The ABC Trials

[@Akfamilyhome]

Pannen's uncommentated videos are the syllabus. This is the test.

[@SmokePudding]

And I didn't study.

[@thelastgogeta]

@@SmokePudding You have over a year to cram, mate. Knowing the community though, that deadline could be cut short if you want the reward.

[@Kinkajou1015]

@@SmokePudding It's an open book test.

[@melodywawichi802]

That’s still going to kick you so hard.

[@nekomancer4821]

wouldnt you agree, Polnareff?

[@Roverdrive_X]

I'm calling it now: The final trials are exact recreations of the remaining A-presses. He's recruiting us for the war effort.

[@hazanko5875]

I think you're right. That'll be cool.

[@v3ck1n]

I'm in

[@Accrovideogames]

I doubt it because the trials remove the possibility of HOLP manipulation, among other tricks.

[@zephyr1741]

@Roverdrive X your profile picture is fuckin sweet my dude

[@chrishamr947]

Roverdrive X Not even here can you escape.

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

Welcome back, you absolute lad

[@Evan64m]

TJ / Henry Yoshi oh my

[@HaxxorElite]

Look it's the memey man

[@michaelwilliams7140]

THE BOYYYY I LOVE YOU

[@SgtZook]

TJ """"""""""""""Henry"""""""""""""""""" Yoshi

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Behold, the Dio to Pannenkoek's Jotaro. Za Warudo to Pannenkoek's Star Platinum.

[@alfiehicks1]

I see that the A-press counter only increases in integers. _Interesting._

[@dimensionalhero9183]

That's the surprise twist, you have to hold A the entire time to make like *one* jump or something. "But in a full game run, we'd round that down to *zero.* "

[@bobobsen]

An A-press is an A-press. You can't say it's only a half

[@9volt65]

@@bobobsen Well, BOB 'BOBSEN' YOSHI

[@SuperM789]

it is impossible to get half a presses in a full game run. In individual stars (like wmotr in 2.5x) you start holding a from a different point in time, where we assume you started pressing A. In this case, on the first frame of the game an a input would count as a pressing action, because the game registers what happened before as nothing, no matter what you were pressing. also don't you fucking dare r/woosh me

[@danielh7487]

@@SuperM789 r/wosh

[@FitMC]

I have waited a long time for this

[@MariaNicolae]

What a crossover

[@SuperM789]

the fuck are YOU doing here?

[@Stender_]

bruh

[@ChiefMogar]

Lmao I wanna be in the video he makes about this

[@quinntanium350]

RYLE SALUNGA how slave labor on 2b2t

[@KazeN64]

i have no idea how to beat this i just did exactly what pannen asked me to without questioning it lmao this looks impossible

[@SuperM789]

oh okay

[@notShadowFax]

Kaze Emanuar that is very reassuring

[@hexenh]

Thanks for the moral support Kaze

[@Perc1000]

Your attitude is exactly like mine, i like that

[@superadalid64]

Crees que en el romhack exista softlocks? para luego enviarselos a GladJonas en el torneo :v

[@Boney9551]

Panen beats the course himself with 0 A presses and gives himself the 1000 just to flex

[@sophiegrey9576]

he already cheated because he co-created the course with kaze and we all know this is a solo competition

[@eribetra]

@@Cptrudolf r/woooosh

[@cubedude8690]

*pannen

[@Crazy-qi1gw]

@@eribetra ;))))

[@Crazy-qi1gw]

@@ZeyLogger Not even I get it, but :)))))).

[@speghi]

To all the commenters who asked "Will this be on the test?" on any ABC explanation video: Here is your test. Best of luck.

[@Neverknot47]

@Sabatonic/Spiky Kahn Academy

[@supershadow5082]

And just like any test I forget what to do when it's needed

[@Neverknot47]

@@memerboi69.0 two separate things

[@Immadeus]

I didnt study

[@dunkleosteusterrelli]

I understood nothing I just like watching people explain nerdy stuff 💀

[@MikeOShay]

1 year after the contest closed, and I'm still excited for the followup vid mentioned in the description.

[@murakii]

We know it's coming, just a matter of when

[@GreenEmperor]

Αny time now!

[@feba33]

Well

[@pessskychaos4874]

Then

[@soopems6744]

Maybe now?

[@jetx_47]

I love how he presses A on every trial during the explanation as to not show any strats

[@annoyingflo6224]

Damn it's been a long time since I have heard your voice.

