https://youtu.be/i9hpEjjQ-cM
That autistic fuck did it. He managed to save an A Press on TTC.
For what purpose though?
>>339583995
>>339583995
For no A press speed runs.
>>339584652
How autistic can one person be?
Are we talking about saving an entire A-press or just a half-press again?
I don't follow. Can't you just jump up there?
>>339584789
His power level is so high it breaks our scouters trying to scan him. There's no way to tell how autistic he is. He is literally off the scale.
>>339585029
Self imposed challenge to not press the A button through the majority of Mario 64 or press it as few times as possible in order to complete the run.
That absolute madman.
TTC is still not beaten however. He scratched it a little bit but it is still looking at the ABC and laughing.
>>339584652
Wouldn't this """"""""""""speed"""""""""" run take days though, seeing as he has to wait hours at certain points to build up enough speed to progress through certain areas?
Are no/half A press speed runs even a thing?
What's a half-pressed A? Why is the pendulum affected by punches?
What the hell is going on.
https://youtu.be/f35hBQ0zfO0
I just... What... But...WHY!?
>>339584789
He is so autistic he has gone through the full loop, becoming a autistic non-autist.
>>339583995
>"henry"
>>339585286
>t. new fag
>>339585476
>>339585048
>>339584789
https://youtu.be/dokE1J5wlhE
This should give plenty of proof and reasoning to his autism level. Jesus christ this man has spent countless days and nights to rip Mario's universe a new asshole.
>>339585942
That is also one of his most interesting videos. Even more than the now infamous PU one.
>>339585859
>lol i'm totally an oldfag, i've been here since half a press was a thing, like 6 months ago, fucking newfags get out reeee haha xD
heh, clever disguise.
>>339586151
I'm not in the world of weird runs. Just saw a Mario64 OP using some weird lingo and entered.
>>339585182
It's a TAS challenge, so no to all of your questions.
>>339586252
what's the retarded /pol/ or /r9k/ ">t." meme?
>>339586148
Which one?
>>339585942
If only he had attached to something like particle physics, chemistry, or electrical engineering.
Autism notwithstanding, his mastery of the game is impressive.
>>339586521
"Watch for Rolling rocks" in 1/2 A- press.
>>339586416
It's an /int/ meme, you cunt.
>wow fucking autistic waste of time
he's a math professor
he earns some dosh teaching shit while he spends his spare time enjoying and studying every single bit of his favorite game
meanwhile we're all wasting our life shitposting about him in a korean mountainclimbing imageboard
>>339585942
What the fuck was that thing with Luigi around the 16 minutes?
>pendulum manipulation
What a shitty super power
>>339583995
>For what purpose though?
>>339583910
>That autistic fuck
exactly
>>339586581
He's a math professor.
>>339586416
Finnish people use "t." to mean written by someone. Mongoloids are odd.
>>339587067
is he a proper professor? i want to read his phd thesis
>>339587158
He unlocked him. L is real.Actually multiplayer mod
>>339587392
It'a pretty weird to see something that's everyday stuff for you to be called a meme. Is this how indians feel?
>>339585838This is the comfiest meme in recent times. :3
>>339583910
AUTISM IS LE FUNNY MEME
>>339587067
>>339587307
I always heard that he is "just" a teacher.
Now he's a professor too?
>>339586581
>If only he had attached to something like particle physics, chemistry, or electrical engineering.
He attached to computer science. And guess what? Most of his videos are just applications of very basic CS principals.
>>339587307
From what I've read, he's a TA, not a professor. But that might be outdated.
holy shit, nice
this is some serious dedication
>>339587702
>It is likely that a proof of the above conjecture would require significant advances in higher Mario theory
>>339587513
Welcome to marketing 101 on /v/ my friend!
For your own starter kit you'll need:
>a youtube channel
>a game people played 25 years ago
How to get started:
>flail around like a retard
>act stupid
>record
>publish to channel
>spam /v/ with LOL EVERYONE LOOK AT HOW STUPID THIS GUY IS OMG HOW DO METROID CRAWL GET A LOIFE XDDDD
Then daily you will post 9 threads with reactionary faces from your channel until you normalize your presence on /v/. Then you can start the "when did you last dsp XDDD" threads and watch the dosh roll in!
