Pokémon ~>{*Shiny Hunters Club}<~ Page 891

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magolor

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now and then
Seen August 14th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2016
75 posts
9.6 Years
Congrats on the Magmar and the Larvesta, Enderjay! Hope you can reclaim that Fletchinder soon!
Thanks! I hope Fletchinder shows up soon too.
I was going for it again today- had my 3DS to the side while watching Game Grumps, and another shiny Magmar popped up.
Different gender this time, so I'll end up keeping it. Named him Bourbon- he's Naughty with Flame Body.
I probably won't end up evolving him, since I already have a shiny Magmortar.


Together at last!

As far as other news, I'll definitely be doing the LAA challenge this month- hopefully Fletchinder will be my Flying type!

Good luck getting that Tyrunt, DDDchu!
And congrats on that Chimchar, G-Money!


Happy hunting! :15:


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Seen January 2nd, 2020
Posted January 1st, 2020
120 posts
9.2 Years
Hello all. Finally found the last shiny hoppip last night while watching tv. I couldn't help but celebrate and everyone was looking at me wierd. Explaining my excitement didn't make it less wierd. Im so jealous of those shiny starters. I only have shiny Charmeleon and I haven't found any more in the safaris. Im definitely doing the ponyta hunt because I always wanted it, Rapidash as well. I wont freak out like that one kid online did. I might try to use the repel trick. Good Luck everyone!
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Somewhere
Seen July 24th, 2022
Posted August 27th, 2019
112 posts
11.9 Years
Hello all. Finally found the last shiny hoppip last night while watching tv. I couldn't help but celebrate and everyone was looking at me wierd. Explaining my excitement didn't make it less wierd. Im so jealous of those shiny starters. I only have shiny Charmeleon and I haven't found any more in the safaris. Im definitely doing the ponyta hunt because I always wanted it, Rapidash as well. I wont freak out like that one kid online did. I might try to use the repel trick. Good Luck everyone!

Is this the guy your talking about? The one who freaked out over the shiny Ponyta?
If so he's the guy who inspired me to hunt XD That was an older video and his live reactions now are less energetic. Still energetic but not so much as in the Ponyta vid. But you gotta admit it was a pretty awesome reaction (unless you were wearing loud headphones).

Sent from my phone so please excuse any grammar or spelling errors that were most likely caused by predictive text -_-
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Yeah, that's him. That's when I found out what extremes people went to get shines. Classic reaction. Can't think about Ponyta/ Rapidash and shiny hunting without thinking about this guy. I showed my sister and shes like " your not going to go that extreme and crazy, are you? Having all those systems to look for one shiny?" I try to keep my excitement to a minimum or I'll freak the whole neighborhood. I am thinking about it but its easier now in X and Y to find them, so ill stick to two, for now

Edit:
While looking for Shiny ponyta in the friend safari I found a shiny Charmeleon! I'm going to evolve it into a Charizard since I have Charmeleon. Now I need shiny Charmander. Still looking for Shiny ponyta. Its my first friend safari shiny and I had just turn on the 3ds and saw 4 pokemon when he popped up.


Edit:
Got shiny Ponyta! Was watching tv and when I looked down there it was! Maybe I can find another.



Edit:
I can't believe my good luck! Just got another Shiny Ponyta! Definitely evolving it into Rapidash! Maybe I'll get shiny Braxen. I tried safari hunting before, but never with this much luck.
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magolor

hsssah!

Female
now and then
Seen August 14th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2016
75 posts
9.6 Years
I can't believe my good luck! Just got another Shiny Ponyta! Definitely evolving it into Rapidash! Maybe I'll get shiny Braxen. I tried safari hunting before, but never with this much luck.
Congratulations on that crazy luck of yours! I should go for Ponyta eventually- it's one worth hunting for.

Already got half of the monthly quest out of the way, since I've just found myself a Gentle/Flame Body Fletchinder.

