Insane Difficulty: Mini-Contest Idea - Insane Difficulty

Well, you certainly took the "leap of faith" part literally.

I also find it funny how you took the time to conform to the Rename Card rule despite the fact that it was a joke video.

Lockirby2, on 17 January 2015 - 07:35 AM, said:

Despite it was a joke, it was still a joke submission, so i followed the rule

Well, it's past the deadline technically, but I forgot to post the seven day warning like a dummy, so I'll post it now and give another week.

Sega and Jackimus, are you still planning on submitting? I know that both of you are busy, busy, busy, so I'm not expecting anything, but I figured I'd ask.

I gotta finish NT 1.3 bud.

Sega Chief, on 13 February 2015 - 09:18 PM, said:

Too bad, i must say this task was the one i enjoyed most...

TBH I completely forgot about this. I have a run I did close to a month ago using not the strat I envisioned, but that'll have to do. I'll PM it.

Sega Chief, on 13 February 2015 - 09:18 PM, said:

I figured as much.

Next results video is ready!



I hate it how my video editor cuts off the audio at the end sometimes if there's no video to go with it. I was really just thanking everybody for participating. I also mentioned that Jackimus lost about ten seconds for renaming his characters. Since he deliberately asked me about it whether making in depth names was necessary, it's clear that he knew that he didn't need to do that. So my guess is that Jackimus was adding flavour for fun (despite the time loss), this was a consequence of this being an old run that he didn't originally expect to submit, or he made this run before asking me about it.

This intro feels a little too long for such a short challenge, but that was necessary to explain some things that will not require explaining again. I shortened it slightly by bumping up the speed by 10% though.

If you're ready Jackimus, go for it!

Since I have a unmodded ROM waiting for an upcoming update to RotDS, thought "sure, why not?" The puzzle solving aspect of these challenges appeals to me.

I had a lot of fun doing this. Speed was secondary to fun for me; I willingly spend around 60 seconds with theme naming. Was grinning like a maniac during that part.

LoveColorMagic, on 21 February 2015 - 02:00 PM, said:

Glad to hear it! That's actually (to some extent) how I tend to play it as well. If my strat requires some luck to work at all I generally grind out the luck to get it to work, but if I have already done a run that worked out somewhat I generally don't continue resetting until I get one less random encounter.

Good job everyone!

For the curious the better strat I cam up with was only the two poison rods like everyone else, but then after learning exploder find a fossil fang formation on the empire continent and have Bone zombie celes at stupid low odds. Of course, I didn't think to just proc the poison rod at cyan or mog to save the looong trip through kohlingen in here.

Also neat tricks used, the sketching of exploder, and the revivified gau. Gotta check out LCM's run too in a moment here.

Yeah, save file's close to ready, should hopefully have it ready by monday.

Jackimus, on 21 February 2015 - 04:59 PM, said:

Oh, yeah, you did tell me that. Apparently I was just being silly and I forgot it. 0_o

no worries. after a quick thought comparing routes, the overall optimal strat is probably:

Pick Strago, relm, Gau, Celes.

Buy a revivify on the airship.

Fight a single bomb formation. sketch exploder.

Fight a fossilfang formation, need the double or one with the insect enemies.

Gau rages undead, Celes tosses revivify, strago explodes on an enemy.

Pray Bone connects.

Could probably sub 2 mins at a guess.

The funniest part is that doesn't use Poison rods (the central tenet of all the posted strats) at all. Although it would be luck-reliant as all get out.

Lockirby2, on 21 February 2015 - 05:20 PM, said:

Dunno... While planning a strategy i remember i tried for an insane amount of time with speed up button and only Celes alive to get Zombie status... it never hit me, trust me if i tell you it was easier to get a megalixir from Intangir, doing 3xBar with slot and picking up Ragnarok esper among random espers... trying slot only once.

Great job, LCM!