I went and did the math for his parallel universe video.
One (1) ingame unit is about equal to one centimeter.
The distance between the level and 4 parallel universes is about 196 608 centimeters or around 2 kilometers.
Mario must reach the 4th parallel universe in a single frame. The game runs at around 30 FPS. We know that his speed per frame is around 479 948 centimeters/frame.
If we convert this to seconds, Mario moves at around 143 684 meters per second, or 143 kilometers per second.
That's around 88 miles per second or 316 800 mph.
The speed of light is 670 616 629 mph, and the sound barrier is 767 mph. So, although Mario breaks the sound barrier by a lot, he's only at around 0.04% of the speed of light. Weak!
>>339587862
Yeah fair enough bro. I just find the autism meme so boring.
>>339587885
Nothing can beat big rigs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8X7Vj6JXPk
>>339587862
does this really work?
>>339587461
does the t. stand for something?
I didn't know you could manipulate the pendulum like that.
>>339587461
Indians do not feel, anon. They only poo.
>>339587987
terveiset
>>339587946
>bandicam
>>339585942
this is a fairly basic computer programming thing, the QPU explanation is what really seals the deal
>>339583910
holy fuck it's like the butterfly effect.
>>339588036
oh my fucking god
I should really go to sleep, stupid shit like this don't make me laugh normally
>>339588051
>noun: regards
ah ok that makes sense then, thanks
>There are three phases to an A press
>I'm doing the first two
>therefore its a half A press
I thought autistic people were supposes to be good at math.
>>339588087
The explanation of QPUs is also fairly basic
>Mario's position is defined in floats but his collision with the world is done using shorts
>Because floats have a much wider range than shorts, as mario moves out of the map, the collision data loops back around
The only real stipulation is that collisions are checked at 4 points.
>>339588202
You're starting the level with the held part that continues from entering the level, so you're splitting the Held part in 2. It is half an A-press.
I want him to do this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSYAQSGAp0I
>>339588202
He explains things with a such a level of simplicity in his videos that a retarded 5 year old could understand it, yet people on 4chan still struggle.
The retards who use this website never cease to amaze me.
>>339588890
>Wait, what are they doing?
>That fucking scream when the mushroom appears
I'm in tears
>>339588890
AH yes, i love the 1UP mushroom challenge.
That thing is so persistent.
>>339585942
>MARY-O
Oh hes just a troll.
>>339588537
mv you should have made the vid then oh wait noone would want to watch your boring ass explanations
>>339587587
No, he's clearly a scientist.
>>339587767
Being that dedicated to a singular thing to those levels is called autism.
>>339590064
>Being that dedicated to a singular thing to those levels is called autism.
If you actually believe this you're an idiot who not only doesn't know what autism is, but also have no hobbies or passions.
But I know you're just parroting buzzwords. Nobody can possibly be stupid enough to think 0xA press videos are a meaningful sign of autism.
>>339583910
Fuck, all I can think about when I hear that song is high quality rips now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCLBuf0Yec
>>339585182
Well, the focus is more about the "no A-press" than on the "speed" in "no A-Press speed run".
Really, it is just bizarely interesting to see how far one can go with restrictions like that.
>>339589128
It's all about the (You)s.
>>339585942
>the last bob-omb being juggled in tick tock clock
HOLY SHIT
>>339583910
We can never have a normal Mario discussion as long as this king of autism lives and breaths can we?
