u/EnchiladaSausage

TLDR; 10 hours trying to eliminate a single SID in FRLG. On GBA SP, FR ENG. Am I cooked?

I learned RNG manip Monday and spent about 8 hours practicing and learning.

Tuesday morning I started fresh after no luck and learning a bunch. I spent basically all day Tuesday and Wednesday trying to find my SID by trying to get a shiny starter hit, but no luck.

Probably 8-10 hours per day, and I’ve only eliminated 2 SIDs. This third one is throwing me for a loop. I’ll have stretches where I match the seed (ms) but my advances are 1 or 2 off, then without changing anything I’ll start drifting as far as 50 advances off somehow. Feel like I’m not built for this.

I’ve tried calibrating every hit, I’ve tried waiting 5-10 hits before calibrating, my recent thing I’m trying is to document 5-10 hits and average them to calculate. I’m just trying so much shit.

I’ve tried two initial seeds for this 3rd SID, first with a total of 2min per attempt and the second with about 90 seconds per attempt, so I’m clocking reps.

I’m just looking for advice, or folks who shared in this pain once, or if I should just give it up. It was fun for a while, but 10+ hours trying to eliminate the same SID has been driving me nuts..

The Enshittification of PokeDoku

Seeking advice… and encouragement, for FRLG SID