PKMN Series Run 2020 - Afterthoughts

	When I finished the series run last year, I was ecstatic that I had finished one of the craziest speedrunning feats ever devised, and vowed that should the series run occur in 2020, I would not do it. At the time, I had no idea if I would have the time, or the want to do it again.....obviously that all changed. Around February or March was when I began contemplating doing the series run again. I already knew the 37 games from the first one after all, and many of the new games I had experience with already, including Shield which I had just finished a co-op catch em all with my friend. I began routing, but opted not to tell anyone for a few weeks, as I thought I would drop it soon after i began working on it. Instead, as I worked more and more, I got more and more excited. Just like last year, the night before day 1 I got little sleep, as I was excited for what was to come.

	 Over the course of 28 days (Specifically, 661:44:23 (hrs:min:sec)), I proceeded to complete 62 pokemon games, and capture 861 unique pokemon in a final game time of 378:59:38! I had a ton of fun, and while there were definitely moments of anger, frustration, and depression, they were outweighed by all of the fun moments I had. I won't go through every game, but in general every run went well! Here are some notable games though.

	- Pokemon Crystal was a trainwreck, just like last year. I will never speedrun crystal again, it can go fuck itself

	- Shadows of Almia went better than last year, but was still painful and slow.

	- Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire had iirc my first hype train of the run...I still don't know why.....I guess people
      like pinball?

	- Pokepark 2: Wonders Beyond had me perform a trick that was only discovered two hours prior, becoming the first
      person to do it on video. Then, later on I theorized another skip. While I could not get it myself, several hours
      later someone else did and now Rob Hops are an official skip in Pokepark 2

	- Platinum and conquest carts screwed with me, forcing me to emulate unexpectedly. This messed with me a bit, but
      otherwise went alright.

	- Sword, Shield, and LGP were plagued with joycon drift issues, screw switch joycons.

	- Entei LMFAO. I could make a ten minute video all about Entei (Maybe I will?!?!?!)

	So now, I want to thank people who helped me out.

	- Shoutouts to kiichii, wh0m, cinder, cheez, nacho, doctormiawoo, anthem, feranator, and anyone else I was in a vc
      with during the run. Nothing sucks more than not being able to talk to somebody vocally.

	- Shoutouts to all of my pokedex trackers! cascadia, web, furious, warning, wh0m, cinder, kiichii, cheez, and
      anthem! Because of you guys, marking pokemon off was much smoother and easier this year compared to last!

	- Shoutouts to everybody who chatted, whether you said hello to me once, only played hangman, and had deep
      conversations on the most random topics! I won't list anyone here because I could never remember you all and I
      would feel bad forgetting someone, but just now I thank you all so much!

	- Finally, shoutouts to everyone who donated bits, subbed, and gave out gift subs. When I started this series run,
      I knew there was a chance that I could get a few subs. When I say a few, I mean like....2......maybe 3.....yeah.
      Instead, I was shown that even in one of the darkest years the USA has faced in a long time, there are plenty of
      good people out there! I hope you all enjoy the emotes I have now, and I plan on adding new emotes for Tiers 1,
      2, and 3 ASAP, as well as potentially new sub badges!

	So...now what? Well, as I have said many times during my series run, I plan on making myself primarily a pokemon
    speedrunner from now on. I enjoy running pokemon more than anything else nowadays, and so expect to see more
    pokemon runs! But what games? So, here's a list of all the games and my thoughts on running them.

	MAIN SERIES
	- Red/Blue: I want a sub 2 hour time, so yes, I will be running
	- Yellow: No plans for running anytime soon
	- Gold/Silver: Maybe? Probably not though.
	- Crystal: HA HA HA HA HA....Fuck that
	- Ruby/Sapphire: Probably will start running eventually, but no immediate plans
	- Emerald: Even less likely than R/S
	- Firered/Leafgreen: Probably not
	- Diamond/Pearl: YES, I want to run both glitched and glitchless too!
	- Heartgold/Soulsilver: YES, Similarly want to run both glitched and glitchless!
	- Platinum: Probably not, especially not if my cart continues to fail on me.
	- Black/White: I'm interested in running, but not a top priority
	- Black 2/White 2: Similar to Black/White, although it depends on if I'm doing 3ds manips. I'm not relying on doing drilbur manip
      on a 3ds halfway through a run.
	- X/Y: Probably not, I don't like the route
	- Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: YES! This is actually likely to be my first project is getting a good time, specifically in AS
	- Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: HA HA HA HA HA.....Fuck that
	- Sword/Shield: Entirely depends on joycons. If I get new joycons that don't drift, then I'd run Shield. Until then, no.

	SIDE SERIES
	- PMD (All of them): I will continue doing occasional PMD runs, but the only category I may grind out is BRT Unrestricted
	- Ranger (All of them): HA HA HA...no
	- Pinball/Pinball: R&S: No
	- Puzzle Challenge/League: probably no to challenge, but league I am interested in running! Maybe beyond easy as well!
	- Pokepark 1/2: YES!!!!! Pokepark 1 will likely be an early project for me!
	- Rumble/Rumble Blast: YES!!!!! Especially Rumble Blast, I want to get good!
	- Stadium/Stadium 2/Battle Revolution: No to Stadium 2, I want like a sub 1:40/1:45 in Stadium 1, maybe go for a decent time in BR?
	- Snap: Once in a while, but likely not going to grind out attempts.
	- Channel: I want to learn 100%, but probably won't try to improve any% too much
	- Let's Go Pikachu: NO!
	- Dash: Surprisingly, yes! I do want to actually get a decent time in dash!
	- Trozei: Also surprisingly, yes! I want a decent trozei time too!
	- Conquest: Probably not
`	- Pokken: Probably will do more runs for a decent time, learn Chandelure for late game strats.
	- Colosseum/XD: Gale of Darkness: Once I have them on console, YES! I enjoy running them, but I am done running them on emulator
	- Typing Adventure: If I can get a keyboard working with the cartridge, yes! Maybe route 100%?!?!?!
	- TCG1/2: TCG2 I am probably done with, but TCG1 I wouldn't mind getting a good any% no ACE and a good any% time in!
	- Detective Pikachu: Probably won't grind it out, but a run here or there and maybe i can get a decent time!
	- Hey You, Pikachu: ;)

	With this, I think I am done! Good Luck to wh0misds and crrool who are doing their pkmn series runs soon, and I hope everyone enjoyed watching my pkmn series run and sticks around to enjoy all other pokemon content I do in the future!