It's been 4 years! (Jirachi Only - Pokemon Yellow)
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, or save states
4. No movepool evasion-boosting moves before level 100*
Rule details:
-- I make no attempt to have the exact same rule details between generations.
-- I am allowed to manipulate my starter
-- I play the game at 4x game speed
-- For fair comparisons my Pokemon have perfect (or near perfect) DVs / IVs
-- I am allowed to catch HM users - I can use all field moves
-- Evasion boosting is allowed if the move is not obtained from the Pokemon’s movepool. For example, using Mimic or Mirror Move to boost evasion is allowed.
-- Surge's trash-can-puzzle is automatically solved
-- The bike is allowed in gen1 & 4, banned in gen2, and allowed only to bypass terrain in gen3
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- I can pause the game and timer to take breaks
-- Items obtained with the ability Pickup can only be used if the starter obtained them
-- The footage is sped up & slowed down to match the pace of my narration
These Rule details apply only to generation 1:
-- All battle-mechanic glitches are allowed (glitches that occur outside of battle are banned)
-- In generation 1, I'm allowed to skip Marowak with the Poke Doll
If you didn’t read these rules and left a comment. Thanks for helping with the algorithm.
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If you're new around here, Venomoth is a Psychic/Flying type, you can't change my mind.
I've seen multiple comments about Magneton's typing asking if I should've given it the Steel-typing too. I want the backport runs to be comparable with the regular Yellow runs. If I change the enemy Pokemon typings, then the runs are no longer comparable. So Magneton will remain a Mono-electric type when controlled by the game. Not mentioning this was a oversight by me, I'll include a message about it in the next video that has a backported type. Hint: it's going to be a Dark-type.
July 21st being your anniversary is weird for me... coz it's also my birthday XD
Perhaps someone has already asked or suggested this, but what are Scott's thoughts on running a Steel type Magneton for this series? Double the fun on the Champion's Sandslash!
Although now that I've thought about it, I suppose a future Magnezone backport will explore this well enough!
Great work as always!
This lad went from soloing Yellow with Butterfree to backporting Mons, moves and types.
Scott making an oversight and not programming Toxic correctly actually makes this backport more in the spirit of gen 1. It should be a feature for future ones.
Fun fact, that type of color blending you called "cross-hatching" has its own name in pixel graphics. It's called dithering, and it was a common technique in early computer graphics.
You can see it a lot in point and click adventure games. And when someone is good at it, it looks amazing.
I found you mistakenly, actually. A good while ago, I went to find RBY Challenge videos as I was really into his super minimal battles stuff at the time, and idk Scott. Your voice and his voice were similar enough to me at the time, auto play can be fickle like that for me, and you two do similar runs. I got confused when your runs ticked over into Mons I'd already seen on his channel, and I finally noticed I'd found a new solo channel. I'm glad he ticked me over to you eventually. You've become a staple channel for me, man. Here's to a long road of solo challenges ahead, Scott. You're awesome.
Lol, nice. The main differences are RBY Challenges makes a lot of jokes that he laughs at himself and he uses 0 dvs/ivs and Scott does max dvs/ivs. I love the diversity of players and rulesets there are in these communities. Scott and RBY Challenges make for a very well rounded pair if you have to pick just 2, I feel like
@@Chronoflation actually, I'm well aware now. Through watching them both in my off hours, I can clearly tell who is who. Let me tell you though, when you're new to the solo scene, at work with a phone in your pocket, and only using the runs as background noise to get through the day, they do sound very similar.
RBY is one of the funniest guys in my common YT rotation. Scott's undeniable enthusiasm and thirst for knowledge for this makes him so unique to this. Love em both. I too love that both of them offer such unique takes on this style of playing Pokemon.
