How One Cheater Changed Super Mario Maker History

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[SparJar]

Glossing over Sanyx actually clearing the level is criminal imo. Need to talk about how the runners during the clear attempts found cheese for the ending that made it more consistent etc. it's literally a level uploaded with a TAS and a human beat it. That's worth celebrating still.

[vyor]

tbh, managing to clear a cheated level is honestly an even bigger accomplishment. Sanyx should feel damn good about his abilities.

[Reikis]

Kinda weird that the achievement of actually beating the cheated level was just mentioned very shortly, should have given more attention to that impressive feat.

[HistoryVideoGamesMiscStuff]

Honestly, while not copping to the cheating earlier was scummy, I think the fact that someone did manage to beat it legitimately should be seen as Team 0%'s crowning achievement.

[ascarydemon]

I don't think Karl put enough emphasis on how amazing it was that old mate beat a TAS level. Thats insane.

[AltimeterAlligator]

This Ahoyo guy sounds like a legend. He builds Mario Maker's ultimate challenge _way back in 2017_ to show off his handmade TAS machine. Seven years later his forgotten level comes back to life and whoops the world's best players, until Sanyx proves it's human-beatable and puts Mario Maker to rest. That's rad as hell.

[zedlyfier]

??? How is “I beat a level that could only beat with TAS without TAS” not something to be celebrated???

[LotoTheHero]

I think I'd disagree. The fact that someone cleared the "impossible" level makes the feat that much more impressive to me. Everyone involved should be super proud of themselves.

[GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

I like how he developed TAS hardware for console Wii U gameplay when the community thought such a thing couldn't possibly exist in 2017.
And the story is that he trolled a Mario Maker upload, and not that the guy is a pretty dope engineer.

[dailydelphox]

I don't blame him for confessing at the worst time. He only realized this was a problem when the worst time came around- but how was he supposed to know it WOULD end up being cleared legitimately? He was probably just scared that the servers would shut down and the community would feel defeated because they failed to beat his level.
I imagine in his eyes, coming clean was just the responsible thing to do.
I do think this makes an interesting story though at least, so it's not a total loss.

[Sizukun]

Absolute madlad beating a TAS only level.

[GiulioJiang]

It's not a tragedy. It's another victory for the community, as a TAS-only level was actually beaten by a human despite being meant to be impossible

[dremy]

sanyx's clearing of the level was still an epic moment. It was crazy seeing word of it spread across twitch and the rest of the community. It was extraordinarily impressive that a human was able to beat the level and sanyx deserves all the glory for his achievement.

[Draffut]

Ahoyo hadn't been in the Mario Maker community for like 3 years. I don't think he admitted it when he did to cause damage. That's just when he became aware of what was happening.

[mspointsfre]

Honestly this "cheater" is not the same type of villain you make others out to be. He was honestly just a young kid who wanted to see if something like this was even possible and had no idea at the time it would prevent people from completing some goal years later.

[wyrxr]

Hearing that the author of the level confessed at the absolutely worst time makes this story far more tragic. Though I think that learning that the level was cheated should make the fact that it was eventually beaten MORE impressive, not less.

[Xeractyll]

From my personal understanding of the situation, Ahoyo was very disconnected from the community during his time of inactivity, and was not aware that his level was last until the last few weeks. He knew that he had to come out, and as a member of the community, he did not want to make them disappointed or ruin their accomplishments. I do not believe he had any ill intent with this, it is just unfortunate that the events lined up for this to have been one of the worst times to admit a level was faked. I will not be putting any shame onto Ahoyo for this, and in the end, I am happy for what the community managed to accomplish... an even bigger end than they could've ever hoped for.

[shayes.x]

I think it should be noted that Ahoyo couldn't have known that this would become the last uncleared level, nor does it seem like he was just holding onto it for the purpose of ruining this moment. The level did turn out to be humanly viable, and it's highly possible that other TASed levels were beaten in the rush to clear SMM1. The timing is unfortunate, and I wouldn't at all say to excuse Ahoyo of his choices, however I would say it's not worth demonizing him over.

[ianv.]

Frankly this is ridiculous. I don't see why this isn't a better ending to the mario maker mission. Beating a level so hard that it's basically frame perfect tas only. If anything, I'd be more hyped. It's like when the big bad villian reveals he was going to cheat in the final battle and the heroes manage to do the impossible.

[demon.]

seeing trimming the herbs cleared live is actually one of the coolest things i’ve ever seen, the vibes were insane