Sandile Only - With a special guest - Pokemon Yellow

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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Video Editing by Shawn McMullen
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If you're new around here, Venomoth is a Psychic/Flying type, you can't change my mind.

[@MahDryBread]

Awesome to see how well you've done! It's awesome that this gets to be your job, you worked hard and it's paid off!

[@TechHunterOfficial]

@@MahDryBread MDB is still the goat 🐐

[@Lurker504]

You should've taken your own advice and ask which fossil he picked up :DDD

[@aaronpaul2591]

@@Lurker504 THAT ONE! BRILLIANT! upvote it

[@peternicholas3719]

Who's cutting onions? My face hurts

[@Sam-yx3bd]

I love when creators support other creators! ❤️

[@DwunD016]

The collab we needed. Also, I made it to 1:04:50. And no Scott, YOU'RE INCREDIBLE!

[@DogZuDem]

the holy trinity of canadian-pokemon-solo-challenge-creators

[@GustavoFernandesKing]

they are the same person, don't be silly.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

The quadinity Scott, jrose, mdb, eggsceptional

[@Lisa-tw7ed]

Pikasprey

[@SporkyMcFly]

​@@Lisa-tw7ed The original.

[@FifthPromise]

Smallant

[@kulrigalestout]

3:50 This got me thinking... Bite has changed what kind of damage category it is three times. It started Physical as a Normal type, then when it shifted to Dark it became Special. Then in the Physical/Special split, Bite once again became Physical. What a wild ride for that particular move!

[@banditrests]

Also interesting, only one move has changed damage categories since Gen 4, water shuriken

[@WonderThighs]

⁠@@banditrestsso since gen 6? I could be wrong, but I don’t think water shuriken was around until X/Y

[@justsomejojo]

I was so young when I played Red that I still remember how Bite of all things first made me aware of how impactful special/physical can be, when in Gen1, it suddenly enabled Rattata to do decent damage to rock types. Well, that and being neutral. It's such a random memory, but somehow it stuck.

[@Crusina]

Backports are quickly becoming one of my favorite videos.

[@FNJones88]

Given the amount of time I've spent watching your videos, as a 36 year old man, I'm amazed you don't have 1,000,000 subscribers.

[@1stCallipostle]

Definitely has the production value for it. When you hear 70K in 2024 you expect them to still have potato audio and be sloppy. Not so here.

[@paddingtonbear-uk4wh]

34 me

[@michaelklos8089]

It's just time. It takes a while for the count to build up and its still a relatively young channel in a fairly niche market. Mahdrybread and Jrose don't even have 500k yet and they've been accumulating for a while, it'll take some time before Scott catches up and then overtakes those two.

[@newtonnicholas4836]

Same with me I thought... He deserves it

[@Xopedus]

Same here

[@gemmabarnes]

I love the fact that Scott and MDB worked together. I knew about 6 weeks/2 months ago from MDB that they were working together. Just wondered when.

[@TechHunterOfficial]

He grabbed the helix fossil! He didn't say so I had to comment for the KZbin algorithm

[@PegbordFegs]

"Earthquake one-shots the Ninetales, even with a critical hit." Games were just built different back then

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

1) awesome collab is awesome 2) Scott's going to need a much, _much_ bigger tier chart if he plans to backport every single pokemon

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

Every time I see Sandile, i am reminded he is such a good little goober.

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

😀🐊

[@SkywalkerAni]

2:58 I'm with MDB. I think I commented on his original Sandile video, but I love Sandile. A fun type combo, great moves,and Moxie is a monster of an ability. If I'm playing gen 5, the Sandile Line is on my team.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Moxie is fantastic! I can’t wait to use that ability.

[@SkywalkerAni]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon you'll have so much fun with it!

[@rennyjesus]

OH MY!!!!!! I'M so freaking happy! This is like the one freaking "special collab" in which two of your favourite artist make a cover of one of your favourite songs! But with pokemon 😂

[@chuckj7869]

I remember stumbling upon your runs after a lot of Jrose. I've loved watching you grow and develop your channel. Now you're one of my favorite solo run channels and one of the few channels I actively keep up with

[@kulrigalestout]

As someone who is in the probably small group of people who loves watching Pokemon and Dark Souls challenge runs, something I simply adore about the Souls community is that... well, it's a community. Of course some members are more prominent or well known than the others, but each person has their own style and flair and it's a lot of fun to see them come together for big projects or simply referencing each other in their videos. I cannot tell you how happy it makes me that the Pokemon challenge runners are starting to do the same thing. I genuinely hope there are more crossovers or synchronized releases in the future!