@@iskander0725 yeah, I totally feel that. That's why they're my 2 go-tos as well. Always have them on when I'm working if I can. You ever watch RBY's GSC channel? Seems like he's making separate channels for the different generations he runs
What a story!
forgetting to make steel immune to being poisoned is very in line with gen 1 lol
Ha yeah taking no damage from Sludge but still being Toxic-able is definitely authentic gen 1 coding
@@iwearthegold as Scott sometimes says: it's to keep it in the spirit of the game
It’s somewhat in-line with gen 2 too - GSC are the only games where, due to an oversight, Twineedle is capable of poisoning steel types
I had to debate likely this comment because it had 69 likes already.
Doom Desire is probably one of the most metal-sounding moves in the games.
How are you not over 100k?! You're the most dedicated to improving the entertainment value in this genre
To be fair, my stuff is pretty niche and all of it is quite long.
Only so many borderline autistic 90's babies in this world I suppose.
More good things will come with dedication. There's no way all the coding and problem solving skills developed here won't pay off dividends.
@@Mis73rRand0m I’m not a 90s baby although my first Pokémon game is blue. I am autistic though.
The back porting process is extremely cool. I love the behind the scenes stuff for this as an addition.
Happy four years!
Umbreon and espeon backports would be a fun run.
Also congrats on the 4 years. I love your channel and content~
Those two are tricky to figure out base stats for!
When nuzlockes were running rampant you were one of few who were doing solo challenges with Pokemon when you first started. I followed you since your first video with butterfree and just hearing you speak about pokemon now as opposed to back when you first started making videos has been a real pleasure to hear and the growth and comfort you have in these videos. I’m probably one of your first 100 subs and to see it grow to 69k is amazing! Keep doing you big dawg 🙏🏽🤞🏽
I used to watch Jrose and the dry bread, but after watching your videos I have to say, the extremely methodical take with all the information you give with the overlay made me choose you as the pokemon challenge specialist, you're the point of reference with these videos and a good watch when I need an hour or so of my life to be watching some pokemon
I remember I was watching JRose and your first video was recommended. I watched it. Then the next. And the next. This was when you had I think 4.7k subs, so it’s been great watching your meteoric rise from almost the beginning. Thank you for all the wonderful videos (to sleep to) Scott
I love it when you do backports. We should do them again sometimes. Plus, gg on the sprites
The custom art for the mandatory trainers might be my favorite thing from the Yellow runs!
I don’t have the funds to support you directly, but I’ve been cheering you on since the pandemic and I’ve recommended your channel to multiple friends! Congrats on your subscription success !!🎉🎉
You're still supporting by watching!
Thanks for four years of amazing content. As with many, I got into watching Pokemon solo challenges through Jrose and, while I love his content (particularly his storytelling), it always niggled away in the back of my mind that multiple playthroughs would make the format far more meaningful. Eventually the algorithm pointed me in your direction and, while I still enjoy his content, your style very much feels like my comfortable challenge-run "home".
While I'm commenting, I do want to mention an idea that I had recently that you may or may find usable. I've finally been catching up on the streams from the beginning of the year, and heard you talking about the issues with the community race videoes and their prospects in the future even if the software issues such as Gamehook access can be resolved. I've loved the community races so far, especially Smeargle (the wide array of options it has to choose from making it perfect for a format where a lot of people try running it), so the idea that they may not return for a while saddens me. I'd also love to participate in one at some point.
So, pondering what you've said so far on the topic, I was wondering whether there might be a two-stage version of the process that keeps the best aspects while addressing the problems. Stage 1 entails you picking a Pokemon and game for the next race, and then just starting to run it yourself. This Stage goes for as long as you want it to - you're only competing with yourself to get the best time possible for that Pokemon in that game. The only catch is that you keep it a secret. You indulge your love of doing the same thing over and over in your spare time trying to give this Pokemon its best possible run. Eventually, you decide that you have the run of runs, the gold standard of what you can achieve.
