Pokémon Platinum Any% FAQ

Pokémon Platinum Any% FAQ:
"What are you doing?"
- I'm trying to complete the game as fast as possible!

 "What are you playing on?"
- I'm playing on the original (phat) Nintendo DS witha built-in capture card!

"Is this run with or without glitches?"
- It's WITH glitches - if it's without glitches it would be 'Any% Glitchless'.

"Why are you setting the time to 18:30 on 1st August 2082?"
- I'm trying to get a specific seed for the run, so I can get a specific Chimchar, no encounters and a fixed Abra-encounter I can use for Teleporting.

"Why are you playing as the girl?"
- Picking the girl will make the male protagonist the Professor's assistant, and he talks less than the girl would.

"Why choose Chimchar?"
- Chimchar isn't used for that long, and deals with the first two gyms the best - and it also learns the HM's for Rock Smash, Cut, Strength and Rock Climb! It also learns Taunt which is really good for catching Abra.

"Why are you resetting?"
- Resetting after checking Trainer ID/NPC movement: I'm trying to hit the right frame to get a specific Chimchar. Check the right side of the stream layout for the nature and stats!
- Resetting after getting Chimchar: I messed something up so I didn't get the right Chimchar.
- Resetting at any other point: I've lost too much time to be able to PB, or I messed up some manipulation.

"Why are you naming the character/Pokémon 1 letter?"
- The text in this game is scrolling, so 1 letter is faster to load compared to multiple characters.

"What's the video playing in the bottom left/right?"
- That's my current PB playing which I'm racing against!

"Why are you doing weird movement sometimes?"
- I'm doing RNG-manipulation, so I can avoid getting encounters and get the fixed Abra-encounter.

"Why are you not getting encounters?"
- See the question above this one.

"What's the weird movement you're doing on the bike?"
- I'm trying to do something called "tweaking", which is basically the equivalent of going 'out of bounds', which makes me skip a lot of obligatory gameplay-stuff I'd normally have to do in this game. It's also used so I can get onto the water to encounter Tentacruel.

"Can you explain what tweaking is and how it works?"
- This video by ohnickel explains it way better than I can (you can also type '!tweaking' in chat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0tfb_wQcE4

"Why is the game looking broken (black and white, weirdly loaded, etc.)?"
- See the question above this one.

"What Pokémon are you going to use?"
- I start with Chimchar/Monferno until I get the bike, then I will tweak myself into water to catch a level 40 Tentacruel. Abra is also caught for teleporting since we don't get or use the Fly HM.

"What parts of the game are you skipping?"
I'm skipping the gym fight with Maylene, the Psyduck blocking the path, a rival fight before Wake's gym, a cutscene in the library to get past the TV camera-guys for Lake Valor, a lot of Team Galactic stuff and all of Distortion World (this also counts for interactions with Palkia, Dialga and Giratina)

"Why change the time in the middle of the run?"
- To do RNG manipulation to encounter Tentacruel, also to not having to fight trainers that fight you at specific times of the day. This also enables me to get the Choice Specs.