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Squirrel July 19th, 2016 1:25 PM

Weekly Quest #1: Zubat Hoarders!
 

Welcome to Pokémon Go: Weekly Quests! This is a weekly event designed to provide an extra challenge to all of us Pokémon Go players out there and see who really is the best trainer. Take part in these fun challenges to give some structure to your Pokémon Go adventures and see if you can come out on top. We'll be hatching eggs, hoarding Pokémon, taking pictures and lots more, so stick around and see which events tickle your fancy. Don't worry if you're nervous of competition - some weeks we'll be competing for the win, some weeks we'll be working together towards a common goal and some weeks we'll be trying to meet personal milestones all in the name of fun. Any event suggestions are of course welcome!

Week 1: Zubat Hoarders!
Ah Zubat, everyone's favourite Pokémon... right? It's the first week so we'll start off with something simple to get the competition underway - and that simple task is catching Zubat! Your task this week is to catch more Zubat than anyone else taking part. These annoying things are littered all throughout the world with no known bias for certain locations and so everyone should be able to take part and rack up some points here.

And all Zubat entered must have been caught after July 19th. You can sign up by posting a screenshot of how many Zubat you have previously caught when you first enter the contest by loading up their page on the Pokédex, and then show your results by showing an updated version of that number when the competition ends. Feel free to use other verification methods to show off your Zubat like screenshotting each one individually or posting photos of your Pokémon list, but this is the method I believe is easiest.

Rules
  1. This week's competition ends on July 27th!
  2. Use screenshots to record your adventures; usually you can do this by pressing the home and lock buttons at the same time but phones may vary - Google is your friend!
  3. All Zubat entered must be caught after July 19th!
  4. Progress updates and general discussion are encouraged :)
  5. Be kind to the Zubat you capture - they are living creatures too!!
Participants
Simply post your first screenshot in the thread to take part.
  • Squirrel - 48 Zubat hoarded
  • Golurks Were Meant to Fly - 0 Zubat hoarded
  • FireSnow - 23 Zubat hoarded
  • Hiidoran - 0 Zubat hoarded
  • Regeneration - 11 Zubat hoarded
  • Lycanthropy - 1 Zubat hoarded
  • François - 0 Zubat hoarded
  • rachelann8586 - 9 Zubat hoarded
  • Colours - 0 Zubat hoarded
  • Sirindu - 0 Zubat hoarded
  • Mister Coffee - 0 Zubat hoarded
  • Battle Girl Spoony - 2 Zubat hoarded
  • VisualJae - 49 Zubat hoarded
Future Events
If any of these events take your fancy then feel free to request them in this thread for next week and I'll bump them up, otherwise I'll pick one randomly!
  • Eggciting Eggstravaganza! - Let's see who can hatch the most eggs in a week - bonus points for rare eggs!
  • Pokémon Photobomb - We've all seen some of the hilarious Go images appearing recently, so let's make our own!
  • Let's Be Hikers! - You want us to walk how much!?
  • Team Challenge: Catch 'em All! - Group together with your fellow team members and go catching crazy!
  • What's That Doing There? - A Sandshrew swimming at sea? A Shellder climbing a tree? Let's find some strange Pokémon!
  • Field Diary Drama - Recount your epic tales from journeys past in the most dramatic fashion possible!
  • Pokémon Hoarders - Hoard those Pokémon! Have you got what it takes to become the hoarding champion?
  • Pokémon Maths - Go out and catch Pokémon by dex number or CP equalling up to a certain goal!
  • PokéStop Professor - Visit and record as many different PokéStops as you can within the week!
  • One a Day - Each day of the week will have a different uncommon Pokémon as you goal to capture.
Rewards
As the weeks progress there'll be more prizes to rack up (and not just emblems!) including rewards based on how often you compete, but for this week we'll have a cute little Zubat emblem awarded to anyone placing within the top three trainers:


All that's left to say is good luck! And you might want to bring a scarf to keep your neck safe...

Golurks Were Meant to Fly July 19th, 2016 2:36 PM

Ok might as well :D

I organized it by dex number since they're all nicknamed!
Also don't laugh at how bad I am at this game :(


Squirrel July 19th, 2016 2:45 PM

I'll post my sign-up too :D


Sorted by A-Z, nothing where Zubat should be so 0 to start with!

Heading out in a few mins to start my Go adventures for the day; hopefully I'll have some progress to update soon!

FireSnow July 19th, 2016 6:31 PM

Ah, I'll do it too, see what happens!

Saw the good idea with the Pokedex, much easier.

Any number higher than 50, will be newly caught for the event.



