Can you beat Pokemon FireRed while blind and deaf?

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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
  • Pokemon FireRed completed without visuals or audio. The main goal of this project was to create a sequence of inputs that beats the game with an 100% chance of success. I fell just short of the gold standard 100%, but nonetheless, the sequence of inputs enables some fun challenges, like playing the game blind and deaf.
    The game could probably be completed with a much lower level team, but I went with a safer strategy, leveling one member of the team very high. In the future, now that I've worked through this process once, I'll be taking faster, more complex approaches.
    Intro: 0:00
    Part 1: 2:11
    Part 2: 9:45
    Part 3: 18:33
    Part 4: 26:15
    Part 5: 38:32
    The list of inputs: github.com/KeeyanGhoreshi/Pok...
    Music in the order it appears:
    Okazaki Fragments - IDoge
    / okazaki-fragments-box
    Pokemon League (Day)
    • Pokémon League (Day)[P...
    Mystery Gift
    • Pokemon FireRed & Leaf...
    Cascades of Sine Waves - IDoge
    / cascades-of-sine-waves
    Mozarts Requiem - 1. Introitus
    • Mozart's Requiem - 1. ...
    Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1
    • Erik Satie - Gymnopédi...
    Blue Moon - IDoge
    / blue-moon-box
    Last Brew - IDoge
    / last-brew-box
    Schubert - "Ständchen" D957
    • Schubert - "Ständchen"...
    Blue Spring - rangerbts
    / blue-spring
    Sea Spray Smile - Miragey
    / sea-spray-smile
    Last Stop - Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio
    • Synthwave / Retrowave ...
    Miami Sky - Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio
    • Free Synthwave Music -...

Komentáře • 6K

  • @Erhannis
    @Erhannis Před 8 měsíci +4340

    Imagine fighting an enemy who is simultaneously beating all possible versions of you

    • @tsawy6
      @tsawy6 Před 5 měsíci +83

      Atium from Mistborn...

    • @brick2392
      @brick2392 Před 5 měsíci +98

      Yeah but like he mentioned there's that one possibility that's like one in several million or something like that that he can't win so at least a few of you will still be left lol actually what I liked most about this video is showing how math you can have branching timelines with enough variables. They ultimately leave back the same with the same inputs

    • @crypticweeb
      @crypticweeb Před 5 měsíci +7

      ​@@tsawy6yeah basically lol

    • @plastyck
      @plastyck Před 4 měsíci +39

      The Everything Everywhere All At Once of the Pokemon world

    • @danielyoutubechannel407
      @danielyoutubechannel407 Před 4 měsíci +42

      man these replies suck

  • @JoeGess
    @JoeGess Před 3 měsíci +872

    TLDR: Doug transcends all dimensions to train a blind and deaf kid into champion status.

  • @beefusdoesstuff5194
    @beefusdoesstuff5194 Před 8 měsíci +2033

    Imagine being Doug. One day, a girl comes to challenge you. She sends out a Charmander and defeats your Weedle. Then, the Charmander stops in place, and starts continuously growling at your second Weedle even as it slowly stings it until it faints. You have somehow won the battle and she pays you. She comes back, and every time she takes a step in the grass, she does a bizarre catatonic dance. The battle goes the same over and over. She doesn't even have money anymore.

    • @salamipiranha3249
      @salamipiranha3249 Před 8 měsíci +254

      Somebody needs to animate this immediately

    • @marvelsandals4228
      @marvelsandals4228 Před 7 měsíci +331

      Maybe she likes u Doug, this is all an elaborate excuse to interact with you. Also she might be blind and deaf

    • @firstlast2206
      @firstlast2206 Před 6 měsíci

      @@marvelsandals4228 Maybe she's a blind deaf girl who likes you for you XP!

    • @alponsezammuto9086
      @alponsezammuto9086 Před 6 měsíci +128

      Imagine having a weedle tank a character 100 times and still never evolves

    • @un1xify
      @un1xify Před 3 měsíci

      @@marvelsandals4228
      Poor Doug, the only romantic interest in his life, is a blind and deaf girl

  • @danidm5820
    @danidm5820 Před 6 měsíci +1947

    This feels like enough work and study to be somebody's graduation thesis.

    • @maszkalman3676
      @maszkalman3676 Před 3 měsíci +22

      Yeah some peoples don't know how to have fun :,D taking years off your life to make a sequence that beat a game that you don't see.

    • @zedia7967
      @zedia7967 Před 3 měsíci +81

      ​@@maszkalman3676i dont think kt took them years, and maybe this was fun for him to do

    • @attaboy7729
      @attaboy7729 Před 3 měsíci +96

      @@maszkalman3676 Are you really telling people how to spend their time or how to have fun? Lmao

    • @maszkalman3676
      @maszkalman3676 Před 3 měsíci

      @@attaboy7729 I never told him i asumed it can't be very fun show me where i said he couldn't have fun making this i only said some peopels don't know how to have fun like glitch runners or some speed runniers loosing their shit because theylsot a second it defeats the purpose of fun...

    • @pishagerudo
      @pishagerudo Před 3 měsíci +53

      ​@@maszkalman3676i know it might be a huge shocker to you but analyzing games and pushing them to their limits can be VERY fun for some people actually, and on the speedrunning side of things so is pushing yourself to your limit and seeing just what you can do. maybe not for you but perhaps consider that peoples brains work differently and they find different things enjoyable :p

  • @covereye5731
    @covereye5731 Před rokem +14199

    Imagine trying this realtime blind deaf, only to discover 270 hours later that you got fast Pidgeyd.

    • @DeLittleCat
      @DeLittleCat Před rokem +957

      OMFG I DID IT YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, OH IT'S FINALLY OVER YYYYAAAAAAAA- ... *Insert Femur Breaker scream here

    • @anikinmartinez4726
      @anikinmartinez4726 Před rokem +610

      you have some other people who are able to see what is happening and if anything goes wrong they send a signal that you need to start over

    • @fiendfi7119
      @fiendfi7119 Před rokem +1143

      @@anikinmartinez4726 spectator: *pats shoulder* "hey..."
      blindfolded & deafened player: "fast pidgey?"
      spectator: "fast pidgey."
      player: "goddammit"

    • @shwm19
      @shwm19 Před rokem +228

      Solution. Play 10 games at once

    • @beagrothus7916
      @beagrothus7916 Před rokem +125

      @@fiendfi7119 he wouldnt hear that

  • @Wexfyf
    @Wexfyf Před 9 měsíci +1504

    *finally beats Doug after 40 hours*
    Doug: “Well done, my student. I have nothing left to teach you.”

    • @aronbaron8003
      @aronbaron8003 Před 4 měsíci +43

      The starter: "we won....but at what cost?"

