No. Sadly because I ran from the battle, my pokemon was weak and I couldn't catch it.
Nah it'll probably just rot in my box. I don't really like Gyarados for ingame teams.
Why should the HGSS Gyarados not count as shiny? It's just like any other shiny Gyarados, same sprite and everything. It's just an easier way of obtaining it.
On the subject of using it, however. I won't be using it on the basis that I don't really enjoy Gyarados.
Either this, or not at all. I can't stand NOT EV training anymore...I will use it, but will EV train it beforehand.