How Fast Can Smeargle Beat Pokemon Yellow? Redemption Edition

This is a reupload. Something about the unlisted original upload completely neutered the views. I don't care about getting all the views, but my community and fanbase wasn't getting notified of the video and we had to correct that so here we are.
It's time for my second race for Scott's Thoughts. This one was with Smeargle in generation 1, so a cross gen run like we have seen before but Smeargle is very unique and it was very fun.
Unlike the last race, the time was significantly shorter and it allowed routing and consistency to take the lead rather than luck, and that was a great thing.
Last time, I barely lose due to the a minor mistake and the AI critting me. Can we find redemption this time? Let's find out and I mean that because I have no idea where I placed.
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[@Rda95]

Any Smeargle can sketch dig, but it would take a master to sketch Tombstoner

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

-taps belt- The cream always rises to the top.

[@mattyp724]

Congrats on the victory brother! Tombstonin Smeargle. Appropriate that TM28 played a role in the W

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I did a post race run with a 1h 1m time where I took Sketch at 61 and took EQ from the second Onix. It's too inconsistent but yea, Dig was through to the end.

[@kylethecherry-nosesanalite1723]

Smeargle is my personal favorite gimmick pokemon, but I know a solo run can be so brutal. Getting everything to work is even more reliant on rng than normal due to Sketch. Much respect for making it work as well as you did.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The second sketch was a little luck based but the others weren't so bad!

[@kangaskdan]

Great route and congrats on the win!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@briancaster2876]

I just got done watching the race, what a finish! And a well deserved win!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I love that it came down to routing and even a bad Brock split into an awful Lorelei fight still allowed me to come out on top. I did like a dozen more runs after this but couldn’t ever top it.

[@briancaster2876]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 That Lorelei fight had me on the edge of my seat. When he started to pull a head all I could think was "it better not happen again!".

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It almost did, lol. At the time, it was a full 36 hours before the deadline so I almost restarted that run since I had a 1h 2m 40s run already banked and thought I'd miss it but it's sad I couldn't top it after another dozen runs even with the scuffed Brock split and the bad Lorelei luck.

[@przemysawkilianski4169]

Damn Matt that was epic comeback. RNG took away and gave it back. I assume that collecting materials, playing and producing its quite chalenging for Scott but its also a very fun content for us, 30+ boys who still remeber how fun it was discovering this awesome series and spending hours playing it. Hope in a future you guys will make more races. Also i've just recently watched you and Scott gastly race and that format worked well too so hopefully you guys make some videos togheter as well. That kind of cooperation worked rly good for other yt creators (PM7, Purplecliff and Mikey for example or Jaiden Animation, PC and Alphared soul links series) and I fell like it would worked well for you guys too.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it was pretty fun. The competition is fun and the stream was fun. In hindsight I would have prepared for the stream but the concept was blind runs with zero optimization that led to a video where we optimized together but it just fell through. I think I’ll finally get around to Gastly optimization in October. It’s safe to say the collab video won’t happen with that but maybe we’ll stream again sometime.

[@foodruct]

The end of the race wqs intense glad you could pull out the victory despite awful luck on Lorelei congratulations on the win brother

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! It was close.

[@StevenDaniels81]

Just came from Scott's Thoughts and boy did I have a heart attack at the end. Time to watch it from your perspective.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ha, be ready for me pointing out like 3 minutes of time loss on a run I didn't think would be the best one I got on the Saturday before the Sunday deadline.

[@StevenDaniels81]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 Congrats on the win btw. Great showing. Well deserved after the Parasect ending.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Yea, it felt good for a minute but my channel isn't changed in the slightest. You get some very niche bragging rights but nothing else really from these competitions.

[@rickdeezy07dj]

I’m glad more people got introduced to your content from that smirgle race with all the other poke content creators

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it's nice but you'd be surprised how little the number is from this and the other race. Literally like .5% of his video's viewers go further to see the other channels.

[@ZealousPawn]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987I did, it just took me 9 months 😂

[@meevs]

I was literally so tense watching the end of Scott's video and so glad to see RNG didn't due you in again this time. Conhrats! Cant wait to hear your thoughts on the run

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Austin and I knew what would happen and still were sweating lol.

