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Hero 3 run
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Decision: Accept
Reason: It's an improvement over the current run.
Congratulations to Clayton 'Raoh' Potrzeba!
Hero 3 run
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Video is fine, but there's something funky going on with the audio (specifically just the BGM i guess) at around 0:14 (at the 1 countdown) all the way to the beginning of the credits. It's like the BGM inhaled a bunch of helium or something. (forgive my pitiful audio troubleshooting abilities >_>) It's not a big deal especially in a run as short as this, but it's still a little bit icky. I think it's better for the more advanced techies to determine the problem though. >_>
anyway, onto the run itself. I can't believe it, really. When Raoh and i were conversing on YT about his new Hero 3 records i always thought it was done from pure luck manipulation in the form of crits against the boss. To find out that he didn't get a single crit and STILL got below 12'50" boggles me. It's awesome how a game mode with absurdly strict speedrunning routes can manage to cough up a ton of solutions, and this is the best one yet.
This route not only eliminates some luck manipulation (2 crab fights instead of getting a 2nd scorpion ohko) but also some (apparently) unnecessary fights. It's also amazing how this run can still be improved, though unless a much more optimized route is found, (hard enough as it is) the only room for improvement would be getting crits against the boss.
Definite accept. I really like to see the BGM quality fixed though, being my fave BGM out of the entire game. Half a second improvement is mighty huge for this game, so i declare you the Half-Second hero! *gets shot*
oh and PS. now that i have seen your strat, i shall someday take back the record through cheap thievery and mindshattering luck manipulation, and make a run with all crit hits on the boss! Now if only my PSP's buttons were fixed...
anyway, onto the run itself. I can't believe it, really. When Raoh and i were conversing on YT about his new Hero 3 records i always thought it was done from pure luck manipulation in the form of crits against the boss. To find out that he didn't get a single crit and STILL got below 12'50" boggles me. It's awesome how a game mode with absurdly strict speedrunning routes can manage to cough up a ton of solutions, and this is the best one yet.
This route not only eliminates some luck manipulation (2 crab fights instead of getting a 2nd scorpion ohko) but also some (apparently) unnecessary fights. It's also amazing how this run can still be improved, though unless a much more optimized route is found, (hard enough as it is) the only room for improvement would be getting crits against the boss.
Definite accept. I really like to see the BGM quality fixed though, being my fave BGM out of the entire game. Half a second improvement is mighty huge for this game, so i declare you the Half-Second hero! *gets shot*
oh and PS. now that i have seen your strat, i shall someday take back the record through cheap thievery and mindshattering luck manipulation, and make a run with all crit hits on the boss! Now if only my PSP's buttons were fixed...
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Yeah, I noticed the audio problem too. It's actually present right at the start of the video too - it sounds like the audio was encoded in -really- low quality or something. It... as said, it's really notable and really unfavourable. It's my major complaint but that might just be the verification quality copy.
I'm also not a fan of the couple-second-long stop in town; even if it's not Hero 30 Hard Mode, nor is it on the timer, it still looks kind of silly! And finally, although I'm not entirely sure just how hard it is to pull off this run (I really ought to try this route out myself), I can't help but wonder if it would be worth luck manipulating at least one critical hit for the boss, but I'm really not sure how much that'll actually save you?
...BUT, with that said, that doesn't change the fact that holy hell this is fast and really well done. As stated previously, I'd like to see a version with better quality audio.
Oh, and no cheating detected.
My vote is for accepting.
I'm also not a fan of the couple-second-long stop in town; even if it's not Hero 30 Hard Mode, nor is it on the timer, it still looks kind of silly! And finally, although I'm not entirely sure just how hard it is to pull off this run (I really ought to try this route out myself), I can't help but wonder if it would be worth luck manipulating at least one critical hit for the boss, but I'm really not sure how much that'll actually save you?
...BUT, with that said, that doesn't change the fact that holy hell this is fast and really well done. As stated previously, I'd like to see a version with better quality audio.
Oh, and no cheating detected.
My vote is for accepting.
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its tight manip and its an accept.
Decision: Accept
Reason: It's an improvement over the current run.
Congratulations to Clayton 'Raoh' Potrzeba!
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