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@stise: hopefully I can get used to it, it’s only day one after all.

Thanks duder. I hope so too.

@stise: that’s a strange place for them to put that... on the one hand, I like them supporting the speed run community with a mode all their own, but this has no time limit. And if you get all the goals too fast, you can actually have a less than two minute run, or you could just roll around getting points forever, so your score wouldn’t be comparable to a regular run... thanks for pointing it out though, I guess it’s better than not getting to play them at all anymore.

@noboners: yeah, really threw me for a loop. Maybe I’m just wound up about it too much, I don’t know, it’s been a rough week. I just had this planned as my “go back and pick at this for the rest of the year” kind of game, so it feels like something was pulled out from under me.

@noboners: Not in the originals, at least up until THPS3. You could complete goals with each skater. It gave me a reason to go back and learn the levels really well and also search for stat/cash icons.

Edit: The below issue has largely been fixed via patch. You can now play through the game with any pro and do the goals with them for progression. This does make it slightly awkward as I'll have to beat them AGAIN as Tony Hawk since it counts as a separate progression, but whatevs, this is great. Kudos to the devs for fixing it, skate on, y'all.

Holy shit... this game went from something I thought was amazing to utterly heartbreaking just now. I played through the game as the man himself, Tony Hawk, and then was excited to go back through as other skaters but... all the goals are completed already. When I pick any other skater, the goals are done.

All of them.

I can't play the goals again. I'm done.

What the actual fuck? Who decided that was a good idea? Am I missing something? Is there a way to reset goal progress so you can play the game more? Or is this just a score challenge now?

Doing some spring cleaning and found a way old Sony Vaio computer in a corner. It ran WindowsXP home edition, to give you an idea of its age (See attached photo). This was a store bought rig I got mainly because it had AV inputs so I could digitize some gameplay back in the days of Red vs Blue. My friends and I tried to make our own version, turns out to be fucking hard and a lot of work, so it never got anywhere.

Anyway, I'm trying to think of something useful to do with this old relic. I'm sure it's virus riddled so I'd have to wipe the hard drive and start over, but any ideas? I'm not real savvy when it comes to older hardware usage.

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Cannonball Jump!

A level that demonstrates of one of my favorite Mario mechanics, jumping off of munitions. That's all this level really is, in all the devious ways I could concoct. However, I did throw in checkpoints for you guys. Enjoy!

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Forest Climb. Super Mario World theme. Has some puzzle solving stuff, but pretty simple, mostly involving kicking shells and breaking blocks.

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Desert Piping. Also Super Mario World. Red coin door to start off and some underground rooms with single screen platforming challenges.

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Slide Station Zebra. Super Mario World, who's shocked? Lot of fun making this level, it's mostly to try out my hand with the slopes. Naturally, it's got the N64 ice slide music playing throughout and also features a Boom-Boom fight. Turned out to be far harder to clear than I thought it would be, but I had an enjoyable time with it.

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Two Pathways, One Level. Guess what? Super Mario World. Easily my most difficult (possibly unfair?) level. I classified it as an autoscroller, but really, you're just trying to stay ahead of rising lava. You can choose either the Dry Bones shell or the Spiny hat, but the first is really difficult, and the other is even worse.

I'm on infrequently due to work schedule, but I have Apex Legends on all three systems. Hit me up and maybe I'll be on.

XBL: Phoenix654
PSN: Foenix654
Origin: Phoenix654-J

Goodbye to Stan, the man. 95 is a damn good run for anyone; we should all be so lucky. I remember first hearing him in the finale of the Spider-Man cartoon and not understanding the significance of who he wasn't until later. Hopefully we get two last cameoes in Captain Marvel and Avengers 4.

@flamedrake: Thank you sir. :)