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-      Pokemon Pearl Glitchless FAQ
+      Pokemon Platinum Glitchless FAQ
 
 Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
 A: No, I'm playing on a DS (phat) with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage
 
-Q: Why do you choose Chimchar?
+Q: Why do you choose Piplup?
-A: Because the Chimchar evolution family is the best for the speedrun.
+A: Because the Piplup evolution family is the best for the speedrun.
 
 Q: Huh? But weren't you just using Chimchar for Pearl? Can Platinum really be that different?
 A: Yes! Platinum is quite different in it's nature. There is no Hidden Power TM at the start of the game, which makes a big difference to the run. The gym orders are different, the fights are different, and perhaps most importantly, you don't get to catch Palkia for the end of the game, so the whole run is done with your starter. Empoleon has a much better finish than Infernape does.
 
 Q: Why do you keep resetting and changing the time?
 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.
  The timer counts down to when I need to reset for the correct second.
 
 Q: What is RNG?
-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, and Chimchars starting stats
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 Q: What is RNG Manipulation?
-A: I missed the initial seed. There are 2 ways to check to see if I hit the right seed, one is to check my Trainer ID which should be 48471, and the other is to check to movements of the NPCs outside my house. Checking Trainer ID is faster for resets, but obviously takes a few seconds. The RNG for the seed advances every frame, so it is a frame perfect trick
+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, and Piplup's starting stats
 
-Q: Why don't you check Chimchars stats? What are Chimchars stats like?
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-A: Chimchars starting stats are the same every time RNG manipulation is used, and also quite decent using RNG manipulaton, but not perfect. The reason for this is because there are a limited amount of seeds you can RNG manipulate for, as you are manipulating so many things, it's literally a game limitation how good they can be.
+A: I missed the initial seed. There are 2 ways to check to see if I hit the right seed, one is to check my Trainer ID which should be 49741, and the other is to check to movements of the NPCs outside my house. Checking Trainer ID is faster for resets, but obviously takes a few seconds. The RNG for the seed advances every frame, so it is a frame perfect trick
-The Chimchars IVs are 24 HP, 31 Att, 27 Def, 30 SP Att, 31 SP Def, 31 Speed with a Hasty nature. This is also important as it gives a Hidden Power of Grass with 69 Power
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 Q: Why don't you check Piplup's stats? What are Piplup's stats like?
 A: Piplup's starting stats are the same every time RNG manipulation is used, and also quite decent using RNG manipulaton, but not perfect. The reason for this is because there are a limited amount of seeds you can RNG manipulate for, as you are manipulating so many things, it's literally a game limitation how good they can be.
-A: This is to manipulate encounters. You can't just find a seed that gets no encounters with a perfect Chimchar by just running straight through (again, game limitation; there isn't one), so I need to do specific movement to manipulate the RNG so that I can avoid these encounters
+The Piplups IVs are 24 HP, 27 Att, 28 Def, 29 SP Att, 23 SP Def, 29 Speed with a Mild nature.
 
 Q: Why is your movement so strange at the start of the run?
-A: I will catch a Bidoof (For Cut/Rock Smash) on Route 202, and then a Starly (For Fly/Defog) on Route 203. I will also catch a Bibarel (For Strength/Surf/Rock Climb/Waterfall) on Route 209, but this encounter is not manipulated, as the manipulation 'stops working' once you return to Jubilife City after beating Roark (the RNG advances during cutscenes with textboxes, making it nay on impossible to manipulate)
+A: This is to manipulate encounters. You can't just find a seed that gets no encounters with a perfect Piplup by just running straight through (again, game limitation; there isn't one), so I need to do specific movement to manipulate the RNG so that I can avoid these encounters
 
 Q: What encounters will you get?
 A: I will catch a Kricketot (for Metronome) and a Starly (For Fly) on Route 201 and then a Bidoof (For Cut/Rock Smash) on Route 202. All other HMs are given to Empoleon (It ends the game with Surf/Waterfall/Strength/Rock Climb)
 
-Q: Why Pearl and not Diamond?
+Q: Krickeot for Metronome? What does that mean?
-A: In Glitchless runs, you catch the Legendary Pokemon for the last hour of the run. For this, Palkia is much faster then Dialga, as it has better moves and type (Water stab is better, and a much better signature move)
+A: Metronome is a held item, Kricketot's have a 5% chance to hold one. In this run, I have also manipulated one to show up which does.
 
 Q: What does Metronome do?
 A: It increases the damage output by an additional 10% for each consecutive time you use a move. So 1.1x, 1.2x, 1.3x etc up to 2x. This may not seem like a lot, but it makes a big difference in the early game. Most notably on Rival 2, you do 3 damage to Turtwig instead of 2 per hit, and end up doing 5 (which saves like 6 turns since he has 29 HP), are able to OHKO Gardenia's Roserade, and numerous other occasions where it saves 1 turn, and/or eliminates what would be damage ranges without it.
 
-Q: Why do you name yourself and Chimchar 'I'?
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 A: There are multiple RNGs at play, and not all of them can be controlled the same way. Battle RNG for example, advances just about every frame, including lag frames, making it totally unpredictable.
 
 Q: Is there anything else in the game you manipulate?
-A: http://www.speedrun.com/pkmndp (You can see real time on the splits)
+A: Yes! There is one more thing you can manipulate in Platinum and not Pearl- the return of Pokerus! Pokerus is obtained off the third trainer fight on Route 202. Sadly it doesn't go straight to Piplup, to goes to the last Pokemon in my party. But it is also manipulated to spread from Bidoof to Starly in that very fight, then spreads to Kricketot after Rival 2, and then finally to Piplup after I defeat a Wild Onix in Oreburgh Mine for experience.
 
-Q: What is your goal time?
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-A: I'd like to get sub 3:50. My current run hit 6 extra trainers, (4 spinners, 2 optionals) but given there are 28 spinners in the run it is unlikely that I won't hit at least a couple.
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 Q: Why do you name yourself and Piplup '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 with the splits? There are two numbers, I'm so confused! What happened to the old ones?! Ahhh!
 A: I used to compare against my PB and the WR, but I can't do that anymore as I have WR. Those are the numbers on the left, PB/WR stands for Personal Best/World Record. On the right is what I aim to be, my goal time at that point in the run. It's not a requirement to be under this, in fact I almost certainly won't be, as they assume nothing big goes wrong and something always will. This isn't my goal time, but what my expectation of a great run looks like, I thought it would be a nice idea to have that up there since people seem to get confused when I am frustrated that my run is bad but is saving time, well now it won't on both timers!
 
 Q: So what is your goal time?
 A: 3:45 IGT, or lower for now.
 
 Q: What is WR?
 A: http://www.speedrun.com/pkmnplat (Real time is in the splits)