Can you beat Pokemon FireRed while blind and deaf?

[@Erhannis]

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

[@tsawy6]

Atium from Mistborn...

[@brick2392]

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]

​@@tsawy6yeah basically lol

[@plastyck]

The Everything Everywhere All At Once of the Pokemon world

[@danielyoutubechannel407]

man these replies suck

[@harrylane4]

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

[@mygills3050]

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

[@confaffalator]

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

[@witch_hat49]

KING CRIMSON

[@groncher]

😅😅😅😮😅

[@dermathze700]

Anime protagonist moment.

[@cultofhampter]

"And get to watch charmander evolve" Watch? GET HIM HES A FRAUD!

[@theodd1sout]

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

[@Gloomire]

"Making a scratch and sniff card to beat pokemon"

[@luc8492]

I wonder what smell would be chosen for each Pokémon

[@lifeenjoyer9699]

*A wild odd1sout appeared!*

[@lucidtheekid]

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

[@azfaarrealm9426]

Didn't expect to see you here.

[@beefusdoesstuff5194]

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]

Somebody needs to animate this immediately

[@marvelsandals4228]

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

[@firstlast2206]

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

[@alponsezammuto9086]

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

[@un1xify]

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

[@covereye5731]

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

[@DeLittleCat]

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

[@Anikin3-]

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]

@@Anikin3- spectator: *pats shoulder* "hey..." blindfolded & deafened player: "fast pidgey?" spectator: "fast pidgey." player: "goddammit"

[@shwm19]

Solution. Play 10 games at once

[@beagrothus7916]

@@fiendfi7119 he wouldnt hear that

[@Gorvinhagen]

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

[@DoggoDoesStuff]

I bet he’ll return with something crazier

[@ShudowWolf]

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

[@DoggoDoesStuff]

@@ShudowWolf lol

[@iUUkk]

He elaborated in depth.

[@therealdoc]

Where?

[@Ocarinist_Drew]

KZbin 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]

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]

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

[@Mr.Stizblee]

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]

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

[@darthadipose1920]

I was putting this video off for so long because I thought it was exactly that, so I was pleasantly surprised when I finally decided to watch it.

[@damagak]

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.

[@Expialadociouss]

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

[@claytonharting9899]

+

[@Eve0420]

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

[@beefyblom]

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

[@bensenses8525]

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

[@danidm5820]

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

[@maszkalman3676]

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]

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

[@attaboy7729]

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

[@maszkalman3676]

@@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]

​@@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

[@mattskord9178]

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

[@Disvordy]

💀

[@ThePigeonBrain]

Lol

[@toxicperson8936]

“Watch”

[@BackwardSabotage]

HOW

[@themusicking4365]

*watch and listen to

[@DasHackii]

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

[@beantime7581]

How tf can he see

[@Kyun9432]

battery ran out

[@cultofhampter]

​@@beantime7581take off blindfold

[@samixedits5996]

HAHSHSHAHHAHAH

[@Revalis936]

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

[@CoqueiroLendario]

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

[@bradlauk1419]

@@CoqueiroLendario Elite 4 Champion Doug

[@Expialadociouss]

Doug sent out Mega Beedrill!

[@loulou3676]

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

[@vincentpreziuso3597]

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

[@Wexfyf]

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

[@aronbaron8003]

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

[@TaylorTayMusic]

It’s giving Groundhog Day vibes

[@Kambyday]

​@@aronbaron8003 all the money in your pockets

[@karasise2291]

​@@Kambydaymy boy deserves it

[@doug_man_x]

He had to learn at all costs

[@rosly_yt]

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]

modern art is weird, man..

[@chaotickreg7024]

​@@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]

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

[@anomaliecosmos]

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.

