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Pallet Town breaks into Glitch City for TheRunawayGuys

Three Pokémon Blue episodes take Tim from a corrupted hometown to the hunt for EXP ALL.

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Pokémon Blue - Episode 34 - “Cursed Hometown”

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3:25Tim flies to Pallet Town with the Safari Zone step counter running outside the park.
4:16The park announcement warps him into Glitch City, a corrupted landscape of fragmented tiles and numbers.
8:30After resetting, Tim resumes exploring the Safari Zone and encounters a Parasect.
10:52A rare Kangaskhan appears, putting the Safari Balls to the test.
19:02Back-to-back Chansey encounters give Tim another chance at a rare catch.

Tim takes a trip home, and Pokémon Blue sends him somewhere considerably less welcoming. In TheRunawayGuys' "Pokémon Blue - Episode 34 - "Cursed Hometown"", a Safari Zone glitch turns Pallet Town into a jumble of fragmented tiles and numbers. Even a familiar Game Boy hometown can have a bad day.

That detour supplied the week's most-watched new upload, with roughly 22,000 views. After a reset, Tim returns to the actual Safari Zone, where Kangaskhan and Chansey make appearances without making catching them easy. The comments find comedy in those encounters, but also discuss the series' unusually conversational rhythm: several viewers describe listening while working and suggest other Pokémon versions for future group playthroughs.

The week's other uploads keep the collecting theme going. "Pokémon Blue - Episode 35 - "Take A Chansey On Me"" follows the Safari Zone installment, while "Pokémon Blue - Episode 36 - "EXP ALL"" sets a concrete goal in its description: catch four more Pokémon to obtain the item. That newest episode now carries the channel's strongest daily viewing momentum. Episode 35, meanwhile, had a slightly larger opening-day audience than "Cursed Hometown", despite its lower total so far.

Subscribers held steady at 475,000, and daily views are running somewhat below their usual pace. Among nearby variety-gaming channels, VortroxTwo and Kenny Haller had substantially busier viewing weeks, while Kruzadar's weekly audience was smaller. For TheRunawayGuys, the fresh activity is concentrated on Tim's continuing collection, with EXP ALL providing the next practical reason to keep throwing Poké Balls.

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I gotta say, this has been one of the more enjoyable TRG projects. It really does feel like a podcast with PKMN Blue in the background. I honestly wouldn't mind a Crystal Ver.//Emerald Ver.//etc. project in the future, the way the gang has done the Mario Party series.
@LionAzulSee it on YouTube
As someone who likes having Youtube running in the background while I work (assuming I am not in a meeting or working together with someone), I have been enjoying this LP and the fact I don't need to be paying attention to the video to enjoy most of the commentary.

Edit: For that voice clip, I heard Parking.
@RPGPersonaSee it on YouTube
Honestly, having something like this every few projects would be awesome. Having a more laid back project where you all just discuss random things has been a refreshing change. Perhaps Tim could do original gold/silver next and continue the series in order, letting whoever hasn't played that version be the main player
@mayorofe3See it on YouTube
24:45 "You, catching me? Hilarious." -Kangaskhan, probably
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