    • @TaylorTayMusic
      @TaylorTayMusic Před 4 měsíci +11

      It’s giving Groundhog Day vibes

    • @Kambyday
      @Kambyday Před měsícem +4

      ​@@aronbaron8003 all the money in your pockets

    • @karasise2291
      @karasise2291 Před měsícem

      ​@@Kambydaymy boy deserves it

  • @HECKproductions
    @HECKproductions Před 7 měsíci +230

    that moment before brock where a blind and deaf girl potentially asks nurse joy 900 times in a row to heal her one charmander

  • @DasHackii
    @DasHackii Před 5 měsíci +348

    "finally done"
    *looks at screen*
    the gameboy was off the whole time

  • @harrylane4
    @harrylane4 Před rokem +4345

    “This is the only battle in the game that I don’t know the outcome of beforehand.”
    What a powerful statement.

    • @mygills3050
      @mygills3050 Před rokem +462

      Nearly as powerful is the immediate “this creates two *parallel universes* “ the sm64 music tears into my brain like a parasite.

    • @confaffalator
      @confaffalator Před rokem +56

      @@mygills3050 I spat my drink out when I heard it.

    • @witch_hat49
      @witch_hat49 Před rokem +36

      KING CRIMSON

    • @groncher
      @groncher Před rokem +3

      😅😅😅😮😅

    • @dermathze700
      @dermathze700 Před rokem +32

      Anime protagonist moment.

  • @damagak
    @damagak Před rokem +7433

    The sentence "I pick up this chesto berry, which is a TEN HOUR time save" made me bust out laughing. What a wild world this is.

    • @twohomiesplayingjojogames6748
      @twohomiesplayingjojogames6748 Před rokem +320

      I mean, didn’t get it at first but now I see how chesto saved a lot of time.

    • @claytonharting9899
      @claytonharting9899 Před rokem +8

      +

    • @Eve0420
      @Eve0420 Před rokem +563

      The fact that he also just doesn't elaborate after picking it up makes it even better

    • @beefyblom
      @beefyblom Před rokem +571

      @@Eve0420
      >Picks up chesto berry
      >"..which is a 10 hour time save"
      >Refuses to elaborate further
      >Leaves to go to the casino

    • @bensenses8525
      @bensenses8525 Před rokem +328

      37:58 timestamp for the chesto berry 45:12 for the explanation

  • @hololiveenjoyer5655
    @hololiveenjoyer5655 Před 8 měsíci +960

    Bro really spent an entire year tracking down every possibilities like Dr. Strange just to win in Pokemon Firered. Props to you 👏

  • @Gorvinhagen
    @Gorvinhagen Před 5 měsíci +1192

    -Makes one of the best Pokemon related videos on the platform
    -Doesn't elaborate
    -Leaves
    What a legend. Thanks for this.

    • @DoggoDoesStuff
      @DoggoDoesStuff Před 3 měsíci +38

      I bet he’ll return with something crazier

    • @ShudowWolf
      @ShudowWolf Před 2 měsíci +19

      @@DoggoDoesStuff "Can you do a hardcore Nuzlocke while blind and deaf?"

    • @DoggoDoesStuff
      @DoggoDoesStuff Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@ShudowWolf lol

    • @iUUkk
      @iUUkk Před měsícem +7

      He elaborated in depth.

    • @therealdoc
      @therealdoc Před měsícem +3

      Where?

  • @mattskord9178
    @mattskord9178 Před rokem +10468

    As someone who is also blind and deaf this was a very interesting video to watch

  • @Revalis936
    @Revalis936 Před rokem +1560

    Poor doug spent 40 hours battling for nothing, and then proceeded to have to pay for the loss anyways

    • @CoqueiroLendario
      @CoqueiroLendario Před rokem +220

      Imagine if trainer's pokemon also got EXP by battling you, and that second weedle became an absolute monster of a beedrill

    • @bradlauk1419
      @bradlauk1419 Před rokem +157

      @@CoqueiroLendario Elite 4 Champion Doug

    • @twohomiesplayingjojogames6748
      @twohomiesplayingjojogames6748 Před rokem +38

      Doug sent out Mega Beedrill!

    • @loulou3676
      @loulou3676 Před rokem +44

      He presumably got the trainer's money though, that's a cool 3000 Pokedollars

    • @vincentpreziuso3597
      @vincentpreziuso3597 Před rokem +65

      @@loulou3676 but he’s going to need to spend it all on poketherapy for his poor weedles.

  • @theodd1sout
    @theodd1sout Před 6 měsíci +3473

    I thought you were going to engineer something that let you tell what was going on through touch and smell

    • @SarahLikesSkittles
      @SarahLikesSkittles Před 6 měsíci +354

      "Making a scratch and sniff card to beat pokemon"

    • @luc8492
      @luc8492 Před 6 měsíci +53

      I wonder what smell would be chosen for each Pokémon

    • @lifeenjoyer9699
      @lifeenjoyer9699 Před 6 měsíci +40

      *A wild odd1sout appeared!*

    • @lucidtheekid
      @lucidtheekid Před 6 měsíci +22

      but james, you see, that simply wouldn’t be challenging enough

    • @ineedausername124
      @ineedausername124 Před 6 měsíci +29

      if tge console smells like smoke you're probably doing badly

  • @Ocarinist_Drew
    @Ocarinist_Drew Před měsícem +123

    CZcams has been recommending this video to me for months but I never clicked it because I legit thought it had to be click bait. I was expecting, "Hey guys welcome back to another challenge run. This week we're going to see if we can beat Pokemon without seeing or hearing the game. Now obviously this isn't REALLY possible, so Twitch chat is going to help me out!" And then it would just be some vod highlight real of some streamer getting trolled while the game is effectively played by chat.
    I wasn't expecting this to actually be a fascinating TAS that *solves* the game by taking into account all possible RNG states. Well done sir.

    • @captaincygni2162
      @captaincygni2162 Před měsícem +9

      Same here and the most depressing thing is that after you finish it and wanna see what other interesting stuff he did, you discover that this is literally the only piece of content that exists on his channel :(

    • @JellyMyst
      @JellyMyst Před 24 dny +2

      Same here. It was only after someone uploaded an alternate title to DeArrow that I got interested.

    • @Mr.Stizblee
      @Mr.Stizblee Před 18 dny +2

      Same. I only watched this after another youtuber recommended this video in a video about whether Pi contains a sequence that can beat Pokémon Sapphire when you map each digit to a button input.

    • @LightsOnTrees
      @LightsOnTrees Před 7 dny

      Ditto, had to recommended by asdef, and the video was a blast

  • @rose_allen
    @rose_allen Před rokem +774

    Someone should hook this up to a TASbot type thing in a museum somewhere and just play it on loop. The 24 hours of leveling eevee and the deranged wanderings that happen if you lose to pidgey are part of the experience.

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough Před rokem +56

      modern art is weird, man..

    • @chaotickreg7024
      @chaotickreg7024 Před 11 měsíci +113

      ​@@idontwantahandlethoughImagine if someone solved our universe. Imagine someone got up from their desk with a script and said "This is the exact course of actions I will take for the next 10 years and it will ultimately result in me becoming president." And even though he was caught trying to enter an Iowa debate hall 2 weeks before a scheduled event, among other eratic behavior, he achieved every single one of his goals?

