@Cedric Thompson: Except that it wasn't hacking the game, merely exploiting the game's prediction algorithms. See this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSFHKAvTGNk
It really depends on the game. If it is a good game, I would like to see a legit speedrun without crazy glitches that breaks the game. A bad game on the other hand (like Superman 64), it's fun to see how bad can you possibly break it.
Also, TAS runs are actually pretty important to the non-TAS community: many, MANY tricks that the non-TAS community uses originated with the TAS community and would never have been discovered otherwise. (See Super Mario 64 low% runs for an example.)
I hate Major Skip speedruns, whether they're TAS or not. (I also hate when speedrun communities claim major skips aren't, like with Shadow Complex and Z-position skips through locked doors and barriers.)
@nightarix: Hacking the game like that would actually invalidate a TAS. What you COULD do is save state before every question, so you always get it right on your "first" try.
TAS > regular speedruns, in terms of enjoyment at least. Also it's always great watching all the kind of things that theoretically can be done on the game engine that get showcased on TAS. Go ahead and tell me this isn't entertaining (spoiler, you can't): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjm8P8utT5g
Other than ingesting what would likely be flouride toothpaste and causing all sorts of medical problems for Jane, would her farts come out minty fresh?
You my friend need to see SGDQ (summer games done quick) or is winter counter part AGDQ (awesome games done quick) both of which are charity live stream events
... and come to think of it... if she decides to have orange juice, a common drink with breakfast foods... ever experienced mint toothpaste and orange juice flavor mix in the mouth?
The flaw with this is the fact that Toothpaste is actually toxic if swallowed in large quantities... leading to... well a whole host of nasty complications for your bowels. Even going so far as to slow heart rate and cause a potential heart attack. I'm not sure you're gonna be speed running too well
You can look up glitchless TAS speed runs. Other speed run that might be intresting is zelda link to the past randomizer speed runs, diffrent every game.
an example of a TAS Speedrun trick is making any "Quiz" mini-games accept the first answer as the correct one, no matter if it's right or wrong.(like the Furnace game near the end of banjo kazooie, normally you'd need to talk to her sister in literally every hub to find all the right answers.)
@tyler jfk: They are basically speedruns where the speedrunner is using additional software outside the game itself in order to alter how the game behaves.
@T: You use a emulator, save states and sometimes other apps to things like pixel perfect jumps and RNG manipulation to make a run no human possibly could.
