Bullshit.(posted 9625 days ago)I think at one point Krool brought it up, and I haven't really said much about autofire detection before, but some of us can give a better answer than "shit, that's too fast".
Quick example of a recording that looks like autofire but isn't is Tommi's Tron. The firing "speed limit" in Tron is high, but reachable with a keyboard or keyboard/mouse combo. The trick is you can only do two things at once - you can't move, spin, and shoot max speed. When max shooting speed is needed, he consistently chooses to stops moving to spin & fire in one place. This technique isn't hard to duplicate - I can pull it off and I only get 900cm/s on the 100m dash legit. Tommi's recording also demonstrates a clear understanding of how the game works. I can't do his light cycle patterns, and the tank waves are hard to pull off with my inept spinning, but I can use his methods of dealing with the grid bugs & MCP cone. Why is this important? I never passed level 3 in the arcade. After watching his recording a few times and practicing for several hours in MAME I got to the recognizer stage.
The bullfightj leader is an autofire recording. The leader has mesmerized the bull into very long series of spins. You have to tap cape at the precise times - the bull breaks off if you're slow, and too fast will run the bull into you. Without autofire this would eat all his concentration. But at the same time he is also hammering stab like a madman to gain more points during the spins. It is not possible to do both at once. Aside from this, his fight with the bull shows no greater knowledge of the game than the 20k to 30k recordings - he doesn't know how to get away from the bull's final direct charge or how to kill the bull.
If the recording looks too fast, but isn't autofire, there will be some sort of special firing technique that can be explained to a skilled person well enough to be duplicated. Mastering the T&F "six fingers" should be sufficient qualification to tell if someone's defense email is garbage.
Aqua