    • @WindowsDrawer
      @WindowsDrawer Před 10 měsíci +81

      @@chaotickreg7024 legend says he did 41 backflips every time after entering his house to manipulate rng

    • @anomaliecosmos
      @anomaliecosmos Před 7 měsíci +7

      Pitch drop-esque study where it's constantly under observation to see if it ever encounters the non-solved state, but every time the scientists think it might, something freakishly conveniently interferes with the recording software.

  • @geodream.
    @geodream. Před rokem +955

    "after about 40 hours of losing to doug" this is the most iconic line in the video so far

    • @fiddlechrome
      @fiddlechrome Před 10 měsíci +103

      "I puck up this chesto berry, which is a ten hour time save" is a close second

    • @richardcarling1974
      @richardcarling1974 Před 9 měsíci +17

      Doug! I've come to bargain!

    • @mateomoreno331
      @mateomoreno331 Před 7 měsíci +15

      I give you guys ine better: 15:26 "But before we delve in this new post-Doug world there's a couple of things that I'd like to cover"

  • @MagicTheNoah
    @MagicTheNoah Před 5 měsíci +294

    This is a god tier video

    • @Wuzzyboyo
      @Wuzzyboyo Před 4 měsíci

      who asked

    • @LunealSky
      @LunealSky Před 4 měsíci +12

      Of all the people I expected to find in the comments, you were not one of them

    • @monsterberger7728
      @monsterberger7728 Před 4 měsíci +6

      ​@@WuzzyboyoI did

    • @Wuzzyboyo
      @Wuzzyboyo Před 4 měsíci

      @@monsterberger7728 your thoughts don't count, man

    • @monsterberger7728
      @monsterberger7728 Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@Wuzzyboyo For neither do yours, as thoughts mean nothing against the infinite expanse of the universe.

  • @seansquiers6506
    @seansquiers6506 Před 3 měsíci +172

    Bro made this channel, uploaded this masterpiece 3 months later, then was never heard from again.

    • @MJUSlK
      @MJUSlK Před 3 měsíci +12

      CIA got him

  • @skunky1-1
    @skunky1-1 Před rokem +908

    imagine how crazy it would be if you found out your charmander was shiny the entire time.

    • @markb5249
      @markb5249 Před 10 měsíci +263

      This might actually throw off input timing since you now have to wait for sparkles every time, drastically increasing the time any trainer grinding takes

    • @nikk-named
      @nikk-named Před 10 měsíci +128

      ​@@markb5249oh yeah... O.O
      Any shiny could actually create a game-over scenario like the pidgey in the beginning since it significantly changes the timing.
      It'd be an 'easy' fix though. (even if it would enlarge the time this run needs immensely)

    • @JayThePokemonMaster
      @JayThePokemonMaster Před 7 měsíci +10

      @@nikk-named Ok but what if literally ANY RANDOM ENCOUNTER IS SHINY??

    • @asquil7805
      @asquil7805 Před 7 měsíci +25

      @@JayThePokemonMaster That only increases the input timing at the beginning, until we get repels. I think it adds a couple minutes to the runtime at most.

    • @minaashido518
      @minaashido518 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Imagine a game crash 💀

  • @codonbyte
    @codonbyte Před rokem +559

    46:40 I find it ironic that the perfect sequence of inputs to beat a pokemon game uses Splash in the final champion battle.

    • @EmilWall
      @EmilWall Před rokem +15

      This is also the perfect sequence to become really rich! 19:21

    • @ClemintineCake
      @ClemintineCake Před rokem +10

      First time I've ever seen splash used tactically

  • @lukeladin
    @lukeladin Před 8 měsíci +88

    Bro appeared out of nowher in my recommended, dropped one of the hypest videos in existance, refused to elaborate further and the left.
    Truly a legend.

  • @Erhannis
    @Erhannis Před 8 měsíci +62

    This reminds me of like, math proofs, where sometimes you don't actually try to address all the possibilities, you just try to find ways to make thr possibilities the same, even when it means doing things that would be incredibly computationally expensive to actually do

  • @DerMichael
    @DerMichael Před rokem +1798

    So this is what perfection looks like. The idea, the concept, how you pulled it off, the story-telling, the pacing, the explanations, the music, the visual quality, the humor, it's all so incredible.

    • @avoidant560
      @avoidant560 Před rokem +55

      Or you could say that this video is super effective.

    • @kimitohanahala8674
      @kimitohanahala8674 Před rokem +32

      @@avoidant560 a Critical Hit if you May

    • @Graxil
      @Graxil Před rokem +6

      I came here to leave a comment, but you summed it up better than I would have! MartSnack earned my Subscription

    • @gabrielboffdeon1694
      @gabrielboffdeon1694 Před rokem +17

      "So this is what perfection looks like"
      Fast Pidgey wants to know your location

    • @zoa1-99.......
      @zoa1-99....... Před rokem

      FAR FROM PERFECTION! As someone who was BORN deaf, and would otherwise have no audio experience of sound, bear in mind sound has a very physical effect regardless of hearing capabilities. How could YOU possibly comprehend how you would do this UNLESS you were born death AND blind?

  • @BBG07endless
    @BBG07endless Před 10 měsíci +485

    There were so many moments in this where I just sat back and said wow. I’m a computer science teacher and I could not believe how flawless and meticulous your algorithmic logic was. One of the best videos ever made.

    • @VendingMachine
      @VendingMachine Před 4 měsíci +42

      Yeah pretty nuts the amount of conditionals this guy wrapped his head around

  • @gelatinousglob8521
    @gelatinousglob8521 Před 7 měsíci +192

    This is honestly one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on CZcams or really ever. You should be very, very proud of this work. Just absolutely and supremely phenomenal.

  • @lethauntic
    @lethauntic Před 7 měsíci +104

    I really dig the idea of having to accommodate all of the possibilities and attempting to sync them when possible. At times it really is like you're playing several games at the same time.

    • @fionam5707
      @fionam5707 Před 3 měsíci +6

      he IS playing several games at the same time

  • @nehmann674
    @nehmann674 Před rokem +2603

    The fact that you took the time to add the inputs needed to name your Pokemon brings me immeasurable joy.

    • @txzk26
      @txzk26 Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@ali.___..mrlegendmanno one cares

    • @ali.___..mrlegendman
      @ali.___..mrlegendman Před 10 měsíci +30

      @@txzk26 İm sorry

    • @ParkerJacobsen
      @ParkerJacobsen Před 10 měsíci

      Stfu its nice naming them so go back to you’re depression and stop insulting people just because you’re upset since that could in the long run make someone feel big sad.

    • @thereal4815
      @thereal4815 Před 9 měsíci

      @@ali.___..mrlegendmandon’t be that guy sucks

    • @elias-ee9kn
      @elias-ee9kn Před 9 měsíci +14

      ​@@ali.___..mrlegendmanWhat did you type?