I tried for a while during testing to get it to work as well. I was definitely holding that 30x speed button for a while. Might as well go attempt a level 8 single segment speedrun of Dragon Warrior at that rate. It would definitely be the TAS strat of choice though.

THE HART TROPHY

This one may be a tad longer than the last couple of these. Then again, we've been surprised before...

Save file: http://s000.tinyuplo...743836945866672

The world has been saved by Our Heroes ™. All is well, everyone is happy as can be, through Locke's efforts Umaro is finally a free... sasquatch... and etc.

However, one very important member of the gang has issues that need resolving. He (we think he's a he, at least) doesn't feel quite like he measures up to the heroics of his fellow adventurers. His name?

Gogo.

Though the role he played in this quest cannot be understated, his label of jack of all trades- master of none has him feeling down. He only got 50,000 gil out of the team's stash too! Only Gau got less money from the airship treasury (he insisted on being paid in Meat). In his desire to prove to himself to be more than merely mediocre, and get a better salary, he recently mimicked Kefka's Light of Judgement and was able to wipe out the neighboring galaxy of Alpha Centauri- quite a bit more impressive than making a mess of Mobliz. Thrilled at this development, Gogo isn't stopping there- he's out to prove to his friends once and for all that he was the true MVP all along: anything they can do, HE can do better.

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Gogo must prove his superiority once and for all!

UNLOCK 9 OF THE FOLLOWING ACHEIVEMENTS:

SPELLBOUND: Outdamage Terra via casting the same spell in the same battle.

THE HEIST: Steal a more valuable item (via selling price in gil) than Locke in the same battle.

TOOLMAN: Outdamage Edgar using the same tool in the same battle.

SUPER SAIYAN: Outdamage Sabin using the same blitz in the same battle.

CY YOUNG: Outdamage Shadow via throwing the same weapon in the same battle. Skeans are forbidden.

BOOZEHOUND: Recover more MP via absorbing a spell than Celes in the same battle.

LAUNCELOT: Outdamage Cyan using the same Bushido in the same Battle.

SAGE OF RAGE: Outdamage Gau using the same Rage special (the move that isn't just the Fight commandl) in the same battle.

JACKPOT!: Outdamage Setzer via gambling in the same battle (dice, slots, etc, but must be same type of gambling). Lagomorph or Joker Doom do not count.

THE WALL: Take less damage than Mog from an enemy physical attack in the same battle.

WISEMAN: Outdamage Strago using the same Lore spell in the same battle.

MOVING PICTURES: Outdamage Relm by sketching the same type of enemy in the same battle.

TERRIBLE TED: Out-muscle Umaro using a physical attack in the same battle.

Rules!

-No changing equipment or row for any party member not named Gogo. Airship guy is forbidden.
-For the damage objectives, the party member's move must NOT miss, do 0 or negative damage.
-Damage related objectives also cannot target your own team, since their defenses are much better than most monsters. No easy outs!
-Gogo, obviously, must never be left on the airship.
-You can (and probably should) attempt to accomplish multiple objectives in the same battle.
-For multi-hit and multi-target attacks, only the highest damage displayed matters. If the attack is multitargetted, Gogo must multitarget also.
-No sketch glitch. 99 Illuminas, among others, really defeats the purpose of most of these.
-As a continuity nod, and although he isn't wearing them, you are forbidden from touching Edgar's Golden Helmet and Armour, and nobody but Edgar may drink the lone Elixir in inventory.
-Anything unsure of send me a PM! there's probably something stupid I missed or something, I dunno

We'll leave it open for submissions until March 21st! Good luck folks.

Quick rule clarification:

-Order of actions does not matter, Gogo can go first or second. All that matters is both actions occur in the same battle with other specifications/limitations given and Gogo does it better.

Clarification no. 2: To beat Umaro, I want a physical attack from the Fight command. I thought this was implied, but a couple people weren't sure so here y'go.

I love the whoosing noise deadlines make as they fly by. I'll extend this to Saturday March 29th since I am a fool and forgot to give the 1 week warning.