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News and Updates / Where We Go From Here

« on: September 07, 2012, 02:34:32 am »

So, naturally, I've seen the thread calling for my head, and consequently Thorn and I went into discussions on the best way to keep TSC moving in a positive direction.

First off, all credit to Thorn; as many have expressed, he's been doing some great things over the last few months, and by all means he should have an increased official role. As I mentioned in the other topic, he's been de facto in charge while my attention has been pulled away, and I have no complaints about him or what he's done. Even if I was more active, I wouldn't have tried to hold him back from getting the marathon going or trying to push more activity in the chat, and his initiative has probably been the brightest spot in the community for the last few months.

With all that said, we don't think there's a need to straight hand the site over to him. I fully support the decisions he's made during my inactivity, and frankly most of the time we're on the same page. So there are changes to be made, and Thorn will get more power, but the more important thing here I think is getting, in general, a more active and interested admin staff, that is prepared to keep the site moving in the positive direction the marathon put it in.

As such, the following will be implemented:
I remain site owner, but Thorn is promoted to lead admin.
Paraxade is promoted to admin.
SpinDashMaster is removed as an admin.

Paraxade gets the nod because I believe he's the kind of interested and motivated person we need to get things back on track. We've had discussions in the past about how to get the community spirit back up; which I hadn't gotten to follow up on but now seems like the right time, and he's the right one for it.

SDM has rarely been around and I can really never be certain of his true level of interest in the site; I can only admit that I was probably mistaken in promoting him.

I think these moves should, in combination, work towards addressing the disappointment some of you've been having with TSC's direction. As inactive as I've been, seeing that there's still some life in TSC after all gives me more motivation to get the site and community back into fighting shape. I hope we can all get the ball rolling on this one!

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: itsPersonnal

« on: October 11, 2011, 01:11:35 pm »

Please show proof of the following times from SA2:

Wild Canyon 3
Pumpkin Hill 3
Crazy Gadget 5
Dry Lagoon 3
Security Hall 3
Cannon's Core 1
Cannon's Core 3

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News and Updates / Poll: Sonic Free Riders Charts

« on: December 03, 2010, 03:41:12 pm »

So Sonic Free Riders has been out for a little while, but there's been little talk of any competition for it, so I want to see if there's any interest for it at all. So, vote in the attached poll, and give your thoughts!

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: letsplaygamesforever

« on: October 24, 2010, 02:01:29 pm »

Please provide videos for the following stats:

Sonic 3:
Marble Garden 1, Knuckles: 0:55
Hydrocity 1, Sonic: 0:57

Sonic & Knuckles:
Flying Battery 1, Sonic: 1:53
Sky Sanctuary, Knuckles 0:59

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News and Updates / Sonic 4 Race

« on: October 15, 2010, 11:45:24 pm »

So I don't have charts up yet. Fail, me. Hope to within a day or two. In the meantime, we're doing a race through Sonic 4 on Saturday the 16th at 9PM Eastern. Be in #tscracenight by then.

And so people are aware, Strong_Bad has been banned for BSing. So if you're wondering why all those leaderships just moved around, it's not a mistake >_>

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News and Updates / Sonic 4 Dated

« on: September 28, 2010, 12:00:45 pm »

So SEGA finally decided to tell us when Sonic 4 is coming out, and surprise! It's in less than 2 weeks. Dates:

iPhone - Oct. 7
WiiWare - Oct. 11
PSN - Oct. 12
XBLA - Oct. 13

The plan is to have charts up later in the day of the Wii release, so we'll all be able to jump right in and fight for the championship!

Furthermore, a special TSC Race Night will be run on the night of October 14th (US time) of just Sonic 4, with a marathon of 1, 2, 3&K and 4 to follow on Saturday if there's enough interest.

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News and Updates / Sonic Adventure released on XBLA

« on: September 15, 2010, 01:39:48 pm »

For those of you who never got a chance to play it on Dreamcast or Gamecube, or if you just feel like spending the money for it again, Sonic Adventure is now available on XBLA. It appears to be a port of the PC version of DX, with most of the DX content removed to get you to buy it as DLC in the future. Wonnnnnderful. Only 800 points though, so if you want to compete in Sonic Adventure now's a good time to start!

