The Speed Run Challenge
A few years ago, My friend and I went head to head in a speed run of pokemon sapphire. I demolished him with a awful time of 8:58. At the time (long before I began competitive pokemon) we thought this time was insane, however after looking up what the fastest speed run in sapphire was, our moral quickly dropped. Last summer, I decided to give it another shot (with my new-found pokemon knowledge) just for fun, and ended up with a solid time of 3:21. This led me to wonder about what the great smogonites had achieved in terms of speed runs. After searching for a while I was unable to find a thread on speed runs, so I made this one. So, without further adieu, I present to you- The Speed Run Challenge.
The Speed Run Challenge is a very simple challenge; you complete a game as quickly as you can. "Completing" the game consists of beating the pokemon league champion and everything before it, but no postgame. Even though this challenge is very simple, it can be extremely fun and also extremely stressful at times. Here are the rules!
Rules:
-You may only use pokemon within your game (so no trading, wonder trading, etc.)
-You may use anything that you have access to in your game (including pokemon, items, etc.)
-You may not use any cheats, roms, or hacks.
As I said, this is a very simple (though not easy) challenge. Many rules that apply to other challenges do not apply here, so here is a basic list of things that you CAN do.
You CAN:
-Use as many or as few Pokemon as you like, including legendaries when you get them.
-Save or use the Pokemon center as much as you please (although this will undoubtedly slow you down).
The point of this thread is to take on The Speed Run Challenge, post how well/badly you did, and then discuss possible ways that you could do things better for next time or talk about what worked surprisingly well. After this thread gets a decent amount of posts I will post a leaderboard for the top speed runs in each game. However, a confirmation picture will be needed for very fast speed runs to assure validity. Also, remember to specify which game you speed ran.
No matter what level of speed runner you are, feel free to post your accomplishments or ask for advice from others.
A few years ago, My friend and I went head to head in a speed run of pokemon sapphire. I demolished him with a awful time of 8:58. At the time (long before I began competitive pokemon) we thought this time was insane, however after looking up what the fastest speed run in sapphire was, our moral quickly dropped. Last summer, I decided to give it another shot (with my new-found pokemon knowledge) just for fun, and ended up with a solid time of 3:21. This led me to wonder about what the great smogonites had achieved in terms of speed runs. After searching for a while I was unable to find a thread on speed runs, so I made this one. So, without further adieu, I present to you- The Speed Run Challenge.
The Speed Run Challenge is a very simple challenge; you complete a game as quickly as you can. "Completing" the game consists of beating the pokemon league champion and everything before it, but no postgame. Even though this challenge is very simple, it can be extremely fun and also extremely stressful at times. Here are the rules!
Rules:
-You may only use pokemon within your game (so no trading, wonder trading, etc.)
-You may use anything that you have access to in your game (including pokemon, items, etc.)
-You may not use any cheats, roms, or hacks.
As I said, this is a very simple (though not easy) challenge. Many rules that apply to other challenges do not apply here, so here is a basic list of things that you CAN do.
You CAN:
-Use as many or as few Pokemon as you like, including legendaries when you get them.
-Save or use the Pokemon center as much as you please (although this will undoubtedly slow you down).
The point of this thread is to take on The Speed Run Challenge, post how well/badly you did, and then discuss possible ways that you could do things better for next time or talk about what worked surprisingly well. After this thread gets a decent amount of posts I will post a leaderboard for the top speed runs in each game. However, a confirmation picture will be needed for very fast speed runs to assure validity. Also, remember to specify which game you speed ran.
No matter what level of speed runner you are, feel free to post your accomplishments or ask for advice from others.