Update#1:


Update#2:


Update#3:


Update#4:

VisualJae July 19th, 2016 7:43 PM

I don't intend to participate, but I'll just leave this here:
Spoiler:
http://i.imgur.com/aBV0lft.jpg
Way fewer than I expected... unlike my Pidgey numbers...
http://i.imgur.com/HJ57uhh.jpg
I'll take on a Pidgey challenge. Actually, bad idea, I need my storage space. For one day maybe, definitely not one week.

Hiidoran July 19th, 2016 8:45 PM

Ugh, you would pick those little Poké Ball thieves, wouldn't you? :|

Still, this looks like a lot of fun. Count me totally in!

Gonna go with Jae's suggestion and post this here:
Spoiler:
http://i.imgur.com/Sac0Wda.jpg

So every number greater than 30 will count towards the contest...


Let me know if you want/need any help on the future weekly events, man. :]

Squirrel July 19th, 2016 9:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiidoran (Post 9330744)
Ugh, you would pick those little Poké Ball thieves, wouldn't you? :|

It's community service - get those vermin off of the streets so other people don't have to deal with them! Plus I just wanted to waste all of your Pokéballs so I can finally pull ahead...
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiidoran (Post 9330744)
Gonna go with Jae's suggestion and post this here:
Spoiler:
http://i.imgur.com/Sac0Wda.jpg

So every number greater than 30 will count towards the contest...

This is a great idea and I wish I'd known about it! Stops you having to keep hold of all the runts. I'll update the OP with that shortly and use it for future weeks on similar contests.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiidoran (Post 9330744)
Let me know if you want/need any help on the future weekly events, man. :]

I'm fine for now since there's not much involved in running something like this but if they get bigger then I'll definitely be bugging you!

FireSnow July 19th, 2016 9:19 PM

Edited my last post, now has the Pokedex info instead. I'll keep the updates coming as they come. Hopefully this 3 step glitch doesn't destroy my chances xD

Squirrel July 19th, 2016 9:26 PM

I'll update with that image too so I can throw away my current bats. Caught 2 before posting this (proof):


Now here's the updated Pokédex page after those two:


Good luck to everyone :)

Regeneration July 19th, 2016 11:55 PM

Hey I'd like to enter.

I have a question though, the 4 Zubats that you see in the screenshot were all caught on 19th or 20th of July. Would they count towards the contest?

Lycanthropy July 20th, 2016 3:06 AM

Why, look at that! I don't have a Golbat yet, so I was looking for these guys anyway. Put me up!

Spoiler: Don't judge me, they're somewhat rare out here.


Spoiler: Though, the first thing I met in the morning...


Zubat count: 1

Squirrel July 20th, 2016 6:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regeneration (Post 9330883)
Hey I'd like to enter.

I have a question though, the 4 Zubats that you see in the screenshot were all caught on 19th or 20th of July. Would they count towards the contest?

As long as they were caught on the 19/20th then that's fine they'll count :) I'll trust you with their dates so looks like you're in first place so far!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lycanthropy (Post 9330952)
Why, look at that! I don't have a Golbat yet, so I was looking for these guys anyway. Put me up!

Spoiler: Don't judge me, they're somewhat rare out here.


Spoiler: Though, the first thing I met in the morning...


Zubat count: 1

You're already beating half of the competition, don't worry ;)

François July 20th, 2016 10:30 AM

Signing up:



Suck at catching Zubats tho ):

rachelann8586 July 20th, 2016 10:46 AM

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Ooohhh, fun!

buttlet32 July 20th, 2016 10:49 AM

Honestly, if you ask me, I think the 'Eggciting Eggstravaganza' and the 'One a Day' event ideas sound quite interesting. I'd participate in those for sure, but I can't participate in this Zubat event for I only have one Great Ball. I'm not walking to the nearest Pokestop just to receive three Pokeballs and one Great Ball.

Squirrel July 20th, 2016 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buttlet32 (Post 9331549)
Honestly, if you ask me, I think the 'Eggciting Eggstravaganza' and the 'One a Day' event ideas sound quite interesting. I'd participate in those for sure, but I can't participate in this Zubat event for I only have one Great Ball. I'm not walking to the nearest Pokestop just to receive three Pokeballs and one Great Ball.

Everyone is welcome to vote on which event they'd like to see next so if you want one of them just say and I'll bump it up :)

buttlet32 July 20th, 2016 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel (Post 9331673)
Everyone is welcome to vote on which event they'd like to see next so if you want one of them just say and I'll bump it up :)

Well then if I had to choose one, then I'll pick 'Eggciting Eggstravaganza'.