Edit: And now available on PSN as well!

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: sa2bsonic101

« on: August 23, 2010, 11:25:00 am »

Please provide proof of the following times. If I indicate (all) on something that you've only partially submitted, just show proof of all from that level that you've submitted thus far:

Sonic Adventure 2 (B):
City Escape (all)
Green Forest (all)
Final Rush (all)
Route 101 (all)

Sonic Unleashed Wii:
Dark Gaia

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity:
Aquatic Capital (TA and Race)

Sonic Advance:
Neo Green Hill 1 & 2 (all)

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: quantumcrash23

« on: April 30, 2010, 01:40:22 am »

Please provide an explanation of the strategy you used to attain the following stat:

Sonic 1:
Labyrinth Zone, Act 1 - Rings: 107

EDIT: This was resolved in the chat, with the determination made that the banhammer had to be used.

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News and Updates / TSC Race Night Returns!

« on: April 01, 2010, 12:00:02 am »

Well it's been several months now, and we all need to get active in the site again, so TSC Race Night will be restarting immediately. How immediately? Tonight! At 8:30PM Eastern Daylight Time, we'll be racing Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis. Emeralds not necessary, spin dash allowed! So show up in #tscracenight by the appointed time, I know you'll all want in this one!

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Wikkity! / Olympics Tipping Competition

« on: January 31, 2010, 06:00:12 pm »

So with the Olympics starting in a couple weeks, let's have a little competition! Pick a competitor or team in each medal event. If they win gold you get 5 points, silver 3, and bronze 1. If people are tied, the tie will be broken by number of golds, then number of silvers. Picks will be due before the start of each competition, going by this schedule: http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-schedule-results/
Note that picks are due by the start of preliminary rounds for each event, and not the final, so for the first medal in Ski Jumping, Normal Hill, picks will be due by 10AM Pacific on Feb. 12, picks for the hockey tournament are required before the start of the first game, etc. All times used by me in this thread will be Pacific. For reference, Noon Pacific is 3PM on the east coast of the US, 8PM in London, and 7AM the next day in Sydney.

Picks due on Feb. 12:
10AM: Ski Jumping - Normal Hill

Feb. 13:
11:45AM: Alpine Skiing: Men's Downhill Postponed, update when rescheduled
12PM: Women's Ice Hockey
12PM: Speed Skating - Men's 5000m
1PM: Biathlon: Women's 7.5km Sprint
4:30PM: Freestyle Skiing: Ladies' Moguls
5PM: Luge - Men's Singles
5PM: Short Track Speed Skating: Men's 1500m
5:42PM: " " Ladies' 500m

Feb. 14:
10AM: Alpine Skiing: Ladies' Super Combined Postponed, will update when rescheduled
10AM: Nordic Combined: Individual Normal Hill/10km Cross Country
11:15AM: Biathlon: Men's 10km Sprint
1PM: Speed Skating: Ladies' 3000m
2:30PM - Freestyle Skiing: Men's Moguls
4:30PM - Figure Skating: Pairs

Feb. 15:
10AM: Cross-Country Skiing: Ladies' 10km Free
10:30AM: Alpine Skiing: Men's Downhill (rescheduled from Feb. 13)
10:30AM: Snowboarding: Men's Snowboard Cross
12:30PM: Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 15km Free
3:30PM: Speed Skating: Men's 500m
5PM: Luge: Women's Singles

Feb. 16:
9AM: Men's Curling
10AM: Alpine Skiing: Men's Super Combined Postponed, to Sunday.
10AM: Snowboard: Ladies' Snowboard Cross
10:30AM Biathlon: Women's 10km Pursuit
12PM: Men's Ice Hockey
12:45PM: Biathlon: Men's 12.5km Pursuit
1PM: Speed Skating: Ladies' 500m
2PM: Women's Curling
5:15PM: Figure Skating: Men's

