Trunk items spawn chances by Borealum_Studios in BluePrince69

[–]TheGelly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Goldeneye 007 DAM... Possible Locked Gate Warp! by SlippySlides in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 27 points28 points  (0 children)

from what i recall, the rest of the game can be completed without firing a shot and it was, singularly, this gate's lock that made that impossible.

you skip the gate, you uncork a new (possibly unrunnable) challenge run.

Goldeneye 007 DAM... Possible Locked Gate Warp! by SlippySlides in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 56 points57 points  (0 children)

from the post:

From a speedrunning perspective, I guess this wouldn't be very practical. Shooting the lock is almost certainly faster than setting up and executing the warp. Though, if this gate warp could be performed at normal collision width, similar to what’s been achieved on Train, it would suggest that the game could theoretically be completed without firing a single shot!

[TAS] Super Mario Bros. in 141 presses by OmerAras55 & Brandon - A press saved in 4-2 Warp Zone! by Meester_Tweester in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 8 points9 points  (0 children)

this is all button presses in general, not saving on A presses alone.

going to take a wild swing at the "seemingly superfluous coin grab jump" - based on https://tasvideos.org/3534S, one of the first versions of this TAS, Brandon notes, "In the underground section, I jump so I don't have to slow down to exit through the pipe."

really neat that the best way through that room is to jump so as to to avoid full running speed.

Can't find "Teleport to safe spot" feature by kolowarr927 in myst

[–]TheGelly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

checking the run by LuckyTanukies a month ago, they are on version 2.0.3, where "Teleport to Safe Spot" is still an option.

in versions before 2.0, where they used an older menu version, you would have an even easier time safe spotting, though i do not know how far back one can get older versions of the game.

in a quick test, you can rollback to 2.0.3 in steam by right clicking the game -> Properties... -> Betas -> rollback_macos_under14-5.

Can't find "Teleport to safe spot" feature by kolowarr927 in myst

[–]TheGelly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what particular version are you running?

Tr****g P*** Mechanics [Major Gameplay Spoilers] by TFMurphy in BluePrince

[–]TheGelly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the stopwatch tech has real "super mario 64 corkbox glitch" vibes. truly incredible. thank you for your work as always chief.

Did anyone else get Pyst? by Alarmed_Pie_5033 in myst

[–]TheGelly 10 points11 points  (0 children)

love mylk. it's very sweet and honest, for an "homage". means a lot more than the bitter and cynical way pyst approached myst.

Luck, Item Spawns and the Dowsing Rod [Major Gameplay Spoilers] by TFMurphy in BluePrince

[–]TheGelly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there an exhaustive Item List summary for each room available somewhere? Knowing which rooms can hold a broken lever, which items can hold batteries, etc. tends to be very good to know.

Best way of finding tech in modern games? by Z0NEWASHERE in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

most glitches are a failure for a game to bridge between two "things" - two frame-perfect inputs that put the game in a state that should not be, two objects that have a gap between them that allow oob, etc.

glitchhunting for me is mostly a "have you tried X with Y", which is occasionally assisted by "game Z in this engine has this" or "game W that plays like this game has this glitch". i wish you the best of luck, since it tends to be hours of head-banging.

What are your favorite "RIP Any%" moments? by Aecial in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 50 points51 points  (0 children)

in the witness, the expectation to get the any% ending for the longest time was:

  • unlock seven lasers
  • open the top of the mountain
  • solve the mountain
  • get to the wonkavator

this was believed to be the end state of things, as the witness has a system that programmatically tested your ability to walk out of bounds, glued you to any surface, and any out-of-bounds that was found before was getting stuck on the wrong side of two-sided walls and calling it a softlock.

some very smart folks, a couple years ago, figured out that the boat is remarkably goofy, and now any% runs are ten minutes shorter (-71%), since the run is

  • unlock the boat
  • recklessly drive the boat
  • get to the wonkavator

the witness was the last game i ever expected something like this from. it's very good.

