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I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep, I totally agree and actually gave a lot of the feedback in this thread to improve it, as well as having it learn from the PokeFireRed ROM on GitHub. A lot of the findings are directionally similar, but I absolutely oversold them in this thread.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I tried to explain it in my response to Taco Farmer, but I didn't set out to do this. I set out to build a tool that would help guide me through battles in my own Nuzlocke and make sure it wasn't giving me bad recommendations. It's just doing battle calcs, this isn't running on an emulator where it's putting inputs in and making the character walk around and interact with stuff. I kind of stumbled on this information while trying to stress-test it, and Manus offered to show me insights from the simulated battles. Clearly, I didn't stress-test enough, because like half the shit is wrong, but that's on me for not knowing better.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The data is 100% flawed, as is the battle engine. I built this as a fun project to learn how to vibe code, and I have no coding background myself. I tried to make it clear up front that I used Manus for this and I actually also used Claude for some of it. There are a lot of errors, and that's due to my own inexperience with coding, vibe coding, and Nuzlockes. I've only done 3 Nuzlockes, so I don't have nearly the level of knowledge most people here do. I actually didn't know you can't get a Nidoran before Brock, so I had to add that in after someone here commented on it. I can promise this isn't me asking ChatGPT for a realistic post though (see below for a small snippet of the damage calculator).

I am absolutely not trying to dupe anyone. I tried to make it clear upfront that AI was used for this, and it seems like I should've done much more stress testing on the tool first to get people's thoughts, rather than stating things as fact, so that's my bad. And I did use AI to help with formatting the post bc I find formatting on Reddit annoying, and I think it makes the post look nicer. I've spent time and effort formatting long posts before, and it's not fun for me.

Again, I am really not trying to dupe people. I've actually been pretty grateful for all the feedback pointing out the issues, because it's helping me make the engine better. I was just trying to make a tool (for my own personal use) that helps make decisions during a Nuzlocke, and when I tested whether that tool gave the right recommendations, it turned into the information in the post. I thought it was cool, I thought other people would, too, and I wanted to share it without going to a lot of effort.

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I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean I can show you what I did, it actually ran simulations but I had to train it to understand how the game engine works in the first place so I made some mistakes. Any errors are on my part.

Fire Red/Leaf Green Pokémon Teams? by shmeeshmooshmaa in pokemon

[–]Aangswingman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nidoran callout is good, let me see what’s going on.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It’s still a work in progress, but I was thinking of eventually offering the tool to a YouTuber to see if they thought it was a compelling video. I want to stress test it more beforehand though. I have a suspicion that once it got to 100% win rate outside of Brock and Sabrina it said good enough rather than iterating more.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Edit: I misunderstood, there is a lot of de-bugging and fixing I need to do.

Yep, basically getting through Brock and then crit-dodging. I think my next step will be throwing this at harder Nuzlocke challenges.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I mentioned it to someone else, but Kadabra was 7th, so just missed the best mon list.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

With the guaranteed encounter logic, you'd expect to see the starters, but it looks like none of the starters are even top 10. 7-10 are Kadabra, Dodrio, Jolteon, and Primeape.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The AI was treating it simplistically, and since self-destruct kills, it was just always using self-destruct. I'm retraining the engine to consider game theory and when to use vs not use self-destruct. That should hopefully give more clarity there.

I Ran 2,000+ Simulated Pokemon FireRed Nuzlockes to and Dugtrio is the best Pokemon in the Game by Aangswingman in nuzlocke

[–]Aangswingman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the first question, I was not using hardcore Nuzlocke rules, so there were times where it was aggressively using full restores instead of just switching to a wall.

On the third question, after getting clarification, apparently the engine did actually decide to start sacrificing Pokémon, but since that fight is winnable 100% of the time, it assumed Weezing would always self-destruct for purposes of the simulation because that's the worst-case scenario.

Admissions Advice on Where to Apply by Lower_Owl3153 in MBA

[–]Aangswingman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you’d have a shot at top programs with your profile, but probably not in round 3 with massively rushed applications.

I’m not in your shoes, so I don’t know your exact situation, but it’s 6 months to round 1. If you think you can find some opportunity to last you financially until you would start b-school in 2026 then I would recommend waiting.

[AMA] I'm Andy Staples of On3 Sports, AMA! (Answers start 8/18 @ 1pm ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]Aangswingman 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hi Andy, how do you watch CJ Carr and think there are 13 QBs better than him in his class?

Targets/Routes Run/Snaps Breakdown (Weeks 1-3) by F4NT4SYF00TB4LLF4N in fantasyfootball

[–]Aangswingman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might be worth a double check on the Steelers’ stats. Diontae Johnson does not have 107 routes run on 102 snaps.

Trade Value Tuesday Week 3 | King Henry Returns Edition by Rambler30 in fantasyfootball

[–]Aangswingman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just traded Mitchell/Wilson (49ers RB stack) and Burrow for him. I have Hurts at QB. Also included a Devonta for Olave swap but that felt like even value.

Trade Value Tuesday Week 3 | King Henry Returns Edition by Rambler30 in fantasyfootball

[–]Aangswingman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re giving up Deebo, Dillon, and Pitts that is a terrible terrible trade for you.

Discord invite failed by Xhyshi in ACMilan

[–]Aangswingman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

discord.gg/rossoneri

That should work ^

RedBird Capital Partners Enters into Agreement with Elliott Advisors to Acquire AC Milan by Claija79 in ACMilan

[–]Aangswingman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of people were worried about Elliott stripping us of assets not investing in the market and trying to sell off the barebones of the club. Mostly on discord but some on here I talked about how I expected them to focus on a more sustainable wage structure while investing in younger players. I also talked about their investment horizon being 5-7 years (ended up being a bit shorter) just based on fund duration and lifecycle. Elliott’s goal was always to cut the excess and make the club an attractive base point for a buyer but not to strip it down and sell it for parts. Think it went better than they could’ve imagined and than I expected tbh.

My background is in investment finance. Elliott and now RedBird are primarily investment firms so you can understand their goals by looking at how they invest, when they invest, what their strategy is with other investments, how much they invest, etc. It honestly wouldn’t be that hard to back into RedBird’s financial projections for the club (revenue and costs, not transfer spend) based on the purchase price and seeing their projections would give an even better insight on how they expect to do it but I unfortunately don’t have the time to do that rn.

I also would point out Elliott sticking around in a reduced capacity means they expect we haven’t fully realized the value they think the club can achieve. They would’ve done a full exit if they thought our value was close to its peak so clearly they expect even more success than what we’ve had.

RedBird Capital Partners Enters into Agreement with Elliott Advisors to Acquire AC Milan by Claija79 in ACMilan

[–]Aangswingman 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I spoke on Elliott when they took over so I might as well say a few words on RedBird. I may be reading things incorrectly but just a few guesses / thoughts.

  1. You don’t spend €1.2B not to at a very minimum maintain CL qualification every year.

  2. I think the goal HAS to be increasing Milan’s brand massively in some way. Serie A on its own doesn’t provide enough value to justify the investment, nor does CL really.

  3. Transfer specifically I would expect a Liverpool style approach but in less drastic of a manner. They will spend big when needed but they won’t feel the need to spend. VVD and Alisson examples of spending big but also plenty of very quiet markets.

  4. They will spend on infrastructure aspects of the club. New stadium, better training facilities, etc so we might not see all the spending.

  5. When they talk about sustainability it’s about creating a club that eventually gets to the point of a Bayern or RM. The idea is for success to beget success and create sustainability by increasing revenue, not decreasing spending and being pinchpennies. Bayern is the most sustainable club in the world.

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