Regeneration July 20th, 2016 10:33 PM


I think Zubats spawn around me all the time... Not sure if I should be happy or disappointed. xD

Sirindu July 21st, 2016 5:09 AM

Squirrel this is awesome and thank you for the personal invite!! =D I guess I'm a couple days late on starting, but why not--I'll see if I can catch up!

Squirrel July 21st, 2016 6:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regeneration (Post 9332564)

I think Zubats spawn around me all the time... Not sure if I should be happy or disappointed. xD

Woooooah nelly I don't even have words for this. I am very sorry for making you hoard these! If you're dying to get rid of them to make space then feel free to take a screenshot of the Zubat page in your Pokédex instead (where it says how many you've caught overall) and we'll count from there after including this bag load of bats. But I'm half thinking we have a winner here XD

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirindu (Post 9332830)
Squirrel this is awesome and thank you for the personal invite!! =D I guess I'm a couple days late on starting, but why not--I'll see if I can catch up!

It'd be cool to have you take part, the more the merrier :D If you have any Zubat from before today you can still take pics of their pages to submit them, you can see the capture date half-way down the screen. Otherwise just take a screenshot of how many Zubat you have now and then get started :)

Mister Coffee July 21st, 2016 6:57 AM

Sorry for joining so late, these last few days at work have been hectic for me so I haven't been able to play very much, but today I should have a bunch of time to hunt around for some Zubat.
Current Score:

Sirindu July 21st, 2016 7:13 AM

How are you guys posting these from your phone? I have the screenshot, just can't find a formatting option in the forum post that seems to work.

Squirrel July 21st, 2016 9:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirindu (Post 9333011)
How are you guys posting these from your phone? I have the screenshot, just can't find a formatting option in the forum post that seems to work.

Personally I upload the pictures to Facebook by sending them to myself in a private message using my phone's Facebook Messenger app, then just copy and paste the image from that conversation on my computer. Quite a long-winded way of doing it but only takes seconds to actually do. Other people probably use better methods so hopefully they'll reply but that's how I do it haha.

Sirindu July 21st, 2016 10:35 AM

Appreciate you helping the technologically illiterate: me.

FireSnow July 21st, 2016 2:17 PM

Updated my original post with a second screenshot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirindu (Post 9333279)
Appreciate you helping the technologically illiterate: me.

I personally use Imgur. You just sign up real quick for free and then you start uploading the screenshots you take to it and then post it on PC using the image's link. Its been really useful for me.

Lycanthropy July 22nd, 2016 8:30 AM

Does anybody know whether the time influences the encounter rate of Zubat like in the main series? I'm literally considering getting up at 4 AM to hunt bats to be able to beat Regeneration's score right now.

Squirrel July 22nd, 2016 8:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lycanthropy (Post 9334412)
Does anybody know whether the time influences the encounter rate of Zubat like in the main series? I'm literally considering getting up at 4 AM to hunt bats to be able to beat Regeneration's score right now.

I've seen theories in both directions but no one seems to know for sure. I've seen a lot of people say that it conclusively doesn't effect it, but then a lot of people claim to have evidence of the contrary and personally I see tons of Zubat at night but barely ever during the day so... hard to say for sure but the official answer people are giving for now is no!

Sirindu July 22nd, 2016 10:24 AM

I am having NO LUCK with Zubats this week. After having evolved to a Golbat last week, I was pretty satisfied and haven't been after them too hard. Have even passed them up sometimes cause they're just so dang hard to catch. But now when I want to, I can't find any. =P

Lycanthropy July 22nd, 2016 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel (Post 9334420)
I've seen theories in both directions but no one seems to know for sure. I've seen a lot of people say that it conclusively doesn't effect it, but then a lot of people claim to have evidence of the contrary and personally I see tons of Zubat at night but barely ever during the day so... hard to say for sure but the official answer people are giving for now is no!

Eh, whatever. I might try it out anyway just to see which side is right.

VisualJae July 22nd, 2016 10:49 AM

Wow... maybe I should have participated. I've caught 20 since my screenshot on the first page...

Mister Coffee July 22nd, 2016 11:00 AM

@Sirindu
About posting screen shots, this might be easier for you then using another website that you are not signed up for; I use this very website to post all of my screenshots. Just go to your profile page, go to your photo albums and click to it's page, then upload your screenshots into a folder and then you can just post image links using the url's for the image from this site.
That's how I do it and it only requires me to use one website, (the best one of course) this one!

