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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:10 PM).
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Hi!
I missed a Shiny Skorpiun.
Here is the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvnvVdkQxqY
Which way is better to meet the next shiny faster?
1) Saving the game
2) Turn the DS off
I need really your help!
PS : I'm very angry right now!
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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:17 PM).
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Neither one will let you meet a shiny any faster. Your chain's been broken, so you're gonna have to start all over. Sorry, bud.
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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:19 PM).
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LMAO! I love the swearing in the background.

But yeah, if you were chaining you're gonna have to restart your chain all over, and if you weren't then there's a 1 in 8192 chance you'll see another shiny. Sorry... :\
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I didn't made Shiny Chaining.
It was random and luck.
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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:22 PM).
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I didn't made Shiny Chaining.
It was random and luck.
Then, you're gonna have to wait for another random shiny, there's no way of making the chances higher unless you are chaining.
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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:24 PM).
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I just watched that video. It was hilarious.

Faved. :D
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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:25 PM).
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Damn it!
I'l never gonna enter that ****in Great Marsh.
PS : Last year I missed a Shiny Natu in the Safari-Zone (Pokemon Sapphire) too!
The only shiny which I catched was a Wurmple (Pokemon Sapphire).
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Honestly, I hate the Great Marsh, too. I tried a million times to catch an Azurill there, and I just ended up breeding two Marrills. Once you catch the Pokes you need, never bother with it again.
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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:29 PM).
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Aha, the classic 'Shiny Pokémon fled' message.

My mate had it happen to him on FireRed, a shiny Tauros in the Safari Zone!!!

Only seen two shinies myself, shiny Weedle on Silver, and dunno why but didnt catch it, was a female, i know its RARE, but i already had a male Weedle, and probably wouldnt have trained it. Stupid, but my Silver game wiped anyway. No matter.

And the second was on LeafGreen, a shiny Zapdos. I wanted to catch the Zapdos with one Ultra Ball, so kept restartin when it failed, and then a shiny Zapdos!!!!! I thought, screw it, weakened it and threw Ultra Balls till i had no more, then Great Balls, and everything else i had. But i ran out, so i couldnt catch it. Damn!
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I turned the DS off, because I think, it's faster to meet a shiny, if you turn the DS off and try it again (I know that I'm very stupid to believe such a ****).
Last year I did the same. One month later a shiny Wurmple appeared.
The very strange thing is that most of the shinies that i meet (Wurmple, Skorpiun) appear in the night.
The Shiny Natu appeared at about 10-11:30 PM.

I was very lucky in Pokemon Gold.
I catched Shiny Natu and Shiny Onix --> cloned them and trained the clone.
And so I got Xatu and Stellix too (That means 4 shinies).
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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:38 PM).
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I'm just wondering why you just happened to have your Camera on when you ran into a Shiny. This just seems like bad trolling to me... (And Hacking)

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Old February 11th, 2008 (4:42 PM).
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I'm just wondering why you just happened to have your Camera on when you ran into a Shiny. This just seems like bad trolling to me... (And Hacking)

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Not exactly. Here's the scenario:

1: See a Shiny. NKLgrnjklasdghkfGRSEIOWAEIJROUIGW!!!!!!11!!!!?11

2: Scramble for a camera

3: Start recording and posting your epic capture on Youtube.

4: Continue battle. Fail capture.

5: ****!
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It wasn't hacked!
If I would hack a shiny, then I would record before, how I'm walking in the grass!!!

That was it, but after the failure I putted the video in Youtube.

DUDE! I WAS SEARCHING FOR A SKORPIUN! I WOULD CAPTURE IT AND LET HIM EVOLUE TO DRAPION!
I COULD NOW HAVE A SHINY DORAPION IN MY PERFECT POKEMON-TEAM!

Why I was so stupid and didn't wait 3-4 seconds longer.
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2008 : Trading - mostly to complePokemon keDex in Pokemon Diamond until 2009
2009 : Battling - battles without ev'd Pokemon until 2009, competitive battles until 2010
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I turned the DS off, because I think, it's faster to meet a shiny, if you turn the DS off and try it again (I know that I'm very stupid to believe such a ****).
Last year I did the same. One month later a shiny Wurmple appeared.
The very strange thing is that most of the shinies that i meet (Wurmple, Skorpiun) appear in the night.
The Shiny Natu appeared at about 10-11:30 PM.
Does the time have any bearing on whether you get a shiny or not?
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can somebody explain chaining to me please?
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Does the time have any bearing on whether you get a shiny or not?
I don't know...
Maybe it was planned by the doom.

Why I'm getting evertime nervous if I see a shiny?
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2009 : Battling - battles without ev'd Pokemon until 2009, competitive battles until 2010
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can somebody explain chaining to me please?
No. There are a thousand FAQs for chaining, and I'm pretty sure one of them is a sticky in this section. Do some research.
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I'm just wondering why you just happened to have your Camera on when you ran into a Shiny. This just seems like bad trolling to me... (And Hacking)

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If it was hacked he could have thousands of other oppurtunities to get a shiny Skorupi. Do you really think, that if he was hacking, he'd yell "@#$%!!!" at the end?
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Kouyuu is right.
By the way : I try to pass Diamond in a legal way (that means : no cheating, no hacking).

Thank you guys.
Now I'm not so angry.
I go now to bed --> it's 02:15 AM (UTC +1)
Tommorow the world may look better.
Good night.
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Wow.. That sucks. I would have been mad, too!
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can someone plz explain or link me to an explanation of this "chaining" and does it help you get shinies?

and the only shinies i ever caught were a caterpie and onyx way back on gold version lol
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Neither one will let you meet a shiny any faster. Your chain's been broken, so you're gonna have to start all over. Sorry, bud.


he didnt chain it, he met it at the great marsh safari zone


back on topic, i know how you feel, i once found a shiny psyduck in the great marsh and it ran away, the only shiny i have found in any pokemon game
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can someone plz explain or link me to an explanation of this "chaining" and does it help you get shinies?

and the only shinies i ever caught were a caterpie and onyx way back on gold version lol
Chaining is explained here.
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cool thanks

sorry to de-rail ur thread man :)

it sucks u missed ur shiny.. i've had worse happen in the game (batteries dying FTL!!)
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