[@MegaLolization]

Asimov's foundation ​@@chaotickreg7024

[@JoeGess]

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

[@drgallant]

Daredevil 2.0

[@franksilva4921]

Pinball wizard

[@DKdrop]

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@hubbletrubble7875]

@@franksilva4921 that blind, dumb, and deaf kid, sure plays a mean pokeball

[@DerMichael]

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]

Or you could say that this video is super effective.

[@kimitohanahala8674]

@@avoidant560 a Critical Hit if you May

[@Graxil]

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

[@gabrielboffdeon1694]

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

[@zoa1-99.......]

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?

[@lightyagami77777]

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.

[@sauerkrautlanguage]

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]

Same lol

[@Kipwich]

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

[@rewe3536]

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

[@Gregory_12]

@@sauerkrautlanguageSame 🔥👴🏼🔥

[@BBG07endless]

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]

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

[@MagicTheNoah]

This is a god tier video

[@Wuzzyboyo]

who asked

[@LunealSky]

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

[@monsterberger7728]

​@@WuzzyboyoI did

[@Wuzzyboyo]

@@monsterberger7728 your thoughts don't count, man

[@monsterberger7728]

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

[@HellsJayBells]

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]

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

[@Fred-tz7hs]

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]

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

[@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing]

​@@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?

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

​@@Fred-tz7hsYou sound mentally ill...

[@skunky1-1]

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

[@markb5249]

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]

​@@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]

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

[@asquil7805]

@@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]

Imagine a game crash 💀

[@codonbyte]

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]

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

[@ClemintineCake]

First time I've ever seen splash used tactically

[@wombat4191]

Imagine being the champ and this one punk shows up to challenge you, just to whip out their ultimate Gyarados move.

[@seansquiers6506]

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

[@MJUSlK]

CIA got him

[@Merione]

NOT ANYMORE!

[@circularnectarine1439]

Pokemon Platinum In All Possibilities With Nuzlocke Rules: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT

[@FraserSouris]

He’s back

[@seansquiers6506]

@@FraserSouris Yeah he is. And his return was peak as expected.

[@maxdudek4911]

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.

[@kevinmorad2563]

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

[@spiffy-trans-panda]

@Greynold Godrig 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)

[@cedgalvi]

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

[@filipsgrand]

@Greynold Godrig 2400 subs

[@trickingzenith]

@@cedgalvi TAS can also be used to mean Tool Assisted Superplay, usually for proof-of-concept or glitch documentation that uses TAS tools

[@HECKproductions]

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

[@twistedtachyon5877]

Asks and then changes her mind. Nurse Joy and Doug each have the patience of saints.

[@nehmann674]

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

[@txzk26]

​@@ali.___..mrlegendmanno one cares

[@ali.___..mrlegendman]

@@txzk26 İm sorry

[@ParkerJacobsen]

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]

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

[@elias-ee9kn]

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

[@kingzerko]

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.

[@FlopopsJr]

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

[@bradlauk1419]

We did it reddit

[@mrnoneofurbusiness7942]

*gets fast pidgey*

[@gabrielp-l9905]

what if pidgey fast

[@theonlyshinyumbreon]

Pov: fast pidgey

[@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998]

@@mrnoneofurbusiness7942 or fails the electric gym puzzle

[@OCDroodles]

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]

wholesome :D

[@vulk7183]

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!

[@hololiveenjoyer5655]

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

[@marvelsandals4228]

@@AquaSZSSoo omg that's perfect

[@This_is_my_spout]

@@AquaSZSSooYou deserve more credit for that joke.

[@cultofhampter]

? What was the joke

[@davidmaitland3238]

These tech vids based around a video game but show off a really impressive knowledge of programming and computer science are just so addicting to watch, incredible and unique content bro I wish you all the best and success that it deserves.

[@biaruppini9091]

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]

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

[@MikFischer]

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

[@karlols2321]

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

[@Jacobthejewela]

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]

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

[@Patterrz]

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]

Hello : )

[@mgek_]

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]

says the lifelong fan

[@AryanOnly7]

Hi Daniel Patterson

[@RazeenMujarrab]

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.

