My feelings on The Demon Rush
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Patrick 'PJ' DiCesare's Lee brother run
Verifier Responses
Decision: Accept
Reason: It's an improvement over the previous run.
Patrick 'PJ' DiCesare's Lee brother run
Verifier Responses
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A/V - Good
Cheating - Nothing I notice
The pointed out all the really nit picky stuff. So I will assume they will know what needs to be improved and what does not. So with that said, not much to say really. The run has some great new strats. But it looked rather rough. I can see this being ran again with cleaner play by the runner or another runner and being replaced rather quickly. But it is still overall better than the current run.
I give this a weaker accept. Not a weak accept though. A step higher than that.
Cheating - Nothing I notice
The pointed out all the really nit picky stuff. So I will assume they will know what needs to be improved and what does not. So with that said, not much to say really. The run has some great new strats. But it looked rather rough. I can see this being ran again with cleaner play by the runner or another runner and being replaced rather quickly. But it is still overall better than the current run.
I give this a weaker accept. Not a weak accept though. A step higher than that.
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The sound and video quality are good. The actual gameplay is sometimes weak but considering the game and the difficulty I think you can let it slide. He dies a few times, he does this to skip some parts but there are still deaths that look unnecessary. There is no cheating.
I would accept based on the difficulty of the game.
I would accept based on the difficulty of the game.
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Audio and video ok, no cheating detected. This run is around 45 seconds faster than Evil_Guru's effort.
* The new run starts out slower and is at some point in level 3 almost 10 seconds behind the new run. It's not easy to keep track of exactly where the time is lost as both runs are generous when it comes to mistakes (it should be mentioned that considering the nature of this game, it's to some extent understandable).
* Level 4 is where most of the improvement is done. The new run is around 40 seconds faster thanks to much more aggressive playing.
* Level 5 is a battle back and forth between the two runs on who makes the most mistakes. Getting behind during the level, the new run executes a clinical boss fight and ends up a one or two seconds ahead.
* Both runs perform about equally in level 6, but the new run saves a few seconds by running to the exit without waiting for the electric barriers to align.
* Level 7 is short and without serious mistakes in both runs. The new run gets a very good first combo on the Dark Queen and ends the fight a couple of seconds before the old run.
Timing: The first movement appear on frame 1821 and the last hit on the Dark Queen is inflicted on frame 78596. Provided my reference points are correct, that would mean a time of 21.19.
Recommendation : More aggressive strategies and being a second cleaner here and there pay off. The new run deserves a spot on sda and I therefore recommend to accept it. There is still a lot of time to shave though. I'd say sub 21 minutes is a realistic goal for the next challenger who steps up. If one of the super players here would take it on, maybe even down towards mid 20 would be achievable.
* The new run starts out slower and is at some point in level 3 almost 10 seconds behind the new run. It's not easy to keep track of exactly where the time is lost as both runs are generous when it comes to mistakes (it should be mentioned that considering the nature of this game, it's to some extent understandable).
* Level 4 is where most of the improvement is done. The new run is around 40 seconds faster thanks to much more aggressive playing.
* Level 5 is a battle back and forth between the two runs on who makes the most mistakes. Getting behind during the level, the new run executes a clinical boss fight and ends up a one or two seconds ahead.
* Both runs perform about equally in level 6, but the new run saves a few seconds by running to the exit without waiting for the electric barriers to align.
* Level 7 is short and without serious mistakes in both runs. The new run gets a very good first combo on the Dark Queen and ends the fight a couple of seconds before the old run.
Timing: The first movement appear on frame 1821 and the last hit on the Dark Queen is inflicted on frame 78596. Provided my reference points are correct, that would mean a time of 21.19.
Recommendation : More aggressive strategies and being a second cleaner here and there pay off. The new run deserves a spot on sda and I therefore recommend to accept it. There is still a lot of time to shave though. I'd say sub 21 minutes is a realistic goal for the next challenger who steps up. If one of the super players here would take it on, maybe even down towards mid 20 would be achievable.
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I time a 21:22 (start of control at Level 1, end at last hit on DQ).
Runner's comments should be edited to include Damurdoc's run (runner is probably fairly new and didn't know about his).
Runner is behind the preceding run until the mine dumping in Level 4 and stays in front for the rest of the run.
I can respect the death abuse on Level 3 since the improvement is obvious, but there appeared to be a couple of suicides that were unnecessary before them. I am aware of the flame glitch (the TAS did it as well and it's only a graphical glitch).
Level 5: Best - Robo - Manus - Fight - Ever
Tough decision on this one considering the runner was behind the preceding run for the first half of the game. Accepting due to improvement and hope we see a run that has its "A" game from start to finish.
Runner's comments should be edited to include Damurdoc's run (runner is probably fairly new and didn't know about his).
Runner is behind the preceding run until the mine dumping in Level 4 and stays in front for the rest of the run.
I can respect the death abuse on Level 3 since the improvement is obvious, but there appeared to be a couple of suicides that were unnecessary before them. I am aware of the flame glitch (the TAS did it as well and it's only a graphical glitch).
Level 5: Best - Robo - Manus - Fight - Ever
Tough decision on this one considering the runner was behind the preceding run for the first half of the game. Accepting due to improvement and hope we see a run that has its "A" game from start to finish.
Decision: Accept
Reason: It's an improvement over the previous run.
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