Check out Mario Kart Wiis tas scene rn. They just discovered a new thing called superhopping which is completely shifting the meta from inside drifting bikes to outside drifting bikes
I personally would love to make a TH-cam channel that just does commentaries on new tases. So often a popular game has 0 commentary on the the tas or worse the commentary is no longer viewable as it was only done on twitch so people don't watch it as they have no idea what is going on. Maybe some time this year I will try it once I get a consistent work schedule.
@Blernster sadly no. I realized I need a co host and I don't know anyone who cares about TASes who also plays off me well enough and doing it solo is not good enough for me to be willing to publish any of it.
This is a potential video idea if theres enough examples, but has there been any tricks banned from speedruns because is unhealthy for the runners? Like pac man isn't an example of this but having 30 button presses a second could be considered to much, obviously it's not but I'm curious if this has happened before
I know videos from various creators exist explaining what a “TAS” is but far to often it’s still largely misunderstood what Tool Assisted Speedrun reading comments on Tas videos. Human input is necessarily what makes a TAS, not A.I, a bot or some algorithm magically destroying a game as fast as inhumanly possible. Without going into all the nuances a simple interpretation I can give what a Tool-Assisted Speedrun is for beginners is that it’s essentially what music is being played back to you in its core form, a series of record notes = Controller inputs. Of course there’s so much more that goes into a TAS. I don’t mean to rant I just believe Tases are highly under appreciated considering the amount of work that goes into them.
I might be one of the people that gets lost when they see a TAS run that's especially broken, but I do at least know that TASes are an important part of speedrunning. For its own sake it can push a game beyond what a human would be capable of, and outside of that they can end up helping to find new skips and techniques for other runs.
So insane to see my own (old) TAS be featured in this video! I'm sorry for finishing the new TAS after this video went up lol. This is a great video and I'm happy to see Pac-Man World get more attention, it's criminally underrated!
One thing about Zip Zagging in the Crash games: You don't need to alternate directions every other frame, you just need to do it fast enough to where the game lets you build negative speed. Some time ago I was messing with it in Crash 2, and figured out that holding one direction on the analog stick, and spamming the opposite direction on the DPAD, I was actually able to perform it and build up lots of speed. This is easier on pal, I'd imagine both because the framerate is 50 instead of 60FPS so mashing speed per frames doesn't need to be as high, but also the physics were adjusted for the slower framerate (I could be wrong abt this bit but afaik this would make sense). The same applies to Crash 3, but the issue is that building up speed with it is way harder to perform for some reason, even on pal which is very unfortunate since that's the game where we'd benefit the most from it.
Please do more of this type of video dude, this was awesome and there is 100% a vacuum where this kind of content should be, so I know people would watch the crap out of this kind of thing! (or, you know, just do whatever you want since your videos are always great lol)
I love TASes and watch them fairly regularly, I just prefer to have them commentated so I can tell what's going on in a game that I don't know about, or why the dev did something a certain way
Fighting games can be really cool with TAS, although not exactly a speedrun, some creators such as maina highway make some really cool choreographed fights.
Would a video on speedruns that are almost unbeatable be a good video? I feel like some one off glitches that occur and cause a near unbeatable times would be interesting to see if many or any exist
I really liked this vid, but feel like the title was misleading. I assumed I would see a speedrunning trick that had a chance to crash the game, or something similar.
My favorite TAS is for the NES version of Arkanoid by Chef Stef. It's over a decade old by now, but the method for developing a way of brute forcing every possible outcome in a game of Arkanoid is so massively insane that it really deserves more recognition. TL;DR version is that he re-created Arkanoid's code and built a program to run through every input combination for every level until it found the most effective way of completing a level. Even that explanation is massively simplified, I'd definitely recommend looking into it if you can stomach a highly technical explanation.
If you plan on continuing these videos, I can talk to you about celeste TASing and get you in contact with anyone else you need. I've done it for about 2 years, and personally I think modded tases of the game are hugely underappreciated.
I really love TAS stuff like this. Commentated TAS like the stuff Malleo does and TAS explained like Bismuth’s SM64 1 Key and DK64 any% are really really interesting.
TAS exudes the confidence of perfection, but is it? An interesting topic might be the evolving TAS of a particular game. Especially where a part of the growth of the TAS were tricks even TASers thought impossible.