[@shamshamsham123123]

I missed it so much :...) this is beautiful

[@OrioPrisco]

I will explain exactly what i do to collect watch for rolling rocks in 0.5 a presses

[@shadoxfm8822]

@@OrioPrisco BRO THATS SO FUNI LOL!!

[@m.greenfield6328]

@@OrioPrisco pee your pants

[@KaijuofSteel]

@@OrioPrisco You are the reason he stopped doing commented videos for a while

[@mikeybud3501]

This is such a weird feeling. It's like my whole life has been leading up to this, and yet it came so out of the blue

[@hexenh]

@MrNoIdentification1 you know what else is blue? *_the A button_*

[@mikeybud3501]

MrNoIdentification1 One could say that, but I wouldn't

[@UGMD]

4 a presses in just this comment. Already behind

[@mikeybud3501]

@@UGMD you sure it isn't 5 bruh

[@withnosensetv]

This is so accurate.

[@metalomaniaco]

wtf all these years no one told me these videos were part of the exam

[@v3ck1n]

Lmao

[@Professor_Utonium_]

You must have missed the first day of class

[@aluigiFromKart]

Niiice

[@eddiemate]

I kept asking if the videos would be on the test Nobody told me they would be

[@JorWat25]

I can confirm that no "building speed for 12 hours" is necessary, as according to the rules, "the m64 file must beat the course in under an hour". Bit of a shame, but I can see why.

[@SwankyBox]

Can't wait for the DEF Gauntlet.

[@volt7958]

@@benyoder9473 because this pannenkoek

[@HeNRy-rc8qy]

Hey swankybox

[@thesizzles1337]

GHI JKL MNO PQR STU VWX YZ1 234 567 890 trials when

[@--46200]

the GHI Dungeon

[@Dento64GD]

JKL challenge

[@xectilus5530]

After years of silent text on screen, finally we hear his dulcet tones once more

[@IronPineapple]

god, hearing your voice again is surreal, love you dude

[@Sam-gp1nm]

Didn't expect dark souls guy to be a pancake fan

[@UltraHylia]

His voice sounds deeper lol

[@AndrewJ9673]

@@Sam-gp1nm Fr tho who isnt a Pannen fan.

[@crappyatlife]

Gay

[@Genzaijh]

@@Sam-gp1nm Plot twist, the dark face is actually a pancake waffle iron.

[@CitizenLenny]

I'd love to see a technical breakdown of all the challenges but I understand the spirit of the competition so I'll just wait here for a year.

[@dtracers]

Next year when we see all the best results will be amazing and if any new strata get learned on this course

[@UCXEO5L8xnaMJhtUsuNXhlmQ]

Or until someone finishes it 0x

[@Professor_Utonium_]

I can't believe I'm waiting an entire year for a Super Mario 64 video in 2020. This is best timeline.

[@ThisAlias]

360 days left

[@QwertyuiopThePie]

Looks like someone finished it 0x.

[@medicami]

Pannen is back, and he's back with a challenge for us mortals

[@Hawlo]

This level was fun just to play casually, too. A lot of the time I was thinking "I see what you want us to do here" with how you set up each challenge. But I'll admit I was more than puzzled in most of them.

[@HerpilOG]

I’ve missed your voice

[@skyguysZ]

When I saw this in my feed, I assumed it was pannen on his alt account, so I got excited to see what today’s video is about.... when I heard commentary, my mind exploded. I had to check today’s date several times to see if this was real.

[@Ozylanius]

What alt

[@shyguy85]

@@Ozylanius uncomentated pannen

[@Jake_Josh]

Wait he’s back guys. Our man is here. Again. Let him thrive once more.

[@TheHiroo17]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand he's gone. See you in 2021

[@goldenwarrior1186]

TheHiroo17 Or earlier if someone does it 0x earlier

[@DouglasZwick]

If you replace “guys” with “you guys” and “again” with “once again”, you’ve got a swell haiku on your hands.

[@jmarvins]

he never left, man just doesnt owe the public his voice and knows it

[@Nemu64]

We've been playing checkers while Pannen's been playing chess for years.

[@pablopereyra7126]

We've been playing checkers WHILE HE WAS PLAYING DEATHNOTE WE'RE DONE FOR

[@MajoradeMayhem]

Not even chequers. We're doing noughts and crosses over here.

[@alpha9775]

4D chess

[@murillojosemachado6496]

@@pablopereyra7126 O NO A TECHNOBLADE REFERENCE

[@elementgermanium]

It is over. Congrats jongyon7192p

[@zz-is4cq]

So happy to hear this voice again

[@ladsworld]

The greatest challenge of our time, finally given the bounty it deserves. Godspeed ABC crew. Godspeed.