After two shiny Magmar and two shiny Larvesta, he finally decided to show up! Named him Cognac, he'll be my new egg hatching lead and Fly HM.
And now that Fletchinder and Larvesta are back where they belong, that brings all of my reclaim quests to an end! I'm glad I don't have to worry about that anymore.

Attempting to chain-fish the second installment to the challenge- I've never had any luck with it before, so we'll see how things turn out.

Happy hunting! :15:


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G-Money

Polychromatic Iridescence

Age 30
Male
Looking for shiny Ghosts!
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted April 4th, 2023
399 posts
12.3 Years
12500 Mt. Pyre encounters
1602 Froakie

That shiny Duskull will be mine!!! I've been hunting like mad all week, haha.

Spoiler:
And congrats on that Chimchar, G-Money!
Thanks!

shiny hoppip
Congrats!

If so he's the guy who inspired me to hunt XD That was an older video and his live reactions now are less energetic. Still energetic but not so much as in the Ponyta vid. But you gotta admit it was a pretty awesome reaction (unless you were wearing loud headphones).
"lol" that totally reminds me of when I found my shiny Shuppet. I ran around screaming in joy, haha! It was my first hunted shiny, and I had been searching for over a year and two months and it felt like forever. Atop this very Mt. Pyre, where that shiny Duskull now eludes me...

*continues looking for shinies on Mt. Pyre*
*sees no shinies, so climbs to the top and starts speaking, at nobody in particular*

I think Abenzio's reaction embodies that which we all seek. His unbridled euphoria expresses the very essence of why we hunt - nay, of why we live. *philosophizes for hours and puts SHC to sleep* :laugh:

Yeah, thats him. Thats when I found out what extreames people went to get shinies. Classic reaction. Can't think about Ponyta/ Rapidash and shiny hunting without thinking about this guy. I showed my sister and shes like " your not going to go that extreme and crazy, are you? Having all those systems to look for one shiny?" I try to keep my excitement to a minimum or I'll freek the whole neighborhood. I am thinking about it but its easier now in X and Y to find them, so ill stick to two, for now
While looking for Shiny ponyta in the friend safari I found a shiny Charmeleon! Im going to evolve it into a Charizard since I have Charmeleon. Now I need shiny Charmander. Still looking for Shiny ponyta. Its my first friend safari shiny and I had just turn on the 3ds and saw 4 pokemon when he popped up. :)
Got shiny Ponyta! Was watching tv and when I looked down there it was! Maybe I can find another.
I can't believe my good luck! Just got another Shiny Ponyta! Definitely evolving it into Rapidash! Maybe I'll get shiny Braxen. I tried safari hunting before, but never with this much luck.
Congrats on the Charmeleon and the two Ponyta! (I was going to say "and the Ponyta," but the plural of Ponyta is Ponyta, "lol." Hooray for ambiguous pluralizations!)

I don't think the mods like it when you post back-to-back, though. In the future, could you please edit your post instead of making new ones if no one else has posted since your last one?
Spoiler:
(That wouldn't have happened if there was more activity! I remember back when I'd check the thread and I'd wonder how many pages there'd be to read that day. Now it's a matter of how many different weeks we can fit on a page, haha! Hopefully we'll get a lot more posts [and shinies!] when OR/AS are released!)

*is super excited about OR/AS*


EDIT: Awesome, see that you fixed that. Thanks! :)

Congratulations on that crazy luck of yours! I should go for Ponyta eventually- it's one worth hunting for.

Already got half of the monthly quest out of the way, since I've just found myself a Gentle/Flame Body Fletchinder.

After two shiny Magmar and two shiny Larvesta, he finally decided to show up! Named him Cognac, he'll be my new egg hatching lead and Fly HM.
And now that Fletchinder and Larvesta are back where they belong, that brings all of my reclaim quests to an end! I'm glad I don't have to worry about that anymore.

Attempting to chain-fish the second installment to the challenge- I've never had any luck with it before, so we'll see how things turn out.

Happy hunting! :15:
Congrats on reclaiming all of your shinies, Enderjay! But I'm afraid Friend Safari and chain-fished shinies aren't counted for the Quests - they still count for the club, though! Sorry if I didn't make that clearer in my post.