>>339593839
What the fuck is there to discuss normally about Mario
This shit is far more interesting
>>339583910
no a press gets left behind
>>339593839
>breaths
>>339583910
It's such a meaningless, impossibly stupid task, but I love watching him do it. It's like watching dragonball z, with every A press he removes, his power level increases
>>339593932
I'm just sick of every single conversation turning into a discussion about this guy. We get it. He can TAS Mario 64 and he's entertaining about it. There is literally thousands of other things to discuss when it comes to that sort of shit that breaks games. https://youtu.be/eKtZsf4wWQc
I unironically like these videos
>>339588890
How the hell did I never think of doing that? That's hilarious
![zx.tenchi.mihoshi-special.ova.divx51.ogm_snapshot_07.02_[2016.05.27_13.36.52].png](https://i.imgur.com/y2uzX1D.png "zx.tenchi.mihoshi-special.ova.divx51.ogm_snapshot_07.02_[2016.05.27_13.36.52].png")
>>339583910
Neat
>>339594157
Who doesn't? They are legitimately interesting. It's just people memeing around.
What is this thread about
>>339583910
Mark my words. There will be a time when this guy manages to beat Mario 64 in 10 A-Presses or less. Or even maybe zero A-Presses.
>>339594089
Not every Mario discussion turns into this guy. Plus, I think we've had more Mario 64 discussion ever since /v/ discovered him, and at several points during these threads actual Mario 64 discussion unrelated to the autist occured. So if people want to talk about Mario 64, they will do so anyway. If there is no Mario 64 discussion, it is not because of the 4PU meme, but because no one actually wants to discuss Mario 64.
>>339583995
A few minutes of fame that, if he was a normal human being, he will look back at with regret for being such a pathetic, jobless nerd.
>>339585942
>spends so much time researching this game
>can't pronounce mario right
>>339594592
Only thing I am interested about this guy is if anyone ever collected on that $1000 USD bounty to discover the properties behind the TTC warp point.
>>339594089
I would love recommendations for similar videos.
>>339594654
Since dudes a math professor. I think being poor and jobless is the least of his concerns. But he is definitely not normal
An' now Mary-o has the power to TURN BACK TOIME
>>339585942
This video isn't even particularly complicated.
>>339594735
I find that one very interesting because even if you TAS those glitches. All of them must be about frame perfect and pixel perfect throughout the entirety of the glitch. That still makes some of them not viable in speed running Paper Mario 64.
>>339583910
the absolute madman
>>339594828
TELEPOR'
>>339594828
>wads of paper in a bin
>signs of chain smoking
I've written me'self into a goddamn corna
>>339583910
https://youtu.be/kpk2tdsPh0A
Because it is literally a requirement at this point to post it.
>>339594828
GRAH-AH-AH, THIS IS BOWSER 'ERE
I'm looking forward to the day he feels the A-presses have been optimized to the point where a low A-press 120-star TAS is worth doing.
>>339595192
i missed this video blowing up
can anyone explain what the big deal is? he's just explaining some movement glitches
>>339595607
>sitting on his death bed
>writing his final words
>"my only regret is.. never completing that 120-star TAS.."
>>339595192
>1000000 views
Really went through the roof
>>339595658
>just explaining some movement glitches
Did you watch the entire thing?
>>339595658
His use of the term "parallel universes" caught a lot of people off-guard and stuck around for a very long time.
>>339595451
GET 'AN 'AND
>post yfw QPU misalign
>>339594089
>pixel perfect this
>pixel perfect that
>pixel perfect this
>pixel perfect that
>pixel perfect this
>pixel perfect that
we get it, its hard, saying that again and again won't make it more incredible, and it is annoying as fuck
>>339596075
>First I set the HOLP in a very precise location,...
>>339596075
>>339594089
Yeah something about his voice was annoying as fuck too. Like he was trying hard to go for that smooth deep radio voice.
>>339596075
>frame perfect
>perfect perfect
>>339583910
Autism in its purest form.
Why did he make a secondary youtube channel?
Did the memes get too out of control on his main channel after the watch for falling rocks video?
>>339594690
No, else there would be a ''claimed'' in the title. It wasn't even to find the properties of the warp though, he just wants a recreation of the glitch.
>>339595658
>"Henry"
>A presses
>Scuttlebug Jamboree
>building up speed for 12 hours
>parallel universes
its a meme goldmine
>>339596414
To separate runs from other findings
>>339587965
I think yes, to some extent.
