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I talk so much trash on here about how lemmings can't game and not only do they never step, they post about how AI is the future.

If ML is the future then why don't you use it to beat Castlevania 3?

Listen Batman if you want to prove me wrong, you have to verses me

but you won't batman and that's why harvey-

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I don't understand the appeal to TAS speedruns. Of course a computer can do it better; it's more impressive when it's done by a human though.

[–] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago

It's not a computer playing, a person plans out the run and then executes the plan with the help of slow motion, save states, and frame-by-frame play. Seeing things that no human could possibly pull off unassisted is entertaining too.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

TAS runs are often are less about the challenge of beating a game and more about displaying mastery in knowledge and understanding of the game's code.

Don't be discouraged if you don't get it right off the bat, even just casually viewing them requires a fundamental understanding of how games and computers work.

[–] CondensedPossum@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

🤡 if I don't get it right off the 'what?

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“Right off the bat” is a phrase used to mean: immediately, without requiring extra thought or consideration, upon first attempt or viewing, etc.

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

its supposed to be a joke based on the joker/ BATman theme of the post

a really bad one

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

TAS can be considered its own competitive speedrun genre, with its own players trying to optimize and reduce times further and further. As far as I know, very few games have reached a point of being definitively 100% TAS optimized.

Additionally, TAS often is the incubator for ideas and tech that human speedrunners can adapt for their own use, too.