[@gambleralex5083]

How did I not get notified this video came out, congrats on the victory Matt. Real one

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It might forever be a mystery.

[@redwings13400]

Watching this video knowing you won the race, I was really surprised to see how many mistakes you still had in this run, and how much timesave there still was here! That said, I think you won this race with really good routing. I think a lot of us probably saved rare candies until later in the run because it takes longer to level up later in the game, but for smeargle, it needed the levels earlier to speed up fights and remain consistent in the midgame. Sleep powder carries it through the late game regardless, so the extra few levels in the late game were clearly not nearly as valuable as the extra levels early on, so your early training and early rare candies were really valuable! Also, I find it funny that you said no vitamins was probably the best strat for smeargle. I figured a huge source of my time loss was not knowing how to route in the vitamin buys very efficiently, but it turns out my inexperienced lucked in to a good strategy there! Congrats on winning the race! I learned a lot from watching this! :D

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. I mean with 20 base attack, a protein just doesn't do anything that changes the game and the speed is good enough to just outspeed everything outside of Lance's Aero. Just cutting everything out was the best approach but this is a pretty rare case. The focus was the midgame for sure. I felt like people got caught up having the best Brock/Misty/Surge split that their Nugget Bridge/Rock Tunnel sections were slow and me being 35 put everything in comfortable ranges to breeze through it. Invest time early and shave off time late was the motto! I always wish we knew a little bit more about what Scott would talk about though because blindly doing a video just feels like I'm repeating a lot of points but it was a fun time and a good run. I'm just glad the second race in a row with elite 4 problems didn't cost me again. I even routed in two extra Victory Road battles and the last candy to ensure it didn't happen and it STILL did lol.

[@redwings13400]

I have a question. Based on the final strategies of the top players, it feels like the physical strategy was the best strategy for Smeargle. If Scott had changed Smeargle's special attack to 40, do you think the special strategy would have been faster than physical? How about at 30 if Scott had used the average of the two stats? I'm mostly wondering because I feel like it would be interesting to figure out the break point where these two completely different strategies would have actually been completely equal times. Physical strategies seemed to have some inherent advantages in the early and midgame because of STAB, and also because it was easier to get physical moves early, but would additional special attack have changed that dynamic?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I don't think it would make that much of a difference. You saw how far behind the special strats were even with Amnesia. He'd have to bump it up to like 80 special to close the gigantic gap between the top few times and the fastest special time.

[@n64_kfp]

A huge congrats for your win! Really love the thought and effort that goes into your runs.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words.

[@juliosmotivation3268]

Congratulations on the win man

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it!

[@starkravinglad8099]

Im half way through the video and just realized you were changing the color palette periodically. Nice touch

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I can't say I did that intentionally lol.

[@mikekalicki1059]

That one was fun to watch, did not know how you were going to do it. Love seeing the strats behind how you make a pokemon with no moves beat the game. Extra planing and knowldge of the game needed for sure.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Good thing I had the trainer master list I use to refine routing lol. Outside of the farfetched trainer, I knew where I was going with it after the first day though.

[@UnderstandSoccer]

Congrats on the Victory! You are the man! Grab yourself a sody pop!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Had to get two after that nail biter.

[@charlessegale6493]

Coming back after watching Scott's video. Congrats on the win, dude! I was rooting for you there, especially those last tense couple of minutes! As I said in that video, sit back, relax and grab yourself a sodie pop! Once again, you earned this, *(TOMBSTONER) BROTHER!*

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I appreciate it! Yea, the end was pretty wild. I almost threw it away lol.

[@berrabus7059]

Nice win, Matt! Loved seeing how you could shave so much time with clever routing.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Yea, I wish my Brock split wasn't so bad and that Lorelei wasn't so awful lol. I routed in extra trainers and the last rare candy to get to 60 to make her better but it just completely backfired. I could have skipped the candy/extra battles and just saved a minute but it was the midgame where I gained so much ground where even mistakes at the end didn't matter. Sometimes doing a little more shaves off time as you go on while some people think the fastest Brock/Misty/Surge split means anything in the grand scheme of things.