*returns to biking all day everyday on Mt. Pyre*
Path of the Ghost: 15/18
Path of the Starter: 15/18


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Posted January 1st, 2020
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9.2 Years
"But I'm afraid Friend Safari and chain-fished shinies aren't counted for the Quests - they still count for the club, though!"

Does that mean the Ponyta I caught do not count for the random encounter? I can still catch another one in my other games if that is the case.

Shiny Talonflame is awsome! Need to get one. Congrats!
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magolor

hsssah!

Female
now and then
Seen August 14th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2016
75 posts
9.6 Years
Congrats on reclaiming all of your shinies, Enderjay! But I'm afraid Friend Safari and chain-fished shinies aren't counted for the Quests - they still count for the club, though! Sorry if I didn't make that clearer in my post.
Aw, seriously? I've completed quests before, using the Friend Safari (a few months ago, I caught a Hoppip, Pikachu, and Dedenne for the Yellow challenge).
I was never called out for it until now. I guess that means that effort never really counted as a quest, huh?

That kinda stinks. Although, it does spice things up a bit- things'll get a lot more challenging.
So to make it totally clear, the only options I have are MM and RE/SR?


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G-Money

Polychromatic Iridescence

Age 30
Male
Looking for shiny Ghosts!
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted April 4th, 2023
399 posts
12.3 Years
13331 Mt. Pyre REs

"But I'm afraid Friend Safari and chain-fished shinies aren't counted for the Quests - they still count for the club, though!"

Does that mean the Ponyta I caught do not count for the random encounter? I can still catch another one in my other games if that is the case.
Aw, seriously? I've completed quests before, using the Friend Safari (a few months ago, I caught a Hoppip, Pikachu, and Dedenne for the Yellow challenge).
I was never called out for it until now. I guess that means that effort never really counted as a quest, huh?

That kinda stinks. Although, it does spice things up a bit- things'll get a lot more challenging.
So to make it totally clear, the only options I have are MM and RE/SR?
Yeah, sorry for the confusion. But we made rules for the Quests at the beginning of the year, and it would be unfair to change them now when people have already been hunting for eight months under a certain set of rules.

Basically, the "standard weighting" is scaled to hunting in Gens 3-4-5, so for hunting in X/Y, one would have to, for example, find two blue shinies and two shinies with 110+ base speed in order to complete the LAD Quest.* Since Friend Safaris and chain-fishing have better shiny rates, they were weighted to keep the quests more challenging; they're technically allowed, but you need to get proportionally more shinies in order for them to qualify. Since Gen 3-4-5 shinies occur at one-eighth the frequency of a Friend Safari shiny, you would need 8 shiny Ponyta from a Friend Safari in order to complete the Weekly Quest. Of course, you can follow the Quest ideas to make your own personal challenges/goals and hunt in the Friend Safaris as a personal hunt, but it just wouldn't be credited as official completion of the club one.

I hope that clears things up. I should probably start posting weighting explanations with each month's post.


*I'd actually like to change this and start scaling it to GenVI, for several reasons:
  • A lot of hunters will be playing OR/AS when it comes out, and it only seems fair to include any shinies found playing through;
  • We don't want to disincentivize playing the new games;
  • X/Y have been out for almost a year now, and eventually there's going to be a new generation of hunters who only have games with 1/4096 odds;
  • It's not really fair to say that people need to catch twice as many shinies when they're from full odds on a main game and from a method such as REs/SRs/MMing.