One example would be EvaXephon/YandereDev
Wew half a press is barely over 1mil views
>>339595658
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/0-5x-a-presses-but-first-we-need-to-talk-about-parallel-universes
>>339595658
it was a bit absurd and autistic for mario, but people forced the fuck out of it
>>339596414
The main one is for casuals with voice explanations, the new one is text explanations of little things.
>>339596414
>>339584802
An a press is an a press, you can't just say it's half
>>339596414
Check his faq
>>339598187
meant to reply to >>339596032
>>339595192
>that whole explanation what is 0.5xA press
I guess I have to buckle up.
>>339598218
Fuck off Henry
PERO PRIMERO
>>339594487
I think he could any% it with 1 press, the real challenge, aside from that one, is 120 stars; there's like 30 presses left there.
if the point is to do the whole game in as few presses as possible then whats the point of measuring half an a press if it's still going to count as a full a press by the end of the run?
>>339599837
Because if you have 1.5 presses in one stage and 0.5 in the next, you count the total as 2 presses (1.5+0.5) rather than 3 presses(2+1).
>>339599837
"half a press" means you enter the level holding A- meaning that you can just keep holding A since the LAST time you pressed A in a full playthrough. So when you play the level alone, it's one A press, but in a full run it doesn't add an A press. SO he counts it as half an A-press.
>>339599837
No one is measuring half presses. A half press is a more compact way of saying you if you enter the level while holding A you can save some A presses.
>>339595658
there was nothing better to do, so 4chan went apeshit over a guy who loves tasing mario64.
>haha that guy is wasting is life with a stupid challenge run
>time to start my ps4 and play some assassins creed, a much better use of limited time on this earth
don't think too much about it, it's just people beeing people
>>339599837
It's a half press in the context of a single level which means in the context of a full run, that's a press less.
Let's say mario 64 had one level and that level used to be done with a single press inside the level and required a press to get into the level. So you jump into the painting, then jump to get the star. The whole run has 2 presses
Now let's say they found a way to do the level with a half press. So you jump into the painting and then you use the release of the A button to do something that lets you get the star. The run only has one press now.
If you lower the amount of presses within a level, even by .5, it lowers the amount of overall presses by 1, because by using a half press you're really just combining two presses.
>>339598187
Woah that's cool.Source?
So do you guys hate him or something?
I actually hear admiration from some
>>339601365
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mauV2NdCs60
>>339587767
He's reached the levels of autism where it turns into a kind of genius.
Also memes notwithstanding I'm pretty sure he isn't actually autistic because he's actually quite good at explaining all this stuff. I think he's probably just a smart guy with a kinda weird hobby.
>>339594157
I only meme them to ensure people keep posting them cuz I like talking about them.
>>339584789
To answer that question, we should talk about alternative universes first...
>>339601723
>He's reached the levels of autism where it turns into a kind of genius.
How are basic programming concepts indicative of any sort of genius?
>>339601421
Pretty sure most of the people here love his channel and think it's pretty neat that he's gone as in depth as he has even if we don't understand why.
>>339601990
It's not understanding that there are these basic concepts in place dummy, it's the fact that he found out how to manipulate them in the actual context of a game to achieve a goal.
>>339585069
>play Mario without jumping at all
That is so arbitrary, why would you do this?
>>339602135
all the categories are arbitrary
>>339602135
>That is so arbitrary, why would you do this?
Why would you climb Mt. Everest? There's nothing even up there but frozen bodies.
>>339583910
Glad to hear it, TTC has the majority of the A presses in a 100% run so this is one small step to one giant leap.
I really hope everyone here doesn't think this guy, pannenkoek2012, isn't ACTUALLY autistic.
Autism is a neurological brain disorder which manifests symptoms in two primary ways and are mutually inclusive: communication and repetitive behavior. And, it's a specturm with varying degrees of affectation.
>But anon! This guy is playing the same game over and over and over again! There's no real value in that, it's just being repetitive! He has AUTISM!!