  • @HellsJayBells
    @HellsJayBells Před rokem +500

    I laughed out loud when realizing you'd have to solve the surge gym puzzle. It's wild to think of which parts are "easy" to solve and which are "hard"

    • @Solaceon
      @Solaceon Před rokem +11

      Oh I know, I would have spent forever figuring that one out, I knew about the adjacent trashcan thing too.

    • @Fred-tz7hs
      @Fred-tz7hs Před rokem +1

      why are you guys "laughing out loud" at the most random unfunny things in the video?
      "I laughed out loud when you said paralel universes, and the mario music played"
      is the only valid comment

    • @smolbrendan5978
      @smolbrendan5978 Před rokem +41

      @@Fred-tz7hs 🤓"uhm actually you cant find things funny anymore guys it's not allowed"

    • @whatswiththisnewhandlesthing
      @whatswiththisnewhandlesthing Před rokem +14

      ​@@Fred-tz7hs a'ight comedy gatekeeper, is it really this difficult for you to conceptualise finding humour in the subversion of expectations ie: what humour mostly is on a scientific level? Did the whole hours spent on formulaic calculations to simulate and overcome any variations of a scenario being completely thrown by a completely random chance based situation thing elude you or have you just never played that gym before?

  • @cosmojg
    @cosmojg Před 7 měsíci +36

    Lmao, love that the Weakest Gyarados is reading Catcher in the Rye and the Strongest Gyarados is reading Catch-22 at 42:59

  • @miopiIV
    @miopiIV Před 24 dny +5

    The 0.5x A Presses reference at 4:44 is brilliant. Great video!

  • @FlopopsJr
    @FlopopsJr Před rokem +977

    I can’t believe I’m finally going to be able to beat Pokémon

  • @maxdudek4911
    @maxdudek4911 Před rokem +2205

    Only 10 minutes in but this is by far the coolest TAS I've ever seen, explained by amazingly clear animations. Can't even imagine the effort that went into both developing the run and editing the video, criminal how few views this has.

    • @TirelessGaming
      @TirelessGaming Před rokem +66

      it's only been 2 days since its release, on a channel with 443 subs. :p
      I hope this channel grows a lot due to this video though. :) Well, assuming the creator is interested in making more, of course.

    • @kevinmorad2563
      @kevinmorad2563 Před rokem +8

      Yes you can just press buttons randomly & spam growl till your at 1 hp then faint! XD

    • @spiffy-trans-panda
      @spiffy-trans-panda Před rokem

      @@TirelessGaming 443? at this post it is 1.61k
      Time like comment and subscribe as a tribute to the algorithm.
      (yes, this replay was mainly so I can comment)

    • @doctorxtn9225
      @doctorxtn9225 Před rokem +35

      it might be tool assisted, but is it really a speedrun

    • @filipelobo8942
      @filipelobo8942 Před rokem +2

      @@TirelessGaming 2400 subs

  • @kingzerko
    @kingzerko Před měsícem +7

    I am blown away. This is single-handedly the most impressive Pokémon challenge video I have ever had the privilege to witness. The amount of time, effort and dedication put to this deserves an award. Plus the editing was superb.

  • @DoingNothingKing
    @DoingNothingKing Před 3 měsíci +56

    You know this dude a badass when he only made 1 CZcams vid with no social media presence & still got 25k subs lol
    You’re a legend man. Hope you come back & make some vids. They don’t even need to be crazy like this. You’ve made a following now people like u enough, they just want to see u create.
    Keep killing it

  • @krisdenger8339
    @krisdenger8339 Před rokem +281

    My guy knew he had one chance to really introduce himself on CZcams, and he decided to be Professor Paradox. Seriously, this was amazing. Can't wait to see what you do next.

    • @samx6557
      @samx6557 Před 8 měsíci +5

      And next he is a goner

    • @ghostly6175
      @ghostly6175 Před 7 měsíci

      6 months ago he said he would come back in several months

    • @byeFofiko1
      @byeFofiko1 Před 2 měsíci

      He... did nothing

  • @busofselfdoubt
    @busofselfdoubt Před rokem +2563

    it’s absolutely insane to me that you showed up out of nowhere, dropped this masterpiece of a video, and dipped; never to be seen again

    • @martsnack
      @martsnack  Před rokem +1263

      ill be back in several months

    • @busofselfdoubt
      @busofselfdoubt Před rokem +88

      @@martsnack that’s awesome, i’m looking forward to it :)

    • @sawyer5072
      @sawyer5072 Před 11 měsíci +32

      ​@@martsnack Any hints about what this content might be?

    • @reustle
      @reustle Před 10 měsíci +87

      Some say @@martsnack is still busy losing to Doug.

    • @PaulRudd1941
      @PaulRudd1941 Před 9 měsíci +7

      ​@@martsnack I'm here for it!

  • @kellen987
    @kellen987 Před 8 měsíci +30

    I cannot stop thinking about this video - it has been months since I first saw it. I want more of them. Not necessarily from this creator - it would be a ton of work - but more people going through the effort of solving games (those with a degree of randomness, i.e. NES Mario would be be pointless) in this manner.

    • @anomaliecosmos
      @anomaliecosmos Před 7 měsíci +2

      Isn't the whole point of this run that it (near-)solved a game that has a degree of randomness? If a game lacks randomness, any TAS is effectively a blind/deaf run because it may as well not be responding to the visual or audio information - like, that's what makes this one so amazing, it accounts for and even sometimes syncs different paths on a tree of probability.

    • @kellen987
      @kellen987 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@anomaliecosmos Exactly

  • @fredcole6844
    @fredcole6844 Před 6 měsíci +20

    So the run is over 270 hours. Between testing and writing down the inputs...I can't even fathom how long this actually took you...That said, this is a true masterpiece.

  • @OCDroodles
    @OCDroodles Před rokem +341

    I was listening to this over breakfast and my husband, who has never touched a Pokémon game in his entire life and had no idea what was going on, became incredibly invested

    • @DanteDMCry34
      @DanteDMCry34 Před rokem +19

      wholesome :D

    • @vulk7183
      @vulk7183 Před rokem +14

      Pokémon games and its mechanics, themes and settings are incredibly complex and interesting, I can't judge him!
      Just so many things needed to be taken into consideration but still simple enough to play and have fun!

  • @realausome
    @realausome Před rokem +1216

    This is crazy. I seriously never thought that a game with as much RNG as this, could be solved. You literally just did one of the biggest things to happen in Pokémon history. You're literally awesome.

    • @judeloveless9427
      @judeloveless9427 Před 10 měsíci +33

      The second "literally" is so egregious it makes me think you're either trolling me specifically or you're not old enough to be on the internet lol

    • @joeandreason9155
      @joeandreason9155 Před 10 měsíci +97

      @@judeloveless9427 This is because he was struck with awe literally. It is correct usage. Maybe not your favorite usage but most people use awesome incorrectly. This usage makes me feel gruntled and satisfied.

    • @txzk26
      @txzk26 Před 10 měsíci +69

      ​@@judeloveless9427 The word "literally" is also used as an intensifier. His usage of the word is literally correct.

