The Perfect Emerald Speedrun is INSANE

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[@PulseEffects]

What do you all think of the Emerald TAS and should I cover a video on another one? 👀 I think this one was easily my favorite one from all the Pokemon ones, but obviously, this isn't the only cool one. 😎

[@jezierskioliwier2212]

Do a gsc tas or crystal specifically

[@acebob116]

My favorite is the frlg tas, I think it shows why humans just can’t compete with tas perhaps even better than this run

[@minirop]

There are not enough commented tas on youtube.

[@randalleatscheese6644]

Colo

[@cjmorgs]

You should do this meme one I made lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/b525oZ6AgL51otU

[@chrisbowler3073]

It's the completely unironic, deadpan delivery of "fakadee" that gets me. Almost spit ramen all over my school laptop! Good work as always, Pulse.

[@Yuzuki1337]

Just wait until you find out how FlygonHG says Arcanine

[@Quartermistress]

@@Yuzuki1337 ARKANEEENAY

[@Yuzuki1337]

@@Quartermistress Lapraah

[@Neville133]

Yeah that killed me lol

[@HaramosGaming]

Couldn't handle that one

[@NoMoreLles]

I died the way you pronounced facade

[@spreadlegs3764]

Fakade

[@zwingler]

Fuck-Arty

[@IschmarVI]

Fakadee

[@FlemetAeton]

I think the real amazing part is how close the human speed run is compared to an ideal run.

[@danieltamele9573]

My thought exactly

[@Rabbit0wnzu]

The manipulation takes more time than actually playing at some points. The real praise belongs to the humans imo. Hacks only get you so far and I bet human trickery will win at some point

[@ryexanuri7604]

@@Rabbit0wnzuyou uh…. You realize this isn’t “hacks” right? It’s all achievable in game and THEORETICALLY possible for humans to do. Just difficult.

[@Rabbit0wnzu]

​@ryexanuri7604 hacks, quick save resets to be perfect as possible , game manipulation. All the same to me

[@GoddessMaria]

This was quite the surprise to see hit my notifications and I very much appreciate all of this! Thanks for this and everything you've done for the community!

[@PulseEffects]

It was a pleasure covering this! Thank you for putting this together all those years ago. 🙏

[@zephyrurchin4763]

Machop is one of, if not my favorite Pokemon, so seeing it get this level of recognition really makes me happy.

[@no.1machopfan503]

Same here (assuming my username didn't give it away). Castform is another favourite of mine, so this is DEFINITELY my kind of speedrun/video!

[@beasthercules5807]

@@no.1machopfan503 W username

[@cameronreed3021]

chop helped me win elite 4 on this game

[@jlachman381]

Great video. I admit I spit out my water when I heard fuh-kah-dee for facade.

[@Iamverykarpy]

you can tell how much fun hes having trying to specifically engineer the weirdest pronunciation for a name each video

[@eclipse_zeta]

Last time we had a Naruto reference, today we have a Berserk reference. This is otaku PulseEffects, and I'm here for it.

[@sivara750]

if your pronunciation of facade was meant to annoy people, then you succeeded

[@fishandnothing]

he does it every video, it's a running joke meant to annoy people so ye

[@flaregamer64]

People get annoyed = People commenting on the video = The video gets boosted because people interact with the video.

[@Neville133]

Algorithm hack. Big brain youtubers do this and I dont blame them. It drives up engagement and commenters get the satisfaction of correcting someone. Its a win win.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

​​@@Neville133 Yeah and it's also the perfect excuse to cover up embarrassing mistakes, if you already use that trick to boost algorithm then every doofus will think you did it on purpose the times you actually didn't because you actually didn't know the pronunciation of a specific word KZbin suck-ups activated

[@omikronweapon]

Win-win except that you're whoring yourself out to the algorithm while looking like a chump. It's that's big brain, I prefer self respect tbh.