Then, Stage 2 begins. In Stage 2, you announce the race much like how you have in the past. There's going to be a defined period, such as a single weekend. You distribute the software to let everyone get ready, but the Pokemon is kept under wraps. The difference this time around is that, when you announce the Pokemon, you also announce your time. That becomes the goal for the community to beat - can the community, working together in a single weekend (or other defined period of time), come up with one or more runs that are able to best your time? If they can, then there's still the race to be the person who submits the absolute best time.
This changes your participation so that you're not burning yourself out grinding hundreds of runs in an unreasonably short period of time, while still keeping you involved with running the Pokemon. It also gives you an interesting angle for your analysis in the video at the end of the process, reflecting on what the community found that you missed and vice versa. It does mean you don't get to participate in the collaboration to find the best strategy, but instead you get to observe it after the fact, comparing and contrasting what you learned during your attempts.
Of course, I'm just one voice on the internet, and you have to do what's right for you. Just wanted to share the idea in case it does in fact solve the main issues, or possibly causes a lightbulb moment for the development of an altogether different solution. Whatever decision you make, I'm probably going to keep watching the content you make because of the aforementioned reasons.
This is a great idea.
Happy four year anniversary, Scott. Its been amazing to watch you grow, and be along for the ride. Youre my absolute favorite youtuber, and everything you stand for when it comes to your videos keeps drawing me in. I get excited every time you come out with a new video, and its gotten to a point now that my fiancee listens to them too (even when she doesnt know whats going on). You care about every part of your videos, and every pokemon you run, and when you put your heart and soul into every video, you get to milestones like this. Long form of saying thanks for being you. YOU'RE INCREDIBLE!
Thanks so much Jonathan.
I think that showing the process was actually really important because, as someone who kind of just listens to you in the background, it is VERY easy to forget that you're the one doing the work.
This is something I just don't have perspective on. Day in and day out I am grinding on all these things. Runs, editing, programming, graphic design, scripting, posting, reviewing, talking to sponsors, reading comments, etc. I'm so in it that I forget that what everyone sees is only a small cross section of what I'm actually doing. It was nice to be able to show a small window into some of the other tasks I do.
You got me into solo-running Gen 1 - 3 myself, and it's now my preferred my of playing Pokemon.
Thank you so much, Scott!
Yours is the only channel where I'm committed to watch every video at least once. Your videos are that good.
Hell Yeah 4 Years! Congrats bro happy to support you through Patreon, you and the team make some amazing content and i always look forward to seeing your videos, you're one of my favourite content creators because of your incredible eye for detail and commitment to your work. Keep up the great work work man!
Have I really been following you for almost four years? Man. Your content has come so far.
Congrats on the huge accomplishment, Scott!
One totally optional suggestion: if you backport in a type, like steel, I think it makes sense to bring it for all the Pokémon that should have it, like the magneton. In your first play through where you had psychic and thunderbolt, both would only have been not very effective, making it harder.
Still a great playthrough but something to consider if you do play throughs like how much better would jigglypuff/clefairy be jf they had the fairy type in gen 1.
Thank you again for 4 years of great content!
Left a pinned comment about this. That would change the enemy teams making the runs less comparable with the regular yellow runs, so Magneton will stay mono electric.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon that makes total sense! Thanks for explaining your rationale and again thank you for the great content!
Its so good to see someone wholesome succeed doing something they seem to love.
Your videos are great, Scott. Keep it up!
18:42 YESSSS AT LAST MAGNETON WITH EVIL EYEBROWS. I asked for this so many times lmao.
Happy to provide! 😂
I'm so happy for your success, Scott! Been watching for most of these four years, and I always look forward to your next video
Have i really been watching for FOUR YEARS!?
Interesting insight into the backporting process; I honestly thought for these single species imports that in most cases the data for Mew would simply be switched out and modified to a best-fit-within-constraints scenario!
That is how I originally did it, but there are lots of free indexes in gen1.
you did a fantastic job with the backsprite
Happy fourth anniversary Scott
Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
Can't wait for the Palkia backport. Maybe it could be a Dragonbreathe vs vid.
Dragonite, Kingdra, Charizard, Palkia... maybe even Gyarados
Excellent video, congrats on 4 years!
