I WAS going to take a break from chaining, yesterday, because I was so adamant to catch either a shiny Kirlia or Ralts, that it tired me out. However, I was so determined that I didn't.....and I am glad that I didn't.
I started by chaining Kirlia on Tuesday. I ran into shiny female Kirlia on my 17th chain and caught it(with quickball nature: naive). Then I went on have my chain break at 53 with no more appearances of a shiny.
Wednesday (yesterday duh), I started another Kirlia chain. Got to 40. 46 was a shiny female again, so I caught her too (quickball again nature: naive again. go figure haha). On the 47 I got to another shiny kirlia, but it was male this time, which I wanted for the purposes of having a shiny Gallade. I kept chucking balls, until it ran through all of his moves, eventually using teleport. That irked me so.
As a final effort to get a male, I chained ralts and bumped into a male shiny, right at 41. So I didn't hesitate to use my Master Ball (thats right. I hate legendaries, so it was cool). The nature turned out to be Brave and it was Highly Curious, which was perfect for what I wanted to use it for. I went on to catch another shiny, but female, ralts at 56.
Needless to say I reached my goal of getting a shiny ralts before HG and SS's release. I am so psyched!!!!.....there is really no pun intended there. lol
For those who feel discouraged from shiny hunting, you really shouldn't be. If you want it bad enough (and become very prudent about which patches you choose at times), you can do it. :)
So excited........So ambitious....