dwangoAC, keeper of TASBot

Making a CTF with a game from the 1970's was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun. Thanks goes out to everyone in the @tas.bot and #nethack communities who helped out! zetier.com/i-put-a-1970...

@indiegamelawyer.bsky.social I gather speedrun.com changed their ToS in a way that appears to remove Creative Commons usage. Do you have a hot take on the real impact to the community?

@getgrist.com Wince with me. My reaction when I saw this ad-misaligned chart (after thinking of a Cory Doctorow word) was disgust and disengagement. Meanwhile, I had no fear showing a Grist chart in my DEF CON talk. Thanks for making charts and spreadsheets without ads in them.

I took @tas.bot to the Game Hacking Village at DEF CON 34 and I brought all the shenanigans as per usual - you should definitely check out zetier.com/game-hacking... to see what absurdity we got up to this time.

On a personal note, I did two Game Hacking Village days on my feet at DEF CON extolling the virtues of what @tas.bot can do and I was able to endure the physical gut pain I'd struggled to face the last two years without most being the wiser. Chronic pain is hard, but easier in the right headspace.

Good news, folks who are remote can participate in the full DEF CON Game Hacking Village CTF which just opened up online and will run all weekend. Come to discord.gg/tasbot and say hi to hack games like RuneScape, NetHack, and Zork!

Join @tas.bot and I at the Game Hacking Village at #DEFCON34 this weekend for TASBot + Smashbot and CTF fun - thanks to Zetier for making my DEF CON trip possible!

I will be taking @tas.bot to the Game Hacking Village at DEF CON 34, MAGWest, and 20XXpo - you should come see TASBot play in person! :)

I'm still facing the same physical health challenges and my next specialist appointment isn't until October but my ability to cope has improved. Nothing changed but my mental outlook as it were, and that's enough for me.

TL;DW: TASBot Labs 501c3 is alive but I'm still facing health challenges and haven't even eaten solid food in three weeks. If you can help lead creating TASBot content or can manage @tas.bot posts, please swing by Discord.gg/TASBot even if it's just to say hi. Thanks for the support all!

Seriously, he's super huggable, I kept catching myself hugging the prototype TASBot plushie when I took TASBot to the Computer History Museum for an event last week. :) I don't yet know how it'll work shipping any remaining stock after MAGFest but hopefully I can get one to anyone who wants one.

It was a long process getting a prototype of TASBot we felt met our standards and we requested a couple improvements but I'm happy to see what folks think. Unfortunately, we'd need a minimum commitment of 150 and tariffs make it $45 plus shipping. Would you buy one? I think he's cute. :)

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

I improperly use both Bluesky and Python. For fun. I submit to your critique. ```python #!/usr/bin/env python3 from random import randint from sys import argv secret = randint(1, 6) print("Too big!" if int(argv[1]) > secret else "Too small!" if int(argv[1]) < secret else "You win!") ```

Sunday Speedrunner Spotlight Episode 131 Guest: @dwangoac.tas.bot youtu.be/o7xwl5zWxVk

@catswithjobs.bsky.social Nonviolent protester

I don't recommend the side-effects of SIBO (I hurt so bad from the hydrogen buildup I can hardly work) but I can still meme my way to a smile

Researching SNES APU clock speeds has been interesting. It largely only matters for playing back a TAS on real hardware, but it was fascinating how temperature had less impact than different consoles and seeing the distribution was centered around faster values. Thank you to everyone who helped!

As @tas.bot posted, if you have an SNES and a flash cart, please do the TASBot community a solid and run this linked smpspeed.sfc test and post the results, it's wild that we're seeing faster results than the dawn of emulator development but here we are. bsky.app/profile/tas....

I've only ever written code in Python so I decided to learn Rust a while back. I really struggled with some of the semantic differences but I think I've developed a unique style that combines the best of both languages while still compiling without warnings.

@georgetakei.bsky.social This is worth sharing. bsky.app/profile/revr...

Guinness, take the two cheated records seriously. Real harm was done here.

@kyleor.land 's arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/... has several behind-the-scenes interview responses from the fantastic team that made the Diablo speedrunning cheating scandal investigation possible

I would like to make a plushie of TASBot. Lots of folks at MAGFest said they wanted one. Please let me know if you have any leads or ideas on how I can go about it. I'd definitely donate 10% to charity but I also need extra funding sources to not starve, heh.

I grew up. I grew out of my original body. It is time to let my old TASBod go. @dwangoac.tas.bot is donating it to the Strong Museum of Play January 23rd via @borman.bsky.social. You should come visit.

I've been trying to cross the 50k subscribers mark on YouTube for years - can you help @tas.bot and I over the line? TAS fun awaits you! :) youtube.com/dwangoAC

Members of the TASBot community including @belthesar.com and @compucat.me helped out with a Breath of Fire speedrun cheating investigation @abyssoft.bsky.social pulled me into and the results have now been published to www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ctG... - it's worth a glance given the outcome

I'm so happy to see Triforce% accepted and published on TASVideos as the first Events class run! If you've never seen the Ocarina of Time Beta Showcase, now is a perfect time. It may make you cry. It may also be the most important thing I will ever be a part of. Thanks, team! tasvideos.org/6307M

Unlike @tas.bot I may occasionally get a bit more edgy, but only slightly - for instance, this comic amused me greatly

@angelwind.bsky.social Any interest in making a banner just for Bluesky? The one that had the Twitter logo on it is no good and was the wrong dimensions anyway. :)

With this (slightly faked) screenshot on Bluesky, I helped TASBot escape the bounds of Twitter/X for good. A little secret, I had to take the screenshot from the message draft view to display the full links, heh

I've posted about the impostor situation on Patreon - a big thanks goes out to my patrons and everyone who supports me through various ways. It means a lot! www.patreon.com/posts/combat...

I am the real dwangoAC here as @dwangoac.tas.bot under the TAS.Bot domain while @tas.bot is the real TASBot as MrTASBot on Instagram and formerly X/Twitter. I have full control of all dwangoAC and TASBot/MrTASBot social media profiles. Please report @dwangoac.bsky.social as an impostor. Thanks!

Hi! I am dwangoAC, keeper of TASBot and also potentially TASBot himself. I was @MrTASBot on Twitter. I created this account because another account was pretending to be me. Or us, as I appear to be @dwangoac.tas.bot and @mrtasbot.bsky.social simultaneously. I guess I break more than just videogames.