[@SnoozeCruisin]

Music list: 0:05 - Battle of Ice I, _One Step From Eden_ 1:20 - Perpetual Motion (Hazel’s Theme), _One Step From Eden_ 4:33 - Legendary Face-Off, _Pokémon Masters EX_ 6:44 - Night Walker (Linne’s Theme), _Under Night In-Birth_ 8:30 - ??? 9:49 - ??? If anyone knows the last two songs, please tell me in the replies!

[@Duskheart24]

8:30 should be Spectre Induction from Mass Effect :)

[@taylorolson6228]

"fa-cod-ee" xD 9:32

[@tatlxtael2303]

I grew up saying “Fay Kade” never realizing it was fuh sahd ;-;

[@Wrappedinhair]

"Karate Chop Earthquake Strenght And Fakkadi" 💀

[@heheitsjohnE]

When I was 10 I pronounced it fuh Kade..

[@xolotlnephthys]

"Fakadi"

[@Crebertown]

Normally for a speedrun I feel people get pretty close to tas perfect so a 17 minute difference could be seen as pretty big. But with all the rng time saves I'm kind of shocked there isn't like an hour or more of a difference.

[@michaeletzkorn]

The routing on the TAS seems a little rough. It feels like rng manipulation might have cost more time than saved in some parts and could be significantly optimized.

[@sagacious03]

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@TheFajczak]

This reminds me all wierd runs I've done playing Pokémon ROMs on VBA, where i kept making multiple savestates in the fight to have a perfect outcome.

[@KreqzEdits]

For certain my favourite poketuber, great upload.

[@RandomMusik]

Picking the Girl also adds the benefit of having less text since the Boy Rival "talks" less

[@GroundBack]

"Fa-Ka-ie" ???

[@mamutepeq]

Better than fachaday, at least

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

Fuckadee

[@Midnight_Rein]

He almost faked me out, I thought for once there were gonna be no troll wrong pronunciations lol Even moves aren't safe

[@MarcinKralka]

I definitely need to rewatch Pokemon TASes since I've recently completed all gen 1-3 games (excluding versions with just different pokemon), and it will be fun to see the strategy of these runs more in depth.

[@GamerDadJer]

Subbed after the reminder. I like the cut of your content, g.

[@RuijsNL]

I love speedrun explanation vids

[@BoomBurster]

I’ve never seen such strong plot armor. These Pokémon sets!

[@no.1machopfan503]

Now THIS is MY kind of speedrun! Obviously Machop is my overall favourite Pokémon, but Castform is also in the top 10!

[@GoddessMaria]

Funny enough, Emerald got the Machop/Machoke idea from the last Sapphire TAS by FractalFusion before Taillow/Swellow were picked. The latter doesn't work for Emerald due to them getting completely walled by Gym 3 (Wattson) and because Pickup being changed between RS and Emerald.

[@Mr.Hellboi]

bro the way u said facade im dying

[@TakesTwoToTango]

When you said "powder snow" I instantly understood. That is absolutely ridiculous.

[@IschmarVI]

when he said "most useful I've ever seen" I understood ... because at that point I remembered that that thing has powder snow.

[@giovannigagliardi7395]

Gotta send this to MandjTV, I'm sure it will be enjoyable for him to watch considering how Castform is one of his favs and show how important it is for a speed run of gen 3. I was entertained learning how to manipulate the rng to do inhumane feats. Love the quality content and you deserve more recognition in the pokemon community

[@DeadvidDivide]

I was thinking this too

[@brucepotter8817]

True! mikey will have 2/3 reaction vids including castform be positive and not totally dunking on it!

[@no.1machopfan503]

HAIL YEAH!

[@teammcpe13]

May and Mudkip are the best!! I knew it from the beginning!

[@GoddessMaria]

Oh, right! Something else that I noticed when watching again is the usage of Under Night music (specifically Linne's theme)! Very nice~

[@PulseEffects]

Under Night has such a FIRE soundtrack. I can't help but use it at least once per video! 😂

[@GoddessMaria]

@@PulseEffects I love the games so much~ The second game is something I still am playing and enjoying the grind of! The soundtrack definitely helps it!

