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by ufferop 823 days ago
The funny thing is if you watch the clear vid it actually looks really straightforward.

The original purpose of the video was to coyly announce the TAS tool the maker created, but the video was mostly ignored because it looks like a regular clear vid.

That’s how it so effectively accidentally flew under the radar. The level lacked a TAS label, and TASs are usually obvious and flashy.

But then you play it and realize those jumps are insanely precise.

Yes, frame perfect, but also mostly pixel perfect x,y precision.

There is even RNG manipulation necessary to ensure a bomb is spawned from a note block in a specific direction.

Streamers had already beaten it in chunks so it was theoretically possible for a human to do, but once people started offering monetary bounties the uploader felt it was time to let everyone in on the 7 year old joke.