Etchy

Tomorrow (February 6th) I'll be live on Twitch's front page! Drop me a follow at twitch.tv/etchy so you don't miss it, I'll be doing some Pokemon Platinum Elite 4 Round 2 speedruns and probably some Battle Frontier stuff too. For those unfamiliar, E4R2 is a super long and interesting run that involves completing the Sinnoh Dex (seeing all 210 Sinnoh Pokemon) and clearing the Stark Mountain quest to unlock the harder version of the Elite 4, all in about 5 hours.

If you haven't checked out my streams yet this would be a great time to do so, expecting to be live between 4PM-12AM EST :D

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Etchy

I launched a website and a Patreon - Introducing sinjohruins.com/ !

During my research, I became increasingly frustrated with how bad information preservation has been with the Gen 4 games. In the mid-late 2000s, we relied heavily on forums and services that no longer exist, leading to tons of information being lost forever. One of the worst examples is everybody using Photobucket to post images online; all of those images are gone! I also used to post frequently on Pokémon fan forums at the time, and all of those posts are gone too. Fortunately, some stuff is backed up thanks to sites like archive.org, but not everything.

My goal with Sinjoh Ruins is to have a searchable source of information that I've researched that websites can easily cite. YouTube videos are not great as citable sources of information; plus my videos have ads since this is effectively my full-time job. I wanted to make sure the key information that I research is accessible without ads or paywalling. Everything I post here will be personally tested by myself, and I will share information from Discord servers that has been vetted as well. The accompanying videos will explain any research done, so this website will just have my findings.

Already have some previously undocumented info up about weather in Platinum/HGSS so definitely check it out! Will cover it in my next video too. I even have EXTRA details about the celebrity fans in the Battle Hall that I discovered after making my videos.

If you want to support myself and the website, please consider checking out my new Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/Etchy

I'll be posting behind-the-scenes content there, and you'll get some acknowledgement in the videos/website! As I mentioned I've been doing these videos full-time for the last couple months (unemployment moment), so any support would be sincerely appreciated. And just to be clear, I will never paywall any of my findings. I already posted a couple of short articles on the Patreon too!

That's it for now! My next video will be on the various time mechanisms of Gen 4 / time traveling, and its a big one. Will take more time than normal to cook so please be patient, hoping to get it out before Thanksgiving. Thank you for your support <3

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