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-      Pokemon Soul Silver Glitchless FAQ
+      Battle Event Factory FAQ
 
 Q: What is the Battle Factory Event?
-A: No, I'm playing on a DS (phat) with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage
+A: So a good while ago, JTMagicman ramped up a bounty for completing the Battle Factory Open Level where you get the gold print. You can see it here: https://pastebin.com/MqXBPGY2
 
-Q: Why do you choose Cyndaquil?
+Since then, many people attempted it, and Battle Factory runs become a popular thing within the community.
-A: Because the Cyndaquil evolution family is the best for the speedrun. Until you catch Raikou, that is.
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 But so we decided at some stage more recently to do an event where we all attempt it together at once. For some good ol fun.
-Q: Why do you keep resetting and changing the time?
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-A: I need to use a specific time in order to use RNG manipulation, so I set the clock in such a way that I can use it.
+Q: How does the event work?
- The timer counts down to when I need to reset for the correct second.
+A: Well you can't exactly 'race' it, so there are specific rules.
 
-Q: What is RNG?
+The aim is to get the highest streak possible in the time frame provided. All participant have 2 hours where they may restart any attempts, after which they will have to complete the streak they are on. You have 5 hours to complete you final attempt (though it will never take that long).
-A: Random Number Generator, the thing that determines everything random within the game, such as stats, encounters and pokerus.
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 This one will be done at Level 50, Single Battles. No RNG Manipulation is allowed.
-Q: What is RNG Manipulation?
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-A: RNG manipulation is used in this speedrun, which involves resetting on a specific second starting from a specific time, and hitting the correct frame for the correct seed after resetting. This allows for manipulating of the wild encounters, Cyndaquils starting stats, Raikous starting stats, Raikous starting position, and the lottery so I win the Master Ball
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 A: No, I'm playing on a 3DS with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage.
-Q: What causes the resets?
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-A: I missed initial starting seed. There are 2 ways to check whether I hit the correct seed:
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-1) I check my Trainer ID. The one I am aiming for is 39391. I know if I get this ID, I hit the right starting seed, as that is generated at the same time. This is what I used to do, as it is the first thing you can do to check, but it takes ~3 seconds to check so I tend to instead...
+A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnhgssext#Battle_Factory
-2) I check the movement of the NPCs in New Bark Town. Because their movement is derived from the RNG, I can tell I hit it based on their movements. If the girl faces Down, then turn Right, Down, and then Left, I got it
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-If not I didn't hit the right seed, so I reset. The RNG for the seed advances every frame, so it is a frame perfect trick
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 A: This is a grading system for all of my splits. I'm sure you are familiar with grades, A+ being the best then going down from there. So the idea is, if the split has an A+ next to it, my time there was really good and would be very difficult to beat. If it's a C though for example, it was quite poor, and I should be able to save time there pretty easily.
-Q: Why is your movement so strange at the start of the run?
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-A: Because you can't get the best possible results off the bat. The movement that I do is designed specifically to manipulate the RNG (from NPCs movement around me, and the like) so that I get my great Cyndaquil, Pokerus off the first trainer battle, and no encounters to Falkner.
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