Feb. 17:
10:15AM: Cross-Country Skiing: Ladies' Individual Sprint Classic
10:40AM: Cross-Country Skiing: Men's Individual Sprint Clasic
11AM: Alpine Skiing: Ladies' Downhill
1:05PM: Snowboarding: Men's Halfpipe
4PM: Speed Skating: Men's 1000m
5PM: Luge: Doubles
5PM: Short Track Speed Skating: Ladies' 500m
5:25PM Short Track Speed Skating: Men's 1000m
6:32PM Short Track Speed Skating: Men's 5000m Relay

Feb. 18:
9:30AM: Alpine Skiing: Ladies' Super Combined
10AM: Biathlon: Women's 15km Individual
12:30PM: Snowboarding: Ladies' Halfpipe
1PM: Biathlon: Men's 20km Individual
1PM: Speed Skating: Ladies' 1000m
4PM: Skeleton: Women's
6:30PM: Skeleton: Men's

Feb. 19:
10AM: Ski Jumping: Large Hill
11:30AM: Alpine Skiing: Men's Super-G
1PM: Cross-Country Skiing: Ladies' 15km Pursuit
4:45PM: Figure Skating: Ice Dancing

Feb. 20:
10AM: Alpine Skiing: Ladies' Super-G
10AM: Freestyle Skiing: Ladies' Aerials
1:30PM: Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 30km Pursuit
4:15PM: Speed Skating: Men's 1500m
5PM: Bobsleigh: Two-Man
5:45PM: Short Track Speed Skating: Ladies' 1500m

Feb. 21:
9:15AM: Freestyle Skiing: Men's Ski Cross
9:30AM: Alpine Skiing: Men's Super Combined
10AM: Alpine Skiing: Men's Giant Slalom postponed to Tuesday
10:45AM: Biathlon: Men's 15km Mass Start
1PM: Biathlon: Women's 12.5km Mass Start
3PM: Speed Skating: Ladies' 1500m

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: Harley091001

« on: January 28, 2010, 08:09:17 pm »

Your stats have been called into suspicion, and you have been banned pending investigation. Proof of the following stats is requested:

Sonic Adventure 2:
City Escape 1:
Times (0:59:89)
Rings (400)
Scores (100000)

Sonic Riders:
Races:
Metal City: Three Lap (1:22:78)



 

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: SuperSpinSonic

« on: October 25, 2009, 01:34:40 pm »

It is required that you provide proof of your times in the following levels of Sonic Adventure 2:

Radical Highway (all)
Metal Harbor (all)
Pyramid Cave (all)
Crazy Gadget (all).

Screenshots or a video of your results screen will suffice.

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News and Updates / Happy 6th Birthday TSC!

« on: October 23, 2009, 04:29:10 am »

Happy 6th birthday to TSC! Whilst my own time here covers only about half of its existence (albeit some of it near the beginning >_> ), I've greatly enjoyed both competing here and watching the competition in my time, and I imagine it's much the same for most of you! It's been a blast, guys and gals, and hopefully you're ready for at least 6 more great years!

A big shout-out to Rolken, for getting us started and keeping us going in the right direction for 5+ years, and for having nobody else to give the site to confidence in me to keep it running when he was ready to hand it off. To GerbilSoft, for never giving us up (and for actually having the site up on the anniversary this year >_> ). And indeed to everyone who's participated in some way over the last few years, keep it up! We're only as good as our competition, and we need to keep working to our high standards as always.

(Also, TSC Race Night is doing Knuckles in Sonic 2 on Saturday, 7PM Eastern. You know you want to join in!)
And this week, Race Night will be Sonic CD! However, getting Good Futures in every level is required... without collecting the time stones!
And TSC Race Night hasn't actually happened for awhile, but it resumes November 28th with Super Mario Bros. 3 (no whistles).

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: oTaiIilLsS

« on: October 07, 2009, 07:40:06 pm »

A video or an explanation of the strategy you used to achieve :26 in Lava Reef 2 (Sonic) in Sonic & Knuckles is requested. If you are not inclined to share your strategy publicly, you may private message or email me.

Further to that, proof of your sole submitted Sonic Advance 2 stat is requested (Leaf Forest 1 - Tails 0:54:16).

Edit: Do not submit new stats until this issue is resolved.

