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A {{w|tool-assisted speedrun}} (or TAS for short) is a speedrun that uses software tools to make certain hard or even humanly impossible inputs easily. ''{{w|Lateralus}}'' and ''{{w|Ænima}}'' are albums by the band {{w|Tool (band)|Tool}}. This comic makes use of a pun, where rather than using third party tools to assist him in beating a video game as quickly as possible, Cueball is getting "assistance" from the rock band Tool in the form of background music to help him concentrate. In real life, a speedrun would be unlikely to be removed based on the music one is listening to while completing it, though it may be considered similar to using a {{w|metronome}}, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/s/ODqJcAWcKg controversial topic]. | A {{w|tool-assisted speedrun}} (or TAS for short) is a speedrun that uses software tools to make certain hard or even humanly impossible inputs easily. ''{{w|Lateralus}}'' and ''{{w|Ænima}}'' are albums by the band {{w|Tool (band)|Tool}}. This comic makes use of a pun, where rather than using third party tools to assist him in beating a video game as quickly as possible, Cueball is getting "assistance" from the rock band Tool in the form of background music to help him concentrate. In real life, a speedrun would be unlikely to be removed based on the music one is listening to while completing it, though it may be considered similar to using a {{w|metronome}}, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/s/ODqJcAWcKg controversial topic]. | ||
| − | The title text is a pun on the word "speedrun". {{w|Usain Bolt}}'s 100-meter dash record is a world-record "speedrun" in the sense that it is literally a speedy run. It isn't farfetched as Speedrun.com has some leaderboards for [https://www.speedrun.com/ | + | The title text is a pun on the word "speedrun". {{w|Usain Bolt}}'s 100-meter dash record is a world-record "speedrun" in the sense that it is literally a speedy run. It isn't farfetched as Speedrun.com has some leaderboards for [https://www.speedrun.com/series/IRL In Real Life] records. |
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Revision as of 01:53, 16 May 2026
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 Title text: Usain Bolt holds the world record in the 100 meter speedrun. |
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This comic shows Cueball sitting at a desk complaining that his speedrun got deleted off of Speedrun.com, which is a popular leaderboard aggregator for speedruns.
A tool-assisted speedrun (or TAS for short) is a speedrun that uses software tools to make certain hard or even humanly impossible inputs easily. Lateralus and Ænima are albums by the band Tool. This comic makes use of a pun, where rather than using third party tools to assist him in beating a video game as quickly as possible, Cueball is getting "assistance" from the rock band Tool in the form of background music to help him concentrate. In real life, a speedrun would be unlikely to be removed based on the music one is listening to while completing it, though it may be considered similar to using a metronome, a controversial topic.
The title text is a pun on the word "speedrun". Usain Bolt's 100-meter dash record is a world-record "speedrun" in the sense that it is literally a speedy run. It isn't farfetched as Speedrun.com has some leaderboards for In Real Life records.
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- [Cueball is sitting at a desk with a laptop. Megan is standing behind him.]
- Cueball: Aw man, Speedrun.com removed my world record just because I listened to Lateralus and Ænima to get in the flow.
- Megan: Oh, a copyright thing?
- Cueball: No, they don't allow Tool-assisted speedruns.
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F1RST! I actually found the comic before Theusafbot did. K9Dragon23, or RainWingSquares (talk) (talk) 01:01, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
- I also did a crappy first draft explanation. K9Dragon23, or RainWingSquares (talk) (talk) 01:03, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
- There goes the speedrun records King Pando (talk) 01:38, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
L0l, my br0ther and father g0t me in0 t00l 216.25.182.141 02:59, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
Published on the 25th Anniversary of the song release right?
wasn't there an olympic runner who requested a song to be played with his preferred beats per minute, only to be rejected out of a concern for an unfair advantage? 84.225.125.43 07:10, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
Wow! I needed this explanation. I knew nothing of speedruns, nor Tool. Usain Bolt I had heard of.--2A00:23CC:D248:8901:79C8:645F:821A:1BA3 08:37, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
Cueball is such a tool. 2A02:2455:1960:4000:2C98:4FB4:B92F:33B4 10:07, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
Shouldn't they remove Usain Bolt'd record as a TAS?--94.73.49.13
- No, he was the one that did the record, not a programmed computer. A robot that was programmed to perform a series of specific inputs that make it run really fast would be a TAS. --DollarStoreBa'alconverse 15:26, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
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