We can't change the rules in the middle of a Quest, as it would be unfair to everyone who searched for 1/8192 shinies at the beginning of the year. However, I'd be up for making the October, November, and December Monthly Quests weigh 1/4096 shinies as equal to 1/8192 ones, and apply this to Weekly Quests starting in October and the Yearly Quests starting in 2015. Under this system, one would need 4 Friend Safari shinies to complete one portion of a given Quest rather than 8, since everything would be scaled to GenVI odds. Let me know what you guys think and if there's a lot of disagreement/different ideas, we could make a poll or something.
Path of the Ghost: 15/18
Path of the Starter: 15/18


magolor

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now and then
Seen August 14th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2016
75 posts
9.6 Years
Yeah, sorry for the confusion. But we made rules for the Quests at the beginning of the year, and it would be unfair to change them now when people have already been hunting for eight months under a certain set of rules.
No no no, it's totally fine! No need to be sorry- I should have caught that.
To be honest- shiny hunting has kind of lost its... shine (no pun intended) when the Pokemon sparkle so easily through the safari, so I'm thrilled to try something a little more challenging. However... this may seem little silly- I've never actually caught a shiny that wasn't either chained or found in the safari.

XY was the first game I purposefully shiny hunted in, so I don't have that much experience with other methods.

Do you have any tips or tricks for someone trying to RE or MM a shiny for the first time?
(And as a final point, are horde Pokemon still allowed? )


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Posted April 26th, 2015
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19.7 Years
Congrats on all the new shinies!

This week's random hunt is... Druddigon!

If anyone's wondering why my posts have been so short lately, it's because I stopped playing Pokémon again. I just don't have the interest I once had. I don't plan on buying any more games, but I will play my old games once in awhile, and I will continue to post the weekly hunt. A big reason is mega evolution. I find it to be a big turnoff.
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Posted January 1st, 2020
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9.2 Years
Oh, ok. I am still happy with the shinys. So If they weren't in the friend safari or chained fish, do I need one if I dont have an increased chance of shinys or shiny charm or do I need 2? Just trying to make sure I understand the weighing for the next time. On a side note I caught a Braxein! Trying to catch another one then go back to hord encountering Zubat.
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Age 28
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Toronto, ON
Seen September 8th, 2022
Posted November 3rd, 2019
631 posts
11.9 Years
Hey guys! Just letting you know I haven't given up yet on my MM shiny Mareep. I'm 30 boxes, 900 eggs, in and still nothing. I guess I could have bred a lot more since my last post, I got bored for a while and took a break but I'm back in it now! Hopefully I get it soon, I LOVE SHINY MAREEP!! :D

G-Money

Polychromatic Iridescence

Age 30
Male
Looking for shiny Ghosts!
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted April 4th, 2023
399 posts
12.3 Years
17171 Mt. Pyre REs
1761 Froakie
1671 REs outside Victory Road

Shiny Heatmor looks cool, so I've started encountering outside Victory Road in Black.

No no no, it's totally fine! No need to be sorry- I should have caught that.
To be honest- shiny hunting has kind of lost its... shine (no pun intended) when the Pokemon sparkle so easily through the safari, so I'm thrilled to try something a little more challenging. However... this may seem little silly- I've never actually caught a shiny that wasn't either chained or found in the safari.

XY was the first game I purposefully shiny hunted in, so I don't have that much experience with other methods.

Do you have any tips or tricks for someone trying to RE or MM a shiny for the first time?
(And as a final point, are horde Pokemon still allowed? )
The Abenzio video posted by Spritingyoshi22 on the previous page is probably the best possible example you could have of why you should hunt, haha. (Seriously, 25,000+ encounters over 8 months? Talk about rewarding after a long hunt!) The harder the challenge is, the more rewarding it'll be when you finally complete it! Just imagine that that's how you'll be when you finally get that awesome shiny, and never give up!

*continues searching in Mt. Pyre while posting*

Also, you might want to start out by picking your favorite Pokemon/coolest looking shiny! What are you thinking of going for?

And yes, horde Pokemon are allowed! They come at the regular 1/4096 chance, so they're pretty much the same as REing, just with more at a time!

Good luck on your first hunt and I'm sure you'll become a great shiny hunter!! :pink_nod:

Congrats on all the new shinies!

This week's random hunt is... Druddigon!

