The Contra Conference: Stage 2 - August 9th

Working DK

2013-08-15 04:05:12 pm

^ Play outside?

But that would be preposterous...

Heidrage

Mr. K

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Mr. K: 2013-08-16 02:58:33 pm

2013-08-16 02:54:06 pm

Willing to teach you the impossible

Contra 4 Coop Any% in 24:14. 23 seconds faster than 1p. Grats to zallard1 and Mayor K.

Side note: due to the tech side of doing a coop ds game, we were unable to stream, must have both ds's plunged into a wall, the hosting player mush not be generating a second video source (the one capturing), and they must have both ds's within 2 feet of one another. This all was discovered during attempts to prevent any lag and make the game speedrunable. It was also discovered that sacrificing a goat and putting its blood over the mantle of the fire place and door posts during a full moon also helped prevent lag. Thanks to blat for doing that for us.

Greenalink

2013-08-16 05:07:12 pm

DS Dictator

The first DS co-op speed run ever as well!
Does it show the other player's status on just one DS, as if it was a console game?

Working DK

2013-08-16 06:47:58 pm

Quote from Heidrage:

Contra 4 Coop Any% in 24:14. 23 seconds faster than 1p. Grats to zallard1 and Mayor K.

It was also discovered that sacrificing a goat and putting its blood over the mantle of the fire place and door posts during a full moon also helped prevent lag. Thanks to blat for doing that for us.

I told you that would work.

zallard1

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zallard1: 2013-08-16 07:39:40 pm

zallard1: 2013-08-16 07:26:38 pm

zallard1: 2013-08-16 07:25:58 pm

2013-08-16 07:20:32 pm

B+Left, Left, Up+B, ★

Quote from Greenalink:

The first DS co-op speed run ever as well!
Does it show the other player's status on just one DS, as if it was a console game?

No unfortunately, but we had to make a sacrifice so that the game lagged less, and capturing from both systems would stress out the host's DS. It doesn't matter too much though; all you're missing is the weapons that I'm holding and how many lives I have. The weapons I hold are pretty obvious since me and K are constantly using and switching them.

Right now Heidman and K are in the super early planning stages for Super C low%. They'll stream sometime tonight with probably audio commentary for Contra 4 with Sean Velasco, one of the devs from YachtClubGames (previously worked for WayForward)!

In the meantime, here's the Contra 4 run if anyone if curious.

ZenicReverie

2013-08-17 10:05:10 am

Waiting hurts my soul...

Never seen the game, but that run looks impressive. Never thought I'd see a co-op DS run.

Working DK

2013-08-17 12:31:49 pm

Quote from ZenicReverie:

Never seen the game, but that run looks impressive. Never thought I'd see a co-op DS run.

The Contra Conference produces amazing results!

Mr. K

2013-08-18 03:32:59 pm

Yes

Hi everyone! We're winding down the conference now. We finished Super C Co-op low % this morning. We took a stab at Contra Any %, but the fatigue was starting to set in. We'll be restreaming our runs at about 7 PM EDT.

Mr. K

2013-08-18 05:49:56 pm

Yes

Update: We're running a bit late so we'll start the restream in about half an hour.

garik16

2013-08-18 06:08:44 pm

:-( No stream today. Sadness. Looking forward to the restream.

Mr. K

2013-08-18 07:11:15 pm

Yes

Sorry about the delay! We're going live now!

Saint Connor

2013-08-18 10:15:15 pm

Thanks for the conference guys. Was awesome to watch!