How Fast Can You Beat Pokemon Blue with Just A Butterfree??

Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my selected pokemon in battle
2. No items in battle
3. No glitches or exploits (the badge boost and marowak skip permitted)
4. No Losing of ANY Kind (No Blackout Training)
5. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other Things to Know:
1. Pokeballs (HM Pokemon) are allowed in battle
2. I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
3. My Pokemon have perfect DVs
4. Skipping the bike is not allowed
5. Saving between Elite 4 members is allowed
6. If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter and I still have to reset
Terms:
1. STAB
--- Same Type Attack Bonus - a 1.5x damage multiplier for using a move that shares it's type with the attacker
2. DVs
--- The Gen1 equivalent of IVs (individual values), these range from 0-15
3. Stat XP
--- The Gen1 equivalent of EVs. But unlike EVs, you can reach the limit with every stat
Resources:
-- Gen 1 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen1.php
-- Gen 1 Crit Rates: www.smogon.com/rb/articles/cr...
Changing Starters:
-- Software: pokehacks.dabomstew.com/rando...
Software I Use:
-- Live RAM access: gamehook.io/
-- Recording: obsproject.com/
-- Photo & Video Editing: adobe.ly/3Q4uj77
-- Timer: livesplit.org/
-- Reset Counter: github.com/LiveSplit/LiveSpli...
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[@vanman9142]

1,000,000% improvement over your first video

[@WarlordWulf]

Butterfree flys again!

[@RBYPokemonChallenges]

Bro, you're light years ahead of where I was in my second video. And light years isn't time, it measures distance. You have a nice mix of little jokes as you go through the run, which is really fun and engaging!

[@SteveMPlays]

I'm heading in the right direction, but still far from the goal. Every video my routing gets a little better, my graphics a little sharper, and my understanding of the game a little deeper.

[@RBYPokemonChallenges]

@@SteveMPlays That's is the key right there! Just keep trying to improve, grow, and highlight things in the game you find interesting!

[@kangaskdan]

Great video man!! I like the look of the overlay :) It always boggled my mind that butterfree wasn't a psychic type, what's with all the psychic moves it learns!? Looking forward to the next one :)

[@SteveMPlays]

I feel like with the first two generations the devs worried about putting out a good stable game, rather than spending the extra bit going for what made sense. They did an ok job at both, but who knows exactly how bad it could have been if they spent more time on different things.

[@e22ddie46]

Really appreciate the layout and something about your voice sounds like an anime character which makes it more enjoyable to listen to

[@SteveMPlays]

The layout has come a long way since that video. Thank you very much, I don't get a lot of comments on my voice. I've always thought I sounded funny, but I am my own worst critic.

[@anthonyizquierdo5467]

Hey man. Awesome videos. I love the layout. Super cool information. I like seeing gen 1 learnset as well as current moves on the layout. Really cool. Looking forward to watching new vids every other week. Dropped a sub. Keep it up!

[@SteveMPlays]

Thank you so much, just finished streaming my kangaskhan run and it's going to be exciting!

[@onlinebully8637]

Good old butterfree!

[@SteveMPlays]

Just like Scott, Butterfree is one of those early overpowered pokemon I fell in love with.

[@clarinet_guy2139]

Why didn’t you get Psychic in Saffron before fighting rival 4?

[@SteveMPlays]

I was hoping to save it for agatha, but then completely forgot about it.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Hey which fossil did you take 😂

[@SteveMPlays]

I think it was the one on the right, but who knows XD

[@jackruby6696]

Y no mega drain?

[@SteveMPlays]

It's been a while since I played butterfree, but mega drain is just a base 40 power non-stab move that's resisted by half the types in the game. So I'm sure that's partly why. It's double effective on onix, rhyhorn/don, and geodude/graveler, but not great outside of those pokemon.

[@jackruby6696]

@@SteveMPlays I can understand where ur coming from. But it can be a good recovery move especially on Gary’s Rhydon and some of Lorelei pokemon

[@AdNazo]

Play silver and/or gold

[@SteveMPlays]

I would love to play gold/silver, but I don't have a good knowledge of the game, html, or graphic setup for the game. Honestly, I'm expecting UP to 6 months before I can get into gen 2.