[@RobKni76]

THE GYM MAN COMETH

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Very glad it's over with lol. The video stressed me. The final E4 was a journey watching the Lorelei failures.

[@reddragonpress]

Commenting again for *engagement*. Even though you're not planning on doing any more Smeargle runs, I think it would be really funny if someone out there did a "max potential" Smeragle run where it started out with moves from later generations too. Like maybe give it Spore, Victory Dance, Oblivion Wing, and something else for coverage (Earthquake or even Headlong Rush for the extra power?). Just for fun to see how Smeargle with an unrestricted moveset would fare. If any fellow commenters feel inspired, feel free to run with the idea.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I get that but the whole point of Smeargle is an exercise in knowing enemy trainers and move locations. Starting it with actual moves just makes it not Smeargle, imo.

[@reddragonpress]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 True. I'm just used to competitive Smeargle and its infamous Dark Void VGC shenanigans. It's a completely different style of run.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Baton pass and what not too. Yea, competitive and solo runs are two different beasts. I think something like Tauros or Exeggutor are great examples.

[@cody-m]

Great job Matt! Glad to see you clinch that W. Solid strat too!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The cream always rises to the top!

[@tonyn7560]

Reuploaded and it feels so good. Hopefully this upload does better than the previous one! #1 BROTHER

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s not about it getting a ton of views, it was just that the way I uploaded it as unlisted so it was available via link in Scotts video messed with it on a technical level. I’m not a stickler for views, but it was very clear from the analytics that something wasn’t right with it.

[@TigerFestival1988]

Despite the reupload this was just as fun to watch as the first time. Also I hope the algorithm will cooperate this time.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, something about uploading unlisted and then flipping it over to private killed it. It wasn't just dud type views, it was like no views. Like 75% low and I had to upload it right.

[@SmashMath151]

Congrats! Really tense ending to the race and hope you're happier with this run now! I didn't think of doing Misty and Surge at the higher level, but it definitely helped you with consistency in certain places.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, the goal was level 25 going into Nugget Bridge and 35 for Rock Tunnel. Those are the two slowest parts of the game when I timed other runs and speeding them up knowing you'd just be using sleep powder later anyway yielded by far the best results. Lorelei didn't play nice but at least it didn't cost me anything. It's still a pretty jank run. I lost a potential 2 minutes just on the brock split so it would have been cooler to see a flawless sub hour run but the ending wouldn't have been as interesting.

[@GeneralWiggins]

Great route, great win. Hell yeah.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The mid game sealed the deal on this one.

[@chrisdixon7377]

Congrats on the dub!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@kyra4942]

in the such short time the race had, I have to say you performed quite well, good job

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh yea, the key is spending a day messing with different routes and strats and then hard committing to one and pounding it into the ground. Hyper Fang was just too good. There's actually a better strat but I didn't talk about post race stuff much. You just straight beat Rival 2 and take Hyper Fang on the 3rd Nugget trainer. It's more consistent and could save over a minute.

[@dragonfly116]

Even better the 2nd time watching it. Great run and congrats on the W!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks again, brother!

[@jussioman]

Tombstoner and congratulations on the well deserved win. Its impressive that you did a top 3 time in both of the races. Hyper fang early rare candies strategy seems like a bit of a risk you have to do to take the victory.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Well at the time I got this one (the Saturday after the race started Friday) I saw some 1h6m times and I was already in the 1h4m range so I timed portions of the game and you know I always preach nugget bridge so speeding that up and rock tunnel were the slowest parts of the game. I’m just mad I couldn’t top this. Glad to have won but I was so sloppy I barely scraped by by the smallest of margins.

[@jussioman]

Dont be too hard on yourself. The fact that you had top time on both of the races means you know what youre doing and you definitely could put superior time if you did multiple runs after this. I actually like that Scott made this a quick race so it was an equal opportunity since not everyone has time to play like 30 runs and just pick up the best one.@@GymLeaderMatt1987

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh I’m not hard on myself at all. The races are cool but I’m not super serious about them. You don’t really get much other than just the satisfaction of competition from them.