AD Edit: This has been resolved. The Lava Reef 2 time used a banned tactic. The Sonic Advance 2 time was fixed. Besides wiping the Lava Reef 2 time, no other punishment warranted. Free to submit again.

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Leaderboard Disputes / Atención: PfoSonic

« on: September 30, 2009, 07:05:36 pm »

Tienes que probar mediante fotografías tus tiempos en las siguientes pantallas:

Sonic Adventure:
Windy Valley -
Sonic: 1:27:78
Tails: 0:31:62    

Sonic Adventure 2:
City Escape -
M1: 1:49:52
M2: 0:40:11
M3: 1:47:58
M5: 2:16:37
Metal Harbor -
M1: 1:18:80
M2: 0:50:23
M3: 0:27:48
M5: 1:31:92

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity:
Crimson Crater -
3-lap: 2:08:22
Single-lap: 0:41:84
Megalo Station -
3-lap: 1:57:29
Single-lap: 0:28:24

Necesitamos fotografías de tus tiempos actuales. Si mejoras tus tiempos, tus fotografías de esos nuevos tiempos no nos servirán. Por favor, no subas nuevos récords hasta que este asunto se resuelva.

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Leaderboard Disputes / The new way things are going down in LD

« on: September 20, 2009, 10:30:48 pm »

The following rules will be put into effect immediately:

1. You may not start a topic in here without approval from myself, or if I'm not available Thorn, Zeupar, or SpinDashMaster Umbreon. Contact us in the chat, or via private message to discuss this. Any topics not approved will be deleted on sight.

2. Do not reply in any topic unless you are the topic-starter, or the accused individual. Anyone else, if you feel you have a point that needs to be made, contact one of the above-listed admins first. Again, any unapproved replies are subject to deletion.

3. Under no circumstances will there be baseless accusations, inflammatory remarks, or anything at all needlessly disrespectful to the accused individual. Keep it tactful.

Bans may be handed out for repeated and/or flagrant violations of these rules. You all should know better, don't force me to do anything like this.

EDIT: Also you can actually reply to this topic >_>

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News and Updates / New(s)

« on: August 29, 2009, 03:40:58 pm »

Not a whole lot going on right now, but hopefully I'll have more coming soon. Just a couple brief notes today:

Thorn recently passed mike89 for 2nd in sitewide. Then got passed back, due to mike's extraordinary comeback in which he submitted a ton of new awesome stats getting pwned at KC special stages. Come on Thorn, you need to get back to work!

Meanwhile, TSC Race Night continues, with douglas winning Sonic Spinball 2 weeks ago and Bertin winning Sonic Chaos/Triple Trouble last week. Tonight, we've got a route in Shadow, though you won't know which until before we start! Next week... was going to be SPA, but I've elected to leave that for later, and we'll run Sonic 1: Return to the Origin instead.

Also flyby's League is still going but I don't know what's going on with it. Ask her. <_<

EDIT: And I'll add that TSC Race Night in two weeks will be SA2B. Hero, Dark, Last story! Whether hero or dark will be done first will be determined by a coinflip beforehand because I want us to know where we are relative to each other, so just finish as quick as you can!

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: Hi the Chao

« on: August 09, 2009, 12:33:12 pm »

Your explanation for your Windy Valley-Tails time doesn't hold up; proof via screenshot or video is required for you to be allowed to continue submitting.

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: HyperSonic7701

« on: August 05, 2009, 12:44:55 pm »

Please explain how you got the following stats:

http://www.soniccenter.org/rankings/sonic_3d_blast/rings/diamond_dust_1
http://www.soniccenter.org/rankings/sonic_3d_blast/rings/diamond_dust_2

A .giz recording would be preferred, but a detailed explanation of your route would suffice.

EDIT: Appears he typoed and the reason he gave when resubmitting passes muster, so this thread will be closed.

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Ban List / bluebomber [BANNED]

« on: July 28, 2009, 11:46:57 pm »

Date of ban: 7/28/09
IP: NA
Related users: dad3i/UltraSonic, SonicMenace72
Reason for banning: Posting false times, alternate account of dad3i.
Forum permission status: Active
Ban duration: Permanent.