[@krisdenger8339]

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

[@samx6557]

And next he is a goner

[@ghostly6175]

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

[@byeFofiko1]

He... did nothing

[@VanymStorm]

Two years later: "Wanna see me do it again?"

[@jcs3146]

@@VanymStorm haha i came back for that too

[@busofselfdoubt]

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]

ill be back in several months

[@busofselfdoubt]

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

[@sawyer5072]

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

[@PaulRudd1941]

​@@martsnack I'm here for it!

[@Xbob42]

@@martsnack Hi has it been several months yet

[@herminiogalindo7705]

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.

[@fredcole6844]

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.

[@mercedesm3666]

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

[@gotyourmamalade]

Agreed

[@stinkyman202]

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]

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

[@johnnyriley]

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.

[@gotyourmamalade]

@@johnnyriley seen it it's very cool

[@realausome]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@lk69ak65bl1]

@@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]

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

[@TenToGriff]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

+

[@Chumbaniya]

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.

[@thornrosealex]

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]

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]

Nerd

[@that1bushy]

@@thenoisybunny 🤡

[@---oq5kb]

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]

​@@---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.)

[@lukeladin]

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.

[@VanymStorm]

So... last night he finally elaborated further.

[@MilosTracks]

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.

[@StaticSheep181]

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]

@@StaticSheep181 TRUE, i forgot about that one

[@StaticSheep181]

@j nah, she goes by she/her

[@StaticSheep181]

@j why

[@Jann75]

@@StaticSheep181 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.

[@spiralbaka7351]

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.

[@Erhannis]

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

[@bannles]

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]

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]

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

[@zackbuildit88]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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

[@TS-rb4vo]

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]

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

[@RG001100]

'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.

[@Whytho2000]

The amount of optimizations you did for the next game is insane.

[@agwic]

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]

Probably walk against a wall and spam bag stuff lmao

[@artstsym]

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

[@ChessScholarOfficial]

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

[@matthewdavenport9549]

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]

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

[@xionkuriyama5697]

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

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

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.

[@DoingNothingKing]

You know this dude a badass when he only made 1 KZbin 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

[@gyrosandwich]

don’t forget

[@YB-dh1fu]

They made another video, even better then this one.

[@Jack_Disney]

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]

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

[@awesomelink2347]

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]

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

[@awesomelink2347]

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

[@ArichDKC]

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

[@awesomelink2347]

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

[@allcapsoff]

You are so cool

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

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]

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!

[@szephyr]

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?!

[@wasserkatze7822]

i mean, the time this video must've taken - no wonder there aren't more videos yet :D

[@erierierierierie]

new video

[@brorenata7480]

The audacity of this man. To come out of nowhere, upload his first KZbin 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.......]

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]

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

[@zoa1-99.......]

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

[@mokarokas-1727]

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

[@zoa1-99.......]

@@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.

[@BatttleBun]

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]

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

[@natesage8645]

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]

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

[@mateomoreno331]

@@zorimanar2247 Doug's hell

[@LanceThumping]

@@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.

[@OatsJenkins]

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

[@crazykitten8260]

Noice, it's Oat. :D

[@pedplays9496]

its a wild oats

[@BonfireFPS]

Just as a pretty cliche but pretty cool thought experiment, if you assigned numbers to the buttons, for example A = 1, B = 2, up = 3, down = 4, right = 5, left = 6, ST = 7; you could find the inputs to beating Pokemon FireRed inside the digits of Pi somewhere.

[@gelatinousglob8521]

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

[@MinMaxerGaming]

I felt the same way

[@Exhord48]

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

[@TheGamingLegendsOfficial]

Almost solved with minor variance at the very start

[@JesusInStripeZ]

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

[@Laezar1]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@nofuccerino6025]

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.

[@DDell1]

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 KZbin 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!

