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-2019 was a pretty good speed year. Ended up working on a lot of completionist categories of the 2D Sonics, worked on some really solid Pokemon runs along with branching out to some new stuff in that area, and a decent variety of other stuff too. I'm gonna start adding the marathon runs I do to this list, as I put a fair amount of work into making them good products to watch too.
+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.
 
-Without further ado, here are my PB's from 2019, listed in chronological order:
+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.
 
 
-Any% Glitchless in 3:35:41 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20y3SWVJR7E
+Without further ado, here are my PB's from 2020, listed in chronological order:
-Once again, started off with possibly my favourite speedgame out there. And perhaps the last of the genius routes that'll be put together. In what felt like a fairly sterile landscape, this route completely changed everything. Even now I still think I'm doing mental gymnastics when saying "playing Voltorb Flip for 3 minutes is faster". Love this game.
+
 Pokemon White 2
-Pokemon Crystal
+Challenge Mode in 3:14:41 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPI6ep7Dbk
-Rocky in 4:29:47 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i109QN-FqrQ
+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.
-And so starts the new campaign. I mentioned above that I think it might've been the last 'genius' route, and what I meant by that was that the optimisations left in the (good) Pokemon speedgames are just not going to be interesting. I've been around some greats - the double Tentacruel, the Metronome, Flash, Chain Manip, using Theif on a Lucky Egg Chansey, and finally Voltorb Flip. But I think they are exhausted. And so now where do I turn to get my fix of genius? Alt Pokemon.
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-And Rocky is the first. Beating Crystal with just the in-game traded Onix, known as Rocky. Was a huge amount of fun, and I may end up coming back to this one at one stage. But very happy this was the start. There will be more of this in the future (and even on this list), the expansion of possibilities this gives is needed for my longevity of speedrunning Pokemon games.
+Pokemon White 2
 Any% in 3:12:35 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSD2-cvYpNo
-Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear)
+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.
-Any% in 15:46 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15eIHb88Nk8
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-Max Special Bonus in 22:47 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg-1C6DmTeM
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-Did a fair amount of 8 bit stuff this year, and this game was probably my favourite of the bunch. Really enjoyed this one, and also really enjoyed the completionist category here too.
+Alt Main Poke: Bidoof+ in 4:06:34 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBhOXDJwc60
 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.
-Pokemon Stadium 2
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-Gym Leader Castle Round 1 in 2:06:00 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkqLDWEcVs
+Pokemon Stadium 2
-Potentially the most frustrating of all the runs I did this year, had so many great pace runs that died *right* at the end. I sadly had a few that were better than this one that ended up falling, but I was relieved to finally get a good improvement here.
+All Challenge Cups in 4:50:29 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnacWbD1ROA
 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.
-Sonic 1 (2013)
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-Sonic in 12:40 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxrxUDD_4-U
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-Tails in 13:22 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuKpQ8rpkQs
+Alt Main Poke: Dratini+ in 4:15:04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPzCo_eC8oM
-Knuckles in 16:56 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dpZ6jQJT2c
+The next Alt Main I took on, this run was much better.
-I've reached a point where I largely prefer the 2013 remakes to the originals now. Just more fun to play. Except with Knuckles, lol. But Sonic is the main draw here. I only spent 2 days doing runs, but it was really fun. Definitely will do both 2013 games more in the future.
+
 Pokemon Fire Red
-Wario Land II
+Alt Main Poke: CH'DING in 2:31:16 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUFiutRAL6c
-100% Glitchless in 2:38:00 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHHSvKyoyA
+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.
-Ok, now this was fun. I had stayed away from this for a long time thinking it would be far to dependant on silver coins. But after actually putting some time into routing I found that wasn't the case. And that then naturally had me putting more time into routing...and man was it fun.
+
 Sonic the Fighters
-Sonic Battle
+Sonic in 3'01'01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyXKfoT1oSE
-Cream's Story in 22:49 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3gOjORzAjM
+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.
-Just decided to come back to this for a bit of fun and improve on of the single stories.
+
 Sonic the Fighters
 Tails in 4'09'41 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehIfMqkXcY8
-Sonic in 3'17"07 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOAsHLBEPas
+Tails is basically Sonic-Lite and is probably my least favourite character to play.
-Tails in 4'21"04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usSoVD0r6XQ
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-Times got beaten so I came back and beat them back. I didn't notice till doing this list (or maybe I just forgot), that they got beaten back since. So I guess you'll be seeing these on this list again next year, lol.
+WarioWare Inc
 All Stages in 40:32 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjaNaeuiXt8
-Pocket Monsters Stadium
+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.
-Great Ball in 24:14 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfDjET_fNT0
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-'97 Cup in 28:14 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4pOXuVqkM
+Pokemon Pearl
-One of my single cups got beaten so I came back to reclaim that and also attempt complete game deathless again in the meantime. I didn't achieve the latter, and it's still on my list of things I want. Will use as a side project at some point again.
+Any% in 57:06 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL6yu3FOFlU
 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.
-Ys: The Vanished Omens
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-Any% in 20.917s | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqrUpU2l5gI
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-Ok, now this one needs a story. One day in March, I was looking through the submissions for the AusSpeedruns marathon coming up later in the year. One one game caught my eye, because the estimate was only 1 solitary minute. I'd never played the game, but I watched the run and thought man that's pretty cool, I reckon I could do that.
+Any% Glitchless in 3:40:01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbv7Bu7D1-k
-Anyway, that night I got the WR. Good fun.
+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.
 