As for searching for finding Zubats in general. I find them at all times of the day. The only reason why I find them more often at night is because I play mostly at night. Zubat are a common pokemon in my area but I would say they are lower on the list as a common pokemon.
Despite that it seems Zubat don't care about what hour of the day they are out and about in my area... I have noticed that other pokemon do care... For example, there is an Onix who spawns around my apartment but only in the super early hours of the morning (2am-4am) and there is a Lapras spawn point in the middle of town but I've only seen it spawn twice and it has always been at around midnight and 1am.
So although I feel like Zubat do whatever they want at any time, I really think there is some merit about time affecting other spawn rates.

Squirrel July 22nd, 2016 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisualJae (Post 9334569)
Wow... maybe I should have participated. I've caught 20 since my screenshot on the first page...

You're very welcome to join now, it's not too late - all you need is the screenshot proof which you've done already haha.

FireSnow July 22nd, 2016 11:10 AM

Update #2 is on my first post, now at 23 caught!

I also would say I see no evidence with the Day/night Zubat stuff. I've probably caught half during the day and half at night. If there is a difference, I would say its fairly small

Squirrel July 22nd, 2016 11:16 AM

Update: 20 Zubat caught so far here!


Also remember guys you're all welcome to vote on which event you'd like for next week if you have a preference :)

FireSnow July 22nd, 2016 12:10 PM

I'd say I'm partial to either Field Diary Drama or Pokemon Maths. Sounds most interesting and doable to me.

Sirindu July 22nd, 2016 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister Coffee (Post 9334591)
@Sirindu
About posting screen shots, this might be easier for you then using another website that you are not signed up for; I use this very website to post all of my screenshots. Just go to your profile page, go to your photo albums and click to it's page, then upload your screenshots into a folder and then you can just post image links using the url's for the image from this site.
That's how I do it and it only requires me to use one website, (the best one of course) this one!

Oh, wow, I had no idea that feature existed on here. Thanks for letting me know!

Poké Bean July 22nd, 2016 3:37 PM

Awesome idea, Squirrel! ^^

I've only got a couple so far but who knows what the weekend might bring!

(Photos)

Squirrel July 22nd, 2016 6:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Battle Girl Spoony (Post 9334897)
Awesome idea, Squirrel! ^^

I've only got a couple so far but who knows what the weekend might bring!

(Photos)

Hopefully your area starts attracting some Zubat or I can see you struggling here eek! Good luck haha. And I love the Shuffle pics just saying. :D

VisualJae July 22nd, 2016 7:32 PM

Oh, wynaut, I'll play.

Before:
Quote:

Originally Posted by VisualJae (Post 9330691)

After:
http://i.imgur.com/7cTFDVY.jpg

That's 30! No more skipping Zubats for me. GL ladies and gents.

Squirrel July 22nd, 2016 7:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisualJae (Post 9335158)
Oh, wynaut, I'll play.

Before:


After:


That's 30! No more skipping Zubats for me. GL ladies and gents.

I think we have our winner... ;p My only goal is to beat you now jsyk.

VisualJae July 22nd, 2016 7:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel (Post 9335161)
I think we have our winner... ;p My only goal is to beat you now jsyk.

Go for it. I don't want to be known as the guy who hoards Zubats {XD}

I tend to catch Zubats because I want to remove them from my field of vision. Clogging up valuable screen space.

Mister Coffee July 23rd, 2016 2:28 AM

Since I have started this contest I have seen three Zubats... and... all of them have run away. :/

FireSnow July 23rd, 2016 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisualJae (Post 9335170)
Go for it. I don't want to be known as the guy who hoards Zubats {XD}

I tend to catch Zubats because I want to remove them from my field of vision. Clogging up valuable screen space.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel (Post 9335161)
I think we have our winner... ;p My only goal is to beat you now jsyk.

My goal is just to get top 3 now xD

Squirrel July 23rd, 2016 12:25 PM

Started at 55, now on 90 after today's exploration so up to 35... Bring it on Jae ;)

Sirindu July 23rd, 2016 7:29 PM

lol you guys are in a battle in which I cannot compete. I finally saw more zubats today but was like, "eh, there's no point..." xD

Squirrel July 23rd, 2016 7:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirindu (Post 9336287)
lol you guys are in a battle in which I cannot compete. I finally saw more zubats today but was like, "eh, there's no point..." xD

Hehe sorry, maybe I'm getting a little too competitive ;) Future competitions may be more fortunate for you! Speaking of which, anyone can vote on next week's competition if they want a particular contest; just remember to tell me what you guys want from the first post (or your own ideas!) by the end of the contest :)

FireSnow July 23rd, 2016 9:27 PM

I would also say we should do contest similar to this one just with different Pokemon, maybe even make it ones that are a bit more rare, so you have to put in a bit more effort. I think that'd be interesting. Of course it could also be a completely bad idea but I thought I should at least throw it out there XD

Also, I Update #3 is up, I'm now at 29

Regeneration July 23rd, 2016 10:48 PM

Whaaat? Did you guys forget about me and my Zubats? :'(

Hiidoran July 23rd, 2016 11:03 PM

Okay, certainly not doing the best here, but I've got a few to update y'all on:


By my count that would be 17.