If anyone's wondering why my posts have been so short lately, it's because I stopped playing Pokémon again. I just don't have the interest I once had. I don't plan on buying any more games, but I will play my old games once in awhile, and I will continue to post the weekly hunt. A big reason is mega evolution. I find it to be a big turnoff.
It happens to the best of us, Latios Master. Every once in a while shiny hunting starts to feel less fun, and (for me at least), sometimes it's best to take a break for a while. Whenever I do, hunting's always a lot more fun when I come back, and the luck is usually much better, too! Hope you can have a lot of fun again when you get back to playing in the future!

Oh, ok. I am still happy with the shinys. So If they weren't in the friend safari or chained fish, do I need one if I dont have an increased chance of shinys or shiny charm or do I need 2? Just trying to make sure I understand the weighing for the next time. On a side note I caught a Braxein! Trying to catch another one then go back to hord encountering Zubat.
You would need 2 non-Safari and non-fished shinies if hunting on X or Y without the Shiny Charm, or 6 if you had the Charm. We'll change this next month if everyone is okay with that.

Hey guys! Just letting you know I haven't given up yet on my MM shiny Mareep. I'm 30 boxes, 900 eggs, in and still nothing. I guess I could have bred a lot more since my last post, I got bored for a while and took a break but I'm back in it now! Hopefully I get it soon, I LOVE SHINY MAREEP!! :D
Good luck on that Mareep hunt, James901! Keep at it and I'm sure you'll find it soon! :)
Path of the Ghost: 15/18
Path of the Starter: 15/18


magolor

hsssah!

Female
now and then
Seen August 14th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2016
75 posts
9.6 Years
Good luck on your first hunt and I'm sure you'll become a great shiny hunter!! :pink_nod:
Thanks! I'm nearing 1000 REs on my hunt for either shiny Wingull or shiny Taillow on Route 8.
Even though this is a lot more challenging, the effort put into it really is a lot more fun!


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Posted October 23rd, 2022
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14.5 Years
hi everyone, thanks for the congrats.
congrats on all new catches and welcome to all new members.


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SHINY CHIMCHAR!!!!

This is getting absolutely insane. I restarted Platinum after trading my Piplup to SS (yay for walking with shinies!), and Chimchar #396 is shiny!!! It appears as if my luck is regressing to a mean of a shiny per Pokemon, haha. I was expecting my hunts to start taking longer, but they're actually getting in shinies in the 3 digits now. "lol"

I also noticed a few things when hunting in X/Y:

1) You no longer need to hit Select when SRing!!! Start, L, and R will do it now. It only took me 210 Froakie SRs to realize this, haha. It makes SRing a bit easier.

2) You can change the language when going for shiny starters!! Not only does this make the opening conversation bearable, but it actually makes SRing somewhat enjoyable when you can learn some words in other languages, haha. :pink_laugh:

3) The Pumpkaboo size differences are really noticeable!! I didn't even know there where differences when I first played through, but when REing, you can really tell when you're being attacked by giant Pumpkaboo, "lol."

I hope I didn't use up all of my luck before my upcoming Ruby Ghost Quest, haha. I only get one shot at that, or I'll have to wait another week before REing there again!

*realizes he's permanently forfeited all rights ever to complain about shinies...ever*

Thanks! Congrats on completing the Monthly Quest, Chr. Draco! Those are two awesome shinies right there.

How's the SRing on Black 2? I'll probably go for the Unova starters eventually, and I'm glad to see someone get one of them by SRing. I definitely prefer SRing to breeding, so you've just given me hope that the long conversations at the beginning of 5th gen games are doable!

congrats on your catches G and sorry for the delay, been busy lately. Thanks. 1)its good you can no longer need to press select and start at the same time in the 3 ds and that may be because those buttons were located together at the right side in ds and pressing both at the same time was like pressing only one button back then. 2)never tried that, can you still change the language after starting the game? 3)I always tought it was the zoom when you encounter a pokemon and didn't pay attention to that, I will look more closely next time I battle pumpkaboos.


the sr in black2/White2 takes like 1:30 to 2 minutes aproximately, not much compared to xy intro or when hunting for shiny roamers that can take around 5 minutes per sr (maybe more depending on the roamers mood).