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News and Updates / Rules Revisions, & Marathon 2

« on: July 28, 2009, 10:41:21 pm »

The new rules committee (consisting of myself, Thorn, Zeupar, SadisticMystic, DarkSpinesSonic, Paraxade, and Spinballwizard) has gotten together and discussed some rule adjustments, which will go into effect forthwith:

General: "Statistics are taken from the time the timer stops" has "at the end of the level" appended to the end.
"In any game where there is a co-op mode, the 2nd controller may not be used."

Sonic 2 rings and scores: "For Knuckles charts, entering a special stage is not allowed, nor is dying after hitting a starpost." will be adjusted to "Entering a special stage is not allowed," and "For Knuckles charts, restarting from a starpost is not allowed."

The following two were in the rules previously but removed recently, and are to be restored:
Sonic 3: In Launch Base 1, you may not set off any alarm more than twice.
Sonic & Knuckles: In Lava Reef 1, you can't destroy a badnik which came from the same origin as a badnik you already destroyed.

Sonic Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2: "Emulation features allowing this game to be played in PAL are prohibited."

Knuckles Chaotix: "If Level Select is active, you may not pause the game while the screen fades."

Sonic Unleashed PS3-360: In "If you restart the level between the mission being completed and your time/score being saved, by dying or otherwise, your time doesn't count," "dying" is replaced by "selecting to restart."

For "You may not gain points from the same trick ramp more than once," "trick ramp" will be changed to "quick-time event"

Furthermore, charts for night level scores will be eliminated as soon as possible due to infinite score potential in the majority of stages.

In other news, flyby's Summer League is starting on Monday August 3rd at 3:01AM Eastern time, with the regular season running for 4 weeks. Check her post for more details.

Elsewhere, TSC Race Night will be racing Sonic's story in SA(DX) this Saturday the 1st at 7PM Eastern. and will then have another Sonic marathon on the 8th. Sonic 1, 2, 3&K again, but this time, you've gotta collect all 27 emeralds! Sonic alone in S2 and 3K. So get practicing folks, hope to see you there!

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News and Updates / New Management

« on: July 21, 2009, 05:55:42 pm »

So with Rolken stepping down last month, he has kindly handed over the keys to TSC to me. Most of you know me from the chat, but for those who don't, hello! You've nothing to fear, TSC is in good hands and I hope you'll all support it by continuing to take part.

What can you expect to change? Well, with the rankings, not much, at least immediately. A new rules committee is being set up in order to keep the competition both fair and competitive. Meanwhile, I hope to get more ancillary events going to help retain interest. The first, of course, is TSC Race Night, which some of you participated in last week, and will continue this Saturday (check that thread for details). Beyond that, I have some ideas flying around my head right now, but I'd like to hear some suggestions as well.

Further updates to come as things settle down, so get back to competing :)

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Leaderboard Disputes / ATTN: Dark assassin

« on: July 09, 2009, 05:00:25 pm »

I see you got a :15 on Green Hill 2. I saw your picture of it, but a description of the route you took on that :15 would be appreciated.

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General Sonic / TSC Race Night

« on: July 09, 2009, 02:12:36 pm »

So, we haven't been doing a lot of races lately. I'm ready to start a new series of races, Saturday nights at 7PM Eastern, starting Saturday, July 18th! And it shall be:

TSC RACE NIGHT

Games selected for racing will not just be 2D, though for the 3D games it's likely I'll only choose one of the available stories. Post suggestions on which games you'd like and any questions you have here in the thread or via forum/chat PM please! So long as there's enough interest I'll decide which game for the first week on Wednesday the 15th, stay tuned...

EDIT: So yeah waiting until Wednesday is silly. Race 1 will be Sonic CD. Straight speed run, though you are allowed to time travel, not that it would really be smart to... I will consider a 100% run in the future since this game's really all about the exploration though. :D

Also #tscracenight for posting times and whatnot so we're not bugging everyone in the main channel

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Wikkity! / Ask SonicAD! No, really! You can! What do you mean, you don't care about me?

« on: January 20, 2009, 06:27:03 pm »

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