Well, he has a hobby, sure. To say this level of dedication is a sign of autism is possible, but only in the same way dedication to lifting weights, doing math, stacking cups, pistol shooting bullseye, driving 500 laps of Nascar for a living etc can be seen as signs of autism. So what's the other primary sign of autism? LACK of COMMUNICATION skills. Half of the 21 million or so diagnosed autistic people don't have enough verbal skills to even live alone, they can't tell other people their needs well enough to the point it literally kills them. A larger percent, which includes that group of LETHAL communication problems, don't have the linguistic savvy to express complicated thought, even if they themselves understand the concepts. Almost ALL people with any level of autism simply cannot even understand another human; they don't have the capacity to relate to their emotions or anticipate any reaction.
>Yeah! This guys is autistic: he just plays Mario all day and he sounds like a weird radio NERD!
And this is why you are so wrong about him being autistic. This guy is PHENOMENAL at relating his ideas to the public. Not just writing ideas and wording in BOTH complicated and simple methods to help others to understand with extreme literacy, he even speaks with incredible skill and confidence. He doesn't stutter, he doesn't use poor grammar, he doesn't flub words, he is so erudite that he cannot be misinterpreted. And he express this all comfortably and easily. The man is OPPOSITE of autism. He's charismatic.
>>339602135
Because it's interesting to see how far you can get in a platforming game without the essential element of a platforming game, especially when the answer is "surprisingly far".
I'm sorry that you hate fun.
>>339602281
I really really like this image
>>339602281
>a press thread
>deal is a deal chan
damn, did I go back in time 5 months
>>339603046
Save it, it's all yours friend.
>>339603046
Save it friend, it's yours
>>339603130
5 months ago was a good time
>>339583995
because we can do better
>>339603240
>5 months ago was a good time
No it wasn't. The mario 64 threads were total cancer
>>339603381
no u
>>339587461
>Is this how indians feel?
Although it's funny I'm starting to believe less educated people believe that literally every Indian does this.
India is like 90% villages, farmers and countryside. It's this class of people who shit in their fields. If you go to any town or city, everyone who isn't homeless has a toilet in their house.
>>339595192
>24 minute video
>about pressing a button
falling asleep over here
>>339602949
word.
"autism" is an even more idiotic buzz word than "cuck."
>>339587067
he's a computer science student I think
>>339585942
He may be autistic as fuck, but goddamn if this isn't impressive.
>>339583995
"""""""""""""""""""Henry""""""""""""""""""" is right. There is no such thing as half an A press, you either press it or you don't. Holding a button isn't half an A press.
>>339603590
So India is 90% uncivilized. Good to know. World power by 2020, brother :^)
>>339587702
>HENRY PATH
HENRY PATH
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>>339583910
Do you know what "autism" actually means? Because I'm fairly certain you don't.
>>339603930
no he's autistic
>>339603727
If you're not interested in game mechanics or design or even just Mario 64, I don't blame you for finding the video uninteresting. But, I'll tell you a couple things:
1. It's not just about "a presses" He discuses more than a DOZEN different concepts and mechanics in that video which range from mathematical, theoretical, skill and mechanical.
2. The video was simply a response to numerous individuals who were asking him, "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" as they were astonished to see what seemed like crazy glitches. You seem to be trying to imply that such a video is universally boring, but that's not the case at all.
3. Even if the content doesn't keep your enraptured, his editing is superb. Not just editing, but the placement and explanations he gives are truly remarkable. He relays very complicated ideas about math, mechanics, Hell even physics so well it's quite astonishing. And he explains them at just the right times, just when a person would begin thinking, "okay, but, why? How" and bam, he starts presenting graphical, visual, textual and audible reasoning and explanation of why and how. All in high quality, even in his presentation.
It's a good video!
>>339604265
>Holding a button isn't half an A press.
What is it, then? He explained it and why it's called that very well. Irrefutably. Can you explain what it is?
>>339585048
>>>339584789
>His power level is so high it breaks our scouters trying to scan him. There's no way to tell how autistic he is. He is literally off the scale.
He lives in the PU.
>>339589942
autistic much?
>>339604925
Holding a button is holding a button.
>>339585942
I fucking love him.
