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LOTAD
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English
Etymology
Possibly a backronymic play on words of the Pokémon Lotad.
Pronunciation
en /ˈloʊ.tæd/
en
Noun
en speedrunning en low-optimized (-optimization) tool-assisted demonstration.
en TAS
en ZFG Ocarina of Time Max% Child LOTAD [Commentated] YouTube https://youtu.be/ki53UHJMlD4?si=t3AS1j3cxc7gNoOO&t=39 19 June 2021 13 September 2026 So... a LOTAD is [a] low-optimization tool-assisted demonstration. Basically a bad en TAS speedrun... not a fully optimized TAS... but it is way better than a human would normally do, way better than a human could realistically do [in a speedrun].