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Title: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Alka Maass on July 18, 2020, 12:11:55 pm
Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
This is basically assuming that you know it has a chance at PR.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: mw on July 18, 2020, 12:32:29 pm
I use start, but there's no option for this on the poll.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Happens on July 18, 2020, 01:09:25 pm
People actually use A? Seriously??
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: DYM on July 18, 2020, 01:19:18 pm
Have always used Z (or sometimes START), but a healthy reminder was sent to all AceCorp mates not to use A again after the Henning "Accidental" B Press Incident.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: AZ on July 18, 2020, 01:27:57 pm
It depends.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Cal on July 18, 2020, 01:42:06 pm
A
Always A.

Z I'd double tap and skip the endscreen
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Alka Maass on July 18, 2020, 02:56:16 pm
I use start, but there's no option for this on the poll.
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Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Whiteted on July 18, 2020, 03:24:05 pm
Wow the number of As is a big surprise to me.

Good poll :laugh:
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: flicker on July 18, 2020, 03:34:00 pm
Slight left then press A (skip pd end cinemas with A as well)
https://youtu.be/6AyxL14iHr8?t=164 (https://youtu.be/6AyxL14iHr8?t=164)
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: OG on July 18, 2020, 03:36:25 pm
Better question would be...

Do you use A, Zee or Zed?
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: LQwerty on July 18, 2020, 04:58:56 pm
I just press whatever I feel like pressing that day
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: MadmanFlechr on July 18, 2020, 11:19:35 pm
A is select button
Z is shooty button
Start is pausey button

why would i shoot or pausey to make screen go
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Alka Maass on July 18, 2020, 11:59:59 pm
A is select button
Z is shooty button
Start is pausey button

why would i shoot or pausey to make screen go

A is the switch weapon button

why would i switch weapon to make screen go
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: rhakiath on July 19, 2020, 12:20:13 am
Z, because it's the only feasible option for all control styles. The thought of anyone pressing any other button infuriates me tbh.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Whiteted on July 19, 2020, 06:51:17 am
Start is pausey button

So I assume you always spam A & Z to start a level?
:rollin:                                          :LOL:
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: MadmanFlechr on July 19, 2020, 01:37:41 pm
https://youtu.be/weKDbOndkoM?t=5

yup, always have

spamming start awkward af and i didn't know that existed until i'd been playing for a year anyway

y'all act like this shit is common knowledge but never bother sharing it

"oh everyone knows how to cc an n64 stick" etc.

it's like how every PD level is impossible unless you already have 90 points  :nesquik:
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Irie on July 19, 2020, 03:40:03 pm
Well you also hold the stick up right so that you can start the level sooner, or have to go through a few extra menus. This is actually in the long term bad for the stick. I learned to press start to start a level about a year into playing too so I feel that sentiment but still as soon as I learned it I changed habits and my sticks thanked me. Same as quitting a level, the strat I learned from flicker I never stopped using once I learned it cause it long term helps the stick. The strat for anyone who isn't aware is as the watch is coming up for the pause, hold R and spam A and it'll instantly quit out
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: flicker on July 19, 2020, 03:50:43 pm
Well you also hold the stick up right so that you can start the level sooner, or have to go through a few extra menus. This is actually in the long term bad for the stick.
Preservation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Same as quitting a level, the strat I learned from flicker I never stopped using once I learned it cause it long term helps the stick. The strat for anyone who isn't aware is as the watch is coming up for the pause, hold R and spam A and it'll instantly quit out
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: rhakiath on July 19, 2020, 03:57:17 pm
Wow you use A + R to quit out instead of Z + C right? C buttons are the only way to menu tbh. Especially if trying to do it fast such as in RTA, you can't over or undershoot your selection.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Happens on July 19, 2020, 03:59:23 pm
You can also hold R and spam Z, using A there isn't any more rel.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: flicker on July 19, 2020, 04:04:02 pm
You can quitout R+A with just one hand on the controller, avoiding C-Right+A due to alien finger stretch is just a comfort.

Depends on your grip style I suppose. I approve of all methods that do not use the stick unless completely necessary for speed (RTA)!
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: mw on July 19, 2020, 05:10:31 pm
I use A, stick right, A to quit out and mash Start + A to navigate menus.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: MadmanFlechr on July 19, 2020, 05:18:46 pm
I never use the C buttons for menuing, at least I don't think I do

and while I get the stick preservation thing, in the grand scheme of things you aren't really prolonging the life of your stick by that much, especially if you're playing stick intensive levels anyway. Plus considering my 'enthusiastic' style of play, using my stick to restart a level in GE is probably one of the kinder things I do to it.  :nesquik:

It's kinda like driving 70 mph to get somewhere rather than 60, you save a little bit but it ultimately doesn't matter
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: rhakiath on July 19, 2020, 05:33:52 pm
It's kinda like driving 70 mph to get somewhere rather than 60, you save a little bit but it ultimately doesn't matter

Well where I live going 60 instead of 70 will mean a large portion of people will go to unheard of lengths to pass you so they can go fast, including passing you on the shoulder or median, or possibly on 2 wheels. So in fact it's probably much safer to just speed rather than be flattened by some Karen in an SUV. Food for thought.

However on the topic of stick preservation, I don't think it's taken seriously enough by the majority. A solution to the long term stick problem should be given similar attention and resources to solving climate change tbh.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Irie on July 19, 2020, 07:03:12 pm
Yeah flicker expanded better on the quitout strat, being able to do it with one hand is pretty amazing. And I firmly believe this stuff is big on stick preservation because it's otherwise a lot of repetitive motions in a couple directions, up right for starting a level and to the right for quitting out. That definitely is going to create problems down the road
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Cal on July 19, 2020, 10:30:18 pm
I never use the C buttons for menuing, at least I don't think I do

Where's the poll on this?

I never use the stick to menu, but always use some wild combo of C buttons and D pad.
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: sealC_evaD on July 20, 2020, 02:42:41 am
“A”, always.

I didn’t even realise that “Z” did the same thing...
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Irie on July 20, 2020, 03:55:51 am
I think I use R for the menu when not stick tbh lol
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: SGT RAGEQUIT on July 20, 2020, 09:36:36 am
i quit out with z/r/z
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: flukey lukey on July 20, 2020, 06:50:51 pm
A
Title: Re: Do you use A or Z to reveal the endscreen of your PR runs?
Post by: Lark on July 22, 2020, 04:29:57 pm
A