[@garfieldandfriends1]

When no one claims bounty for Tick Tock Clock

[@Skazzy3YT]

🦀 PANNEN IS BACK 🦀

[@MaxxyBee]

he was gone only to the people who saw the half a press vid and never even bothered to check out more of his works since

[@Skazzy3YT]

I know his voice never left. He plays games with some sm64 nerds every Friday on someones stream

[@Miju001]

@@Skazzy3YT Wait really?

[@lukebee1152]

YAY

[@Skazzy3YT]

@@Miju001 yeah really

[@badmanjones179]

CONGRATS TO jongyon7192p ON THE 0 A PRESS ENTRY

[@leg10n68]

Cant wait for pannens video

[@dtracers]

I am excited for a new commented pannen video

[@carlosprieto2231]

Can’t wait 👀

[@Terkzorr]

Wait, someone already did it in 0 A presses? I thought it was still going since there was no video from Pannen about this and the only thing I remembered was "ends late January 2021". Here I am and I find out about this in a 7 months old comment. 😡

[@badmanjones179]

@@Terkzorr read desc

[@szabolcs7898]

when you realize the video is two years old

[@sethbingo]

:(

[@Xyva43]

Seems Christmas came early this year!

[@mwcesto8105]

Everyone playing and learning together? Why it'll be like one big Scuttlebug jamboree

[@RandomBlbosti]

I never thought I'd hear that voice again.

[@zuliusbazworth8627]

2 years later and still excited for that ABC Challenge BONUS video

[@gavinnielsen1674]

teacher: the test isn't even that hard the test:

[@quiggsy8571]

Oh snap he speaks once more!

[@DamePesos]

You're talking again! Holy sh i t!

[@liltyrone4851]

Pannen finally bothered to make a voiced video, so where's our new soyless matt show episodes?

[@DamePesos]

@@liltyrone4851 Soon™

[@notchmath9642]

So THIS is the video you were talking about

[@Damoople]

Dude was gone for four years and just came back saying, "Yo anyone want a thousand dollars?"

[@Idontplaytf2]

And with this challenge completed he rode off into the sunset, never to be seen again.

[@ammarsalim1185]

F

[@KingMetalMario]

he is and always has been active on his 2nd channel

[@Idontplaytf2]

@@KingMetalMario What is this second channel?

[@KingMetalMario]

@@Idontplaytf2 uncommentatedpannen

[@kirjian]

This is the best Christmas present and it ain't even Christmas yet

[@Damonj17]

welcome back, homie. dont burn yourself out.

[@Lodekac]

I miss hearing this voice so much

[@p_yoshi]

wow, it happened even though the deadline is still quite far away

[@aturchomicz821]

huh

[@rushapart]

the pure joy that filled my heart when i heard your voice again is indescribable, welcome back king

[@Henrix1998]

He is oddly confident 0x isn't happening very early if at all

[@kreeperkiller4423]

that means there's probably some unavoidable A presses, or maybe A presses that are currently counted as unavoidable in the actual ABC challenge

[@rspeak5768]

It would be a smart way to outsource the actual ABC. Make a few challlenges things that require A presses in the real ABC and hopefully someone who tries to TAS this hack will figure it out.

[@JeanneDGames]

All of these commentors whining about the No Streaming rule who refused to read the description. It's a TAS Competition. There is literally negative reason to stream TAS attempts, as they A) Take forever and B) actively advertise your strategy to other TASers, putting you at a disadvantage. It's not like a normal speedrun where practice gradually cuts your time: The strategy is literally the ONLY thing on trial here, so declaring what your strategy is actively hinders your ability to win.

[@berylliosis5250]

Although I'd say that refusing to show your strats to others in a normal TAS environment ultimately hurts the community of the game you're TASing. This, of course, is different from a normal max-speed TAS and is definitely not an area to show your strats

[@moonmelons]

@@berylliosis5250 Though I understand the reasoning. It's not TOO hard to understand that the end-goal of this is to push forward new strats for the ABC run. If two people come up with two different strats that both take 0 a presses, that's a net gain for the purpose of the challenge over everyone using the same method since you can just do the other 0 a press strat anyway.