VisualJae July 24th, 2016 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel (Post 9335903)
Started at 55, now on 90 after today's exploration so up to 35... Bring it on Jae ;)

Okay!

Yesterday I was at 98 lifetime (30 since the start of the event).

http://i.imgur.com/Y71KlJG.jpg
Today I'm at 117, so that means +19 today for a grand total of 49 so far.

Squirrel July 24th, 2016 5:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisualJae (Post 9336478)
Okay!

Yesterday I was at 98 lifetime (30 since the start of the event).


Today I'm at 117, so that means +19 today for a grand total of 49 so far.

I started at 55 and here's where I am:


There's currently only one Zubat in it. This is honestly getting kind of tense!

How's everyone else doing so far?

Sirindu July 24th, 2016 7:49 AM

Can't remember if I voted or not, but my vote for the next competition is for the One A Day!

rachelann8586 July 24th, 2016 8:59 AM

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I'm up to 9 Zubat!
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Squirrel July 24th, 2016 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rachelann8586 (Post 9336796)

That poor cat, who ended up winning the fight!?

Poké Bean July 25th, 2016 4:11 PM

^ isn't it a dog? {XD}

Well I'm not going to be challenging for the lead but I has 6 Zubats now!
(http://www.pokecommunity.com/album.php?albumid=9822&pictureid=82588)

Squirrel July 25th, 2016 5:25 PM

Today is the last day for catching Zubat guys, make sure you snag a whole bunch!

VisualJae July 25th, 2016 5:55 PM

http://i.imgur.com/zdz86Rh.jpg
+16 more Zubat since last time, so my tally goes up to 65 hoarded so far.

Squirrel July 26th, 2016 11:18 AM


69 here, you have some catching up to do Jae!

The contest will end in 24 hours (8 PM GMT); make sure to catch your final Zubat and submit your score!

FireSnow July 26th, 2016 7:59 PM

Well I did the best I could but I could only muster up 40 Zubat total. Not bad but nowhere near ya'lls totals.

It was a lot of fun though, and I now have over 200 Zubat candies easily so once that Crobat is released, I'll be one of the first to get it :D

VisualJae July 27th, 2016 6:01 AM

All right, I don't want to be bothered with any more Zubats. No more. Please.

http://i.imgur.com/yz43QjS.jpg

I could've gotten more yesterday after seeing a mini-swarm on my map. But then I literally turned the other direction because I got sick of looking at them.

+21 from yesterday. Total stands at 86 Zubat.

I'm done. No more. Ugh.

Squirrel July 27th, 2016 10:42 AM

Hi all, this week's contest is now finally FINISHED! Please submit your final totals within 24 hours in order to be counted; I'll send out messages in case people forgot :)

As for my total;

I ended up with a grand total of 71 Zubat caught - looks like Jae beat me this time!

And as always, remember you can still vote towards which contest you'd like to see for next week's edition :)

Mister Coffee July 27th, 2016 10:46 AM


Caught a total of 20 Zubats since I started this contest.

Hiidoran July 27th, 2016 11:14 AM

Final count:


Brings my total count to... 18. :B Not a whole bunch of Zubat around me, to be honest.

Certainly didn't win, but hey, it was still fun!

Lycanthropy July 28th, 2016 9:37 AM



Meaning that I caught a whopping number of 2 Zubat. Two more ran away, and one I found while out somewhere in the middle of nowhere without any Poké Balls.

...okay, you can stop laughing now.

Squirrel July 28th, 2016 11:33 AM

This week's contest is now finished!

It was a long week of wasting Pokéballs and having our necks bitten but we all came out alive and with a heck of a lot more Zubat candy to show for it. Hundreds of Zubat were hoarded up throughout this week's contest, so let's see who our winners are for this week...


Notable runner-ups included FireSnow with 40 Zubat, and François with 44 Zubat and Lycanthropy with 2 Zubat!

Congratulations to all of our winners and a special mention to VisualJae for his absurdly large collection of these winged rodents. You should receive your coveted emblems shortly - make sure you give those Zubat a good home! Stay tuned for next week's contest which will be posted later tonight :)

VisualJae July 28th, 2016 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel (Post 9341914)
make sure you give those Zubat a good home!

Too late. They all went into the candy blender.


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