This is the fastest time since the release of v2.6 (which had a bunch of additions and changes that slowed down the speedrun for everyone) so we're calling this the new world record speedrun in this post-v2.6 era. This was played on v2.6.3.6 Alpha.

Nitram came on to the scene very quickly getting sub-2 hour runs with a totally different strategy than we've been doing. Previously we were focusing on running past everything as quickly as possible and hacking all computers in our path. But Nitram starts the game with lots of looting, more careful combat with less deaths, and typically not getting the Computer skill until the end of the game or not at all! In this run he got Computer skill right at the very end (1:38:57 in the video) because of Silo. I guess since he found the computer right away he didn't have time to find the datacube before finding the computer.

It is yet to be seen if the minimal, run past everything approach can beat this time in v2.6+, we will have to wait and see if other runners attempt it or follow this strategy. But it is exciting to have such a shakeup in the meta, and it seems the Randomizer is currently balanced enough to allow these completely different strategies to be viable even for the speedrun.

The previous world record was 1:28:02 by Ramisme in v2.5.4, about 5 months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN7GkIGILwk

(And yes, we have our own version of LiveSplit built right into the game’s HUD. It autosplits and removes load times.)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/148884

HN Discussion

New world record of 33m 39s 350ms, beating the 33m 45s 550ms from 11 months ago by maibaRTA

I know this community for UT99 but I thought this community might want to see this or know about the new community !ut2k4_crowdcontrol@lemmy.mods4ever.com

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/12903180

New Crowd Control mutator for UT2004 by TheAstropath

https://mods4ever.com/

New Crowd Control mutator for UT2004 by TheAstropath

https://mods4ever.com/

Doom 2 Map 01 Pacifist in 0:04.97 by 4shockblast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm9aT2p7KxI

Trilobyte:

Trilobyte mourns the passing of Robert Stein III who left this world on January 17 of this year.

Rob was an integral part of the innovative creation of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour. We were incredibly lucky that he came into our lives, bringing his great talent with him. He will always be respected and admired by anyone who had the good fortune of having known and worked with him.

Jonathan Sposato:

rest in peace brother. robert stein III was the first ever art director at banana republic back when their catalogs were hand drawn by him in a marin county studio. he was also the co-creator of the epic hit game “7th guest” and it’s even bigger followup “11th Hour.” i first met him when i was a young teen making computer games, where he was my slightly older colleague at ‘Virgin Mastertronic’, an offshoot of richard branson’s ‘Virgin Records.' he taught me so much about ‘suggesting detail where there isn’t any.’ years later after college when i started my first games company, i hired rob to be our senior art director, where he routinely regaled us with stories about his run-in’s with special effects greats phil tippett or ray harryhausen. he once lived amongst one of the most untouched pre-industrial humans, the trobriand islanders, during a once every 75 year solar eclipse because he simply wanted to experience what they would experience. he traded drawings for food and lived among them for months. it was said that the founders of banana republic mel and patricia ziegler hired him on the spot, sans portfolio, because he was the very vision of the wanderlust adventurer they sought to sell the idea of. the son of a decorated fighter ace and cold war spy robert k. stein, rob was born for adventure. when i had occasion to go to africa, he once warned; “if your flight has to divert to uganda, do not get off. my dad and i were once held at gunpoint by idi amin’s henchmen in entebbe…”

thru out the years, rob and i ended up working together on and off in parallel careers at microsoft where he designed almost all the iconography for Windows Vista, while i putzed around in the consumer division and xbox. a few years later i tried to recruit him to be a part of my startup, he refused. after selling that one i gave him another shot and he refused again. when i visited him in hospice he laughed; “goddamn it sposato you should have done a better job talking me into those!” to which i replied; “robert you’ve lived 3 lives in the span of my one. no regrets man. no regrets.” and he truly had none.

after a brave fight, rob succumbed to cancer on Jan 17th of this year. he is survived by his beautiful, delightful, and very funny wife Summie Aoki-Stein, an accomplished flight attendant speaking multiple languages who has many great stories of her own. i am grateful my friend was in great care by such a loving partner. his ashes are with the beach and sea in his favorite spot on earth; kailua beach in oahu, hawaii. you can visit rob virtually thru his gorgeous illustrations at https://www.instagram.com/robertsteiniii?igsh=MW1lNGo4NHJsamhibQ==

you will be missed robert...

omg a new 3h45m video from Pannenkoek

the highlights are some pictures of Robert Hirschboeck as various characters https://rhstauf.tripod.com/photo2.html

and an interview from 1996 done over AOL chat, in character as Henry Stauf https://rhstauf.tripod.com/interview.html

Starting 5 hours from this post

Afeeeca steam: https://play.afreecatv.com/gslenglish/262025972

YouTube stream (limited screen size): https://www.youtube.com/live/r5SE70sYCVk

Preview: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/623656-code-s-ro4-and-finals-preview-stats-hero-maru-cure

TL discussion thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/623663-gsl-2024-code-ss1-grand-finals-day

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_1#Playoffs

Source: https://www.scummvm.org/news/20240407/

Apr 7, 2024: When facing the Curse of the Sun God, sunscreen won't save you

Posted by gu3

Total Eclipse, a real-time, curse-breaking, 3D adventure (with a dash of Indiana Jones flair), is ready for public testing!

Originally unleashed by Incentive Software Ltd. in 1988, Total Eclipse added yet another groundbreaking title to their repertoire of revolutionary games.

Step into the shoes of a heroic archeologist on October 26, 1930, as a total solar eclipse akin to the one happening today over North America looms over Cairo. Knowing of the Ardognus prophecy, created by the powerful high priest Hahmid III, you must find and destroy the hidden shrine devoted to Ra before the eclipse occurs.

Embark on this exciting journey packed with a trusty gun for blasting through doors or dispatching undead mummies; a compass to guide you through a treacherous pyramid; a wristwatch to track the precious time left; and a water bottle to fight dehydration (you’re only human after all).

Can you solve this ancient mystery within 120 minutes and avert catastrophe, or will Rah's wrath obliterate the moon?

Our modern reimplementation of the Freescape engine features graphics using hardware mode (OpenGL) at arbitrary resolution. The initial Total Eclipse support includes DOS (EGA/CGA modes), ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC. More releases are coming at a later date. Additionally, there are three playable demos if you want to test the game. Please contact us if you have some other release or demo.

To play any of these supported releases, you will need a daily development build. As always, please submit your bug reports to our issue tracker.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8404225