[@johngleeman8347]

Being able to laugh in the kadabra line's face is a rare treat in Gen 1.

[@milkdud8993]

Backports are neat to watch, but I think they need their own tier-list. No matter how much effort/thought goes into to picking their move sets and stats they are invasive species. That would save you space on the list, but wont prevent comparisons to those on it.

[@vanochristian7639]

I wish you told us what fossil you picked so I wouldn’t need to ask. Now that I think about it, I would’ve asked anyway, comments are good for the algorithm. Edit: MDB did eventually tell us what fossil he picked. Won’t delete this after all, comments are good for the algorithm.

[@kayla_eevee]

It's always a really nice surprise when I find out somebody whose content I've recently started really enjoying also has a music degree or is a musician. I think this is something like the 3rd or 4th time it's happened and it never fails to make me smile.

[@claytonroberts1622]

Been a viewer since the start, your videos tend to always be my favorite part of the day. It’s a nice chance for me to sit and relax.

[@bigswole2133]

YOU ARE THE BEST RAW CLASSIC POKEMON PLAYER EVER. SQUIDGY I LIKE BECAUSE HE DOES THE WHOLE EVOLUTION LINE. BUT YOU DO SOME AS WELL. IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ONE KZbin CHANNEL TO WATCH AMONGST ALL ELSE IT WOULD BE YOUR CHANNEL. KZbin SHOULD PRIORITIZE YOUR CONTENT, AND YOU SHOULD BE THE MOST LUCRATIVE.

[@silverseaofmoonlight]

I love this baby boy! As a matter of fact, Krookodile is one of my favorite Pokémon of all time (only surpassed by Articuno, in case you couldn't tell 😅) and I've used one in every single game they've been available, so I am inordinately happy to see you guys do a solo challenge with Sandile, and in Gen I no less. Thanks for choosing him, MahDryBread, and glad to see you collab too! 🫶

[@blackswordsmanyuudai2361]

AYYYYY MORE OF SCOTT'S THOUGHTS!!! i love to see it. I have your videos playing the background when working on my undergrad thesis myself

[@janssensbaskoro]

I like both styles of video's. Mdb's just get into it and we'll see And scotts knowledge about gen 1 is just insane

[@1stCallipostle]

Well when you've played it several hundred times in about every configuration, the only thing he might not how to do is like ACE

[@Johnny362000]

Personally, with regards to mons like Slaking and Shedinja, I'd rather _not_ backport their abilities. For one I just think it's more consistent. Specifically because there are abilities that are signiatures of a Pokemon and were introduced _after_ the mon's debut. For example with abilities, Wobbuffet is most known for Shadow Tag, but debuted in Generation 2 before abilities were a thing. Similar story for Azumarill with Huge Power and Tyranitar with Sand Stream. If these Pokemon have to do Crystal without their beneficial abilities then I think it's only fair that Shedinja has to forego Wonder Guard for Gen 1 and 2 backports. The other thing is that I think it's just more fun. I've done a few backports in other franchises, and daydreamed about many many more, especially in Pokemon (maybe I'll get around to doing some myself some time). For me, part of the fun of backports is to throw something into an environment it was never designed for and may not have functionality for every feature. If that lack of support results in it being janky or overpowered or whatever, then, well, that's just part of the experience. The main draw of Slaking in Yellow or Crystal for me would be the question of "when put into an environment where abilities don't exist and normal types are monsters, how busted would Slaking be?" rather than "if GF had implemented Slaking back then, how good would it have been?" which I believe is more your mentality, at least from what I remember of the Heracross backport video. I couldn't find a good place to mention it, but I also wouldn't implement Shedinja's fixed 1 HP, and instead implement it like any other mon but with a base HP of 1. It'd still be very low hp (Level 5 with max DVs and 0 StatExp would have just 16 HP, Level 100 with max DVs and StatExp would have just 205 HP) but not instantly 1-shot by every move that connects. I figured this might be obvious given my perspective as described above, but I went to the effort of calculating what HP a mon with 1 in its base HP stat would have at various points and I'm not letting that go to waste lol. Ultimately you're the one going through the effort of backporting _and_ running them _and_ making the video about it, so you do what you want. I'll be watching regardless, I just had thoughts on the matter and wanted to write them down. I don't expect to change your mind (I'd be surprised if I did), but maybe you'd at least find it interesting to hear a different perspective.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Different perspectives are always good!

