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  1. NO LEVELS EARLY TAS - FAQ
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  5. What is a TAS?
  6. - A TAS (Tool-Assisted Speedrun/Superplay) is a series of inputs which generate a speedrun, often with the goal being optimising the time. The person creating the TAS can go into the game, frame by frame, and optimise the inputs to a precision which would not be reasonable for RTA.
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  10. Is this going to be posted on TASVideos?
  11. - Yes
  12. - As such, no Black & White TBS previews. Sorry!
  13. - Link: http://tasvideos.org/7165S.html
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  17. What are the rules for "No Levels Early"?
  18. - This TAS is based off the RTA speedrunning community ruleset for "No Levels Early". The ruleset as defined by the RTA community is as follows:
  19. - No entering a lobby without opening it in K Lumsy
  20. - No entering a level without removing the B. Locker
  21. - For the TAS, I have refrained from any Out of Bounds usage around B. Locker or any hitbox abuse glitches to remain as true to this as possible.
  22. - Must defeat all bosses (defined as an enemy that spawns a key) and K. Rool
  23. - No GB Duping
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  27. Who authored the TAS?
  28. - Ballaam (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvVX57cp0B-bVCB09LWnjhw)
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  32. What is the rerecord count?
  33. - 401,801
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  37. Doesn't a TAS start from a clean cart?
  38. - TASVideos does allow dirty cart starts as long as two conditions are fulfilled:
  39. - You provide a movie file that generates the dirty cart state that the run begins from (The one for this TAS is here: http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/72383502725437755 )
  40. - There is satisfactory justification for using dirty cart (In this case, the run is more entertaining),
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  44. What is the difference between this TAS and the 2017 LOTAD?
  45. - Outside of optimisation (LOTAD = Low-Optimised Tool-Assisted Demonstration. AKA a less optimised TAS), more is known about two critical glitches you will see a lot in this run:
  46. - Spawn Snagging (AKA obtaining a puzzle golden banana early): When the 2017 LOTAD was made, this was a very new trick (discovered half-way into making the LOTAD). The scale of the trick wasn't fully known, several setups were unknown, and the back half of the 2017 LOTAD had to be rerouted to account for the trick. In the TAS, we have a larger depth of knowledge on this trick, and the route has been shifted to account for this.
  47. - Phase walking (AKA looking at a wall to go through it): Again, this trick was relatively new when the 2017 LOTAD was made, and the route didn't fully take advantage of some of the benefits that phasewalking does bring. We also know a more optimised series of inputs now which means every phasewalk is super fast.
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  51. Who is Kiwi?
  52. - No-one knows. Ask the cockatoo.
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