[@robertsudduth9713]

Great job Matt!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@realperson69]

Honestly I thought this video was you having changed your mind since recording the first one and going for the sub-1:00:00 time. 😂 Hope the reupload fixes the problems, and congrats again.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It did! Not my most viewed but normal and that was the original issue. Something about the unlisted upload into public caused it to just be dead.

[@CapnWilly]

Very interesting run! Happy to watch a second time.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@CapnWilly]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 for sure! Smeargle is one of those that I appreciate a lot more as an adult. Such a cool concept of a Pokemon. I just wish it had better stats lol.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea the stats are god awful. 20 base attack feels so bad. I can't believe how many people used subpar moves through the part of the game with the single highest cluster of mandatory battles lmao.

[@issakabeer1535]

My main man is a winner! I love the races.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, the next one will likely be next year. Interested to see how things change in that span of time. I might just have to retire on top.

[@RealCaptainAwesome]

I don't know about routing but a special set would be good with Amnesia, Psychic, Surf, Recover. As long as you aren't fighting Slowbro you should be solid.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

A solid idea on paper but I think the highest special route was like 9th place. Also, amnesia and surf are only found on a single Pokémon. Lorelei’s Slowbro.

[@chrisharvey3168]

Congratulations! Man you got it!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!! It feels good.

[@BatmanTheBeliever]

#Blessed My boy came back with a vengeance! #ThaGoat

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Almost, lol. Lorelei almost made me question my life choices.

[@lukcdk]

smeargle is such a cool pokemon, and now he's is gen 1, nice.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s pretty unique for sure.

[@michaelclark2458]

Tombstoner wins for Tombstoner Brotha! Good job Matt

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Raising the championship belt!

[@AlleyinThrees]

This makes me want to use a Smeargle in something. I've honestly never used one before in any game, and the Sketch mechanic really is kind of cool.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it requires a lot of game knowledge to set up. I'm sure anyone can have a fun run with one though but it's a tough one to optimize.

[@Awells549]

A video so nice, we post it twice.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Well, the first time had some technical difficulties. I had no choice lol.

[@Awells549]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 congrats on bringing home the W in this race.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@wakingup4206]

Congrats on the win, your strategies are always amazing

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! I spent the first day wanting to use spore and a growth/special strat but Hyper Fang was just a cut above.

[@IrrelevantPride]

Tombstoner brother!!

[@IrrelevantPride]

Well played run and victory!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! The format was much better this time. There was just something about the Parasect watching several people not really have their own route but just grinding something until they got the desired results that rubbed me the wrong way but it's definitely more interesting to see what different people came up with in 4 days. I'm always happy to share tidbits here and there but a lot of runners kept quite and that's on them lol.

[@gmanz5]

Go watch the Ravens Vs Bengles Wildcard game from last season and watch in real-time the Ravens season come to an end. That’s exactly how the Parasect race felt.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For me it would be like the Super Bowl without the excuse of playing a backup quarter back.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

TOMBSTONER BROTHER its Time to RISE up and win 🏆 Its day is HERE you should celebrate

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I had a good 5 minutes in the spotlight lol.

[@MASHEDMallow11]

Tombstoner represent!!!

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

TOMBSTONER, BROTHER

[@DwunD016]

Congrats on the win! #Tombstoner

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I won the ultimate prize of self validation lol.

[@PegasusPablo]

La pierre tombale, mon frère!

[@smgang551thrilllife8]

Hey brotha man - I just wanted to say I was a dick for saying: I won’t sub until you do a metagross run on gen 1 or 2 - or - the Reggie family. Believe it or not these videos help with my sleeping problems - not saying your videos are boring - but I’m always in my head and this helps. In return I sub and will like your videos for now on and whoever reads this - you should like and sub for the support for this guy and he’s funny.

[@chonwarren9941]

Second time watching this I want you to get more into the algorithm

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

We don't have any control over that, brother. It's up to the KZbin gods.

[@TwoShot.]

Congrats 👑👑👑👑

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@gutherford007]

Number 1 baby

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The cream always rises to the top.