    • @lk69ak65bl1
      @lk69ak65bl1 Před 10 měsíci +26

      @@judeloveless9427 Calm down. They used the word correctly, and if you're that bothered by a word or someone's grammar, then you shouldn't be reading the comment section.

    • @judeloveless9427
      @judeloveless9427 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Oh my god you nerds I'm not upset with him I think it's funny 😭

  • @RazeenMujarrab
    @RazeenMujarrab Před 3 měsíci +10

    In the first 5 mins I was like, why am I watching this video? But I'm so glad I did. This is one of the greatest pokemon videos I've ever watched. Thank you for this meticulously done masterpiece. You are a hero on the internet.

  • @theshoulderofgiants
    @theshoulderofgiants Před měsícem +14

    > shows up
    > posts the best Pokemon video ever
    > refuses to post again
    > leaves

  • @lightyagami77777
    @lightyagami77777 Před rokem +480

    I don't think that the title of the video does it justice.
    I put this on expecting to have it in the background, assuming it was going to be a streamer watching chat to decide inputs or using a gimmick like vibration to figure out what's happening on screen, but I was so surprised by how fascinating this actually was. I had to sit down and pay attention to the whole thing because it was just so interesting. Great work, truly.

    • @idonnow2
      @idonnow2 Před 10 měsíci +31

      fr i ignored this vid in my reccomended until now cuz i didn't think it was gonna be this hell of a banger

    • @koritm4190
      @koritm4190 Před 10 měsíci

      Same lol

    • @Kipwich
      @Kipwich Před 10 měsíci +21

      “Can you beat Pokémon FireRed while playing in every possible reality simultaneously?”

    • @rewe3536
      @rewe3536 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I was going to watch this in the background as I was working. Now I need to look for another job

    • @Gregory_12
      @Gregory_12 Před 8 měsíci

      @@idonnow2Same 🔥👴🏼🔥

  • @bannles
    @bannles Před rokem +1153

    My guy actually SOLVED Pokémon, something I’ve never even considered to be a possibility with its random chance and all. You’ve earned a new sub for your meticulous work.

    • @zackbuildit88
      @zackbuildit88 Před rokem +71

      Well, almost solved, for a game to be in a solved state you need to be able to guarantee victory, and while it's less than a 1 in a trillion chance you lose, that's still enough to not guarantee a win

    • @Zboubax
      @Zboubax Před rokem +2

      @@zackbuildit88 you clearly dont study maths to understand what a low probability means

    • @zackbuildit88
      @zackbuildit88 Před rokem +66

      @@Zboubax this is funny, because we actually do study math, that's like, our main thing, but a solved game requires it to be provably guaranteed that the player wins, but in this, there is a non zero chance it fails due to things like the Doug problem, among a few others, therefore it isn't solved

    • @tsawy6
      @tsawy6 Před rokem +40

      @@zackbuildit88 I would strongly suspect that it is /possible/ to solve this by looping the appropriate risks in and observing that the internal RNG has a finite number of states. If you lower chances to below 10^-200 or some shit, then we can demonstrate (arduously!) that we'll always be able to do it, by just demonstrating that no RNG seed will produce the failed output. This /would/ potentially have the effect of making this TAS only, because of RNG manips...

    • @Zboubax
      @Zboubax Před rokem +9

      @@zackbuildit88 dude with this logic, nothing is sure in life. Its like im saying you can't be sure to breath in 5seconds because there is a 1/10^1000 that right now a black hole colapses with the earth.
      In maths, when a probability is really low you can ignore it, as if it is a zero.
      1/infinite = 0

  • @spiralbaka7351
    @spiralbaka7351 Před 28 dny +2

    I like that you showed what you don't need to explain with a timelapse, and calling it parallel universe is the best. Thank you for your hard work.

  • @drawcia
    @drawcia Před 6 měsíci +14

    I need this dude to come back and drop another banger, this video is insane

  • @Exhord48
    @Exhord48 Před rokem +682

    Holy crap. You've literally solved Fire Red. How does this not have more views??

    • @TheGamingLegendsOfficial
      @TheGamingLegendsOfficial Před rokem +75

      Almost solved with minor variance at the very start

    • @JesusInStripeZ
      @JesusInStripeZ Před rokem +50

      @@TheGamingLegendsOfficial Also trash bin riddle could theoretically go on forever

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 Před rokem +64

      @@JesusInStripeZ You could add like, 500 more cycles and at this point it'd probably be more likely that your game gains sentience and spontaneously solves itself than it'd be to not solve the riddle.

    • @JesusInStripeZ
      @JesusInStripeZ Před rokem +22

      @@Laezar1 Ye, but since you can never get the odds to 100% the game can never be truly solved. Kinda wish just for this GF would've hardcoded the 2nd trash bin to always contain the switch after x-amount of failed tries

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 Před rokem +51

      @@JesusInStripeZ Yeah I know, I'm just pointing out that beyond a certain threshold of unlikely you could argue it's practically solved because you get to the point where you're infinitely more likely to see equipment malfunction than the sequence of input not work. And since theoretical solves tend to assume equipment will work you can just assume they come with the caveat of the odds of equipment malfunction being the boundary for how consistent something is going to get before you consider it solved.
      Probably not satisfying if you're really wanting to get a pure abstract mathematical proof I guess, but since the method is actually fairly doable in practice and isn't just purely theoretical I'd say meeting pure abstract mathematical proof standard is unnecessary for the intellectual satisfaction of considering it practically solved =p
      Of course all that is irrelevant because pidgeys are evil and will fuck you up.

  • @Patterrz
    @Patterrz Před rokem +943

    This is amazing, it doesn't take a lifelong fan to understand how hard this challenge is and how much work went into pulling it off, well done!!

    • @bannerjay3347
      @bannerjay3347 Před rokem +6

      Hello : )

    • @mgek_
      @mgek_ Před rokem

      I belive this runs a cap..
      Notice how he named the mons
      And the fact he did not show him naming them
      Just made me belive this run is staged
      +
      In his inputs there's nothing relating to naming mons

    • @WohaoG
      @WohaoG Před rokem +5

      says the lifelong fan

    • @AryanOnly7
      @AryanOnly7 Před měsícem +1

      Hi Daniel Patterson

  • @thegr8chomper
    @thegr8chomper Před 2 měsíci +6

    This video single-handedly deserves a subscribe

  • @0Dexter00
    @0Dexter00 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Bro really just came in one day 12 months ago, dropped this banger on us then just left.

  • @biaruppini9091
    @biaruppini9091 Před rokem +1257

    This is WILD. Wicked. Insane. I went over to his channel to see what other crazy thing he's done, and this seems to be his only upload of the sorts...? So you just like, showed up with an amazing video and crazy concept, NAILED IT and left? Respect. Massive respect. This is so awesome. Mind blowing.

    • @hello7937
      @hello7937 Před rokem +51

      bro video is 2 months old, they're obviously working on new projects

    • @MikFischer
      @MikFischer Před rokem +9

      I second this! As a layman I wonder if there are similar approaches in something like game theory.

