[RTABC] The 69 Remaining A Presses

[@ex320kyt]

The biggest achievement of RTABC has been immortalized. Finally the word can be uttered *INHALES* *N I C E*

[@npenplz]

My prediction is that bits reds will be brought down to 1x by a silly blue furry, then it will be brought to zero by a mysterious pancake themed man in collaboration with the silly blue furry

[@ex320kyt]

hmm i do wonder where you got these silly predictions from hmm

[@npenplz]

im just a jod among us who can predict the future

[@jongyon7192p]

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[@cubedwintrralt5897]

finally 69xA now we can start saving a presses again NICE

[@Zyon134]

Time to outdate this video as fast as possible

[@icecream1773]

amazing transition between a press 1 and 2

[@npenplz]

spoilers man, i didnt get to that part yet :/

[@icecream1773]

@ npenplz oops, I think this works now

[@agoodduck]

This is mario galaxy…

[@TheJayKayA]

no its not? :D

[@Re4l_SW]

its a nice amount

[@Bayronix_fake_animations]

People say that there are only 13 remaining a presses,but uncomented pancake hasnt made a video of 13 remaining a presses,so which one did we save?,and isnt it a 0.5 a press we saved?

[@Zyon134]

So the 1x cave star in JRB was made 0.5x, which saves an A press. There's also watch for rolling rocks which was brought from 0.5x to 0. This does not save an A press but it does save a half press. So the actual press that made it go from 14 to 13 was the cave star in JRB. Hope this helps

[@Bayronix_fake_animations]

@@Zyon134 thanks

[@kittiesandbotsgemini9892]

LEGEND SAYS BILLYWAR IS DEAD

[@billywar1507]

False

[@kittiesandbotsgemini9892]

@@billywar1507 OMG ITS THE GREAT GOD OF MASHUPS , Oh BTW Gaztrom told me tou died

[@PurpleSunTAS]

nice

[@iwersonsch5131]

think half A press 1 is in tas as well

[@benedict3974]

Yeah for 100/reds right? I imagine not for cloning the actual stars anymore

[@iwersonsch5131]

@@benedict3974 Yup. Cloning coin spawners for 100c, and cloning stuff to help with reds

[@blocks4857]

RTA secret aquarium entry 0 x a when?

[@ex320kyt]

February 29th, 2026

[@usernameispassword4023]

Ok but when are you doing this with SMG

[@mcmooshroo2974]

Billy be honest how long were you sitting on this video just waiting for it to drop down to 69x

[@summunkid]

1 year exactly

[@npenplz]

nobody tell them

[@Zyon134]

yea so actually its been at 69x for a bit, so there was a bit of debate of if we wanted 69x or 64x to be the vid. ended up being 69x cuz bits reds 1x is REALLY hard. so kinda like the total opposite of what you though

[@npenplz]

@@Zyon134 i said not to tell them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mcmooshroo2974]

@@Zyon134 Ah cool thanks

[@DavidSartor0]

Is there an FAQ? Why can't the stars be done without these A presses? Why can't you pause buffer and copy the TAS?

[@ex320kyt]

1. Some strategies need extremely precise joystick positions and timing, and when i say extremely precise, i mean down to the angle unit sometimes, which is not achievable with a controller. Not to mention, some high level strategies require manipulation of hidden variables like RNG and the global timer. Now add that to the limited reaction time of humans, and you're in for a jolly fun time :) 2. Speaking of time, you can't "just pause buffer and copy the TAS", because of point 1, but also because regardless, it is extremely hard to consistently make 1-frame pause buffers. So we slowly but surely try to eliminate randomness, find setups, etc. Hope this helped!

[@DavidSartor0]

@@ex320kyt Thank you. I hadn't realised so many TAS strategies were so precise. Why can't RNG be manipulated RTA? Seems like there should be some physical way to perform consistent pause buffers. Maybe that would be tool-assisted. Do you have to hold the A-button with your body for half-presses?

[@ex320kyt]

@@DavidSartor0 RNG manipulation is usually all frame perfect inputs, specifically making dust, and there isn't a way to know if you messed up at any point. It's also not worth the trouble at the moment, so the efforts are more towards eliminating RNG to make things deterministic (still very hard tho) Pausing and unpausing with just the start button is already a pain, but because frame times are also not consistent, it makes it almost impossible to time it properly. TAS just waits until the game asks for an input, so this isn't much of a concern, but RTA can't do that. So yeah, there are things that are currently TAS-only, and we don't know which ones will be possible in the future, but so far RNG manipulation is very much off limits.

[@TheJayKayA]

@billywar1 5:19 isnt it rather »go to wmotr« analogue to RR? even if its only entered once at this time..? and do you already plan on making an any% vid, too? (: EDIT: 7:00 isnt the »6« at bits to light in contrast to the »7/8« above? did you color it manually or did the excel auto-fornat work for you? :D

[@summunkid]

Any% is at 2 a presses. One in BitFS and one in BitS

[@TheJayKayA]

@@summunkid how can that be? :o 4:16 it needs 6 a presses for the whole stage (100% incl reds), 2 of them for reds exclusively...so the starting 2 and the 2 for poles are unskipable, or how arent they?

[@summunkid]

@@TheJayKayA BitS reds has been done in 6 a presses by zyon. However, Marbler has done BitS without reds in 1 a press

[@TheJayKayA]

@@summunkid ok, so then we're back to the old question...an own video for any% would be great (:

[@npenplz]

@@TheJayKayA to get off the pole in bitfs and to get past the opening in bits

[@d-land7775]

didn't marbler save those first 2 from BitS

[@octi4684]

only in any%

[@summunkid]

second

[@npenplz]

second