Thanks Matty101, I'll need all of it I can get.
It took me 20+ minutes just to find one Porygon to start the chain. I never encountered yesterday's Daily Pokemon either.
I got 4 after a while and went to a patch I thought might've been safe, but I wasn't sure, so it capitalized on that and the chain broke so now I'm back to sifting through the Staravias.
pokebryce, I don't see why you couldn't rejoin, unless you were kicked out but I don't think that would've happened. But then again I can't remember.
Good luck on your Rayquaza, my friends have easily found their shiny versions early on.
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This is frustrating, to say the least. At least when I was attempting to chain Gligars, I'd occasionally find a Gligar to start the chain.
It's been like 15 minutes again and still no Porygon....
edit: I found out the other Pokemon. It's Castform. I think I'll pass and wait another HOUR until I run into it or Porygon again. :(
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K what about reverse psych I just found a Castform in common grass, which reminds me of my revelation of how I was finding Eevees in common grass too.
Either way I'm taking a break from this, this is nuts.
edit: Ok... here's how things stack up. I was able to find Porygon in the common grass at exactly an hour I found the first one the first time, lol.
I've eased it to about 6 or 7 in the chain and I have 10,000 steps. At first I wasn't serious about this, but I think I'm actually going to try pretty hard to get it. What's funny is I was just talking about Porygon last night with my friend anthony, showing him the shiny sprites. He seemingly has helped me with luck before, so maybe it'll work again this time.
I need to take another break though, got a headache, but things are looking optimistic if I just keep to those "flawless" grass patches.
Maybe, just maybe, during all of this, I'll get lucky AGAIN and see the shiny grass before 40. That would rock and I would be fine with that since this is such a hard Pokemon to take down.
I just hope I don't get a SEIZEDUR
edit 1 AM:
K.... well, I felt a little rushed. I wasn't going at my own pace because this guy wanted to battle me, and I wanted to battle him too. So while I waited for him and my friend to battle ( they still haven't, at this rate they will at approximately the end of time), I got to 14 and was going to the 15th but a Kricketune broke it. Bittersweet. Now I'm ready to kick some grass, and go for Gligar soon.
edit: 7-24-08, 8:46 PM:
In fact we never did, my "friend" never battled the guy who was wanting a challenge. I got pissed and left for bed.
I'm thinking about resetting for Dratini though, it's kinda like Magikarp/Gyarados in the way it gets Dragon Dance, plus I'll be able to have Punches and stuff.
It should go by faster than expected since I can get like 3 in about 10 seconds, check'm, reset, get 3 more, check, reset, etc.
And since it does get Dragon Dance, nature won't matter as much as my others.