-Sonic Spinball
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-Max Jackpot Bonus in 27:46 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-yewiYbIL4
+Alt Main Poke: Dunsparce in 4:19:02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2pel5pZD30
-Did some more re-routing for my preferred category of this game. Happy with the result. Really happy with everything I've got out of this game over the past couple of years actually, have done a lot of successful glitch hunting and routing that have really brought it down.
+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.
 
 Pokemon Platinum
-Elite Four Round 2 in 4:57:01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR0aJTe-27M
+Alt Main Poke: Starly+ in 3:47:59 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ3sFwsB13s
-One of, if not possibly my most bizarre PBs of all time. I *still* can't figure out if this run was good or not. It was incredible, yet also awful. And I can't explain better than that without watching it.
+
 
 Sonic Megamix
-Sonic in 20:03 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dllZ7TXFUis
+Mighty in 21:52 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBw_ASOC6nY
-This is a fun romhack that I have a fair bit of history with that I really enjoy. ime got beaten so used it as an excuse to come back and have some more fun with it. Would like to get the sub 20, probably will happen one day.
+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.
 
-Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
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-Makit in 3:20:30 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M7y2r1hgXI
+Knuckles in 23:24 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_UlU67C78
-Now for the second Alt run - using the in-game traded Makuhita known as 'Makit' in OR/AS. What was most incredible about this run, was that I ended up actually beating my regular PB! This was only because it was several years old, but still fairly incredible that ended up happening. Based Makit.
+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.
 
-Pocket Monsters Stadium 2
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-Gym Leader Castle Round 2 in 2:41:46 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HNi4Q2MI7k
+Battle Factory - Open Level Gold, No Manip in 2:11:59 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghFoc99d4wc
-Mostly just training for the full game, this was still a pretty good result. Was at the time several minutes better than my English time despite the fact it has much worse rentals.
+
 Pokemon Soul Silver
-Mario Tennis: Power Tour
+All Gold Prints in 10:31:59 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo_59YiIFPk
-Any% Singles in 1:10:06 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64IniufHsb4
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-Any% Doubles in 1:06:46 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVnl2Dv9obM
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-Felt like coming back to one of the Mario Tennis games, really do enjoy them a bit. This game has now got separate categories for difficulties, so definitely expect me to come back here some time soon. My only problem with this game was how easy it was when speedrunning because it used the easy difficulty, so definitely looking forward to running the harder ones.
+Alt Main Poke: Chikorita+ in 4:01:56 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgKRIowMxHY
 
-WarioWare: Twisted
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-Any% in 28:04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb40Vu8fVhc
+Complete the Game in 19:41:57 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g-V7prG9zA
-Came back here because I was running it for AusSpeedruns. But man this was actually a fantastic run. Only 2 seconds off my Sum of Best. Really, really solid. Might be one of my most difficult PBs to beat in any game now actually.
+
 Pokemon Soul Silver
-Pokemon Yellow
+Alt Main Poke: Mareep+ in 3:44:54 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLYW1Ew4TcI
-Any% Glitchless in 1:57:05 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Got2yGEVNqw
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-Again, came back to this because I was running it for the AusSpeedruns marathon. Happy I got a nice improvement to my PB here. Was alright, probably won't ever come back.
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 Any% Glitchless in 3:34:28 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0MuYWEa6VE
-Looney Tunes (GB)
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-Any% in 4:18 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdh6-60Gx1M
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-I once again decided to participate in the 12 Hour Challenge, where you learn a game within 12 hours. Because I actually had a perfect game once again - one where I beleived I could get the record within those 12 hours. And I did! Has one really tough skip right near the start of the game, but otherwise alright.
+Manipless in 3:54:17 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9j5RXrRlEA#t=13m
 
-Pocket Monsters Stadium 2
+Sonic Pocket Adventure
-Complete Round 1 in 7:08:27 (Same run)
+Best Ending in 31:28 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfkomhcNABU
-Complete the Game in 26:47:05 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0iiSFb0SC0
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-Here it is, the longest Pokemon game to beat. Over 24 hours. It's also the hardest. Has some absolutely ridiculous fights, and this run produced some beautiful moments too. Really happy I finished it, is a really significant accomplishment imo.
+
 And here are my marathon runs from 2020:
-Knuckles Chaotix
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-Best Ending in 54:29 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB4RBMEq2Dk
+AusSpeedruns - FAST 2020:
-Another completionist sonic run, this game has pretty cool special stages so I wanted to give this a go. Was good fun routing this one, and playing this game more I always learn a lot more about it. Found quite a few new tricks and knowledge along the way, really enjoyed this project.
+Pokemon White 2 Any%: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uz8eBTXMlI
 
-Pokemon Gaia
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-Any% Glitchless in 3:52:01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr6Ys0ONz10
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-The romhack I picked up this year for PSR Marathon, was really really fun to play. Happy I got a fairly decent time in, but not one I think I'd return to. Romhacks are better as one off projects for Pokemon for me personally.
+And that was 2020. More fun ahead in 2021!