    • @karlols2321
      @karlols2321 Před rokem +38

      They did say this took like a year of work, incredible video

    • @Jacobthejewela
      @Jacobthejewela Před rokem +24

      Reminds me of charliebrown64. He showed up a few years ago and dropped 3 of the most well-researched speedrun documentaries ever. Then he just disappeared.

    • @RealJxshee
      @RealJxshee Před rokem +3

      @@Jacobthejewela Reminds me of Summoning Salt. Releases INSANE Speed Run documentaries every few months,

  • @MilosTracks
    @MilosTracks Před rokem +470

    I used to think SmallAnt's Platinum no damage run was the hardest run ever, but this is on a whole new level of impressive.

    • @milros3780
      @milros3780 Před rokem +51

      that run is pathetic compared to Gamechamp's Blue no damage run where she didn't use save states and reset the entire run if she got hit

    • @MilosTracks
      @MilosTracks Před rokem +10

      @@milros3780 TRUE, i forgot about that one

    • @milros3780
      @milros3780 Před rokem +8

      @@jx995 nah, she goes by she/her

    • @milros3780
      @milros3780 Před rokem +3

      @@jx995 why

    • @Jann75
      @Jann75 Před rokem +6

      @@milros3780 True. Save states just make it attrition really. Like, people keep making no damage runs of games like SPM with them and I'm like "woah you completed the run? really?". Like no disrespect, I get the alternative would take longer, but of course you would win? I don't get it.

  • @Chumbaniya
    @Chumbaniya Před 5 měsíci +13

    This is both a really cool Pokemon TAS and the best way I can imagine teaching people about designing algorithms around the possible states of a complicated system with internal variance. I love the way you explain the possible divergences and what you can do to get them to converge again.

  • @szephyr
    @szephyr Před měsícem +3

    This being the only video on your channel aside from the 1 minute video is insane. How do you drop this absolute banger and then not upload for a year?!

  • @mercedesm3666
    @mercedesm3666 Před rokem +913

    I feel like this is the best youtube video i have seen in a long time. It was incredibly interesting, and the editing and jokes and everything made those 47 minutes feel like nothing. I cannot imagine how much time this took to prepare

    • @crazisause
      @crazisause Před rokem +7

      Agreed

    • @stinkyman202
      @stinkyman202 Před rokem +29

      They said in the beginning it was a year’s work, and I’m honestly surprised it didn’t take more time than that

    • @Lewini
      @Lewini Před rokem +2

      Yeah it was great. Sadly I think he would've gotten better algorithm performance if he turned it into a 10-part series 😴

    • @johnnyriley
      @johnnyriley Před rokem +6

      This reminds me of a video by a guy named PiManRules where he reprogrammed a cart of Red to have the AI play against each other in the original games. Essentially all of the Gen 1 AI trainers played each other in a round robin tournament.
      That guy made a sequel video but it reminds me of this video because it was very well done but outside of that video there isn’t anything else on his channel.

    • @crazisause
      @crazisause Před rokem +1

      @@johnnyriley seen it it's very cool

  • @jackieboy8923
    @jackieboy8923 Před rokem +203

    God giving his strongest lapras to his unluckiest nidoqueen made me laugh uncontrollably for like 3 minutes. Amazing video

  • @porceraly
    @porceraly Před 8 měsíci +13

    This video is absolutely insane and needs a thousand times more recognition. I can't even begin to comprehend how you successfully pulled this off; squashing alternate scenarios, having JUST the right amount of inputs on each button, etc. The amount of time and effort you put into not just completing this run but also making this video/explaining everything is crazy and takes a hugely dedicated person, and I cannot wait to see what you upload next!

  • @Galli45A
    @Galli45A Před 10 dny +3

    Our man made a banger video, refused to elaborate further and left. If you ever read this, you're a legend and we need more content

  • @TenToGriff
    @TenToGriff Před rokem +539

    This is insane. Major props to your work. I'm honestly flabbergasted that this is even possible. This should go viral with all the work that was put into it. Darn those early Pidgeys.

    • @ATthemusician
      @ATthemusician Před rokem +2

      I mean, it's nothing special. It's a tas. It could literally just grind on route 1 til level 100, everything else is just manufactured issues.

    • @TenToGriff
      @TenToGriff Před rokem +36

      @@ATthemusician You could also make one that obtains every item and beats every trainer, but that’s not very optimized. This is far more impressive than just grinding one Pokémon to level 100.

    • @XeroXenLewis
      @XeroXenLewis Před rokem +28

      @@ATthemusician Attempting to do this in a deterministic way is much more of a “manufactured issue” than any of the solutions in this video. Looking forward to your attempt!

    • @darkthunder3125
      @darkthunder3125 Před rokem +55

      @@ATthemusician you cant just grind route 1. That would create a near infinite number of parallel universes which in this case would make the run impossible. He mentioned that himself in the beginning, and is why he fought doug over and over and ran from every wild battle.

    • @claytonharting9899
      @claytonharting9899 Před rokem

      +

  • @herminiogalindo7705
    @herminiogalindo7705 Před rokem +537

    This is absurd. Not only you took into consideration the worst and best case scenarios, the strategies you used to sync them up are very well employed, using the worst case scenario as a safe net and mixing up some speedrun strats. This project is also a beautiful display of patience, taking into account all NPCs and their movement patterns. I study AI and Data Science and sent this to some friends, I hope you achieve tremendous success in the future.

  • @Chaos0f7ife
    @Chaos0f7ife Před 20 dny +1

    The one time splash is actually useful. And it actually saves the run.
    This video was amazing!

  • @theduckquacksloudly
    @theduckquacksloudly Před 24 dny +3

    This was the most beautiful, unhinged thing I have ever watched.

  • @jinxtheunluckypony
    @jinxtheunluckypony Před 10 měsíci +32

    I can’t stop imagining the look on Surge’s face as he watches a bling girl run around his Gym for half an hour before completely rolling him.

  • @brorenata7480
    @brorenata7480 Před rokem +258

    The audacity of this man. To come out of nowhere, upload his first CZcams video, and just blow my mind without warning. Absolutely brilliant, from the opening use of the Mario Sunshine theme all the way to the final thunderbolt. My one gripe is that I keep throwing money at my screen and it does not result in the purchase of an artistic representation of the Doug cycle that I can display in my apartment.

    • @zoa1-99.......
      @zoa1-99....... Před rokem

      As someone who was BORN deaf, and would otherwise have no audio experience of sound, bear in mind sound has a very physical effect regardless of hearing capabilities. How could YOU possibly comprehend how you would do this UNLESS you were born deaf AND blind?

    • @whatsacookie
      @whatsacookie Před rokem +5

      @@zoa1-99....... u a bot?

    • @zoa1-99.......
      @zoa1-99....... Před rokem

      @@whatsacookie You got me. *Boots up*. What may I copy and paste to save time today?