[@StealthArcher]

While the comment may be lost, I will aspire to one day join one of these with you and git the gud the third place fellow did.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Aspire to be the best, not settle for third lol. Nothing wrong with a top 3 finish, but saying 'one day I hope to get third' seems like a low bar to set. Shoot for the stars, brother.

[@StealthArcher]

Yeah, miswrote, I meant to beat you as the point :v @@GymLeaderMatt1987

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@StealthArcher Ha, maybe. Who knows if I'll even enter the next race. I've proven what I set out to do, got unlucky and lost one, won the other, and don't know what the future holds. Outside of the competition and just having fun, it really doesn't do much for the channel. I could probably get 2+ full videos done in the time it takes to do the full race and prepare the video. The sad fact of the matter is that maybe a hundred people will be curious enough to see what the top players do, but the race videos perform worse than regular videos so at the end of the end of the day, it's just about testing your skills and I feel like I've already put them on full display through a couple of races.

[@RealCaptainAwesome]

Where do you get the code for the overlay?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I wrote it up myself. The software that reads the RAM is MIA though. The guy just disappeared off the internet.

[@Marethyu719]

23:36 missed to pick up the max elixier/ether after the fight?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Man, I even talk about why I routed in that trainer and the significance of when I'd take it in that part lol.

[@Brando1444]

Hi Matt!

[@joshgregory1763]

If the goal was to cheese the elite 4 what would your strategy be? (Rules being start loreli at lvl 60 with whatever moves you could find before E4)

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That was essentially the run. Find the best moves and dominate the game with a Pokemon with awful stats lol. It doesn't get much better than a 2 stage setup move, sleep move, and two attacking moves to cover everything.

[@joshgregory1763]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 I guess spore or if you could get body slam or hyper beam would make that elite 4 a little better. You got me with the delayed tombstoner 😆

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Those would make it more consistent but not faster, as we saw in the race video. The act of sleep and set up is cheese enough in itself. You can only improve the chances of that and the knock out from that point but the question is if it'll cost you too much time to get those. Spore was sadly too much of a time sink to worry about.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

​​@@GymLeaderMatt1987losing in the lab actually IS the correct play according to Scott because cloyster is awful, and JOLTEON actually outspeeds smeargle at rival 6 unless you have 3 dances n champion battle you're OUTSPED period That's why Ottos run fell off to an extent Otto was the only good run that did jolteon most DID a carbon copy of your run actually except they saved candies a bit too much or had worse routing

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I’d rather face Flareon tbh. The Vaporeon is too bulky and almost cost me at the end. I was just taking what the game gave me though. I got this time on the Saturday before the race and just couldn’t top it.

[@drinksandfights]

Re upload?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Community post.

[@ilusindarim]

Cause he's bettter than you....and you know it

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ha, who is? Smeargle?

[@Piffle57]

Comment!

[@joshframent9385]

This somehow got lost in my notifactions. Lemme get a real one view in real quick (every view is a real one)

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The champ is here!

[@Joe-us4cf]

Glm!!! Not big fan of this guy but like content

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Of Smeargle?

[@brianvoll]

Nicely done. I think it was cool the way you used dig against the farfetched in order to sketch swords dance. Also I am liking this quicker time frame for the races. I think it actually separates the Pokémen from the pokeboyz.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Man, it felt so bad to get Dig but I got it super quick in the run. Basically hope it doesn't use two agilities and uses Swords Dance on the actual dig turn.

[@Xantrro]

You can't hold a soda pop and clap to matt at the same time 😅

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Stone Cold could.

[@blaklazer]

GLM, still my favorite youtuber. Hopefully I can join the next stream. Only been able to watch 2 live. You make amazing content

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Not sure when it'll be next. Got some exam and other stuff coming up but it'll be a Friday or two from now!

[@mattulibarri6181]

I watched scotts video and i will say i was on the edge of my seat pulling for you brother. That was so sick watching you get that dub! Also watched your run till the end #realone. I was so stoked you won. Especially because you always go for thet consistency! Nothing drives me more crazy than when people do a run fish for perfect rng. If thats how you do it then it has nothing to do with your pokemon and its all just luck.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! I’ll take some risks but I’m never going for a 30% chance over and over outside of a fire type waiting for Gyarados to miss lol. Much like speedrunning, you want something consistent enough where you can just get reps in and complete solid runs rather than 1/1000 chances lol. That’s why I hated the Parasect race. Like the winner had a 2 encounter Viridian Forest and a 3 encounter Mt Moon. Good job lol.