[@about7grams]

"fuh ka dee" killed me

[@BlessedPK1]

same lmfao

[@carlosanderson4479]

Rest in peace Kentaro Miura

[@watchandlearnLboard]

was listening in the bg but facade got me lmao

[@LB-gj7bt]

fackadee.

[@knowwhoiamyet]

bro that pronunciation of Facade turned me into a ghost type lmao

[@skynet0912]

Are there pokemon that even a TAS wouldn't be able to beat a game with, if they were your only allowed offensive pokemon, and they were all allowed to be hacked in as your starter? I have a few ideas for pokemon that might be impossible, like Cosmog in USUM, but it could be fun to see exactly what pokemon couldn't beat a game, and when they get softlocked... Are there games where no pokemon is impossible? Which game has the most impossible pokemon, and so on...

[@crossux]

I was day-dreaming and then i came back to reality the moment i heard you pronounce Facade like "Fakadi" man, never heard someone say it like that before and i kinda wished the correct pronounceation was that (Sorry if there's a typo, english isn't my first language)

[@MattMorency]

This TAS plays Pokemon the way I play Fire Emblem.

[@Derkalerk]

My guy said facade weird 😂

[@kevandre]

When I was a kid I pronounced facade as fay-cade so I understand saying the move wrong but gooooodness

[@ensei_alice]

One Step from Eden music? SIGN ME UP BRO

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

I'm curious, does the TAS get the super rare KO on the Ralts during the catching tutorial? I've heard that with very specific stats from the raltz and the zigzagoon, it's possible for two tackles to knock the Ralts out, and I'm pretty sure that that would save time in a run.

[@PulseEffects]

It does! It's quite a hilarious thing to see.

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

9:32 Not the fuckadee!

[@roscoe4092]

This man really just said fakadee

[@SnikkasHD]

9:32 Did he just say "Fakade" (or "Faquade")? >-< i have never heard that and i am very sure this is incorrect. If not, i cannot stand the burden of the lie weighing on my shoulders for so many years X_X

[@jasonbarry3301]

It’s gen 3 rock tomb. It was gonna miss whether the tas manipulated it too or not 😴

[@ImmacHn]

The description of a TAS was kinda convoluted. The game is still originally controller by a person, and that person has access to tools like frame advance, rewind, save states and whatnot. After the person is done making the tas the inputs can be replicated to re-create the play in real time, and if the tools used are accurate to the original hardware, you can even play them on original hardware, making the TAS hardware verified. The explanation you gave sounds as if the emulator itself made the TAS.

[@PulseEffects]

I agree tbh! With this being my first TAS video, I wasn't sure how to fully convey what a TAS is into words. I'm likely going to cover another one soon, so I'll try and word it a bit better next time!

[@davideitniear4244]

i’m new here so what exactly is a TAS?

[@PulseEffects]

Tool Assisted Speedrun. Essentially, it's a showcase on how a perfect speedrun might look if you got the best occurrences possible.

[@The_Clorox_Bleach]

6:58 Could someone please explain how it being slower helps manipulate the Castform?

[@PulseEffects]

You can force good stats by slowing the text until a good enough stat frame shows up.

[@Alan-ci1ed]

Bro said facoddy

[@stormevoker8502]

Based undernight music

[@TheYTuser-no2bl]

9:33 "Fa-caa-dee" -- PulseEffects

[@mehwhyausername1]

lol "fah-caw-day" other than that this was very educational

[@Parkavenue978]

Fuh….fuh-cah-dee…

[@adam0cles]

9:33 “fakadie”

[@Banzybanz]

What about the rival fight before Wattson? That is supposed to be tough with Mudkip.

[@PulseEffects]

The TAS gets through that pretty easily, especially since it picks the girl!

[@eirxd5658]

rip facade

[@nowherenearby9461]

9:32 Fakaddy? It's pronounced Fassad

[@foilbaby6759]

Did you pronounce facade, FA-KAW-D?

[@pacoramon9468]

By being really lucky with random encounters.