    • @mokarokas-1727
      @mokarokas-1727 Před rokem +4

      @@zoa1-99....... - What exactly are you responding to? This seems completely non-sequitur to BroReNata's post.

    • @zoa1-99.......
      @zoa1-99....... Před rokem +1

      @@mokarokas-1727 He mad his mind blown sure, but that can only happen if the person playing the game was blind and deaf. Martsnack didn't emulate actual blindness and deafness, cos being blind and deaf, you wouldn't be able to see where you are putting your hands for a start.

  • @DDell1
    @DDell1 Před 16 dny +2

    This video is over a year old at this point, but I still come back here and watch it whenever I can. It's the most fascinating and exciting CZcams video I've ever watched, and each time I watch it I get entirely absorbed into the narrative again and again. What an amazing concept, I would love to see more!

  • @ReliableDragon
    @ReliableDragon Před 7 měsíci

    Absolutely incredible feat, and a fantastic video as well!! Thanks for spending all the time making and editing this!

  • @Jack_Disney
    @Jack_Disney Před rokem +212

    Dude this is the most ambitous and insane thing I think I have ever seen, and presented so well too. Massive props for this.

    • @rennnnnnnnnnnnn
      @rennnnnnnnnnnnn Před rokem +9

      The presentation is what did it for me. An explanation alone wouldn't really capture the intricacy

  • @OatsJenkins
    @OatsJenkins Před rokem +252

    i have so much respect for not only all the work to do this, but all the work too make it an interesting and visually pleasing video. honestly amazing

  • @toferdelachris
    @toferdelachris Před 7 měsíci +4

    this is the first video of yours I've ever seen but that musical sting on "creates parallel universes" took me out. subscribed.

  • @SuperHomerdoh
    @SuperHomerdoh Před 4 měsíci +1

    Incredible work dude, I'm excited to see more of your work!

  • @matthewdavenport9549
    @matthewdavenport9549 Před rokem +226

    I have no clue what your other content is like but, the amount of work put into this one video deserves a like, comment, subscription, and a share. This is incredible work.

    • @Ncaron531
      @Ncaron531 Před rokem +17

      well i just checked and this is their first piece of content on this channel (though apparently they talked about this on tiktok)

    • @xionkuriyama5697
      @xionkuriyama5697 Před rokem +4

      @@Ncaron531 THIS is his first video? Instant sub.

  • @MelancholicGiuseppe
    @MelancholicGiuseppe Před rokem +667

    This is not just a Pokémon challenge. This is a WORK OF ART worthy of being handed down to the next generations!

    • @OrderedEntropy
      @OrderedEntropy Před rokem +17

      yep it can be used for education reasons even, it used math, calculus, chance calculation, approximation, analysis, research, trial and error/scientific method, etc etc

    • @davemccombs
      @davemccombs Před rokem +5

      I was hesitant at first but yeah, this is nuts lol

  • @ababey1644
    @ababey1644 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The sheer amount of effort that went into this video is insane. I'm in awe. Thanks a lot for making this video!

  • @leaffinite3828
    @leaffinite3828 Před 6 měsíci

    God i keep coming back to this video cuz the core idea is so good but then also the editing and music usage is absolutely i-con-ic. Lovely

  • @agwic
    @agwic Před rokem +318

    I'd be really interested in seeing what the series of inputs does in those less than 1% of failed timelines where you get stuck on a pidgey

    • @arciere5511
      @arciere5511 Před rokem +63

      Probably walk against a wall and spam bag stuff lmao

    • @artstsym
      @artstsym Před rokem +34

      Based on Rylockes' 13 games of Leaf Green at the same time, you never even get the Pokedex.

    • @ChessScholarOfficial
      @ChessScholarOfficial Před 9 měsíci +2

      Or, how many repetitions of the entire 270 hour algorithm are needed to complete the game in the faster Pidgey universe.

  • @thornrosealex
    @thornrosealex Před rokem +284

    I'm pretty sure you can pass The Pidgeys with arbitrary tolerance, like surge's puzzle
    1. The battle can go at most 54 turns (l5 pidgey misses every tackle, sand attacks and struggles to death), so you attempt to escape 54 times each tile. Each step, you're either on the next tile or in your house.
    2. You can't leave your house with the route's movements, you just don't move down-left-down to exit the door. So dead-runs stay neatly in the house while the alive runs proceed.
    3. The death-runs exit the house by (more or less) spamming left-down and eventually all sync up in the bot left corner of Pallet.
    4. Meanwhile, at the route's end there's a PERFECT trap spot to the left; a long stretch with a sign blocking up+right movement during route movements and walls blocking left+down as you sync death-runs. You basically can't leave without a very deliberate sequence, and you synch very easily just by spamming up-left.
    5. So the death runs get to try again synch'd, while the successful runs stay very comfortably trapped.
    So you can choose to attempt the Pidgeys as many times as you want (decided before the run starts), reducing the chance of failure to whatever you feel like.

    • @zenlavin34
      @zenlavin34 Před rokem +59

      Yeh. This is the first attempt at anything like this (as far as I know), so I'm sure there's still refinement to be made.

    • @thenoisybunny
      @thenoisybunny Před rokem +9

      Nerd

    • @that1bushy
      @that1bushy Před rokem +5

      @@thenoisybunny 🤡

    • @---oq5kb
      @---oq5kb Před rokem

      The thing is, no matter how long you go, there will always be the possibility of that one level 5 pidgey using a single sand attack and you missing all of your chances to kill it before it kills you.
      So while doing this again and again might give the impression that you are improving your chances, but if you are that one unlucky person it will go infinitely, so there's no point in doing it. The best you can do is "cheating" once and checking if you were able to get to the Viridian Forest or not.

    • @thornrosealex
      @thornrosealex Před rokem +11

      ​@@---oq5kb
      You're not trying to kill the Pidgey, you're trying to run each turn (which you can do just by spamming A) until you escape or the Pidgey kills you. The main point is that whiting out is not an immediate run ender, because you can sync up all the failed runs and try again without ruining the successful runs.
      You're right that it's not guaranteed, you have to choose before the run the number of times you retry. But each attempt reduces the chance of failure (successful runs stay successful, while previously failed runs can become successful), so you can pick an attempt count to reduce the chance of failure to whatever you want.
      It's the same deal as Surge's puzzle in the playthrough. He had to pick the # times he'd try the puzzle beforehand, so he chose to try 80 times to make it a 1 in Ten Billion (10^10) chance of failure. If he wanted a lower chance of failure he could've done it 94 times to make it 1 in A Trillion, 800 times to make it 1 in A Googol, or whatever.
      (Though I missed that level 5 pidgeys have sand attack, so the battles can last 54 turns instead of 39. Good catch.)

  • @Miju001
    @Miju001 Před 8 měsíci +7

    This was an incredible video! The amount of effort and entertainment packed in every section of it is off the charts honestly.
    Notable mention to the beginning, where you talked about a "sequence of inputs" as the result of this challenge! I can assume you're referring to a TAS that you made, but whose inputs can be followed by anyone who would hypothetically want to take on this challenge (hence the pause after every directional input). The fact that I inferred this from the video, that you didn't explain it specifically, and that everything important about your project gets conveyed anyway is a testament to the quality of this endeavor.

