Ulillillia only wishes he knew how empty these alternate modulo universes are.
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MArio 64 Parallel Universes and Timecubes - A masterclass in how to TAS/Glitch
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Ulillillia only wishes he knew how empty these alternate modulo universes are.
MrCunningham
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I think he would be more interested in the Y coodinates of each alternate universe.
This is very likely. However I think there is a chance that if their minds combine our universe might collapse. Our best bet is to prevent this.
StormyTheRabbit
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This is fucking crazy and I loved every minute of it.
If someone could distill physics into video-game jargon such as this, man would I have taken a different career path.
If someone could distill physics into video-game jargon such as this, man would I have taken a different career path.
Darth_Caedus
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I could barely follow anything that was said, I got the gist of but so hard to follow. I have never watched these specialized playthroughs before but this gave me a new appreciation for them. Plus it's making me want to check some out.
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I wish I could set my mind to solving a problem or learning something I'm interested in like this guy can. I don't really care if it serves a greater good for society or is trivial, it's the dedication and successful execution that is commendable in itself.
Shift Breaker
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I've seen some TAS SM64 runs before but it was really interesting to see how they worked. I knew it was complex, but damn. Parallel universes?
Yeah I know. I have literally nothing in my life that I am even close to as dedicated as this guy has with SM64. A lot of people might think "oh what a loser, he is wasting his time", etc. but if it makes him happy more power to him. I just wish I could get as much satisfaction as anything in my life as he does with this.
BruceLeeRoy
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Dude would have cancer cured in a month.
On a related side note, how much of the research is his own? Did he develop the PU and QPU grid theories on his own, or are those well-known within the TAS community?
If those are established ideas, then what he did is clever as hell, but not a tremendous amount of work. Real, applicable research is a horribly long time sink that simply doesn't pan out most of the time. He's not missing much.
It doesn't have to necessarily be all of it. I'm frustrated by the hypocrisy that a margin of traditional speed-runners argue TAS as being entertainment rather than serious. Then during this AGDQ, there was a SMW segment where people were replicating the credits glitch in real-time. Or the SM64 reverse long-jump.
Segments like Kingdom Hearts and Donkey Kong TR were my favourite because everything there were earnest techniques and tricks, rather than borrowing things that were found by frame-by-frame emulator shenanigans.
Mushroomer25
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Just got around to watching this, and it is absolutely wonderful. Not only has this guy deconstructed one of the best games of all time into its' bare essentials, he's found unique ways to manipulate those essentials to do the impossible. Plus, he actually explained all of it in a (relatively) coherent manner with great production values. I'm really impressed.
It also says so much about a game like Mario 64 that after nearly 20 years, people are still finding shit that is possible with those fundamentals. SM64 is the bedrock of all modern 3D videogames, and this shows why.
It also says so much about a game like Mario 64 that after nearly 20 years, people are still finding shit that is possible with those fundamentals. SM64 is the bedrock of all modern 3D videogames, and this shows why.
Demoskinos
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Everyone in the SM64 speed running scene is insane and I love it.
aspiegamer
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From how I understood it, it was that it took 12 hours to gain enough speed to be able to jump, in different directions, through multiple instances of said parallel universes on a grid so that he'd end up at the exact coordinates of that goddamn scuttlebug on the original map after all of it. I think.
Slick Butter
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The Real Abed
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This is a pretty fun video of his about how you can make Yoshi fall off the roof:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UDDdbXaGx0&ab_channel=pannenkoek2012
It's so silly because it's such a rare thing that happens, but he spends his time trying to make it happen just to show off that it can happen. No commentary though. I prefer his videos with commentary. I can't read when I'm also trying to see things!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UDDdbXaGx0&ab_channel=pannenkoek2012
It's so silly because it's such a rare thing that happens, but he spends his time trying to make it happen just to show off that it can happen. No commentary though. I prefer his videos with commentary. I can't read when I'm also trying to see things!
Mama Robotnik
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Halcyon
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There was a time where I was a young lad and I thought it was insane that I could jump up onto the top of the castle without the canon. Then after that I figured out how to backflip down to the door without triggering the camera-man and I thought I was some sort of Mario 64 god.
It's been 20 years and this guy is teleporting through different universes to time a jump so that he doesn't have to press a button once. It's insanity.
It's been 20 years and this guy is teleporting through different universes to time a jump so that he doesn't have to press a button once. It's insanity.
The one he did with the coin limit is also pretty great. The last two levels are mindblowing.
lastrealgameralive
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"Bowser will not come back." lol
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