[@AH12866]

I didn't know how Smeargle worked. Interesting gimmick. Cool to see but I get how you could get a little sick of it. Good video, as always

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I didn’t get too sick because it was just a few days. I actually got this pb on like day 2. Parasect was the one to be sick of since it was 5 weeks.

[@DoubleDrastik]

tombstoner brother !!!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

TM28 never looked so good.

[@tonyyu6153]

Real one! and honestly I never thought of using Smeargle for all pokemon game, it was just soooo weak. But good job Matt, hope to see more x gen coming up

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'll have a schedule out soon but it's stats are pretty bad but anything with sleep/swords dance can dominate!

[@Arist988]

Great video! I appreciate your honesty with the upload. I watched it once and I am watching it again. It’s really cool how much you dive into stats and other info I didn’t think as of a kid.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Yea, I always try to give my best insight on all the vids.

[@ryangibson8727]

I watched, liked, and commented all over again for a second time because you're my favorite Pokemon creator lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that level of support, brother.

[@LQVaughn]

Nice win! What do you think about body slam vs hyper fang after having seen some of the other runs?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I think the win speaks for itself in that regard. When you get Body Slam, you can use it for like 8 battles max. Hyper Fang made the slowest parts of the game faster and the only way anyone was doing better than Hyper Fang was to continue to play the race weeks after it was over and all strats were revealed.

[@mukariz]

I haven't seen any of your latest videos but the trainer intros with portraits of their pokemon is really nice.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! They'll be fully implemented for all videos going forward. Been spending some time to get things like that to go with my tier cards and what not.

[@mukariz]

This was a good one for a lot of reasons. It is nice when a run can still clock in a good time without perfect luck.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'm not sure I've ever had perfect luck. Even on Parasect I had some early resets and a race losing reset at the end. We can't all get 3 encounter Mt. Moons like the winner did lol.

[@foggernaut8876]

When I saw the race my first instinct was “Matt has this in the bag”. And when the dust settles, EZ Clap Matt pulls it off.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s crazy this was the winning one. There were so many mistakes and when I did this one, I had like 36 hours left in the race. I thought I could correct mistakes and have a clean run but I never topped it.

[@foggernaut8876]

Personally I think its the depth you put into your runs. And I think there is something poetic of having the one with multiple mistakes being the best time.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It just shows how solid it was. The Brock split was easily 2 minutes slower than it was in some of the other runs and Lorelei cost me a minute to itself. I think we could have seen a sub 1 hour with this route but it wasn't in the cards and it wouldn't make for as compelling of a video if I just stomped by multiple minutes anway.

[@johngleeman8347]

You painted up a victory right quick Brother. Whoo-hoo!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

All of 3 seconds lol.

[@J.W.J.]

Congrats on the win, bro! Team GLM crew

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! The world solo champion for now lol.

[@MeriadocMyr]

grats on clutching the first place in the race

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Almost lost it!

[@Nick_Slavik]

Lmao I love the, "Grab yourself a sodie pop" and then the sound of a can opening is a great touch 👌😉

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Glad you like it!

[@Nick_Slavik]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 it really is a good intro line 🙂🤙 I've been diving through your content too. Solid videos my dude 😎🤙

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Appreciate it.

[@jamesomara8036]

Really wanted to congratulate you on this one. You're knowledge and experience carried you through. I'm proud of you man.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I appreciate that. I thrive with the subpar Pokémon lol. Struggling and being slow is something I got a lot of experience with lol.

[@deansmith7427]

1st place for the tombstoner brother!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Got the belt and now I can ride off into the sunset lol.

[@larryscott981]

Good run, BROTHER!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks, brother.