[@MattWarb]

​@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I can honestly see you doing both (with and without abilities) eventually. I know you joke about playing for decades but if we're still here in 50 years I'll still be watching 😁

[@AJUniverse]

0:49 And you're the actual goat at this. Don't forget that. You put so much thought and structure and *shudders* math into these, and you still manage to keep them entertaining enough that I will actually rewatch them.

[@wpeniche]

As great as the other creators are, and I love they pioneered these type of gameplay styles, I have grown to appreciate your videos so much more simply for the fact of how much work you put into them.

[@SpamTown]

Wait what fossil did you choose? 😂 Glad you kept the joke.

[@DunklerZebralord]

How funny. You started by watching those two, meanwhile to me y’all three are a trio of equals. Crazy how life goes huh?

[@Rubbly]

Super cool to see how far you've come! Great work on the Spooky Month uploads, you put in so much work! It's cool to see MDB here, I enjoy his style as well :)

[@calebjohnson9740]

Synonyms for *fantastic:* - excellent - amazing - awesome - sensational - wonderful - remarkable - outstanding - incredible - phenomenal - fabulous - top-notch

[@Rhyzilla]

Two of my favorite Poketubers working together? What a great day!

[@vlbonnie]

It's so awesome and heartwarming to hear about the level of collaboration in this video. Also, Sandile's sprite looks so cute!

[@metathpr4h290]

Scott, MDB and Jrose, the holy trinity of Pokemon Challenges for me, god I don't miss a single video of this type you mates do. Seeing a collab makes me so happy, when I saw you two uploading a Sandile run in my feed I started smiling like an idiot, I'm so looking forward to watching them!

[@Lurker504]

This was a super funny video, I love the story and question segments. Getting a 2nd opinion on certain things makes it very immersive (: Great job, Scott!

[@charlessegale6493]

I've been following all three of you guys since 2020! It's great seeing you and BigLeagueMDB together for this one. Great job to you, him, and your team as always!

[@jonathanpayne6617]

That’s awesome. Before I started your video MDB’s video popped up for me right after yours and I thought well that’s weird you both dropped the same type of video. As I am subscribed to both of you I think that’s a truly amazing collaboration. You both have a unique style to your content and I love both of you and the videos you release. Keep being awesome

[@brickerboom]

Thanks for reading off my question in MDB's video! Happy to see you getting to collab with people that you've enjoyed watching

[@PraefMace]

Oh hell yeah! Now this is one FINE surprise! Words cannot express how eager I am to watch this one after learning who the special guest is. I started watching these solo challenges first through MBD before learning about the other solo challenge-related channels!

[@Natehenryyy1]

I’ve always wanted to do solo challenges and it was thanks to your lexical way of seeing things and all the thought you put in your videos that got me enjoying this game even more than ever. I enjoy all your videos and you’re awesome bro!

[@bamsarnie]

Here from the MDB video! Love your style it's so different and really enjoy the analysis you do.

[@taner980]

been watching them from day 1 too but honestly you did them the best and still do , copy or not its not copying its doing it your own way, your way of doing these videos is so much better nerdier so much into detail. keep up the good work !! :3

[@PlatonistAstronaut]

So much art and editing goes into these things. It's kind of nuts.

[@djbidd007]

Pikasprey is Canadian too, so that makes 4 😂

[@FifthPromise]

Also smallant!

[@ricksdarkness3257]

Also eggceptional

[@ZykoMike]

I think that’s part of what makes this unique and great. The algorithm brought me to MDB but I couldn’t tell you why. I’m just a nerd and like random nerd stuff. And then eventually I got wind of you. Tons of great creators out there but when I’m winding down at the end of the night it’ll be either of you row depending on my mood. And I’ll let it run until I fall asleep. Both amazing content that scratches a good itch in my brain.