[@romez6742]

ON BEHALF OF TEAM SKY WE SHALL NOT STAND FOR THIS SLANDER ON THE NAME OF CASTFORM! Can I get a HAIL YEA

[@TheXxomasteroxx]

If you freeze crit basically every turn is it really still rng or isnt it basically the same as just hacking the Game from the get go?

[@PulseEffects]

It's RNG. There is no hacking involved, this takes SO many hours of trial and error.

[@TheXxomasteroxx]

@@PulseEffects i get it but at this Point might as Well Just Hack the Game imo.

[@rousbrrrr]

fAKaDi 💀💀💀

[@YoungsterJoey151]

The facade pronunciation gave me an aneurism.

[@SparkstarScope]

I'm a simple man. I start a video, I hear One Step From Eden music, I hit like.

[@robinnewvegas8346]

I'm gonna play FireRed, LeafGreen, Emerald, Ruby & Crystal Advanced now. Sorry, Sapphire is Thieves Guild. Shoutout Dragonborn!

[@Corporalfork]

Fuh•ka•dae? Fa•sod is what I've always said 😂

[@AsassinoSilenzioso]

Gg Castform

[@bren9193]

Fa- Cade😂

[@nathaniel_pardue]

It's not fackadee, it's fah-sod. Facade.

[@BrunoWh-hy9iw]

foccadi

[@whatthesus7]

There's no way you pronounced facade like that 💀

[@krippaxxuseredarlordofthes9940]

Why doesnt he trade the machomp to evolce it into 3rd stage?

[@blzzz]

I find rng manipulations to be boring and tedious even for a tas run. Amazing how they figure it all out though.

[@Evan-ej6pf]

I did this run

[@PulseEffects]

Me too

[@Evan-ej6pf]

I am the tool they use

[@Mithoskrasnej]

Did you just pronounce facade "fakadee"? ❤️😅

[@Idiot_Juice]

"fakkadee"

[@yareyaredaze9450]

fa-ka-de wow

[@tlaylormusic]

facoddy

[@evilsdouble]

Fa-ka-D lol

[@Ddoublechin]

This channel has a criminally low subscriber count

[@joshthomson6919]

I swear I thought I completed it faster when I was younger....at least that is what my memory says

[@tysondennis1016]

Fakadee

[@dannystuivenberg1195]

How does choosing the girl makes rival fights easier?

[@secredeath]

Cus Brandon doesn't explain anything and may writes u a paragraph about catching pokemon

[@dannystuivenberg1195]

@@secredeath what does that have to do with the fights?

[@banfio64]

i normally dont do this, and it is a bit rude, so apologies in advance. facade is pronounced fuh-sahd awesome video dude, the editing and storytelling skills are on point!

[@rektmephisto8423]

r/whoosh

[@bradlauk1419]

Fuck-otti?

[@stillnotaperson]

Fa-Kah-dee

[@user-ld1kd2tf9b]

😅

[@conansglasses2645]

Do you think someone out there who was casually trying to complete the game as fast as possible and they could have had the perfect speedrun on accident by sheer luck and they don't even know it ?

[@PulseEffects]

It's possible, but not very feasible at all. I have many doubts anyone has ever replicated something like this from a regular playthrough. 😂

[@dm9910]

You could play Pokemon from now till the heat death of the universe and you probably still wouldn't achieve all this luck consecutively in a single run. And some of it isn't even just luck, some if it is bizarre and illogical movement that no human would do even by accident.

[@TheNumberOfTheSix]

Fah•saad

[@MahsaKaerra]

This is kind of the opposite of Twitch Plays.

[@panderater2650]

huh im early? thats not normal

[@memes77387]

Yay I'm early

[@travidontor]

Fa ca de

[@Justy003]

Awesome video ! but please, juste the move '"FACADE" is a french word and you just stabb the pronounciation. Just imagine an "S" and not a "C" and its perfect ! u crushed my ears lol

[@JmanAndMari115]

FAKADE

[@Grayson_Paris]

FAKADEE

[@esof55]

Fakad lol