3. TAS speedrunning
Maps could be created with TAS in mind, leaving room open for ridiculous strats that would otherwise be near-impossible. And since everyone would have the tool, everyone would be on even ground and it would come down to creativity, not consistency and execution. What always amazed me the most with Casual's runs was the creativity of the strats, not the execution of the strats. People would never have tried some of the things he did in his runs because they were too risky to do during a good run. However, since everyone could use the tool in a TAS run, new possibilities would be open and people would be limited only by their creativity and the game itself, not necessarily how consistently then can grind out a jump.
There are even more possibilities than the ones listed here, such as co-op TAS running in segments and other things that would have previously been impossible, but I'll save those for later. For now, I'd just like to thank Casual for revolutionizing jumping.
Good points Obsidiian, especially 2. and 3. Also, I have to admit, I really believed in these runs, but as others have said: Thanks for being honest in the end Casual.
Firstly. The whole point of speedrunning a map is to see how fast you can complete it. How consistent you are to complete the map. Not how lucky you are. If you throw consistency out of the equation, all the hard work to gain speedshot consistency, sync consistency is all thrown away. And also, TAS running will also mean how lucky you are, nothing else. Creativity will hit a ceiling before you know it and it just comes down to luck after that. Also, i didn't see any creative strats in casuals runs just hard as fuck strats. Creativity is the reason why JOTW exists is it not? I don't think it will revolutionize jumping. If TAS its not contained properly, the exact opposite would happen.
There is no way. Absolutely, no way this can be contained if it gets out. Cheaters will cheat, get forced back. See what went wrong, improve the system, and repeat. Eventually, we
may will never be able to tell. Casual was open about it, and I'm so glad he was. But there will be plenty of people like Raiin who won't be. And when people get caught, they can just make a different account, get the
free game, get the
free downloadable software, and do it fucking over again. This is a serious dilemma, because making a TAS map sounds like a shitload of fun.
