dwangoAC, keeper of TASBot

I note how in 2015 I was diagnosed with a GI health issue that worsened over the last year. It impacted my mental health and I apologize for over-sharing before I felt I had to step away these past few months. I set up acbit.net/donate for medical costs but mostly I just want to get out there again.

YouTube video by dwangoAC, keeper of TASBot TASBot is not AI

I've posted youtu.be/g3gxcBRpchg on how @tas.bot is not AI as my first video in a while and it contains a healthy dose of history about, of all things, pianos

@catswithjobs.bsky.social Nonviolent protester

Brad: What is the best place to find the cheapest gas? dwangoAC: Taco Bell

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....

That makes it seem like this is heretical somehow :)

Oh, I didn't attempt that at all, I just compiled it ;)

Rust programming language source code demonstrating a simple "guess the number" game, but with all of the syntactic characters such as ;, {, and } moved far to the right side, resulting in a code appearance similar to Python which lacks syntax braces and characters.

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.

How Diablo hackers uncovered a speedrun scandal Investigators decompiled the game to search through 2.2 billion random dungeon seeds.

@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.

Nice! (It was obligatory.) What version was that?

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

YouTube video by Abyssoft Speedrunner Accused of Cheating Live On Stream...

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

N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time "Triforce% ACE Showcase" by Sauraen, dwangoAC & Savestate in 53:05.30 Publication [6307] from 2024-12-24

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

I have always been happy the TASBot community, and especially the Discord.TAS.Bot server, has been able to find more in common helping a cute robot play games perfectly than arguing over what separates us. @tas.bot does not know how to hate. If only the rest of us were so lucky.

Join the The TASBot Lab Discord Server! TASBot plays games perfectly for charity with the help of the TASBot community led by dwangoAC | 2598 members

Thank you! Both @tas.bot and I need ones and we probably need all new ones with TASBot's new pose for discord.gg/TASBot too

So far, much much better, thanks for the welcome!

@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. :)

That's, in a sense, the actual TASBot - KNfLrPn took the original eye design by Fream and created a 3D model which DrD2k9 turned into the physical "TASBod" of TASBot. Along the way, CraftedCart made an Unreal Engine version used for animations. AngelWind made the banner image based on those assets.

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 am dwangoAC and I approve of this message from our cute little video game destroying robot mascot. TASBot will continue to have his own voice and speaking style and I will now have my own. Thank you to everyone who gave us such a warm welcome to Bluesky!

Combating a Bluesky impostor | dwangoAC, keeper of TASBot Get more from dwangoAC, keeper of TASBot on Patreon

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!

5. I created a new account with my original email address with the temp name @mrtasbot.bsky.social
6. I changed my handle to my current @dwangoac.tas.bot handle
7. The streams crossed and I ended up being both names simultaneously

TL;DR: I will eventually be bsky.app/profile/dwan...