[@Hadras7094]

I knew it. I knew that being subscribed for the past 3 years was worth it, just for this moment

[@Vextrove]

He finally found his microphone! Welcome back! :D

[@iZePlayz]

But his a button broke again after he fixed the broken joystick

[@Melly_Mel0dy]

"If someone submits a 0x A press run, they automatically win because you can't go lower" What about the time tho? You could still keep that deadline but add the fastest (with the lowest A press count)

[@colossaldonut5190]

That's probably because he doesn't have $2000 to give out

[@Varooooooom]

I would think the time is to distinguish anyone who got the same non-0 A-press score. I feel like this challenge is more to see who can get to 0 first. If that can’t be done then it defaults to who got the lowest score in the shortest time

[@berylliosis5250]

@@colossaldonut5190 Well, uh, I guess he does have $2k to give out, seeing as he upped the prize for 0x to that

[@spacesponge8732]

YAHOO! I'm excited to see how this plays out!

[@gavinbrown216]

Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-yahoo!

[@not_a_virusexe9136]

This is truly one of the greatest milestones of our time.

[@Superdavo0001]

HYPE! This is a cool idea, I'll be interested to see what the trials entail

[@largovlogs1558]

I am a high school math teacher and we have to give these 3 question quizzes at the end of every lesson. Every time I give the quiz, I say “Get out there, and show me what you can do.” I got that line from you.

[@JunkExplorer]

Hey there Pannen! Its great to see that you regained enough confidence to upload another commentated video. I won't be taking part in this competition, but I wish the best of luck to all who try to pass this crazy test

[@anonymoususer9837]

I'm no TASer, and I don't even have SM64 for the N64 (or an emulator), but I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the winner and how they beat the course! Edit: Well done jongyon!

[@diamondmario64]

I was excited to hear that it would end in January 2021, then was totally destroyed by the fact that someone beat it with 0x a presses

[@theSato]

Be honest, Pannen. You set up a scenario or two in this hack that is actually an unsolved A-press in the real Super Mario 64, right? Hoping maybe someone would figure something out for the real game TAS? :P

[@YankeeDoodleDandy]

This guy gets it.

[@someoneelse4811]

That's where the $1000 reward is coming from.

[@zypper7213]

*a scenario or nineteen

[@TheDunsparceGames]

upwarp moment

[@skibot9974]

Looking forward to that video talking about the intended solutions

[@StarGuide64]

I’m so happy I found this video! It almost went completely under my radar since I was only subscribed to uncommentated pannen

[@Avossk]

THE LEGEND RETURNS

[@General12th]

Pannen's voice in 2019? A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@gogoku7]

Now that someone has beaten it, I would find it really cool if you made a video reviewing the person's run. To see what you would have done differently.

[@keroppiandyyuen]

I am literally crying! How long has it been since we heard your magical voice, the God of ABC

[@CronoNes]

I came back to see the deadline, just to see that someone alredy did it in 0 A presses, that's absolutely insane! Thanks a lot for doing this competition.

[@AndroxVT]

Don't worry, pannenkoek will be back, he is just grinding speed for BLJ to another parallel universe

[@pirate_cove_man]

Read the description, he's working on a video

[@suncat530]

also, he's active on UncommentatedPannen

[@amendopublicaccess5742]

The legend is BACK what's your favorite video by this mastermind?

[@Illeea]

the 255 coin count.

[@samuelthecamel]

The one about SM64. I think he does a glitch or something.

[@Sheerspeechcraft]

either the 255 coins one or the rolling rocks commentated

[@jerpidude8416]

"The m64 file must beat the course in under an hour" There goes my plans for building up speed for 12 hours

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

I'm so happy to hear ya again pannenkoek! Your content is always awesome to see, and this is a nice surprise! I'll definitely give it a try.

[@maggus_1]

I love how you used the music from Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time to explain the competition. Feels like being introduced by Toadsworth!

[@Drafonni]

It’d be kinda awkward if someone got a perfect run within the first week

[@MariaNicolae]

That's exactly what I think is gonna happen TBH. If not week then maybe month

[@52flyingbicycles]

He may have included human-theory strats in the trials. Not TAS only, but strats that would require save states and slow down to get consistently. That would definitely make a perfect run harder, since you would need to nail several frame-perfect-pixel-perfect moves in one go

[@poudink5791]

three months later now

[@BobixIX]

@@52flyingbicycles I know I'm incredibly late with this, but it's a TAS competition. Most of the strats that would be used in this wouldn't be possible for a human to do

[@joko49perez]

I really doubt anyone will get to 0 at all. Like his previous bounties, he doesn't offer money for simple things.

[@Aspharon]

This is actually really cool! I can't wait to see the results of this challenge. Thank you for making this!

