This damage boost on the squids happens to me sometimes: https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/CreativeGoldenIbizanhound
It seems to force scrolling to go a bit faster and I was wondering if it was really faster than the common strat, and if anyone was using it on purpose.
I guess it's a bit faster, but not sure. You can also push yourself farther with some inputs.
It may be a couple of frames faster, but it can't be done consistently enough to warrant the addition, unless you're prepared for a few extra thousand resets.
Garadas experimented with that (might even implemented it. I don't remember) so if you can do it consistent you can ofc go for it. I don't remember if it was frametested in emulator but the difference is close to 0.
You need to get to a certain point to get that boost and the main thing in that entire strat is making the roboduck spawn as fast as possible while still making it all the way to the wall before he is descending so he gets as close to the wall as possible to minimize the time it takes to get back and forth for the hit.
Point being I think the roboduck can get spawned equally fast with a wiggle
Thank you very much for that clarification, I understand better.
I think it's very hard to be constant on this trick, I'll settle for the regular method, my time isn't very good yet, but if it happens by chance (it does occur randomly sometimes), I'll know it's at least not a bad thing xD
Oh, it's always good to bring up stuff like this because you never know what you might discover, and new things do come about that way. A good example is the no-stop strat in Amazon on the bottom of the level where you have that sort of tight jump not to stop. Purjo came up with that in a very similar way, and it ended up being useful, like, .2 seconds or something. But, yeah. It's definitely not a reset if you happen to do it accidentally, provided you adjust when it happens. Good luck bettering your time, if you're going to.
I Have got this boost sometime. Is very random and rare. But i think is litllel bit faster but only little.