[@Riinkz]

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

[@lethauntic]

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]

he IS playing several games at the same time

[@DPadGamer]

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]

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

[@Epikification]

I watched your Platinum video before this and while this is very impressive, you sure came a long way.

[@CODA96]

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.

[@MelancholicGiuseppe]

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

[@OrderedEntropy]

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]

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

[@alvinyakitori6296]

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

[@cmos905]

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!

[@biglacroix6946]

I watched this yesterday and thought about it all day today. This is genuinely insane. Well done. I can’t even begin to fathom how much effort this took.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

right?! I just came back to watch it again 5 months later cause it blew my mind that hard lol

[@mateomoreno331]

I watched it today! Hope the algorhytm get this to a 1 M views for its 1 year anniversary

[@jackieboy8923]

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

[@bjoernpagaming2485]

This is legitimately one of my favorite videos on youtube

[@mDevinm]

This is unreal. The amount of edge cases taken into consideration and workarounds is incredibly creative. Hats off to you sir.

[@thatblueeyedwolf]

While this run is insane and amazing, this video wouldn't be the same without the amazing editing. It kept it so entertaining.

[@GuiltyCasuals]

This is so impressive i feel like this would make an amazing movie, the fact there are an infinite amount of universes, but you can specifically narrow it down and follow a handful of possibilities where the differences are actually impactful. I love the idea of 99.9% of the self aware character stalling for time, all for that 0.1% scenarios that need the stall. Just beautiful.

[@quantumtwinspark283]

Meanwhile, 99.999% are progressing while that 0.001% got desynced by a fast pidgey and ended up in the weird timeline.

[@MsCerealCat]

@@quantumtwinspark283 Or Doug missed string shot too many times.

[@joanbohlman1679]

Even the largest number anyone ever could conceive is essentially 0 when compared to infinity. There are not infinite humber of game universes even if it feels like there is.

[@theshoulderofgiants]

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

[@johns6014]

He's working on the run wherein a blind and deaf girl beats Red in Heart Gold

[@ytielabadin9560]

Pokemon platinum be like:

[@icarussbungeecord7779]

THEY CAME BACK

[@FraserSouris]

He’s back

[@SombreroPharoah]

This is such a mad idea. Went and looked at subs, only 448!? Man, this is super well made and colour me so impressed! Youre gonna explode with this kinda thing. Best of vibes to ya dude!

[@julius4858]

Already doubled

[@darkthunder3125]

tripled the subs in 2 days? wow

[@marin6068]

@@darkthunder3125 I think it quadrupled now lol

[@0yaSumi6908]

Holy shit it quadrupled

[@keithbellic2629]

Your post reminded me that I should sub, thanks!

[@cosmojg]

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

[@tomikun8057]

i dont get it

[@DeVoidAS]

What an absolute masterpiece of a video. Well planned, executed and edited for the idea. If this doesn't blow up, then KZbin needs a new algorithm

[@mjhearn]

I appreciated this video It shows how you could over come insurmountable odds by preparation. You are essentially writing a program that can complete the game without eyes or ears. There is no rng in the game that can't be overcome by preparation. And making sure you are at the correct location and that you aren't battling or stuck in an event say where you need to use a tm to complete the game.

[@mjhearn]

I think you could have overcome the possible RNG by finding a spot where you walk into grass train then immediately heal at a pokemon center after. If you get past the hump of any wild possibly making Charmander faint then you can continuously train. If you do faint you would have been in the pokey center anyway.

[@Rudymc-du7or]

I've always wondered as a kid if something like this were possible in Pokemon, a series of inputs that beats the game every time. I never would've imagined that things would've turned out so long winded or complex! Fantastic work here, my brain was almost melting away during the Giovanni fight!

[@TheBlueWizzrobe]

This is insane. I don't think I've ever seen a challenge video with as absurd of an amount of effort put into it as this one. This video is a real gem. Instant subscribe. I'll happily wait a year for you to pull out something like this again.