Congrats on all the new shinies!

This week's random hunt is... Druddigon!

If anyone's wondering why my posts have been so short lately, it's because I stopped playing Pokémon again. I just don't have the interest I once had. I don't plan on buying any more games, but I will play my old games once in awhile, and I will continue to post the weekly hunt. A big reason is mega evolution. I find it to be a big turnoff.

Sorry to hear that. Hope your shiny inspiration comes back soon. everyone needs a break from time to time. It's good to have you here and thank you for all the weekly hunts.


Speaking of ORAS, I expect legendaries to be able to be caught shiny. hope they allows us to hunt them.


Cya later everyone and happy hunting.
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G-Money

Polychromatic Iridescence

Age 30
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Looking for shiny Ghosts!
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Posted April 4th, 2023
399 posts
12.3 Years
Spoiler:
December 28th, 2013:

G-Money continues his quest to find every shiny Ghost by climbing Mt. Pyre in search of the mythical shiny Duskull. 628 Pokemon seen, no shiny.

August 27th, 2014:

Ghosts of Hoenn Hunt: Part II is initiated with the activation of Ruby. It charges silently for six and a half days.

September 2nd, 2014:

The hunt begins! G-Money discovers the whereabouts of 2222 Pokemon on the mountain's dangerous edge, but none are what he seeks. Given the ones found in 2013, this raises the total to 2850 seen - no shiny.

September 3rd, 2014:

2400 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 5250

September 4th, 2014:

2400 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 7650

September 5th, 2014:

2400 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 10050

September 6th, 2014:

2100 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 12150

September 7th, 2014:

2400 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 14550

September 8th, 2014:

2300 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 16850

September 9th, 2014:

2100 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 18950

September 10th, 2014:

2200 Pokemon seen, no shiny.
Total: 21150

September 11th, 2014:

The hunt continued, as did the calendar. G-Money continued hunting. And hunting. After about another thousand, the sound of the DS was activated in anticipation of that long-sought *shiny sound*. Yet the shinies would not come.

Easily his longest hunt yet, G-Money knew that something was amiss. He had planned on posting progress at the SHC upon encountering 22282 Pokemon so that the number of his post would match the number of encounters, but alas, this would not come to pass.

For a mysterious presence beckoned him higher up the moutain - after 22263 encounters, he ascended into the foggy mist, dismounted his bike, and stumbled around in continued search. Fiend #22264 arose: a red Vulpix, bringer of fire.

Begone, non-shining beast!

G-Money quickly fled from the red creature and attempted to resume his search. Yet he was again approached by a red Pokemon floating through the mist. This red was not the red of a Vulpix, however; it was translucent and flying, like that of a Ghost.

A Ghost!?

SHINY DUSKULL!!!!!!!

Yes, it had found me! On the fifteenth day, the fiery specter of the mist had at long last deemed me worthy, and it agreed to join my crew with help of 9 persuasive Premier Balls. :pink_boogie:



Spoiler:
4879 REs outside Victory Road
2190 Froakie

"lol" so yeah, all that hunting paid off! I had been planning to hunt all day for a week while running Ruby to avoid any potential RNG issues, but I wasn't expecting it to be my longest hunt, haha. In retrospect, I really shouldn't be surprised given my August! But it all worked out, and now I'm going to go back to Route 116 for a little bit to see I can nab that elusive shiny Nincada.

It's actually kind of good that it took so long for Duskull to show up, since now I can hunt again on Ruby between days 6.5 and 14 without having to worry about an RNG duplicate, since I didn't see any shinies until day 15! This gives me the ability to have another Hoenn hunt in the far future in addition to the Sableye/Nincada that I plan on going for in Emerald.

Shiny Duskull looks incredible. I had no idea how it looked when I was hunting it, so I was kind of surprised when I saw a darker floating thing flying across the screen. It really looks like a flame, haha, but I bet images can't do it justice. You really need to get one yourself to see how cool this thing is. *recommends shiny Duskull for everybody*

My Ruby is now at 867:24, "lol".