Nice to see the rival's Flareon carry it's weight in the final battle for once =P
Seriously. Usually it's useless.
I didn't know that Jirachi was a slow growth one. Weird. Awesome run. Sandslash is pure evil, lol.
I think that it’s been exactly 3 years since I discovered your channel. Definitely had a 4 digit sub count but I’m so glad that I took a chance. I love this kind of content so much now.
Glad you took a chance and stuck around while I worked to get my footing. The early days were a bit rough in some areas.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon It is awesome to see someone dedicated to their craft and continuously improve. It’s more than a little inspiring.
4 years of the best solo run videos! You have grown so much Scott keep being awesome
I can't believe you sold out by learning the type chart
A true tragedy
Omg this made me chuckle. Just to reassure you, I still say dumb things. Like Mega Drain being super effective against Steelix. It's not. Steel resists Grass. It's neutral.
I can't believe I have been here since you had 1k followers, and you have been evolving each time since then... keep the good work!
I found you when you dropped ur first video way back then. Watching you grow has been a pleasure that I've never gotten with any other youtube. I've seen every single one of your videos and some of them multiple times. Thank you for everything you do Scott❤❤
Thank you so much
I started watching your channel about a year into your career. You've quickly become one of my favorite content creators. I get SO excited every time I see you post. The quality of your videos, your transparency in the process, and your absolute love for what you do makes watching your stuff so engaging. Keep it up man. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Congrats Scott! Love listening to your runs :)
I started watching you early 2021, just after I moved into a new place. I have good memories watching your videos on Sunday afternoons before having to go to work the following day.
I'm glad you can do this stuff full time, because I never tire of your content. Keep it up bud!
Okay, but if we're going to go through all the effort to put the Steel typing into Gen 1, then it only makes sense to add it to Magnemite/Magneton... Just saying...
In all seriousness, Happy Anniversary Scott! I haven't been with you since the VERY beginning, but I do recall when your channel mascot was Butterfree, so It's been quite some time since I started watching you! I've loved seeing you grow, I consider you one of the great Poketubers, right up there with the likes of Jrose11, MDB, and WolfeyVGC. Here's to 4 more years of excellent content!
Then the regular yellow runs aren't comparable. I can't change the enemy Pokemon.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I was being facetious XD Magneton is already quite powerful in RBY, adding Steel typing would be even more painful for a lot of the Pokedex
happy anniversary! thanks for keeping me company over all these years
I demand a sprite creation tier list lol. The scoring categories would be speed as well as similarity to the original.
LOL
Those Jirachi sprites look too good to fit in with the Gen I aesthetic, honestly.
Congratulations with your anniversary, Scott! I've been a viewer ever since your early days in 2020. Back then, I was going through a rough patch in my life. Your videos were really helping me get through the days. And I still watch (and rewatch) your videos to this day! It's always great seeing someone do the things they love, which you really convey in your content. This has made your videos stand out for me, ever since the beginning. Thanks so much and here's to many happy years going forward!
Glad I could help through the rough patch!
It's been a great 2 years! Your content has saved me many times on long flights for work. Thanks for being you Scott.
4 years? I think I've been here for all 4 of them. Holy shit! Time flies. You're awesome Scott, keep up the amazing work that you do!
What a great 4 years this has been! You've become one of my favorite content creators for sure; even with how busy things might get for me, I still intend to watch every video of yours! I'm excited for more Scott's Thoughts!
Ar last! Art worthy of the demons of gen one! Great job.
All hail the demons of gen one.
Hey Scott, congratulations on making it to 4 years. It's been a privilege getting to watch you develop your style of content from rudimentary solo runs of Yellow to the most thoroughly analytic versions of pokemon solo content on the platform 🎉🎉🎉 keep up the good work, bruz 🎉🎉🎉
can’t believe it’s been that long already! been subbed since 2021 and it’s crazy to see just how far along everything has come, you’re building a great platform man thanks for bringing content to us
The dedication you have to those challenges is amazing. I can’t believe I’ve been watching for years already. Congrats on 69k ;)
I've been subscribed to you since your Yellow Dragonair solo run and I have been loving your channel and content ever since! Thank you for all of the amazing content.