I think I watched more TASes than Speedruns in my life! There used to be that French show called "88mph" and later on "Speed Game" where they were dissecting and commenting TASes (and Speedruns later too) Aaah... too bad it ended seven years ago
Ah Bubsy 3D, literally the pinnacle of gaming, we haven't been there since, and other only other known similar moments in gaming was Q*Bert, we'll just never make that return unfortunately.
Anyone else remember how, way back when, the status quo was pretty much the opposite? When TASes were more known than speedruns? People like SwordlessLink, Dennis & Rene Balow, and other older names like that?
I love watching TAS's but I never find them without looking for them, and whenever I do find one it has like 40 views on a channel with 200 subscribers
Zigzagging glitches are usually caused due to unnormalized vectors. Basically, instead of using the angles to calculate the movement, one direction adds up to the other
2:08 isnt this what Wind Waker speedrunners do with super swimming? frame perfect analog stick movements back and forth for minutes at a time? also on a 30fps game
Thank you for adding the motion sickness warning! I know a lot of people can feel nauseus when it comes to this, and if it includes jarring movements that include flashing lights, it can also cause physical pain in people like myself. Thank you ^_^
Great analysis video! I love hearing about TAS; They're much more interesting than regular RTA stuff, since they're more about technical knowhow & doing crazy stuff with it! Thanks for uploading! Here's looking forward to more from you! Do you plan to cover non-movement tech stuff in a similar fashion to this?
I always love your videos. You help me dip my toes into other speedrun communities in never wouldve thought too look for so thank you! I am so glad to see you show off TAS runs, they always fascinate me.
I have been getting much more interested in TAS runs for multiple game to see the theoretical best runs. Thanks for bringing some of them to a wider audiences attention.
You should take a look at some of the trackmania TAS records. Some of them are completely insane and the tricks behind it are fairly interesting. E02-Endurance probably has one of the most insane TAS runs of that game.
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Check out Mario Kart Wiis tas scene rn. They just discovered a new thing called superhopping which is completely shifting the meta from inside drifting bikes to outside drifting bikes
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I personally would love to make a TH-cam channel that just does commentaries on new tases. So often a popular game has 0 commentary on the the tas or worse the commentary is no longer viewable as it was only done on twitch so people don't watch it as they have no idea what is going on. Maybe some time this year I will try it once I get a consistent work schedule.
If you're in need of tech research, I can help with that part considering I'm part of some glitch research in the Pokemon games among others
Did you ever do it?
@Blernster sadly no. I realized I need a co host and I don't know anyone who cares about TASes who also plays off me well enough and doing it solo is not good enough for me to be willing to publish any of it.
TAS are so interesting, very cool to see them being explained like this
Holy shit, this is crash's equivalent of Mario's multidimensional backwards long jump. I can't wait for the TerminalMontage Animation where they fight
I think it's more like superswimming in Zelda Wind Waker. And because of this, I can totally see that trick implemented on RTA speedruns soon.
Love seeing a spotlight on TASes and seeing the explanations of these tricks come to life. Nice video!
This is a potential video idea if theres enough examples, but has there been any tricks banned from speedruns because is unhealthy for the runners? Like pac man isn't an example of this but having 30 button presses a second could be considered to much, obviously it's not but I'm curious if this has happened before
I know videos from various creators exist explaining what a “TAS” is but far to often it’s still largely misunderstood what Tool Assisted Speedrun reading comments on Tas videos.
Human input is necessarily what makes a TAS, not A.I, a bot or some algorithm magically destroying a game as fast as inhumanly possible. Without going into all the nuances a simple interpretation I can give what a Tool-Assisted Speedrun is for beginners is that it’s essentially what music is being played back to you in its core form, a series of record notes = Controller inputs.
Of course there’s so much more that goes into a TAS. I don’t mean to rant I just believe Tases are highly under appreciated considering the amount of work that goes into them.
Great vid man, happy to see some Pac-Man World action shown off to the masses. Sorry the new TAS dropped like right after you uploaded this lol
These really are some of the best games out there to speedrun. Big ups to anyone who learns them. Also, 6:13 there's me! :D
Pacman world is 100% the best ps1 game
TASBot is always my favourite section on any GDQ event
I might be one of the people that gets lost when they see a TAS run that's especially broken, but I do at least know that TASes are an important part of speedrunning. For its own sake it can push a game beyond what a human would be capable of, and outside of that they can end up helping to find new skips and techniques for other runs.