[@devinshorb9676]

I saw the 2 sandile videos in my notifications and was wondering what the odds were. I could not have been happier with this

[@couchpotato8729]

I found your comment about how resets can make a route seem unrefined interesting; I've always looked at them as primarily a measure of variability. When I see a finish with a couple resets I think that this individual run got unlucky a couple times but was smooth. And when I see a result with higher reset counts I think that there might be some reliance on sleep powder, hypnosis, or opponent misses.

[@jeremyhall2727]

I loved your layout. You have your opponent's pokemon on screen with their status. And you showed us when you got a new move. I didn't feel out of the loop.

[@chrisdixon7377]

I got into watch scotts videos back in mid 2020 after a long day of work, I don't think he even had 4k subs back then. Its been amazing watching his journey!

[@Ruesen]

Always love these backports, and especially love the collab! I watch you both all the time!

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Man I love that little croc, still love using krook whenever I can. Thanks for the video, and all the spooky uploads already this month Scott

[@Speedrunner0218]

Congrats to finally see this happen Scott. You've got jrose left to go

[@Fishfood007]

It’s funny that you used to listen to to jrose while working on school. I listen to you and jrose while I work… thanks for the videos.

[@Itachiduden]

That intro hit home. Me watching this instead of working on my calculus assignement.

[@PrincessGoth574]

45:29 ive never heard anything so cursed in my whole life. Seriously tho this was so cool Ive always wanted a video like this from you

[@coolnath99]

what a dream come true to see you guys working together 🎉

[@frankieinjapan]

I also loved watching MDB and jrose, but way back in the day, there wasn't enough content. In December 2020, one of your videos popped up in my recommended side bar right after one of their videos 😂 also when I moved from Nanaimo to Japan in late 2021, I used my youTube premium to download like 20 of your videos, and they got me through the 14 hour flight haha

[@kittykat1111111111]

I was gonna go to bed but you posted this! I think I came across MDB first then came across Jrose then you. Woo

[@UnknownVir]

Was cool to hear MDB's voice again (haven't watched his videos in a while), I'll bave to look at listening to some of his videos while going to sleep again.

[@Kiaxiou]

This is the collab I been waiting for a year now

[@siyachari4047]

You make me remember my YT DREAM… love you bro

[@progressiveparadigm]

As a 2+ year fan, major love for the backports mate. And the fucking collab 👏🏼

[@Dark-Aclyss]

Omg that sandile front sprite is the cutest thing ever! 😍

[@FeyburnGames]

Hmm, interesting. Playthrough #1 what fossil did you choose, was it perhaps the best fossil, Helix! Great video thanks for the content Scott!

[@requiemcurse]

The collab we always needed. Scott and MDB!!

[@richmclaughlin7631]

Ggs Scott It seems if you want consistency you got it. The RNG affected the run at slightly different parts, but you're completions are all about the same

[@yenfrigus]

Had a smile from ear to ear seeing both Scott and MDB thumbnails even before watching the video, looking forward to watch both! By the way, what fossil did you took? Lol

[@vandelay33]

I know in previous backports you usually backported one move. It would have been fun to see it with Crunch. Then it gets Dark STAB but since that move doesn't exist in Gen 1, you wouldn't have had the enemy trainer issue.

[@FifthPromise]

This was my idea too

[@pommyadam]

3:16 LOOK AT THAT SPRITE

[@justsomejojo]

I think Sandile's black "glasses" are actually said to protect it from sand in some dex entries, so it being immune to Sandattack (probably via Keen Eye) wood actually make sense. I'm with MahDryBread on the backporting stuff. Gen1 mechanics are a unique kind of beast that makes playing it both fun and funny in unique ways. My favorite jank moments are the ones where a boosted sweep gets cut short because crits ignore damage boosts, making them an unintentional balancing risk factor to the normally completely onesided nature of boosting (and also making slower mons better at using those boosts, funnily enough)

[@theSato]

new 1 hour video as part of the Month of Scott? my sleep is gonna be so much better this month..

