I DID IT!!! FIRST RUN OUTSIDE OF JAPAN TO USE RNG MANIP! I'm happy and mad cuz this would have been a new world record if my PS2 didn't freeze so much from getting too hot. I'm still super happy with this run regardless, cuz my gameplay was really good. Here's the run:

I'm gonna be improving this time in the future for sure. I'm comin' for ya, clowps...

- Michael Shaw, President/Founder of Flippin' Fun Video Games

I'll just post the link since it speaks for itself, really:

First Diva RNG Manip performed LIVE - FFVD_Games on Twitch

FFVD_Games went live on Twitch. Catch up on their SaGa Frontier VOD now.

- Michael Shaw, President/Founder of Flippin' Fun Video Games

YOOOOOOO I DID IT! I've been grinding this out and learning it for at least four days now and I finally did it showing it off to my brother. I'm super happy that this is actually possible.

Watch the manip here:

- Michael Shaw, President/Founder of Flippin' Fun Video Games

I FINALLY GOT THE SUB-40! HELL YEAH, DUDE! I just randomly decided to stream today and it happened. Oh my god. I reset twice in Shingrow cuz both me and the game are stupid, then twice in Mondo Base cuz I'm really stupid, but the rest of the run was near perfect. I even golded phase 5 by a minute cuz I somehow managed to keep both humans alive.

And yes, this is indeed the first time someone outside of Japan has gotten a sub-40. I won't be looking for another PB unless I suddenly get the itch again or something else is discovered that saves more time. You can watch the run here:

- Michael Shaw, President/Founder of Flippin' Fun Video Games

I would like to reveal what I've been putting together for the past month or so. Introducing the SaGa Frontier Points Leaderboard! The goal of this leaderboard is to rank runners based on where they place in individual categories and award them points based on their placement in a category. As of writing, the maximum amount of points you can earn per category is 200.

Here's the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mbw_sZpCi4-ivy1kq8InMMZCkVxsPS3l/view?usp=sharing

I want to make it clear that I don't want to be the only person who has control over this leaderboard. I want to have everyone from the community contribute to this and the Combined Leaderboard to best represent the community. I especially want moderators and leading figures of the community to have a lot of control over how everything looks and functions.

The formula for distributing points per category is as follows:

Maximum Amount of Points / Total Amount of Runs = Rate of Change

1st Place Points - Rate of Change = 2nd Place Points
2nd Place Points - Rate of Change = 3rd Place Points
...
Nth Place Points - Rate of Change = Last Place Points

I hope you enjoy it!

- Michael Shaw, President/Founder of Flippin' Fun Video Games