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  1. 2020 was a fun speed year. Branched myself out into a lot of categories that I just enjoy a lot. Ended with all the main category Pokemon WRs I care about too (Gen 4 + B2W2), so I feel in a very good place at the moment.
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  3. There's no doubt that All Gold Prints was the run of the year. On a technical standpoint, I think it's without a doubt the best impressive run I've ever done. There's now very few big projects left on my list that I feel I need to accomplish in speedrunning.
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  6. Without further ado, here are my PB's from 2020, listed in chronological order:
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  8. Pokemon White 2
  9. Challenge Mode in 3:14:41 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPI6ep7Dbk
  10. Started off with a very nice run. I've always preferred Challenge Mode. It takes about 3 minutes more, but is just way more interesting in the fights you get. This run was really good, and would be very hard to beat.
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  12. Pokemon White 2
  13. Any% in 3:12:35 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSD2-cvYpNo
  14. So when I got the over Challenge Mode PB, it was actually *better* than my Normal Mode PB. I figured I had to go back and correct that at least. Ended up getting what's still the record. But this run definitely has more leeway, it's actually ridiculous no one has a 3:11 here yet.
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  16. Pokemon Platinum
  17. Alt Main Poke: Bidoof+ in 4:06:34 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBhOXDJwc60
  18. This started my charge on Alt Main Pokes. My love of routing is basically endless, but the longer you play the main categories, the less routing there is to do. So looking at Alt Main Pokes I think was inevitable for me at some point. And boy has it been fun. This is one of the alt runs I may return to at some stage, because the run itself was probably the worst of the bunch while I just wanted to push through and finish one.
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  20. Pokemon Stadium 2
  21. All Challenge Cups in 4:50:29 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnacWbD1ROA
  22. This run has proved an excellent "bridge run", where in between routing run runs and new categories, I can just switch on the N64 and play this category. It's very fun, requires no pre-preparation, and is also not easy. I'm sure I'll beat this run at some stage as I continue to use it as a bridge, but I love that I've discovered it.
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  24. Pokemon Soul Silver
  25. Alt Main Poke: Dratini+ in 4:15:04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPzCo_eC8oM
  26. The next Alt Main I took on, this run was much better.
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  28. Pokemon Fire Red
  29. Alt Main Poke: CH'DING in 2:31:16 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUFiutRAL6c
  30. After I decided to do Alt Mains, I went looking to other games to see if I could get some mileage out of them. Fire Red has been a very dead game to me for a while because of the allowance of programs that make the run real shit. But the traded mons don't need any of that, so it opened me up to a great Alt Mon - Farfetch'd! He goes a bit better than I thought too, was a fun time.
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  32. Sonic the Fighters
  33. Sonic in 3'01'01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyXKfoT1oSE
  34. Almost an exactly yearly tradition is someone coming to this game and beating one (or in this case, two) of my times here. I deliberately don't improve them too much to encourage competition this way, as it fuels as a good motivation for this game. Enjoyed coming back and getting the records back, but especially Sonic.
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  36. Sonic the Fighters
  37. Tails in 4'09'41 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehIfMqkXcY8
  38. Tails is basically Sonic-Lite and is probably my least favourite character to play.
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  40. WarioWare Inc
  41. All Stages in 40:32 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjaNaeuiXt8
  42. I'll be honest, I don't even remember doing this run, haha. All Stages is just a continuation of Any% (which is 29 or so minutes long), so I just came back and did a quick run so it had a reasonable run on the leaderboard.
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  44. Pokemon Pearl
  45. Any% in 57:06 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL6yu3FOFlU
  46. This was the Gen 4 main series category WR I expected I lose first, and it was. But I always thought due to it's grindy nature that I wouldn't return to beat it back. But I was wrong, because I ended up bridge the gap not on grinding, but on routing. Found a new path and different approach to items and such (no marts) that allowed me to cut off enough time in routing to get the record back.
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  48. Pokemon Platinum
  49. Any% Glitchless in 3:40:01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbv7Bu7D1-k
  50. This run...I can't even describe it. It's astounding to me that a main category in a main series Pokemon game has the runner just pickup the Hail TM for no reason. Definitely the most hilariously cooked run of all time that just somehow got through.
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  52. Pokemon Soul Silver
  53. Alt Main Poke: Dunsparce in 4:19:02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2pel5pZD30
  54. Maybe the most fun Alt I've done so far - Dunsparce has all the right characteristics for an Alt Main. Fun, has novelty value, acquired very early, not that great in battle but still serviceable enough at all point of the game to make it through without grinding. Loved it.
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  56. Pokemon Platinum
  57. Alt Main Poke: Starly+ in 3:47:59 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ3sFwsB13s
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  60. Sonic Megamix
  61. Mighty in 21:52 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBw_ASOC6nY
  62. While I'd done a reasonable run with Sonic/Tails/Shadow, there were still 2 chars I hadn't taken seriously in this game yet. But now they are both done, and I can probably bid farewell to what has been a fun journey with game.
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  64. Sonic Megamix
  65. Knuckles in 23:24 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_UlU67C78
  66. Knuckles definitely the hardest character in this game. After finishing with him, and now getting a more reasonable run with all the characters, I doubt I'll return to this game again.
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  68. Pokemon Soul Silver
  69. Battle Factory - Open Level Gold, No Manip in 2:11:59 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghFoc99d4wc
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  71. Pokemon Soul Silver
  72. All Gold Prints in 10:31:59 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo_59YiIFPk
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  74. Pokemon Soul Silver
  75. Alt Main Poke: Chikorita+ in 4:01:56 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgKRIowMxHY
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  77. Pokemon Stadium
  78. Complete the Game in 19:41:57 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g-V7prG9zA
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  80. Pokemon Soul Silver
  81. Alt Main Poke: Mareep+ in 3:44:54 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLYW1Ew4TcI
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  83. Pokemon Soul Silver
  84. Any% Glitchless in 3:34:28 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0MuYWEa6VE
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  86. Pokemon Soul Silver
  87. Manipless in 3:54:17 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9j5RXrRlEA#t=13m
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  89. Sonic Pocket Adventure
  90. Best Ending in 31:28 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfkomhcNABU
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  93. And here are my marathon runs from 2020:
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  95. AusSpeedruns - FAST 2020:
  96. Pokemon White 2 Any%: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uz8eBTXMlI
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  100. And that was 2020. More fun ahead in 2021!
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