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Wikkity! / Videos

« on: January 01, 2006, 12:13:05 pm »

All I did for my vids was point a digital camera at a TV.  They were low-quality, but at least it was something.  It's better than nothing, so try it and see what happens.

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Gaming and Grazing / ITT MK:DS rox

« on: December 30, 2005, 04:11:38 pm »

^You could always play at a hotspot, if you don't mind french fry grease on your DS or having hot coffee spilt on you.

Anyways, I'm ready.  My code is
438149
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Post a code, post when you're available, and post whether you snake/SSMT or not, and I'll be ready.

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Gaming and Grazing / ITT MK:DS rox

« on: December 28, 2005, 11:01:12 am »

Give me a week to unlock everything, and I'll be online.  Anybody else?

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 12, 2005, 05:23:40 pm »

I just got one to go through.  I'll see how many more I can send before my connection gives way.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 11, 2005, 02:03:14 pm »

My e-mail's down; it might take a day or two.

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News and Updates / New submissions system

« on: December 10, 2005, 08:20:45 pm »

I like it?  I haven't been around long enough to say just how good or bad the old system was, but this seemed pretty easy.  I didn't have to worry about accidentally entering scores in the commentary section (which I do almost every time I submit), so I entered all 121 of my SA2:B times with no typos.  I'm going to like this, I can tell.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 10, 2005, 04:21:31 pm »

Alright, all seven have been sent.  Five are MPEGs, one is an AVI, and the last is a WMV.  I had to convert two to different formats because they were over 20 MB.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 10, 2005, 03:10:46 pm »

Sorry it's taking so long.  My anti-virus insists on making sure that I'm not sending anything harmful.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 10, 2005, 01:27:50 pm »

I haven't gotten them. If you indeed sent to rolken@soniccenter.org, you might want to try hitting up SM instead, or uploading.

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I sent them to the e-mail in your profile, not that one.  I'm not sure if they went through, because my computer nearly crashed after sending seven attachments.  In a few minutes I'll send them to the address you just gave me, as seven separate e-mails this time.  Delete my last mail since the vids are probably corrupted now.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 09, 2005, 02:52:55 pm »

I sent them to Rolken's e-mail.  If I'm supposed to send them to somewhere else, let me know.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 09, 2005, 01:42:46 pm »

Okay, I'll e-mail them to you.  One thing, though: the vids are MPEGs.  Should I convert them to WMVs like the other ones?

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 08, 2005, 03:49:22 pm »

If the larger vids are better quality, you can send them too. Might as well have all the options.

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I think the Techno Tower 5 vid was the only one that suffered serious quality loss, but the submissions page won't take vids over 2 MB, so I can't make them too much bigger.  That's why I only did short levels.  I've seen 14 MB vids on the site; how did they get submitted?  The FAQ said "upload directly", but didn't go into any detail.

Oh, and the link to the Amazing Arena 1 vid is dead.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 06, 2005, 06:38:32 pm »

Alright, I've got seven vids online now.  I scaled the file sizes on most of them down fourteen-fold (28 MB to 2 MB was the largest), and they didn't become unwatchable, which is pretty good.  That odd "dark bar" effect Rolken mentioned happened once or twice, but it wasn't too bad.  I plan to do more vids this way in the future.

BTW, the Botanic Base 2 vid uses the low exit, not the high one.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 05, 2005, 02:20:58 pm »

Thanks for that.  I'm still going to try using a camera; you can see where I slipped up in the vid since I can't use a keyboard well.  Better than nothing, though.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 05, 2005, 01:42:46 pm »

I don't know if triple posts are frowned upon, but... here's a triple post.

I uploaded a video, but when I went to play it back, I received a 404 error.  That, and the vid showed up under Speed Slider 4 when it should have been under Speed Slider 1.  How can I have the mistake corrected, and does anyone else get a 404 error?

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 04, 2005, 07:27:26 pm »

Alright, I have an okay vid now, only three seconds off of how I would do on the actual 32X version.  The submissions page says Rolken and SadisticMystic are the ones to talk to about getting validated for videos, and the FAQ says to ask in the forum.  Both Rolken and SM have posted here, so I guess I should just wait until one of then stops by.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 04, 2005, 05:39:25 pm »

I've found a way to record without abusing the free trial on Camtasia.  I'm using HyperCam, but since it seems to record external sound only, I placed a microphone next to the computer.  It would have been a nice recording if my brother wasn't beating on his drums.

I still want to try using a camera, though.  With a keyboard it took me eleven seconds longer to beat Speed Slider 4 (25 seconds rather than 14 seconds).

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 04, 2005, 02:45:54 pm »

I won't know unless I try.  The worst case scenario isn't exactly bad:  I'll adjust to using a keyboard, play the ROM, and record it.  I don't think my times will be as good with a keyboard, but at least the poeple who have no clue what this game looks like can get a glimpse.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 04, 2005, 12:03:26 pm »

If I can avoid it, I'd rather not use a ROM.  That, and I don't have $300 to spend once the free trial on Camtasia Studio expires.  I've seen a few vids taken by cameras for Sonic Adventure 2, and they turned out okay.  It seems easier to record it, put the memory card in my PC, and upload it.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 03, 2005, 06:11:40 pm »

Yeah, but I won't feel satisfied with that title until I've got the best total time (why does total time count twice?).  I'm a minute or two behind.

I'd love to see some Chaotix TA vids.

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I figured somebody would want to see.  I've got to see if my parents will let me use their camera.  Then I've got to make sure that everyone can view whatever format the camera records in.  If all of that goes alright, I'll try to get verified and post the vids.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 03, 2005, 01:57:12 pm »

Yeah, I know nobody cares to TA Chaotix, but I've been kind of addicted to it lately.  I can't really explain why, but it's probably just because it's different.  That, and records are easy to come by with some luck.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 02, 2005, 03:57:32 pm »

Now the home page is saying that there's only one champ again.  This is going to happen whenever I submit a time, isn't it?  I'm scared to actually knock someone down to #2...

*notices mike89's sniper rifles on left*
*notices SadisticMystic's rifles on right*
*cowers in fear*

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: December 01, 2005, 06:46:17 pm »

Heh... I beat three records, and as a result, you're now the champ at Chaotix, SadisticMystic.  Feel free to enjoy that warm, fuzzy feeling.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: November 30, 2005, 07:45:06 pm »

Thanks.

I asked about time becuase there's a door in Speed Slider 4 that is unlocked at sunset but not at night.  With it open, I used Mighty and Espio to clear the level in 15"05, which I'll post in the rankings soon.  If I wasn't so lazy, I'd get verified for uploading videos and submit a vid.  Some people are probably itching to see Chaotix.

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Competition Central / Question about rankings on Chaotix

« on: November 30, 2005, 06:18:44 pm »

Are there any rules regarding the team I use or the time of day?  I know I can't use a team that can only be made via stage select, but I want to make sure that there's not some "understood" rule that's not posted.

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Hiya Folks / New Here...

« on: November 17, 2005, 05:17:16 pm »

I just joined today (the 17th).  I've been checking out the records here for months and never though I could break those records.  But here I am, months later, and I'm close, so I figured, "Why not give it a shot?"

One question, though:  I read through the rules, and it says not to use Time Attack for Sonic Jam, for obvious reasons.  But I can still use the "original" mode if I turn off Sonic 1 Spin Dash?  The flash save feature seems too good to pass up when I'm going for a best time.