I wonder what his dreams are like
>>339604265
What's up with all those ''''''''' ? Never got this
>Mario 64 20.5A% speedrun
>>339605354
"""""Henry"""""
>>339585942
>the only thing this guy knows is mario 64 and programming
>still can't pronounce mario
>>339605354
Memes.
>>339594089
>I'm just sick of every conversation turning into this guy
>turning into
You may want to check the OP again. Maybe if it bothers you this much you should quit entering these threads.
>>339605296
There is no "holding a button" community or runs, though. It's "A button presses."
So what is holding a button?
Is it a single press?
Is it 3 presses?
Is it not a press at all?
The community describes and defines what a press, hold and release all are. Unless you can define your idea to include the same elements, all you're doing is refusing to acknowledge them. Which is irrational.
>>339605540
Yes, I know how he's called
>>339590361
>implying his father is proud his son dedicated himself to uncovering how to speedrun a nintendo 64 game with limitations of a characters jump
>>339585182
>why doesn't anyone just use a formula 1 car in a bicycle race, why race bikes, they r slow
>>339605571
He has an accent.
Also, analyzing Mario 64 is a hobby. He's either a professor of mathematics or the TA (teacher's aide/assistant) for a mathematics professor at a univeristy. He teaches, grades, and explains high-level concepts to students for money.
>>339605750
Not him, but it is a terrible name for the concept when it doesn't actually count as half of a press in the total and you have to put a paragraph in every video description explaining it. Literally any other term would be more suitable, or even a symbol (*, ' , ~).
>>339585942
Why do all autists have the same voice? he sounds just like ulillillia
>>339584789
>>339602135
>>339585286
>>339585942
>>339586581
>>339587232
>>339587193
>>339604265
>t. TJ """""""Henry"""""""" Yoshi
>>339601523
Fucking wrong.
>>339601365
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Tokyo_%28film%29
>>339606207
He just has a slightly higher voice than usual? The commentated Watch for Rolling Rocks video doesn't have shitty mic quality if you want something better to compare it to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2A1qYpp4HA
>>339606181
First, what would ~ Mario 64 runs even mean? Or * or '? You would need to explain them; a "tilde Mario 64 run" has no inherent tangibility. A "half A press" or ".5 A press" uses English to describe its inherent meaning, even if there's no reference. If some told me they "asterisk A Press" I wouldn't have a clue what they're talking about. If someone told me they "half A Press" I can at least understand they used motion. So, this being a semantic argument is not in your favor since the current terminology is the best explanation for the procedure.
Secondly, he "includes a paragraph in every video explaining it" because people either don't accept the idea since it challenges their understanding of game mechanics or they refuse to recognize the classification (for any number of, frankly selfish, reasons). His paragraph and video explanation is remarkably elementary, by the way. It's very easy to understand.
>>339583910
MAKE IT STOP, ENOUGH YOUVE DONE ENOUGH, ITS LIKE FINDING OUT THE TECHNICAL SHIT IN POKEMON, ITS NOT FUN ANYMORE.
>>339606207
uli isn't autistic, he has OCD
>>339583910
I'm not familiar with the challenge run (is that what this is?) scene, but how is RNG manipulation considered legal? That is just fucking stupid, you can excel in any video game if you're allowed to do that.
Plus he writes that without the manipulation it takes 15-30 hours for ONE pendulum zero frame, so to get enough SUCCESSIVE zero frames for his trick to work without RNG manipulation would probably take longer than the age of the universe or some shit. I.e. the technique isn't applicable to the normal game at all.
>>339606883
>You would need to explain them
Which is an improvement over "You need to explain them, anyone who doesn't read the explanation is going to call you retarded."
> A "half A press" or ".5 A press" uses English to describe its inherent meaning
No it doesn't -- it's the exact opposite. If you told anyone that you half-pressed A, they would think you pressed the button halfway in or something. The language used actively confused the issue.
> I wouldn't have a clue what they're talking about.
Neither would anyone looking at 0.5 press, which is why he has to include a paragraph of explanation and later a 5-minute+ video describing the simple concept.
