I’m looking for someone with experience speed running video games to help me with designing a speedrun for the ultimate game: The US Federal Tax Code as a long term project over the next few months
#Longterm Project-Looking for experienced speedrunner
steep kernel
waxen hazel
I am none of the things you were looking for but I'm still going to ask about the project
I'm not experienced and I'm not a speedrunner but I am curious
steep kernel
So the idea is to document the creation and completion of a speedrun on one of the most boring speedruns possible in an effort to establish 4 primary outcomes: 1. Develop a deep enough understanding of the Federal tax code to not only build but complete a speedrun of (as understanding these codes would really help in my dream to attain a CPA and Bar card to become a career tax attorney,)
waxen hazel
Are you able to spend a decent amount of money because you could like hire / call a lawyer and get them to explain some of the stuff to you
What are the other three steps though
steep kernel
- The project is designed to help me, and potentially others prepare for law school by creating what's essentially an interactive crash course into the tax system
waxen hazel
Sounds like a noble cause and 3,4
steep kernel
- As far as shitposts are concerned, I want this to stand as the current greatest tax-related one ever devised and executed while staying accurate to the subject matter
waxen hazel
3. As far as shitposts are concerned, I want this to stand as the current greate...
If successful it just might be
steep kernel
- Use this project as a test of how far my now nascent content creation skills can be pushed, and how well I can gaslight myself and others into developing professional skills through creating and attempting this speedrun
waxen hazel
It'll definitely be an amazing test of your creative skills to make this interesting
For a large amount of people
steep kernel
honestly this chat alone has me committed to the idea, even though I'm estimating It'll be at least 2 years before I can complete the project.
Yeah it seems like a challenge designed to help me develop content creation skills well
waxen hazel
So how large is this tax code how many pages would you say you're going to have to sift through
Like if you really sat down and fully worked out how much effort it would be to do a project like this
steep kernel
3837
Right now about 111 hours just to read the material
once again I said very long term
waxen hazel
You know this somewhat reminds me of a YouTuber that did fallout challenge I'm staying completely California compliant with their gun laws
steep kernel
Lmao saw that one a few weeks ago
The idea is heavily based on the hardcore speedruns I've spent far too much time watching
and I figured if someone can beat one of these games, someone can do this with federal tax code
waxen hazel
I mean fully mastering a game seems like it'd be done faster than doing this federal tax code but it definitely can be done I just don't think anyone's ever had the drive to truly do it
I definitely say you need to divide and conquer make little bullet points and sort out a plan of what you want to work on first what different objectives are
waxen hazel
Going to be a fun 17-hour speed run
steep kernel
17 hours might be close to the shortest possible time
so there are 9834 individual sections in the code
waxen hazel
I'm definitely not going to be a guy is going to go through all 9,000 of those sections with you but we could talk he needs someone to talk about the project I don't think there'd be many other ways I could help without doing hundreds of hours of research you may also want to go over to Reddit maybe a law based one and talk to them about this he may be able to find someone that may be a ride or die
steep kernel
lmao no worries, wasn't about to ask you to
Really I just want to find a ruleset to design
waxen hazel
Maybe something like do it in one sitting honestly it's hard to even think of a rule set to design for something like this I don't even know most of the small details that would go into this
steep kernel
Thus the length of the project as a whole, I think the best way to approach it is designing a general ruleset for each major subsection of the code
and determining what qualifies "completing" a section
waxen hazel
That's fair
You could also try a smaller task for your first big project if you don't have to shoot for the stars immediately
steep kernel
Oh yeah, there is no way I'm setting out to do this project right now, my niche as of now is concerned with covering the basics of business as I begin to learn them, and I was thinking of building out a series covering each subchapter of the tax code in an effort to force myself to learn the material in depth before I attempt the run