PikalaxALT's Cinco Bingo FAQ

Welcome to my stream.  I mostly stream Pokemon Crystal Randomizer Cinco Bingo races.

Q: Wait, what's cinco bingo?
A: In a cinco bingo race, all participants receive a randomized copy of a game and a bingo card.  Everyone gets the same ROM and card, so no one gains an advantage from the randomization itself.  The card has a set of 25 objectives on it.  If you satisfy an objective, you mark it with your color.  If you mark five (5) squares in the same row, column, or diagonal, you get a bingo.  The first player to get five (5, or Cinco in Spanish) bingos wins the race.

Q: What does "cinco" mean?
A: Cinco means Five in Spanish.

Q: What's the win condition?
A: Get 5 bingos.  Not 5 squares, 5 bingos.

Q: So it's a blackout?
A: No, the lines are allowed to intersect.  You can get Cinco Bingo with as few as 17 goals, and you're guaranteed to get Cinco Bingo within 23 goals.

Q: What color are you?/Who is which color?
A: That information is displayed on screen next to my face.

Q: What do the stars mean?
A: They're goals I know I can complete or have information on.  As the run wears on, the stars represent the route I plan to follow to achieve my 5 bingos.

Q: How do you achieve a Pokemon goal such as "Sandslash or Arbok"?
A: I must have the Pokemon registered as caught in my Pokedex.  This allows me to catch and release stuff in the Bug Catching Contest or trade it away.

Q: What's "minimum catch rate"?
A: The ROM we're using is a modified version of Pokemon Crystal, dubbed "Speedchoice".  Among other major changes, the Speedchoice ROM sets the catch rate of all Pokemon to the highest in the game, meaning the minimum catch chance for any Pokemon for a Poke Ball at full health is 1/3.  This mechanic also means that all balls are exactly as good as a Poke Ball, with the exception of Master Ball which is vanilla, and Level Ball which does not check the target's HP and thus has a 100% chance to catch stuff.  Additionally, the catch rate curve is modified such that a Pokemon at or below 1/3 max HP is guaranteed to get in the ball.

Q: How can I view this document?
A: Type !bingofaq in chat, and BotGotsThis will post the link.

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