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-      Pokemon HG/SS Manipless FAQ
+      Pokemon HG/SS any% Manipless FAQ
 
 Q: What is Manipless?
-A: Manipless is, as the name implies, not using manip. So beating the game with no RNG Manipulation. It's also a glitchless run.
+A: Manipless is, as the name implies, not using manip. So beating the game with no RNG Manipulation.
 
 Q: Is this Glitchless?
-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:
+A: No, this is any% Manipless, rather than regular, so it has glitches. Well. only one, but it is used extensively. It's quite well known, it's called tweaking.
 
-Solo Typhoslion, but catch Mewtwo for Red (my PB from 2013 did this)
+Q: What is tweaking?
-Solo Typholsion
+A: Tweaking is a glitch in all gen 4 pokemon games. The games are loaded by 32x32 tile grid, and by moving quickly over various load lines where these grids intersect, you can cause the game to load/unload certain collisions and character sprites allowing you to get to areas before you're supposed to.
-Quilava, then catch L50 Magikarp and Gyarados
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-Quilava, then Kenya for Whitney/Morty, then catch L50 Magikarp for Gyarados (what I will do in these runs)
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-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)
+A: A lot! Because you can't get an early Master Ball to use on a (manipped) Raikou, the route changes a fair bit. Instead Gyarados is used to beat the back half of the game.
 
 Q: Any other change aside from the Pokemon you use?
 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.
-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)
+There's no Voltorb Flip too, which means no Abra, or Dratini. As such, I also catch a Sentret early game for Surf
 
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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. 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.
 
 Q: Why do you choose Cyndaquil?
 A: Because the Cyndaquil evolution family is the best for start of the speedrun.
 
 Q: Why not Soul Silver?
-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.
+A: Heart Gold and Soul Silver are basically identical, but the Pokemon you encounter on Route 30 are slightly different, and Heart Gold has Level 2 Pidgeys whereas Soul Silver has Level 3 Ledybas, and the Level 2s are easier to kill.
-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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 Q: Why do you play as the girl?
 A: The counterpart does the catching tutorial, and the male does it faster, so it’s faster to choose the female for yourself.
 See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI1-PJ7Sy1w
 
 Q: Why do you name yourself and Cyndaquil '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: Do you catch anything else? Mewtwo maybe?
 A: I catch a Sentret (for Surf/Whirlpool), and obtain Kenya (for Fly), and either a Machop/Geodude (for Rock Climb). I also get Shuckie for Red.
-A: I catch a Sentret (for Surf/Whirlpool), and obtain Kenya (for Fly), and Snorlax (for Rock Climb, and Red).
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 Q: What is WR?
 A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnhgssext#Manipless_Any
-A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnhgssext#Manipless
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 Q: What is your goal time?
 A: Ideally I'd like a sub 2:15 at some point, but I'm not planning on super grinding this category out, much prefer doing the races.
-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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 Q: What is with those split icons? What does A and B mean?
 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.
 
 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.