I'm not saying that the symbol would be the best way to label it, but anything is better than "0.5 presses" because it is, by definition and in practice, not half a press. It is a held press. If the video was titled "Watch for Rolling Rocks with 0 A presses and a Held Press" then the only explanation needed would be "A held press is an A press held from a previous level so in a full game run it wouldn't add an A press to the total."
>>339605948
What does your father being proud of you have to do with autism?
>speedrun
How is any of this a speedrun?
>>339595041
what are you referencing
I watched his video where he does that level and it wasn't from there
>>339607436
Everything's allowed that could in theory be done by a super perfect superhuman too.
Like hacking the RNG with an outside tool is not legit, but using the game mechanics themselves o manipulate the RNG is.
>>339607436
You realize it's a TAS challenge right? And that the RNG manipulation is done with only game inputs?
>>339607412
>uli isn't autistic
>>339607661
>>339607692
I didn't realize the manipulation is done from inside the game. Where does he say that and how does it work?
I want to assault him, then lay an N64 Controller in front of him and tell him to press the A button ONCE if he wants to live.
Just to see what would happen.
>>339607650
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAgtsUKPpg0
>>339607781
Nevermind I figured it out. http://tasvideos.org/LuckManipulation.html So this is applicable to a lot of games huh?
>>339607930
He also made a video on the exact subject, but it's mostly drivel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiuLeTE2MeQ
>>339606682
What's up with all those ''''''''' ? Never got this
>>339602209
My mind wanders
>>339585942
The coins in the levels are limited. The developers never made it exceed 255 coins, so they saved the coin record per level as a 1 byte number. However, in the stage, at least 2 bytes are used to count the current coin count, so that when you exit the level, only the bits of the lowest byte are saved, leaving you with coinCount % 256 as your count.
It's not like that's hard to figure out. He's just explaining it thoroughly for people who don't know how computers save numbers, that's what makes the video so long. It's not like that is some kind of secret special deeply hidden in the depths of the SM64 engine that you could only figure out by spending weeks disassembling the shit out of the code.
>>339607781
He known how the RNG function operates and that it loops around. The remaining problem now is to get the value he needs. That however still doesn't mean he has the game under total control, he may know how the number of RNG rolls around but dozens of objects on the course call it, sometimes multiple times per frame, this makes it nearly impossible to really predict which number he will get. Therefore he ries something, savestates that and looks a the number, then repeats that over and over until he gets a number he can use for sth. Mario's movement for example affects the RNG, if you make dust the RNG function is called and that makes the variable scroll further again etc.
So japanese being shit at programming resulted in an entire subculture?
>>339608538
A lot of gaming shit sprung up due to bugs and exploits
>>339607930
>So this is applicable to a lot of games huh?
Yes. However nowadays RNG is seeded with non-static numbers (like the current time) which makes it pretty much impossible.
Even then you can still take advantage of it. An example of that is Pokemon speedruns where the runner will set the time and try to start the game at specific time to get a certain ID. If they get that ID, they know what the seed is and can use that for later manipulation. An example of a modern game that didn't have seeded rng (because of a bug) was the PS4 version of FFX HD. If you died, and did the same actions as before, everything would play out the same including damage values.
>>339607436
The RNG on super mario 64 is very, VERY shitty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiuLeTE2MeQ
>>339607914
He would
press it
hold it
release it
There. A full, complete, 1 A button press. Thing is, he could hold the button for as long as he wanted to; from a simple tap to years. If you take issue with it, luckily he's a pretty nice and well-spoken guy and he'd happily tell you what's going on if you're interested.
>>339608826
Outside of the weird jumps, that's a pretty normal RNG function. The only "shitty" part is that it's seeded with 0 instead of something like player input. Remember, the N64 doesn't have a clock so it can't just take the current time and seed with that
>>339598285
kinda.
half A press is just that he enters with A held, and releases during the level. The rest is parallel universes, scuttlebug jamborees and 13 hours of building speed
>>339588202
The release part has no practical use.
holy fuck this is beyond autism, this fucking guy wants to become mario 64
>>339606151
>He has an accent.
