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| 1 | Pokemon HG/SS Manipless FAQ | |
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| 3 | Q: Why are you not using mic? | |
| 4 | A: Because this is a tournament race because cast on speedgaming, and they will use the audio of different runners with a commentator calling the race, so I've got to stream with just game audio for it to work properly. | |
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| 6 | You can watch https://www.twitch.tv/speedgaming2 for the "race" stream. | |
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| 8 | Q: Is there a prize pool for this tournament? | |
| 9 | A: Yes, see here: https://matcherino.com/t/hgssmanipless | |
| 10 | You can contribute to the prize pool - or even claim one of the coupons to add to it for free. | |
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| 12 | Q: Where can I see the bracket for this tournament? | |
| 13 | A: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Tj2QxPzTZXCoMHlL89oyGDC8o1nWoOqpY9MMeLWOEk/edit#gid=1987191072 | |
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| 17 | Q: What is Manipless? | |
| 18 | A: Manipless is, as the name implies, not using manip. So beating the game with no RNG Manipulation. It's also a glitchless run. | |
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| 20 | Q: How much changes in a Manipless run? | |
| 21 | A: A lot! Because you can't get an early Master Ball to use on a (manipped) Raikou, the route changes a fair bit. There's a number of routes available actually. Those are: | |
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| 23 | Solo Typhoslion, but catch Mewtwo for Red (my PB from 2013 did this) | |
| 24 | Solo Typholsion | |
| 25 | Quilava, then catch L50 Magikarp and Gyarados | |
| 26 | Quilava, then Kenya for Whitney/Morty, then catch L50 Magikarp for Gyarados (what I will do in these runs) | |
| 27 | Quilava, then catch Raikou with a Fast Ball (~1.5% chance to work. But would still be the best strat if it worked, but super unlikely, and only faster by a small amount) | |
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| 29 | Q: Any other change aside from the Pokemon you use? | |
| 30 | A: Well, yeah. Because there's no RNG manip, Cyndaquil's stats are random. Which means all of the early fights are different each run. Kenya always has the same stats, however. | |
| 31 | There's no Voltorb Flip too, which means no Abra, or Dratini. As such, I also catch a Sentret early game for Surf/Whirlpool (Surf also goes to Gyarados, but I need to get on the water first to catch it) | |
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| 35 | Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator? | |
| 36 | A: No, I'm playing on a 3DS with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage. Usually I use a DS, but because there is not resetting here, a 3DS works the same for run, and has the circle pad, which is useful for catching Magikarp. | |
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| 38 | Q: Why do you choose Cyndaquil? | |
| 39 | A: Because the Cyndaquil evolution family is the best for start of the speedrun. | |
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| 41 | Q: Why not Soul Silver? | |
| 42 | 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, but Lugia is faster by like ~2 seconds assuming you have good movement. However in this run, you need Max Revives, and the Max Revive at Bell Tower is faster to pick up. | |
| 43 | Additionally, because I'm not going to be using a manipped Raikou, it's possible that I will be slower than the Ho-Oh/Lugia, which means there is a chance I won't be able to run away. As such, visiting Ho-Oh is preferred, as it has lower speed, meaning there's more chance I will be able to run away first turn. | |
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| 45 | Q: Why do you play as the girl? | |
| 46 | A: The counterpart does the catching tutorial, and the male does it faster, so it’s faster to choose the female for yourself. | |
| 47 | See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI1-PJ7Sy1w | |
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| 49 | Q: Why do you name yourself and Cyndaquil 'I'? | |
| 50 | 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 | |
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| 52 | Q: Do you catch anything else? Mewtwo maybe? | |
| 53 | A: I catch a Sentret (for Surf/Whirlpool), and obtain Kenya (for Fly), and Snorlax (for Rock Climb, and Red). | |
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| 55 | Q: What is WR? | |
| 56 | A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnhgssext#Manipless | |
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| 58 | Q: What is your goal time? | |
| 59 | A: To win the race. Ideally I'd like a sub 3:45 at some point, but I'm not planning on grinding this category out, much prefer doing the races. | |
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| 61 | Q: What is with those split icons? What does A and B mean? | |
| 62 | 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. | |
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| 64 | This way, everyone watching has more accurate information on where I can save time, and where I should be making up time. Also that all time loss is not equal, as losing time vs an A+ split isn't really that bad, whereas losing time vs a C split is really bad. It'll probably take a while for a lot of people watching to pick up the meaning so I will appreciate everyone who explains how this works (correctly) in chat to new people. |