[@Speedrunner0218]

I was sad my friend Austin lost the race, but I'm happy about your redemption and the fact that all the race champions are different. Porygon for me, ike for parasect, and you for smeargle. That is the best result

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Understandable. I don’t care to lose but being in the lead and losing again would have been PAIN.

[@blakeschwab7518]

20 special LOL

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Caterpie levels.

[@tiagoruao8896]

😊

[@starkravinglad8099]

🪦

[@FutureKingx]

Is no one going to talk about the level 7 Pidgey encountered after grabbing Oak's parcel? 3:01

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

What is there to say? It's been a rare spawn on route 1 for 25+ years.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Time to redo that pop open of the sodie pop :) Also oooooo 69 nice And 34:36 TOMBSTONER, BROTHER

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

69 what?

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 nice. LOL That's something Scott always thinks about with his Thoughts.. and eggceptional too

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Well usually something comes up that says 69, which is what I was asking.

[@Deez-Master]

Aye nice win on the race my man

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that. You know when you give me a subpar Pokemon, I'm going to route the hell out of it lol. Voltorb, Cubone, Exeggcute, Onix were all just preparation lol.

[@Deez-Master]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I always liked that abt you, youre good at the mf game and I can tell from the way you talk about the decision making in game. thats what drew me in initially when I started watching. that and the tombstoner sound byte lol.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You've been around a long time and I appreciate that! Always the biggest supporter. I got some undergrad stuff coming up but I want to do some 'world record' attempts at the actual R/B speedrun one day. Top 100 would satisfy me but I think with the solo run experience, I might be able to tweak the world record routes a little and maybe get a solid time. Maybe sub 2h would be the starting goal, then if I ever got sub 1h 50 we can look further. It's something I've been really interesting in for a while but I'm always so worried about keeping up with content but a solid rank in a highly touted category would have a lot more weight than a niche solo run with software, imo. Just some things I've been thinking about.

[@YuriHelps]

I wonder if Giovanni wasn't trying to take over Silph co. but having a meeting with the president, so he could buy all the Guard Specs. He sure loves Guard spec. by Silph co. Tombstoner Brother!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Remember the tie ins and the storyline. He was extorting the master ball so he could get back an escaped Mewtwo that fled to Cerulean cave!

[@YuriHelps]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 Yeah, I remember, I was just trying to be funny, and make a joke about how much he likes Guard spec.

[@ritwikism]

I indeed did not get the earlier upload thrown at me, while I did get this one. So I'm happy you reuploaded

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it was some weird interaction with being unlisted. It like counted the time it was unlisted as live and just murdered the impressions.

[@rtyuik7]

0:32 - lol in the Intro Textboxes (Prof.Oak telling you what pokemon are and asking your name), i can just imagine that conversation taking place in real life...'What's Your Name?' ("AAAAAAAA") 'i see, your name is GymLeader Matt? what about This Guy? he's been your rival ever since you two-- ("AAAAAAAA") -- ah, so his name is Butt...'

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ha, the name you entered in the overlay was auto set and the rival was always Butt so on x4 it’s faster to just turbo A through than to hit down and select. It’s a minor time save!

[@rtyuik7]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 ah, that actually makes sense...since the cursor auto-moves to END after the 8th character, compared to however many frames 'lost' while your fingers hit the individual buttons... im more interested in how it Pre-Sets the name no matter what was typed though...that could make it a little bit easier just for cranking out video after video on these challenges-- any time you need to Reset, you can just Turbo-A through the intro again without having to make sure that everything is typed perfectly for the video (compared to getting a Perfect Run, just to realize in editing that your Player Name was "Gum Leaser Math" or whatever)...i just like seeing all these nifty little 'mods' people have come up with for this almost-30 year old game... ...holy crap, pokemon is almost 30 years old...i should be expecting grey hair soon, at this rate xD

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That's the secret, brother. In my videos the names are always set, even for the Pokemon. It's essentially a flag you freeze so it stays the same no matter what. These days, I just have my name/rival name hard coded into the ROM since the in game timer doesn't start until you get to your room but you could just freeze them and do the same thing. I just do it so Pokemon can be named and not actually cost them time.

[@rayongaynor456]

Congrats bro 🎉 it was a great race

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was a fun one.