[@connorgibes709]

Thank you so much! The screen and speakers of my Game Boy Advance sp have been broken for years! Now with your tutorial I can finally beat Fire Red! What a Legend!

[@drawcia]

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

[@erierierierierie]

he's back

[@gabrielsalahi3656]

The slow and quiet fade into an image that perfectly fits the situation kills me each and every time

[@twerg45]

this is probably the most incredible modified pokemon run I've ever seen holy shit... I hope this video blows up and you get hundreds if not thousands of more subscribers, because this effort, planning, and patience certainly deserves it... Seriously genius like actually incredible, the concept to the execution is insane!!! sent this to all my friends!! Seriously stunned!! :)

[@krisiverse]

I think this is possibly the most insane TAS I've ever seen. Fantastic work and commentary, this deserves so much attention for the amount of work you put in

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

Uhhh.... how is this a tool-assisted speedrun? 🤨

[@NightKev]

@@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her The "S" in "TAS" can also stand for "superplay".

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

@@NightKev One would think that'd be a TASP then, so people wouldn't confuse the two. Also, while the runs might've used tools to help formulate them, it's not known if the ones shown in the video were step-recorded/replayed, or done by the creator in-person (blind/deaf or not, but at least just to demonstrate the button combos). This seems like more of a concept demonstration for what could be an actual human-played run. Though one could certainly also (more easily) script a bot to do it.

[@andrewferguson6901]

​@@ZaCloud-Animations___she-herI think in this context we can safely rely on context to inform the audience and just say TAS.

[@andrewferguson6901]

​@@ZaCloud-Animations___she-herno person would ACTUALLY hook up a controller and play 270 hours of pokemon simultaneously on a thousand emulators for every permutation of RNG without tool assist.

[@Akaruan]

After watching the Platinum video, it is really cool to see how much your approach and strategy has been refined. Very impressive!

[@ForumArcade]

As soon as I saw the video title I knew essentially what you'd have to do, but the fact that you actually did it is a testament to your dedication and I'm enjoying watching the results. Thanks for making this.

[@ForumArcade]

Also thanks for just ending the video at the end and not launching into an outro; that's refreshing.

[@TextileGeorge]

more like a testiment to his autism diagnosis

[@IIPM6500]

I was half expecting you to use some sort of vibration system to tell what was what, since “deaf” and “blind” don’t (usually) mean loss of touch. However, this in its own right is very, VERY amazing, and I can tell you for sure that your hard work paid off. You had me very invested and interested in your methods, and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next!

[@pigwithajaccet2718]

Should've happened 😔

[@rod0fdiscord]

ah yes, because gba definitely has rumble

[@beyondviolet]

@@rod0fdiscord they’re playing on an emulator lmao

[@rod0fdiscord]

@@beyondviolet ah yes, because the devs definitely put the time in to make rumble support for a game on a console that doesn't support rumble

[@MsCerealCat]

@@rod0fdiscord Someone could mod in rumble support for the game.

[@frownyclowny6955]

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

[@DonParra]

Goated content, goated humor, goated channel

[@MrMuskadine]

Still can't get over how well this video was produced. It is funny, informative and incredibly well thought out

[@juliamavroidi8601]

This has to be the most challenging, work intensive and fascinating Pokemon video since the Pimanrules AI Tournament. The editing is also really good: Interesting to watch, easy to understand and with just the right amount of memes to be entertaining without being obnoxious. There were times I had to rewind once or twice to fully understand, but never once did you loose me completely and the animations helped immensely with that. Would love to see what else you have in store.

[@forceoffriction]

I was just coming to say that this gives me big Pimanrules AI Tournament vibes, and I'm so here for it. Top notch.

[@claytonharting9899]

+

[@Aarvaagen]

+1 vouch for Pimanrules. Not just his AI tournament, but most stuff he does, is awesome