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-      Pokemon Heart Gold Caterpie+ FAQ
+      Pokemon Soul Silver Rocky FAQ
 
-Q: What does Caterpie+ mean?
+Q: What does Rocky mean?
-A: It means I'm going to catch a Caterpie, and use it (along with it's evolutions) to beat the whole game. In other words, an alternate Pokemon run using Caterpie!
+A: Doing a glitchless speedrun with Rocky, the in-game traded Onix in Violet City.
-The + in Caterpie+ is to differentiate it from a potential alt run with *just* Caterpie, where you would never evolve it
+
 Q: Is this run Manipless or not?
-Q: Is this run Glitchless or not?
+A: This run will be Manipless, because it is a race.
-A: Yes, it is glitchless. Alt poke runs are glitchless unless explicitly said otherwise.
+I'm considering doing some runs myself after this race which would have RNG manip.
 (Given Rocky always has the same IVs, the only things that would change are getting no encounters before Repels, and most relevantly, getting Pokerus.
-Q: Where will you catch Caterpie?
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-A: On Route 31, just before entering Violet City
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 A: No, the entire point of an alt Pokemon run is that it is not the fastest way to beat the game. Otherwise it would just be...the fastest way, and it'd be the main category.
 
 Q: So how much slower is this going to be?
 A: A fair bit. I think it'll be above 4:30, and the Glitchless run with Raikou sits at 3:33
 
-A: A fair bit. Should get under 4:30, and the Glitchless run with Raikou sits at 3:34.
+Q: How good is Rocky?
 A: Good and Rocky do not belong in the same sentence.
-Q: How good is Caterpie?
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-A: Not very good!
+
 A: All of them. But Chuck is definitely the hardest.
 
-A: Pretty much every Gym Leader is pretty tough. Even the Kanto ones. It's hard to say who the hardest is specifically because so many fights can go differently, but the ones that stand out are: Falkner, Bugsy, Pryce, Kimono Girls, and Lance.
+Q: What are Rocky's IVs?
 A: Given it is an in game trade, Rocky always has the same IVs. They are: 25 HP, 20 Att, 25 Def, 15 Sp Att, 15 Sp Def, 15 Speed with a Hasty Nature and its ability is Sturdy.
-Q: Do you manipulate the Caterpie? If so, what are it's stats?
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-A: Yes. It's IVs are 19 HP, 28 Att, 21 Def, 30 Sp Att, 18 Sp Def, 27 Speed with a Rash nature. It's sadly a Male (would prefer Female to avoid Attract), but given these IVs it has a Hidden Power of Ground with 66 Power.
+Q: Why do you pick Chikorita as the starter?
 A: The main reason is so the Rival has Cyndaquil, which is the best matchup for Rocky. Chikorita also gets the Cut, but so does every starter.
-Q: Why do you pick Totodile as the starter?
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-A: The main reason is so the Rival has Chikorita, which is the best matchup for Butterfree. Totodile also gets the Water HMs, and Cut too.
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 A: Tackle, Screech, (sometimes Harden), Rage, Rock Throw, Dig, Payback, Earthquake, Stone Edge, (sometimes Explosion)
 
-A: Tackle, Confusion, (sometimes Poison Powder), Sleep Powder, Gust, Silver Wind, Psybeam, Hidden Power (Ground 66), Bug Buzz, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Substitute.
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 A: You can find the rules across the series here: https://pastebin.com/uTqgXp6m
 
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 Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
 A: No, I'm playing on a 3DS with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage
 
-A: No, I'm playing on a DS (phat) with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage
+Q: Why not Heart Gold?
 A: Heart Gold and Soul Silver are the same for one key difference, the legendary Pokemon you must visit. Visiting Ho-Oh and Lugia take almost the exact same amount of time (Lugia is faster by like ~2 seconds assuming you have good movement), but there's also a Rare Candy in the Whirl Islands that is currently a part of the route, making it a clear choice.
-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.
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- The timer counts down to when I need to reset for the correct second.
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 See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI1-PJ7Sy1w
-Q: What is RNG?
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-A: Random Number Generator, the thing that determines everything random within the game, such as stats, encounters and pokerus.
+Q: Why do you name yourself 'I'?
 A: Because it's faster to name them one character for text purposes, and the letter 'I' gives a nice spin as if the game was self-narrating
-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, Caterpie's stats, and Pokerus.
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 A: Sentret (for Surf/Whirlpool), Kenya (for Fly), Shuckie (for Strength), and Lugia (for Waterfall)
-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 42647. 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.
+A: No runs have been done as of yet.
-2) I can also 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.
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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: To win the race.
-Q: Why is your movement so strange at the start of the run?
+
-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 Caterpie, Pokerus off Elder Li in Sprout Tower, and no unwanted encounters to Falkner (ideally all the way to Goldenrod).
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 A: Yeah, in the future. I've already done a few of these in other games, which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKdCHbtiZdhA63-FROqfqamattnoWR0xd
-Q: Why did you just talk to your Butterfree?
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-A: Because it advances the RNG! This is used to advance the RNG right before Li to skip an encounter and get Pokerus.
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