[@Cabecool10]

This is epic. All those years of studying for a SM64 PhD will finally come to use

[@bl6973]

I searched up pannekoek because I wanted to know what the recipe was. Now I’m part of the Mario 64 lore cult, *what* and also *_help_*

[@yousorooo]

January 20th, 2021. The day has come.

[@technoultimategaming2999]

January 21th 2021. He's probably editing the video

[@austinpoznoski3083]

pannen im happy to hear your voice again and hope youre doing well.

[@Pugs]

Still waiting for someone to find out the TTC upwarp, feeling 2020 is the year!

[@ZantZora]

I heard that it isn’t possible and was just an issue with DOTA_Teabag’s cartridge.

[@brianb2308]

Pannen found that changing a single specific bit in the games code at the right time can cause that exact upwarp, so it was probably a hardware malfunction.

[@Nerdule]

At this point, we're pretty sure that the TTC upwarp was just a hardware glitch, where a single bit in memory happened to get flipped by a cosmic ray or something. (This happens more commonly than most people realize, but you usually don't notice.)

[@samuelthecamel]

I heard it happened because of cartridge tilting

[@want-diversecontent3887]

Samuel Voltz How tiny did that need to be?

[@semisemicoloncolon]

proud to say I was here on January 20th, 2021

[@harrisonfackrell]

I have not heard this man's voice in such a long time.

[@vanderkarl3927]

Christmas came early, and it's the best one I've had in years. Can't wait for the surge of attention to the ABC community!

[@Chttrbox88]

This is honestly a really amazing thing and super cool, but I would be careful having an honor system in the rules, especially for anything with a cash prize. Wouldn't be surprised to see this busted wide open. Either way can't wait to see how it goes!

[@lordsnek]

There isn't an honor system. You must provide an m64 or it's not allowed.

[@weirdboo]

@@lordsnek I get you but he's talking about people sharing their progress

[@lordsnek]

@@weirdboo That makes sense. I think it might be like smo's tasks where people don't share big strats but they often hint at things or straight up give them away, and that could cause an issue.

[@bender124]

❤️So happy to finally see pannen's come back to voiced videos

[@McWickyyyy]

I just found this channel. I really hope he comes back. So crazy to see so many videos from 6-8years ago. For me it feels like all his videos are from 2022….was 2013 really 8 years ago!? Wow. Hopefully there is an update video on his channel soon :)

[@RepressedButton]

he uploads on UncommentatedPannen

[@McWickyyyy]

@@RepressedButton thanks! I actually realized I was also following that channel and watching every day without realizing it was the same person 😂

[@RepressedButton]

@@McWickyyyy lol

[@Snooplax]

It's so nice to hear your voice again.This competition is going to be insane!

[@pedrozzza]

Oh my god, thank you for gifting the world with your beautiful voice and personality again. Thank you, thank you.

[@Alejo_El_Cuervo]

After 3 years traveling parallel universes he's back!

[@TheMightyGiantDad]

What would be sick is if pannen himself cant do it in 0 a presses and he’s using this as a way to push people to try to solve currently unsolved problems. In fact that wouldn’t surprise me at all

[@Abomdosnow]

I hope you're feeling better, pannen. Glad to hear you back! Also, "kayz".

[@Lumpio2]

Well, this proves it once and for all. The official A press counter is always an integer. There's never a ".5". Therefore, you can't have half an A press.

[@MeesterTweester]

gg to jongyon7192p! I am glad we will be able to see videos on it now

[@kennylauderdale_en]

A romhack is a new game. You can't say it's just a trial.

[@finnaboing]

btw the date he chose for the deadline (January 20th, 2021 or 1/20/2021) is a palindrome, a word or phrase that is spelled the same forwards and backwards

[@Francy1704]

We need another A press out. We are waiting for you dude, come back and be the legend

[@RepressedButton]

5 a presses have been saved since this vid came out. they were uploaded to his second channel, UncommentatedPannen

[@Francy1704]

@@RepressedButton i know

[@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932]

Now, 4 years later, I wonder what sorts of unintended solutions have since been discovered.

[@dumdum7786]

Its been too long since ive heard your voice, Im so happy to see youre back

[@mrkillasnayke]

We’ve all studied for the test, Yet we will all fail.

[@chief9894]

Congrats Jongyon you absolute legend

[@BalrogQuote]

It's done, amazing.

[@milestailprower]

I am speechless. I'm so happy Pannen is back - let alone a really interesting A press rom hack challenge made by Kaze & Pannen is now out! ❤️

[@viralillie]

It is so good to hear your voice once more. This competition looks extremely exciting, I can't wait to see who wins!