>>57631730> staring at docs and calculatorsTrue. Even on the pic I shared above, look at the bottom right corner and you see a documentation for upcoming fight. Trying to predict the AI behavior is what they are trying to achieve. They often plan for multiple hours, and even days for particular battle. If one prediction is incorrect, entire run is over (pic related).
At this point, the romhack owns them rather than the other way around.
As for the fanbase, it is a large circlejerking group that shares same audience. Each of them has their own Discord server and "collab" on some videos to get some more audience. Many of these Kaizo/difficulty romhack creators are/were either a mod or active group member of their group. Bear in mind that none of these people have a job outside of streaming and are oversocialized individuals circlejerking same viewpoints.