at these events that unless there's some crazy new tech involved, you kind of need something other than a single runner to make things interesting.

Okay that's fair.
I was just thinking these races tend to not be that close and I end up just focusing on one screen anyway. But that's just me I guess.

 

[NormalFish]

Okay that's fair.
I was just thinking these races tend to not be that close and I end up just focusing on one screen anyway. But that's just me I guess.

in this instance, that's probably the way to do it regardless.

Everyone watch this.

 

[cptodin]

tasbot? more like … shazbot…

Spoiler

I really liked that segment

 

[KarmaCow]

Okay that's fair.
I was just thinking these races tend to not be that close and I end up just focusing on one screen anyway. But that's just me I guess.

They can be hit or miss because it's easy to get desynced but when they are close, it's awesome. Check out the Rockman 4 BCAS, Blaster Master and Super Mario Kart races.

 

[Death Metalist]

Yes, Iwata won. The legend lives on.

 

[Brashnir]

Okay that's fair.
I was just thinking these races tend to not be that close and I end up just focusing on one screen anyway. But that's just me I guess.

That definitely happens in plenty of them, but I think it's cool when a bunch of runners get the exposure, which might help give them the drive to keep going, increase their personal stream viewers, etc.

Hell, some of the "losers" of races at these events are WR holders. That sort of highlights how competitive these games are. .

tasbot? more like … shazbot…

Nanu Nanu?

 

[MrChowderClams]

Clam help I dont wanna be banned for RBO

Get your boss

Are you still getting my whispers? Clear cache and login/logout PM on GAF if you still have troubles

 

[XenogearsX]

Oh damn I didn't know lttp was a race
dis gon be good

 

[jokkir]

So close to 1mil

 

[Jolkien]

Well the race is sadly pretty much over already.

 

[MonorailCat]

So close to 1mil

I am happy at least the Million will be reached. Was a bit scared yesterday.

 

[NormalFish]

Well the race is sadly pretty much over already.

like I said, this is more to double the chance of getting a proper run than anything else.

 

[jokkir]

1 million!

 

[XenogearsX]

1 million hypeeee

 

[gcncontroller]

$1,000,000!!!

 

[Coonce]

1 mill hype!

 

[Nanashrew]

1 MILLLIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNN

 

[Spirited]

 

[Eman Resu]

WE DID IT

 

[XcL_]

1 Million HYPE!!

 

[Oreoleo]

acknowledges he's breathing heavily into the mic

does nothing about it

superskuj plz

 

[Brashnir]

like I said, this is more to double the chance of getting a proper run than anything else.

True. With some of the harder runs, the races are a chance to actually see some/all of the harder tricks completed.

Also, the best moment of the Tyson race for me was Zallard's fist pump when Sinister finished Tyson off as the "loser."

 

[Death Metalist]

1 MILLION HYYPPEEE.

 

[Coonce]

acknowledges he's breathing heavily into the mic

does nothing about it

superskuj plz

srsly, it's killing me

 

[XenogearsX]

The commentary is great lol