So insane to see my own (old) TAS be featured in this video! I'm sorry for finishing the new TAS after this video went up lol. This is a great video and I'm happy to see Pac-Man World get more attention, it's criminally underrated!
One thing about Zip Zagging in the Crash games: You don't need to alternate directions every other frame, you just need to do it fast enough to where the game lets you build negative speed. Some time ago I was messing with it in Crash 2, and figured out that holding one direction on the analog stick, and spamming the opposite direction on the DPAD, I was actually able to perform it and build up lots of speed. This is easier on pal, I'd imagine both because the framerate is 50 instead of 60FPS so mashing speed per frames doesn't need to be as high, but also the physics were adjusted for the slower framerate (I could be wrong abt this bit but afaik this would make sense). The same applies to Crash 3, but the issue is that building up speed with it is way harder to perform for some reason, even on pal which is very unfortunate since that's the game where we'd benefit the most from it.
I'd love to see more videos like this - I especially like seeing the TAS videos compared to RTA to show the difference the tech makes.
Thanks for this, much needed moment of respite.
Nothing puts a smile on my face more than watching a TAS destroying Crash Bash.
yo, awesome, i hope this continues, i love tases, they are very interesting, i'd personally like to see NES tas games next
Next video will 100% have a few NES and SNES games in it :)
@@EZScape very nice, you make awesome content, i'm excited for more
Please do more of this type of video dude, this was awesome and there is 100% a vacuum where this kind of content should be, so I know people would watch the crap out of this kind of thing!
(or, you know, just do whatever you want since your videos are always great lol)
Liked as soon as you said Spyro 2 was the GOAT...
I love TASes and watch them fairly regularly, I just prefer to have them commentated so I can tell what's going on in a game that I don't know about, or why the dev did something a certain way
Fighting games can be really cool with TAS, although not exactly a speedrun, some creators such as maina highway make some really cool choreographed fights.
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Would a video on speedruns that are almost unbeatable be a good video? I feel like some one off glitches that occur and cause a near unbeatable times would be interesting to see if many or any exist
I really liked this vid, but feel like the title was misleading. I assumed I would see a speedrunning trick that had a chance to crash the game, or something similar.
My favorite TAS is for the NES version of Arkanoid by Chef Stef. It's over a decade old by now, but the method for developing a way of brute forcing every possible outcome in a game of Arkanoid is so massively insane that it really deserves more recognition. TL;DR version is that he re-created Arkanoid's code and built a program to run through every input combination for every level until it found the most effective way of completing a level. Even that explanation is massively simplified, I'd definitely recommend looking into it if you can stomach a highly technical explanation.
One of my favorite TH-camrs ! Hope you’re well.
If you plan on continuing these videos, I can talk to you about celeste TASing and get you in contact with anyone else you need. I've done it for about 2 years, and personally I think modded tases of the game are hugely underappreciated.
Awesome video! Why specificly ps1?
5:58 * New TAS is then uploaded an hour later *
Dang I never knew Crash had superswimming Pog
I love pogs
I really love TAS stuff like this. Commentated TAS like the stuff Malleo does and TAS explained like Bismuth’s SM64 1 Key and DK64 any% are really really interesting.
I love this idea! Commentating Tas's is a brilliant idea, and I'd love to see more of it!
I'm always looking for new TASes to watch, so this series is right up my alley :)
Woah the motion sickness warnings is legit
You should do a video of the Top 10 shortest 100% speedruns
I love TAS's, they are so damn cool.
A simpleflips, fuck my ass moment
My man faking us out with the Bubsy 3D, then having Crash, and then hitting us with Ripto's Rage. If I could sub twice I would.
Love you EZscape!
“Time for the best platformer on the ps1......
Crash bandicoot”
Boy you had me for a second😭
Crazy seeing Crash move like that. The PS1 Crash games will always be my favorite and I still keep learning new things about them. Awesome stuff!
Zipzagging reminds me of TWW superswimming but without it being RTA viable
PacAttack
Pac in time
EZ Scape and Summoning Salt in the same weekend? The prophecy!
TAS exudes the confidence of perfection, but is it? An interesting topic might be the evolving TAS of a particular game. Especially where a part of the growth of the TAS were tricks even TASers thought impossible.
I think I watched more TASes than Speedruns in my life!