  • @DcChuaxXx
    @DcChuaxXx Před 3 měsíci +1

    Effort is unreal, keep up the good work!!

  • @BatttleBun
    @BatttleBun Před rokem +377

    This might genuinely be the best video I’ve ever watched. Everything is so well explained, the visuals are exactly descriptive and I’m amazed that at the end of all that there were only two parallel dimensions left… complete and utter victory, or fast pidgey

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough Před rokem +17

      i just randomly remembered it and immediately came back to watch it again.
      I think you might be right

    • @natesage8645
      @natesage8645 Před 10 měsíci +44

      There’s actually an incredibly unlikely 3rd parallel universe in which he you get the 1/10,000,000,000 chance of failure doing Surge’s gym puzzle

    • @zorimanar2247
      @zorimanar2247 Před 7 měsíci +14

      ​@@idontwantahandlethoughthere's an even unlikelyer one where you run out of growls in the doug cycles before Charmander feints, because it kept missing.

    • @mateomoreno331
      @mateomoreno331 Před 7 měsíci +8

      @@zorimanar2247 Doug's hell

    • @LanceThumping
      @LanceThumping Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@natesage8645 Someone needs to do the full math and find the exact chance of this run or "this set of inputs" will fail to beat the game.

  • @DPadGamer
    @DPadGamer Před rokem +258

    This was incredible. Great editing, solid overall presentation. This feels almost exactly like that one Nick Cage movie where he could see into the future but only by a few minutes... in a good way.

    • @CrazyGJ
      @CrazyGJ Před rokem +8

      incase anyone is curious, the movie is called "Next"

  • @asliuf
    @asliuf Před měsícem

    this was amazing!!! the video must have been a giant project to put together too. you're incredible!

  • @jimmie516
    @jimmie516 Před 6 měsíci

    Wow. Simply wow.
    I truly admire the dedication you have had to make this video, im sure it must have driven you mad at points!
    You are awesome! Look forward to more content 😁

  • @NeviTheLettyFan
    @NeviTheLettyFan Před rokem +153

    I've always wondered this same exact scenario, and I'm so glad somebody finally did it
    Really love how you considered every single possible scenario, the grass, the repels, the exp, the rare candies, the money, the wandering trainers and even all possible crits
    Amazing job!!

    • @NeviTheLettyFan
      @NeviTheLettyFan Před rokem +12

      The video is really well edited too, it's engaging and not distracting or obnoxious
      Your voice is nice to hear too
      Thank you for this video!

  • @awesomelink2347
    @awesomelink2347 Před rokem +328

    3:33 Ooh hey, that's my Gen 3 damage formula I put on Bulbapedia! Glad to be of help!
    Some additions though to the one in the video: Spit Up is a damage multiplier depending on how many Stockpiles you have, applied before the crit multiplier, and "WBR" actually applies to a few other moves, like Facade with a statused mon or Pursuit into something switching out (which yes, in Gen 3, are both damage modifiers, not base power modifiers). Yes, I'm a huge nerd when it comes to everything Pokémon damage/battle mechanics in general, as you can tell. But both of these shouldn't make a huge difference, in the context of FRLG, at least.

    • @martsnack
      @martsnack  Před rokem +105

      Thanks for putting that together! Lots of super helpful resources on bulbapedia.

    • @awesomelink2347
      @awesomelink2347 Před rokem +38

      @@martsnack Yep! You're welcome! Should mention, I'm a Junior Admin on Bulbapedia, and have contributed quite a bit to it.

    • @ArichDKC
      @ArichDKC Před rokem +20

      @@awesomelink2347 Thanks for contributing to such an awesome, useful site.

    • @awesomelink2347
      @awesomelink2347 Před rokem +14

      @@ArichDKC Yeah, no problem! I always make sure stuff on there is accurate, to the best of my knowledge.

    • @allcapsoff
      @allcapsoff Před rokem +9

      You are so cool

  • @archidor1944
    @archidor1944 Před 5 měsíci

    This is a great video, I love the detail and depth of knowledge required to do this sort of thing.

  • @greym3288
    @greym3288 Před 2 měsíci

    damn, i dont know what i expected but this was so beautifully in-depth. huge kudos to you for going through this

  • @alvinyakitori6296
    @alvinyakitori6296 Před rokem +130

    can I just say the editing in this video is absolutely sublime

  • @Riinkz
    @Riinkz Před 11 měsíci +146

    Not only is the actual content of the video amazing, but the way the video is edited is also truly nice

  • @Horus137
    @Horus137 Před 5 měsíci +2

    This is one of my favourite youtube videos of all time, I love tool-assisted speedruns/superplays 💯

  • @starlightela
    @starlightela Před měsícem

    This has to be one of the coolest pokemon challenges I've ever seen. Absolutely meticulous work that involves more foresight and cunning than I could ever muster. Well done!

  • @nofuccerino6025
    @nofuccerino6025 Před rokem +144

    I'm so impressed, the amount of problem solving, time, effort and INTELLIGENCE behind this is astonishing. I hope it gets the amount of views it deserves.

  • @TS-rb4vo
    @TS-rb4vo Před rokem +161

    This is absolutely insane. Just how? How do people achieve these sorts of things? Just for the fun of it? I bet it requires extreme amounts of planning, effort, time and dedication. It makes me grateful that the internet exists, so I can witness these kinds of insane projects.

    • @DemonFox369
      @DemonFox369 Před rokem +13

      People accomplish crazy things when we don’t have to spend time for survival

    • @RG001100
      @RG001100 Před 10 měsíci

      'blind playthrough' is cited as part of an inspiration. But, you'd also have to have the idea of playing the game with the multiple-possible-states in mind.. to even try, you'd have to have the confidence that it was possible to overcome even the easiest challenge.

  • @itsbeelieve
    @itsbeelieve Před 3 měsíci +1

    This video is incredible!! I can’t believe I didn’t find this before, you are so impressive!

  • @christophercrager1925
    @christophercrager1925 Před měsícem

    This is INCREDIBLE. The editing, the concept, the execution. Everything. Amazing

  • @frownyclowny6955
    @frownyclowny6955 Před 8 měsíci +116

    This is the ultimate form of trying to minimize RNG in a strongly-RNG based game. Absolutely masochistic but also fantastic!

  • @CODA96
    @CODA96 Před rokem +166

    Not only was this entire challenge absolutely insane and extremely well done, but the editing is very entertaining aswell. Videos like this one rarely exist, my thanks for your work.

  • @DK-er1sy
    @DK-er1sy Před 7 měsíci

    This is absolutely incredible, I have nothing but great admiration for the time and effort you put into this video and challenge run.

  • @cmos905
    @cmos905 Před 3 měsíci +2

    This is beyond insane. Easily my favorite video about pokemon of all time, the amount of dedication is beyond belief. Please know that your effort is greatly appreciated!