Is...has it *REALLY* already been that long? Man, time really flies...
Anyways, I'm glad to see you and your Team are still making these! Your videos have been a mainstay for me over these last four years! I'm excited to see what you've all cooked up for the future!
I'm very impressed with all of the work you and your team put into these videos! Thank you for always putting your best foot forward
Dunno if I've been here since the very beginning, but I do know I've been following for almost all of the channel's history. Been a fun ride, and I'm glad to see you're still having fun with this!
FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!
I totally found you by accident a few years ago, and just recently saw I wasn't subscribed, I watch a lot of these challenge runs and you, mdb, and rby challenges are quite literally half of my watch time on UA-cam besides video essays and I love how you give us so much insight on how you do the videos your streams are quite in depth and I love how you seem to deeply enjoy a lot of the process it takes to make these videos I love how consistently you put out great content and I suggest you to my friends often even for something to watch in the background and some of my 18-25 year old friends tend to enjoy your in depth approach to your videos
Happy 4 year anniversary scott, I remember finding you while i was looking for a video to play in the background while i studied for college exams. Luckily for me i found your gen 1 starter versus video. I was floored by your overlay and how in depth you went in your videos especially the multiple playthroughs. I became a member by accident too during one of your streams, but I decided to keep supporting your work because its one of the few videos/ streams I look forward to during the week. I know you enjoy it but thank you for giving us so much enjoyable and analytical content as well. Cheers to many more years ahead! .
Happy 4 year anniversary scott! been following since roughly the beginning and love all the content you keep producing at such a high quality pokemon solo content can't wait to see what's to come!
As a pokemon fan, programmer, graphic designer, and fan of data analysis, I am in love with your channel. It perfectly fits my niche.
Omg this channel is made for you!
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon if I was wanting to start doing this, where is a good place to get information on tools and current methodology?
Love the evil Magneton and Sandslash art. The future moves get much cooler in later gens, when they get BP boosts and actually apply their respective typings. I really like the flavor of them, especially Doom Desire being the most metal thing ever as has been mentioned.
I believe I found your videos after watching some video essays about pokemon RBY trainer AI. Congratulations on 4 years :)
Excellent Work! I’ve been considering Jirachi for a while now (and some other critters that really ought to have Future Sight) but I could tell Doom Desire was going to be quite a tricky one to implement so it’s been sat on my list 🦆 congrats on 4 years!
This is so cool :D
Jirachi was one of my fav legendaries because of a certain rom hack I played growing up....and because emerald was my first game
Scott, so happy for you and for 4 years! Keep it up and thank you.
Found you through the Smeargle video, I really like the depth/optimization you go into! Great work and happy anniversary!
Thanks!
I love the breakdown of the creation of the sprites! Very cool and interesting imo, I'd love to see more!
I'm not sure when I discovered your channel, but it was roughly a year before I moved to Japan in October 2021 on my old channel. I was obsessed with solo runs, and you just popped up in the sidebar as recommended, and I loved the format. I'm one of those guys who routinely would swap into bulbapedia for relevant info as I watched, so I'm a huge fan of the overlay. I can't overstate that enough 🤣
Apparently inflammatory claims work? (I was telling the truth though, when Sandslash exists, Pikachu is bad.)
Using Pokémon from future gens in Yellow have become my favorite videos yet.
Congratulations for the 69k.
I am glad to see you continue what you are doing!
That image of the Evil Sandslash and Magneton is so good. You have to do a Sandslash & Magneton run just so you can use it more.
I've been with you since the early days. Great work and a great channel!
Mate i think i watched all of your videos your voice is so calm and relaxing
Keep going Scott, your content is awesome! You awakened the inner nerd in me!