There used to be that French show called "88mph" and later on "Speed Game" where they were dissecting and commenting TASes (and Speedruns later too)
Aaah... too bad it ended seven years ago
Great Video.
Always nice to learn more about TAS.
Ah Bubsy 3D, literally the pinnacle of gaming, we haven't been there since, and other only other known similar moments in gaming was Q*Bert, we'll just never make that return unfortunately.
Anyone else remember how, way back when, the status quo was pretty much the opposite? When TASes were more known than speedruns? People like SwordlessLink, Dennis & Rene Balow, and other older names like that?
I love watching TAS's but I never find them without looking for them, and whenever I do find one it has like 40 views on a channel with 200 subscribers
Ayo why does EZ scape look like a scuffed Jack Harlow? I can't unsee this. Keep it up man, love the vids
Zigzagging glitches are usually caused due to unnormalized vectors. Basically, instead of using the angles to calculate the movement, one direction adds up to the other
GAMEPLAY MIGHT BE TOO SICK TO WATCH
Quote of the year material
2:08 isnt this what Wind Waker speedrunners do with super swimming? frame perfect analog stick movements back and forth for minutes at a time? also on a 30fps game
I'm so disappointed that it's not called crack monkey for the Spyro technique :
I was like, yeah ok, the motion sickness is probably just some bait to keep viewers' interest.
2 mins in and I'm about to puke.
Someone have to tell Teminal Montage about this, We finally found some worthy oponent for Speedrun Mario
Zip-Zag could be done... Linkus7 could do it
I remember when TAS was the only thing getting big attention, and RTA was basically not talked about at all
Me: a motion sickness haver “I can ignore this warning 😎”
1:51: hold my beer
Bro the way you had bubsy on the screen while saying "greatest of all time best platformer for the ps1" legit had me there
Woo! Ezscape
i like how the video opens with an outdated tas
...good video.
Thank you for adding the motion sickness warning! I know a lot of people can feel nauseus when it comes to this, and if it includes jarring movements that include flashing lights, it can also cause physical pain in people like myself.
Thank you ^_^
How does a tas even work and how are these being created?
I don't know why but Crash flying trough stages is hilarious
more tas content is good, as much of it is simply never talked about
@1:56 Crash's motives are beyond our understanding...
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ZigZagging is the BLJ of PS1 games
It really should be called zip-zagging and not zig-zagging
This pacman world bs is like how people "can't" input 30 frame perfect inputs in mk wii..
what
Thank you so much for the motion sickness warning!
PS1/PS2 D-Pad allows for Left+Right/Up+Down in TAS.
I didnt know Crash 1 had analogue support
I appreciate it, but TAS is pretty boring.
you seen Crash Team Racing? 🔥🔥🔥
Ps1 Rayman tas is pretty insane
0:09 Yo, is that Mega Man 6?
Would love to see a video about the TTYD TAS!
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babe wake up, new ezscape vid just dropped
I humbly ask you to look into TAS of Hollow Knight, a very new thing in the community and it’s amazing! The Any% TAS is insane.
It's quite funny how my games break spectacularly when you spam alternating direction buttons
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I never thought Crash would be able to match Mario's backwards long jump!
Upwards infliction is killing me.
Great analysis video! I love hearing about TAS; They're much more interesting than regular RTA stuff, since they're more about technical knowhow & doing crazy stuff with it!
Thanks for uploading! Here's looking forward to more from you!
Do you plan to cover non-movement tech stuff in a similar fashion to this?
I always love your videos. You help me dip my toes into other speedrun communities in never wouldve thought too look for so thank you!
I am so glad to see you show off TAS runs, they always fascinate me.
TAS is literally the same as showcasing a car in the context of professional sprinting.
The crash zigzagging reminds me of TrackMania nose bug slides with the way the inputs are
I really enjoy tas videos in general seeing the absolute maximum that a game can be pushed to is somehow very interesting.
That is some DANK clickbait
I have vague memories of playing pacman world as a kid been so long since I thought about that game
I loved this video. Please make more.
The fact that these techs are so insane that you had to give a motion sickness warning is fucking hilarious to me
I have been getting much more interested in TAS runs for multiple game to see the theoretical best runs. Thanks for bringing some of them to a wider audiences attention.
i like any ez scape content ur a good creator
You should take a look at some of the trackmania TAS records. Some of them are completely insane and the tricks behind it are fairly interesting. E02-Endurance probably has one of the most insane TAS runs of that game.