Hey man.... Can I join? I know.. I read the rules, so you might not be too trusting of me... but man I've really made a good start on here.
I have 1 shiny to my name today: A Shiny Ninetails that I caught on LG as a Vulpix. I traded it to my main game, FR, and raised it.
Oh, and I have all the proof you'll need.. but I can't post URLs yet. I took pictures of the glorious event! :( Darn.
My Ninetails, in the pic I took of it (I have two, first is of the Vulpix, then after all the hard work, a pic of the Ninetails at Lv. 50)..
I'm trying to raise it to Lv. 100. I think it's almost Lv. 65 now. I took the pic cuz I also want to compare it's stats then and when I reach 100.
Now for my Shiny history...
This is my first one, actually. I've have searched and searched... On my Sapphire game I have 125 hours logged. On my FR, I have over 230 hours logged in. Probably half of that is just hatching eggs trying to get a Shiny or looking all over. But to prove the point much more, I found it on LG... I had just started over, and made it to Lavender Town. I wanted to get a Vulpix, because I hadn't trained one yet, although it's one of my favorites, and one of my favorite shiny forms (Ninetails at least). And there it was. I had imported a Master Ball over from FR which I had got from previous LG outings.
Neat, huh? The only other times would be the G/S/C Gyarados, which isn't really.. well, you get what I'm trying to say. It's just there, and isn't like a true shiny. And then one more time in Gold; I was in the back of Mt. Mortar where I shouldn't have been at the time and came across a Raticate... a Shiny one. I had no PokeBalls, and my team was too weak. back then, you couldn't run from them. One would have to be mad to try and do it today, so I don't know if it's still in effect or not. Needless to say, that Shiny won't be getting far, except maybe into a Master Ball (or one of the others; that's what I used and will be using.)
So, while I try to prove my worth here... I'll be looking around for another. A teammate for Ghost. That's what I called the creature, since Shiny Ninetails looks like a ghost or demon. It can seriously mess with your head. Oh, also, it was EV trained. It's IVs aren't great, but man does Flamethrower pack quite a punch... Sorry, my bad. I tend to ramble on a few things I shouldn't here in this particular thread.
Some Pokemon I have in mind.... Cacnea/Cacturne. Dude. Put that in a Double Battle with Ghost... mention a few scary things to mess with your opponent's mind... :D Also, I like them, and like the Vulpix/Ninetails situation, I haven't had a good chance to train one.
I'm hatching them via Sapphire + Mach Bike combo. I just wish I had Emerald, so I could teach the Shiny (if I obtain one) Thunderpunch.
Good day and good searchings.
-DDD
(Squirtle is also a good choice. :) )