[@andreapareti324]

17:37 uuuh, hint at a Pumpkaboo solo run? I love the little guy, and it is in the Halloween spirit, so... I'd be ecstatic about it!

[@thekakeking9400]

MDB quote of the year; "I know how to research on Bulbapedia"

[@deathby1808]

It’s funny. I used to watch jrose and mah-dry-bread content regularly, now I pretty much only watch yours 😅

[@servien9683]

Mah dry bread hype! Love you both and really enjoy your content

[@Schtrigga]

MDB saying the line with the other fossil feels like we just slipped into a different timeline.

[@PegbordFegs]

The fact that Roar does nothing in a trainer battle, that kinda makes it like a taunt button

[@Flaming_Rok]

This is a cool run and a good backport, though I wonder how well Sandile would've performed with its Spaceworld '97 type matchup (weak against Normal, only resistant to Psychic instead of fully immune) as the Spaceworld '97 type chart feels close to how Dark and Steel would've existed in Gen 1. Though my guess is it'd have a really rough matchup against Sandslash, and even Brock would be much more difficult in the early game.

[@sopadumacacoumadelicia5]

At 2:11, it's indeed called a tweet, Scott

[@kikomagana1990]

All I watch on this app is Scott and MDB videos so this is awesome.

[@Apfeljunge666]

this collab is like an early birthday present lol

[@MrEnte3000]

I think the Guard Spec. is made by the Silph Co. Giovanni being sponsored by Silph would be interesting.

[@thesillyone3837]

I think the idea was he stole them while he was there

[@michaelklos8089]

I have to say, having sandile without dark moves feels like such a wasted opportunity, but then I thought about it and its very on brand for gen 1 🤣 The amount of pokemon without STAB moves is so typical of gen 1, this is a perfect move list 😁

[@cobymeanssomething6028]

omgosh my sweet comfort pokemon solo challenge men are friends

[@StevenDaniels81]

I put this on my "watch later" list because I had to go to work and then I saw MDB video and was super confused until I watched the intro.

[@banditrests]

I would suggest as a back port another ground/dark Pokémon, Ting-Lu. It’s Canadian approved because it’s an evil moose, and anyone who doesn’t get why that makes sense has never had to deal with a moose. Maybe Canada day next year?

[@requiemcurse]

Now just need j rose to be summoned for the triple collab run

[@nicholaslogan6840]

Finally, Jolteon has a use case for Pin Missile.

[@TheTrunks340]

When you do these backports, you ever think the NPCs flip out seeing these entirely unknown to them Pokemon? "What the HELL is that? Calm down, it should be fine..."

[@grateoraclelewot6326]

Theoretically, you could keep Bite as Normal, but then add another move, internally different than Bite but whose display name is also just Bite, that is Dark instead of Normal, and that only Sandile learns. Then the opponents would still be identical, but Sandile would get Dark STAB. Maybe something to keep in mind for future backports.

[@dylanlabon9667]

I don't have a master's. However, I do have a bachelor's of science in music production, and I have been a cellist for 20 years. I have spent a lot of time watching your videos, and I had no idea we were kindred spirits as far as music is concerned.

[@1stCallipostle]

Well, you certainly dont Cell yourself short.

[@lazypaladin]

_Why, oh why, oh _*_why?! Wasn't this a Crystal run?!_* Solid performances but come on! _Oh, hey Dry-Bread!_ 👋

[@WildLastFrontier]

Though I really only play Gen 1-3, Sandile is one of my favorites. I'd love to see it in Gen 2!

[@CrimHawkins]

I love this collab!

[@StealthArcher]

Can't wait for the announcement of the Pokemon: Scott Edition romhack

[@Lucifers-Stepdad]

12:03 is such an amazing joke.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

My favourite moment in this video.

[@theshankpain2228]

I feel you probably should have went with sharpen instead of swords dance. Sd is an extremely powerful move that should be distributed sparingly. Great video though!

[@GhoullyXX]

You and MDB need to do a Helix Fossil vs Dome Fossil video. Give them custom, overpowered movesets for laughs.

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

Man, Sandile looks great in the Gen1 style! Hope it does better than Diglett and Sandshrew.

[@demarge1065]

I admit ive never watched a mcdrybread video