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For anyone non-familiar with the nomenclature. TAS stands for "Tool-ASsisted" run, which means running the game on a special emulator and playing it with additi
by M4v3R 11y ago
For anyone non-familiar with the nomenclature. TAS stands for "Tool-ASsisted" run, which means running the game on a special emulator and playing it with additional help of features like save-states, slowing the time down or even inserting input frame-by-frame. The emulator keeps track of controller input for every frame and then is able to "playback" it so it appears as it would be normally played by a super-skilled player.
While some consider TAS runs as "cheated", they have their own niché, because usually they are pretty entertaining, showing what can be achieved in the game that's otherwise not possible in real-time runs, showcasing game glitches, and so on.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> TAS stands for "Tool-ASsisted" run I was under the impression TAS stood for Tool Assisted Speedrun.
- mburns 11y agoNot all TAS videos are speedruns, some just rely on the incredibly intricate controls made possible by Tools. This level only exists to be run as a TAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRQjaOhwGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRQjaOhwGM
- thaumasiotes 11y agoSo? That doesn't change what TAS stands for. Saying it's "Tool ASsisted" is wrong. If someone referred to, oh, Paris Hilton's dog as a VIP, would you really want to make the argument that VIP actually stood for "Very ImPortant"?
- egypturnash 11y agoThe about page of TASVideos.org now defines the term as "Tool-Assisted Superplays". I'm pretty sure that is a re-definition of an acronym that began life as "Tool-Assisted Speedrun". It's worth noting that the video you linked to talks a lot about "saving frames" in its description - not something anyone would care about if speed wasn't still a thing on their mind.
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- sp332 11y ago"Niche" is a French word, but even in French it doesn't have an accent (and you don't pronounce the e at all).
- bencollier49 11y agoniché is the past participle of Nicher, to nest. https://xkcd.com/326/ https://xkcd.com/326/ ?
- sp332 11y agoI can't find it used as a noun anywhere.