LIVE! The year would be incomplete without a Butterfree run…



Timestamps will be provided after the stream ends.

Overlay Software Discord: https://discord.gg/Wju57nKxu6

Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, save states, or RNG manipulation
4. No evasion moves before level 100*

Other rules:
— My Pokemon have perfect genetics to ensure fair comparison between species.
— *Pokeballs & Pokedolls are allowed in battle
— *The badge-boost glitch is not restricted at all
— *Skipping the Rocket Hideout & Marowak is allowed
— I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
— My Pokemon has perfect DVs
— The bike is allowed
— Skipping the bike is not allowed
— Saving between league members is allowed
— If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
— I can pause the game & timer to take breaks
— The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration

*Double-Team:
— Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM
— The TM can be purchased in Celadon
— Using it would centralize the meta
— Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels
— It raises evasion
— It triggers the badge boost
— Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it
— I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn’t be banned entirely
— I don’t want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that’s not fun or entertaining

Terms:
— STAB
— Same-Type-Attack-Bonus – a 1.5x damage multiplier
— Stat Experience
— The Gen1&2 equivalent of effort values. You can invest in all stats until they max
out at 65535
— DVs or Determinate Values
— The Gen1&2 equivalent of IVs (individual values), these range from 0-15

Resources:
— Gen 1 Stat Calculator: https://pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen1.php
— All Trainer Pokemon have IVs (DVs) of 89888 (hp, atk, def, spd, spc)
— All Trainer Pokemon have EVs of 0
— Gen 1 Crit Rates: https://www.smogon.com/rb/articles/critical_hits
— Crit rate is determined by dividing base speed by 512
— High crit rate moves determine their rate by dividing base speed by 64
— All crits have a 1/256 to fail, even if the rate is 100%
— Crits don’t multiple damage by 2, it’s a formula based on level

Changing Starters:
— Software: https://pokehacks.dabomstew.com/randomizer/
— Guide: https://youtu.be/tRuneAisRnU

Software I Use:
— Live RAM access: https://gamehook.io/
— Recording: https://obsproject.com/
— Photo & Video Editing: https://adobe.ly/3Q4uj77
— Timer: https://livesplit.org/
— Reset Counter: https://github.com/LiveSplit/LiveSplit.Counter/releases
— RBY XP Router: https://github.com/OttoTonsorialist/pkmn_yellow_xp_router/releases

Illustrations
Sarina Vail: https://twitter.com/SarinaVail

Support me on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/scottsthoughts

My Stream
https://www.twitch.tv/scottsthoughtspokemon
I stream some first attempts on Twitch
I will be streaming re-attempts and races on YouTube

~~Connect with me~~

Twitter
https://twitter.com/psychicflying

Email
[email protected]

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32 thoughts on “LIVE! The year would be incomplete without a Butterfree run…”

  1. Weirdly mGBA used to have better framerates during fast forward, but it changed in an update. I filed a bug report but I don't believe it was ever acknowledged in any capacity (like, not even a "won't fix"; just straight-up ghosted). I believe 0.9.1 is the last version where the fast-forward is reasonably smooth, at least from the perspective of "I don't find it immediately obvious whether or not frames are being dropped", though of course I'm not sure how smooth it would be if you're recording and being stuck with an older version is… less than ideal, long-term.

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  2. Hey Scott, regarding your talk about the reshuffling:
    Think about which Pokémon are left to rank and decide then. It might be a more subjective feel, but you played many games with a lot of good Pokémon recently, so it makes sense why many of your tier lists feel top heavy at the moment. But this will change once you get more base and middle forms into your tier lists.
    Also don't forget that you already did all the legendaries, so that's already 5 extra slots for the top tiers just in Yellow.

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  3. My 5 yo son and I watch your videos. December was absolutely amazing for us. He would curl up on the couch next to me and we’d just chill. It was a routine and I loved bonding with him over something we both love. I got him the Kanto starters plushies for Christmas and he was ecstatic. He knows their types and has learned to read the types because of your videos! Thank you so much for facilitating some great memories with my son.

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  4. happy new year scott!! supersonic is actually servicable after compound eyes.

    also the halo story put me on edge just hearing about it. thats definitely something that would frustrate me as a kid

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  5. Happy New Year! Was expecting quite close to an hour, so the final time was a pleasant surprise! I'm sure it can get under 50 minutes with optimizations and possibly a bit of luck. Looking forward to everything coming up in 2024!

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  6. Dragonite and machack or we u said run coming soon?? And I knew u did a butterfree vid. before and i saw jrose caterpie run and I was like yo Scott did a butterflies run Ina watch that. But then I saw this vid

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