GARION MODE

SUMMARY, NOT SUMMERY
"GARION MODE" is a lite colloquialism used to define moments where Gentle Tauradonna Oathsworn combines creativity and skill expression in the Classic Spyro PS1 Trilogy games, through extra goals imposed upon himself for fun. Its origin came from Gentle's "Competitor's Video For Road To Spyro Kingdom" video, and referred to a way in which Gentle adapted his recreation of the ISGP 2018 Grand Final Bingo Board.

There are multiple types of GARION MODE Activations:


 * 1) "Continuity Nod" - usually a reference to a past race in International Spyro Grand Prix or Super Gex League history
 * 2) "Games Raced Awfully Standards Enforcement" - Gentle has some GARION MODE Activations, which were carried over from his procedures when he was just doing Let's Races under the Games Raced Awfully banner. If a GARION MODE such as "don't tilt" or "don't DNF" is present in the run, it comes from something he had to enforce upon himself after conversations with others (mainly Tooney) in GRA. This came to a head during the first HuniePop race in the ISGP Exhibition Championship, in which Gentle felt ashamed about tilting to the point of a rage-DNF. Since then, Gentle has tried to ensure he doesn't DNF; he still can DNF if he feels he will take too long to accomplish the goal at hand.
 * 3) "Custom Routing" - usually Gentle just specifies what he intends to do, while otherwise completing the goal as normal (e.g. "100% 1 Sparx Level" --> "100% Bugbot Factory")
 * 4) "Pragmatism" - usually Gentle does something "out of the way" which ends up working in his favour for pragmatic reasons (e.g. "While defeating All Thieves in Spyro 1 is the Main Goal, I must also free All Dragons in Gnorc Cove, Twilight Harbour, Tree Tops, and Alpine Ridge")
 * 5) "Stinger" - usually a funny thing done after all other tasks are completed as normal (e.g. "100% Beast Makers and Defeat Gnasty Gnorc" --> "100% Beast Makers & Defeat Gnasty Gnorc; AFTERWARD, Free Nestor")
 * 6) "Brutal Difficulty" - usually when Gentle wants to make a task "harder" (e.g. "While doing the ISGP1 Grand Final Bingo Board, I am not allowed to use the All Worlds Cheat for Spyro the Dragon")
 * 7) "Limit Testing" - a concept borrowed from League of Legends play; Gentle will often create an extra goal which is to "attempt" something in order to test his limits within whatever game he's playing (e.g. "While in Desert Ruins, perform the Scorpion Proxy once.")
 * 8) "Achievement Run" - if a game has Achievements (such as Skill Points in Spyro 2 / Spyro 3), Gentle sometimes uses those Achievements as reference to create GARION MODE Activations accordingly (e.g. "In Crush's Dungeon, get the Skill Point from taking no damage whatsoever during the Boss Encounter")
 * 9) "Settings Configuration" - a GARION MODE Activation which refers to how a game is set in advance, usually done in context to differing versions of a game pre-existing (e.g. "get the Steam version of 40 Winks, so I am required to use a Controller for it as opposed to Keyboard")

Charity Royall classified the types of GARION MODEs into three distinct sub-groups:


 * 1) Advantageous - A GARION MODE done to provide an advantage to the runner, usually either a comfort advantage or one involving a strategy which accelerates the game state
 * 2) Neutral - A GARION MODE done without either an advantage or disadvantage to the runner. Most GARION MODEs ideally fall into this sub-group, as they are typically done for "Style Points."
 * 3) Disadvantageous - A GARION MODE done to provide a disadvantage to the runner, typically designed either as a way to increase the difficulty or to show off skill in the game played.

A collection of 8+ individual GARION MODE Activations is referred to as a "Miracle Art," as an intended shoutout to Legend of Legaia.

While "GARION MODE" is normally a signature condition of Gentle's, it has been directly invoked by other people at least once. When other people refer to "GARION MODE" as a term, it's usually meant as a jab at the fact Gentle's "GARION MODE" activations are overly complex and grandiose.

In Team Matches, GARION MODE Activations between group partners are collectively shared to add to a sub-total. Additionally, if all players in the match perform the same GARION MODE Activation, it is referred to as a "Variable Art," as an intended shoutout to Legaia 2: Duel Saga.

CONDITIONS WHERE GARION MODE CANNOT BE ACTIVATED

 * If a goal is too asinine in and of itself, GARION MODE cannot be activated.
 * If a goal is too short, GARION MODE has a 90% likelihood of being unable to be activated. In the 10% where a goal is short and a GARION MODE is still activated, the GARION MODE Activations must exclusively be for Pragmatic reasons.
 * If a goal is already front-loaded with stipulations, GARION MODE is consciously not activated; this would be in order to evade redundancy.
 * If a goal ends up being a Solution X, GARION MODE cannot be activated. The purpose of disabling GARION MODE during Solution X races is primarily to allow the footage on Gentle's end to not be a total liability to whoever edits the race.
 * If during the race Gentle is operating at "less than 50% capacity" mentally, he is unable to invoke GARION MODE. This would be referred to as "GARION MODE Dormant."