Interestingly enough, that checkerboard style graphics to get more colors (dithering), was used in many older games to create create gradients and more colors. It was specifically adopted for use with CRT displays due to the way the technology worked. Which is why many older games that were meant for a CRT have an extra pixelated and lower quality look to them that many of us don't remember when viewed on a modern display. We don't remember of course because we couldn't see it
Scott you should do a Deoxys vs Mewtwo for either FireRed or Emerald! I think a race between them would be super dope
Thanks Scott for the years of content.
Thank you Fallenhero. I really appreciate the support.
Keep going Scott
I really like your videos
I think you deserve much more recognition
and I hope there’ll be more people in the future to enjoy your awesome contents
I know I'm being THAT guy, but 32*32 is actually 1/4 of 64*64
If it’s 32x32 and you can’t use 4 pixels on two sides it’s only 28x28
Ha ha. What a great math problem. Basically comparing 1 to 2. Except 1 is x 1 and 2 is X's 2. 😂
What got me to sub was the Venomoth wrong type gags. 😂
It's good to know it doesn't alienate people!
"Learning psychic before fighting Misty"
That's one way to spot a pokemon that's gonna rock the Kanto tour 😂
4 years of Venomoth changing types, rock on Scott.
And drooooppeeeed my balllssss.
now I'm curious how Manaphy would do. you'd probably need to give it Amnesia at level 1 because it has Tail Glow at the very beginning of its moveset even in Gen IV. which is definitely busted, but not having Amnesia there in Tail Glow's place would remove Manaphy's flavor. Manaphy was designed to be kind of busted with its easy access to Tail Glow. for level up moveset you'd go something like Amnesia, Bubble, Splash in place of Water Sport, Growl to replace Charm, Supersonic, Bubblebeam, Acid Armor, maybe Clamp in the place of Whirlpool, Recover in the place of Aqua Ring, and then put in Hydro Pump somewhere as its last level up move.
it gets Ice Beam, Blizzard, Psychic, Swift, Reflect, Surf, Flash.
Happy 4 years!🥳
Congratulation on 4 years, i really like your vids, you are the only speedruner i see, i like very much all the set up to see damage, stats, items, etc. Thanks and hope you keep going for many years from now! Keep it up!
Congrats on 4 years. Would love a Regular Ursaluna vs. Bloodmoon Ursaluna back port of yellow.
congratz on 4 years!
Tbf this time Surge definitely hasn't seen a jirachi before so he wouldn't know how fast jirachi is. And steel doesn't exist and jirachi definitely doesn't look bulky so why not punch the puny psychic type?
He definitely learned that!
So awesome that July 21st is significant for both of us, watching this while celebrating my birthday! Thank you
Happy Birthday!
Wow now 4 years !!!
I dont comment often but i love you Videos !!!
I hope the other 4 years Venomoth is a steel psychic typ!!
Happy anniversary, Scott 🥳 May many more years follow 🥂
Sandslash is my favorite gen 1 pokemon, so seeing it be such a reoccurring problem does make me smile. We need more Sandslash runs in the later gens so you can bother the AI!
Been watching you since your second video, it's been a hell of a ride Scott.
Congrats man, 4 years is a huge accomplishment. This run would have been really dumb with actual cosmic power lol
That pixel art technique is known as dithering (that "checkering" to create the impression of an intermediate value)
Good to know the term! Thanks taking the time to share and educate me and others!
That is what you do for the sprite? Huh... I thought you hired someone for that. Well have my apologies for that assumption, holy crap those new sprites always look so good
In gen1 I've made all the sprites myself. In the gen2 backport streams I did use publicly available sprites that others had made. I personally find it really relaxing making the sprites, it's a good way to end my day after doing like 6 Seadra playthroughs...
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Still, that is insane to be pretty much self taught. And I can imagine it be fun after something like that 🤣
Congrats on 4 years!
Neat to see how you do backporting. Been trying my hardest to do the same when recreating glitch Pokémon.