good afternoon
I would like to begin this post by going forth and admitting that I don't believe this ghost, along with others of yours, are legitimate. Of course they may be legit, but I just don't really see how that'd be possible.
https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/279722-bolaside-ii/r/symantec
To start it off, we will take a look at this track. It landed at the #2 spot on Ceruleans list of hardest tracks, after rotate IV, so it should be nearly impossible. Well it basically is! (was, i guess). TAS completions only, no saved times. And then the first saved time happens to be flawless? If I'm not mistaken, this ghost was the first try on his stream. (I'll touch on the streaming later).
With tubes as small as 40 grid units (60 is standard), the first 1/3 of the track consists of mainly tubes, those of which, doing flawlessly is unbelievable. Let alone the fact that he threw a trick in there. At this point, it already seems like a TAS ghost.
The following obstacles and tubes are self explanatory (nuts), but what really pushed me over the edge was the upwards tube thing at the second last star. Bro just did 90% of the track flawless, which theoretically should be about a 1/10000 chance, even for the best ghosters, and then does the hardest obstacle first try. Take a close look at that part itself. Does it look like somebody spacebarred it? No, let alone somebody who claims to average .10, .13. He then faces another, probably 45 grid unit tube, and does that first try as well. Cool. Well done.
https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/259634-rotate-iii/r/symantec
Here is the ghost that incited me to make this post. Where do I start? The fact that this is the third time he's done this? The fact that he flawlessly trickghosted rotate III? Run that through your mind. Flawlessly trickghosted rotate III. Sounds weird right? Well the ghost itself looks a bit weird as well.
First of all, he brake controlled NONE of the tubes. None of them, at all. For anyone who knows how to tube, this should already be a big red flag. Ya'll know that that takes a significant amount of luck.
The section from 11s to 24s in his ghost is mind-blowing. The fact that he pulled that off, and then went on to do the rest of the track without even one death is stupid, probably because he cheated. Keep in mind that for the rest of the track, he knows he's done that crazy part, and yet still goes for tricks and doesn't brake control. What kind of psychopath? Or cheater...
https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/858585-send-this-to-someone-you-hate/r/symantec
I don't see a world in which this track is beaten without TAS. I went to the eye doctor last month and i had like 20/15 vision so i think i can see fine.
This track was literally designed for TASing only. I don't believe that at anytime while making this, Pie42 had the intention of making this track feasible. It is literally so hard that it has turned TASers away from it, because they got so tired of the track. (Well respected TASers Blank_Guy and Trainer.John couldn't manage to do it).
The fact that he completed this track is (false) unimaginable. He also beat Pie's editor time, and is ahead of his ghost for the first 9 seconds.
You may argue, "well he didn't TAS, look he stalled and almost messed up at around 13 seconds blah blah blah". It'd not be too far fetched for it to just be a diversion, a purposeful mistake to help his case for the ghost being legitimate. I mean, look at the precision of the upward mtb tubes, frame perfect Zs, no mistakes after completing the first 16 seconds? I don't think so.
Now I am fully aware that he has streamed basically everyone of these ghosts, along with many similar ones unmentioned here. Though this is nice evidence, it is not enough at this point. I do believe that symantec cheats, but that doesn't mean it's true of course. I have been surprised at the lack of people actually questioning his legitimacy to be frank. His messages are definitely very innocent and positive contrary to sharkfin in past times of controversy, which I guess subconsciously inclines people to want to believe his innocence. Charisma goes a long way, you know. I would really encourage everyone to take a step back and come to realize the magnitude of his flawless ghosts. Literally 3 months ago there was no way in hell this was possible.
As for cheating, I would really love to see a handcam or something. I am not interested in watching your streams, but I can put my trust in a guy like Rube or Dante who I think watches them sometimes to assure me that you are using a handcam (or something along those lines). You may be wondering how he could possibly cheat while streaming. Remember that isekeb's ghost verifier can only detect duplicate inputs in ghost data, but that can be removed from TAS ghosts, so that is basically obsolete. But the sort of TAS he would have to use wouldn't be what is standard. Instead, my best guess is that he "pre-TASes" a track, doesn't finish the ghost, but saves the input data. He would then (while streaming) have an auto-spacebar program pausing at certain intervals so he can recreate those inputs. Hence the "first try on stream" shenanigans, TAS-like ghosting style.
If the possibility that you are actually pulling off these ghosts is true, I'd really like to say I'm sorry for your hands, brain, well-being, and most of all, you. There is probably something astray in your life leaving a gaping hole that you can only try to fill by spending hours and hours on frhd, starving for approval from people you don't even know. The same would probably go if you were doing this while cheating. Putting all that aside, I believe my point is that you need to put yourself first, and really look inward at what it is you're feeling and come to accept that. From there you can begin to learn and grow, but only when you come to realize where your mental state is. Mental health is more important than you will ever know, and I really do wish you the best, as well as everyone who reads this!
God bless us all! God save the Queen! God save Ukraine!
bye.
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