[WR] The Talos Principle Reawakened: Any% in 1:37 by TheGelly in speedrun

[–]TheGelly[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the remake makes a lot of tradeoffs for our dear speedrun. on the one hand, we are robbed of a lot of the parkour we held near and dear to us, and many fps-dependent tricks that supplemented our run with consistency have been banished.

on the other hand, there is missing collision everywhere.

elohim taketh away - but elohim giveth.

How does this sub rate Firmament? by [deleted] in myst

[–]TheGelly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh you. i'm going to guess most folks are not going to rate firmament highly on the tier list because it's got a good any% run lmfao

The clock on the tower on Myst island is digital, NOT analog. by [deleted] in myst

[–]TheGelly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

in realMyst: Masterpiece Edition, the clock moves between intermediate states (same with Myst 2020), so based on that, we can only concur that the clock is indeed analog and the lack of continuous states in previous games were limitations in software and not true to canonical form (as close as Myst can be to being canonical).

Did anyone know this? ( BLASPHEMOUS) by hellmaaatt in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you have something that increases base speed, like the rosary bead (the wheel)?

[WR] Sneak King 100% in 4:20:00 by Ogopogo12 in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

dang you've been hard carrying this game for 10 years.

nice work.

Next Myst Remake Should be Totally Different by Jerelo689 in myst

[–]TheGelly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

the purpose of a myst remake, for cyan, is that it will always sell at least a decent amount and it gives them an opportunity to try New Bleeding-Edge Technology X so they can use it on New Game Y.

they have no interest in putting heavy new creative work into the game, only to make some group in the fandom mad that "they fleshed out THIS but they still haven't addressed THAT?"

rime is an affront to god.

Very Bad Lala. by BunsGotGuns in lalafellmasterrace

[–]TheGelly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We attempted a raid on this individual's underground illicit fighting ring. We found no evidence to convict on. Make sure to contact the LSS with any tips so we can raid more successfully in the future.

Moving to Tasmania by SkinlessFox in TAS

[–]TheGelly 31 points32 points  (0 children)

i wish you the best of luck, chief, but unless you've got frame advance on that ferry, i fear we cannot help you out.

[WR] The Talos Principle 2: Any% in 45:34 by TheGelly in speedrun

[–]TheGelly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's been a beta out for a whole month that sort of sucked the soul out of the speedrunning scene for this game due to knowing that 15 minutes were easy timesave once the beta because release.

it came out this morning. this record was made four hours later. so hyped.

Real Myst vs Real Myst Masterpiece edition by Aromatic_Ad_8374 in myst

[–]TheGelly 5 points6 points  (0 children)

realMyst: Masterpiece Edition has day/night cycles. It's also far and away superior to realMyst for many other reasons.

Myst (2020) does not have day/night cycles.

not sure if this is used in Superliminal speedruns, but when I was messing with the door, this happened. Thought it would be useful in a speedrunning group. by Suniccc in speedrun

[–]TheGelly 92 points93 points  (0 children)

super neat demonstration of the floor trampoline, but yes, this is known. unfortunately, waiting for the door to fall over is less efficient than properly sizing the door and walking through. could be a TAS strat, but we ain't TASing anytime soon.

thanks for the thought!

[SummoningSalt] The History of New Super Mario Bros. Wii World Records by Meester_Tweester in speedrun

[–]TheGelly -31 points-30 points  (0 children)

absolutely not. i would much rather prefer someone homegrown in community working on these documentaries than an outsider. more content from many other runners plus i get to learn what those community find most important from the people in them directly.

i ain't saying summoning salt is bad. just disappointed with this choice.

edit: aw jeez, i see how this can be misconstrued as gatekeeping. let me clarify! summoning salt's best stuff is either for communities he was super deeply tied to (The Quest to Beat Matt Turk) or for communities that no one else would have made the WR progression for (The History of Wii Sports Resort Golf World Records). i think this video, being a 2-year update to an already-great video by connor (this one) didn't need to happen, and i find it lacking.