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Re:I thought I made a hard game and then speedrunners destro... by bscphil on Monday July 01, 2019 @09:09PM (#20331242)
> un-taught and unintended tech like ultra dashes and demodashes

These are the things I had in mind. It's quite astonishing to see a TAS or even some runners skip straight through an obstacle or jump off of a spike.

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Re:I thought I made a hard game and then speedrunners destro... by rcthompson on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @12:25AM (#20332122)
I guess I don't understand how it takes away from the casual experience when challenges in a game can be skipped through strategies that you would never even think of in a casual playthrough. Does the existence of a 17:01 world record for Ocarina of Time Any% that skips 95% of the game via a wrong warp make the game not worth playing casually?
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