No he doesn't. Why would you even lie about that when we can all hear his videos.
>He's either a professor of mathematics or the TA for a mathematics professor at a university.
This just makes it worse in my eyes. He not only has the talent but also the education to do useful research and yet he wastes his energy on this shit.
>>339608826
OUtside of TAS that function is in experience absolutely truely random, not only are you not able to do such perfect actions to really reproducably manipulate it, the huge anount of objects that constantly call it make it pretty much unpredictable and different every time. It's more than enough.
>>339609262
Well, you can reseed it every time the player press a button, using a internal frame counter to do so and it will be pretty much random.
>>339609549
>and yet he wastes his energy on this shit.
Yeah he should be a slave and spend literally 100% of his time on research
>>339609787
>Yeah he should be a slave and spend literally 100% of his time on research
that's exactly what he's doing with mario you goofy fuck
>>339610009
You have 10 seconds to explain how he is a TA while spending literally 100% of his time playing mario
>>339610229
>literally 100%
Nice shitpost
>>339601523
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVOKhuQDop4
Go mcfuck yourself.
>>339610342
I said that in >>339609787
He's already working as a TA and in school as a CS student, why shouldn't he be allowed to use his free time as he wants?
>>339610424
I think you responded to the wrong goy.
>>339598187
neotokyo is so fucking good
they should put all this love and passion in animation more often
anime was a mistake
>>339594157
Which one is this?
>>339610620
No I didn't.
>>339610718
HOLP explanation maybe.
>>339610229
20 minute video about A button
>>339610770
In my post I was implying that he does not in fact spend 100% of his time playing Mario and that >>339610229 was a shitpost.
>>339610718
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4M_OyUorRQ
He does it at least twice, 4:20 and 5:40
>>339608094
Number of quotation marks indicates level of irony
>>339611156
lmao blaze it XD
>>339611292
Ooooh I see, I finally get it. Thank you Gabe
>>339585385
horry fuck why don't people put this much effort into getting a job
>>339583910
Incredible
The rotation of the pendulum is rng dependent just like the platformd
>>339583910
I guess another year of A-Press memes are ahead of us
>>339610424
Cause the thread is full of normalfags who are scared of people doing what they want.
>>339602949
You sound pretty autistic
>>339611102
Let's look at the conversation
>>339609549
>Person saying he wastes his time playing mario despite him already being a TA and a student
>>339609787
>Me sarcastically saying he should spend literally 100% of his time on research
>>339610009
>Person saying he already does that with Mario
>>339610229
>Me pointing out that's impossible because he is a TA
>>339610342
>You (i think?) saying it's a shitpots for some reason despite this not being the first time "literally 100%" has come up
>>339610424
>Me explaining why it's not a shitpost
>>339608094
Number of quotation marks indicates level of irony
>>339612063
Ooooh I see, I finally get it. Thank you Gabe
>>339611156
Thanks
>>339585942
None of this is complex, he's just explaining the binary number system.
>>339583995
It's not about that anon.
>>339611568
There are very few legtimiate normalfags on /v/. It's mostly full of people who are (rightly) self conscious about spending the one life you have to live on this sort of thing.
Women will never understand this
>>339612682
But I do
>>339612549
>people who are (rightly) self conscious about spending the one life you have to live on this sort of thing.
Sounds like normalfag talk to me. You worry too much about what others think about you.
What is life but to enjoy doing what you like to do.
>>339612741
You can have an honorary penis, wear it as you wish
>>339612549
Any hobbie we have is useless in the end.
If learning the in and outs of mario64 is what makes him relax and have fun, good for him.
>>339612905
All you're saying is that anything to the "normal" direction from your position sounds like a normalfag to you, which is saying nothing at all. It's like a Hot Topic communist SJW saying a moderate sounds conservative.
>>339613034
Utter nonsense. Many hobbies have societal worth.
>>339613505
>Utter nonsense. Many hobbies have societal worth.
the vast majority don't though.
>>339613573
Moving the goalposts, reread what you said.