Thanks! I'm nearing 1000 REs on my hunt for either shiny Wingull or shiny Taillow on Route 8.
Even though this is a lot more challenging, the effort put into it really is a lot more fun!
Glad to hear it! Those two both look awesome - hope one of them shines for you soon!

congrats on your catches G and sorry for the delay, been busy lately. Thanks. 1)its good you can no longer need to press select and start at the same time in the 3 ds and that may be because those buttons were located together at the right side in ds and pressing both at the same time was like pressing only one button back then. 2)never tried that, can you still change the language after starting the game? 3)I always tought it was the zoom when you encounter a pokemon and didn't pay attention to that, I will look more closely next time I battle pumpkaboos.


the sr in black2/White2 takes like 1:30 to 2 minutes aproximately, not much compared to xy intro or when hunting for shiny roamers that can take around 5 minutes per sr (maybe more depending on the roamers mood).
Thanks!

I never thought about that with the DS button configuration changes, but yeah, that makes sense. SRing on a 3DS would be harder with the buttons separated by the new Home button.

You can't change the language after you start a game, but when you hard reset and erase all data, you have a chance to do so, which can make SRing for the starters more fun! (Although 2000 Froakie takes longer than like 20000 Duskull, "lol"!)

Awesome, thanks for the info on B2/W2 reset times! I think I'll get a White 2 in a couple of months to go for the starters.

EDIT: I just went to the Pokemon Center to check it out, and guess what? Turns out I contracted Pokerus, too! ^_^ "lol"
Path of the Ghost: 15/18
Path of the Starter: 15/18


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Breeder

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Seen April 9th, 2018
Posted March 16th, 2017
1,003 posts
10.4 Years
I'd like to join.

The current shinies I have are my shiny staraptor (was a staravia), shiny beldum, Shiny nidoran female, and shiny mankey. The last 3 I hatched recently. The staraptor was a wild encounter in my platinum version, but trained it up in Black 2.
Right now I'm looking for a shiny noibat and shiny charmander/charmeleon.
Proud owner of the Breeders club.
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I am a shiny hunter.
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magolor

hsssah!

Female
now and then
Seen August 14th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2016
75 posts
9.6 Years
Welcome to our club, Venitardus! Those are some really wonderful shinies- I'm looking forward to seeing more from you! May you find all the sparkles you seek!
Still no luck with Wingull or Taillow- I'm currently at 1520+ REs on Route 8. I guess the distraction of the new SSB 3Ds demo hasn't helped- I played it 'til my thumbs were sore! :pink_giggle:

Congrats on that shiny Duskull, G-Money! I'm sure it was worth the wait!

Happy hunting! :15:


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G-Money

Polychromatic Iridescence

Age 30
Male
Looking for shiny Ghosts!
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted April 4th, 2023
399 posts
12.3 Years
SHINY HEATMOR!!!!

I found it outside of Victory Road in Black, on encounter #7686. Between Heatmor and Duskull, I've been pretty lucky with getting the shiny I wanted, especially given all the other Pokemon possibly found there.

I've moved to Pinwheel Forest now in Black. Heatmor's my fifth shiny on the game in 29022 encounters, which isn't bad at all. *loves how B/W/B2/W2 count encounters for you*

I realize that my shiny luck has been ridiculous lately, and I'd sure be incredulous if I hadn't seen the shinies myself, haha. So I got around to taking pictures of my most recent ones, with the exception of Charmander and Chikorita, as I've started SRing for Rotom at night on Diamond. Squirtle, Piplup, and Mankey were moved to SS so I could restart Platinum and FR.

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I'd like to join.

The current shinies I have are my shiny staraptor (was a staravia), shiny beldum, Shiny nidoran female, and shiny mankey. The last 3 I hatched recently. The staraptor was a wild encounter in my platinum version, but trained it up in Black 2.
Right now I'm looking for a shiny noibat and shiny charmander/charmeleon.
Welcome to the SHC, Venitardus! Congrats on those shinies and good luck with Noibat and Charmander!

Congrats on that shiny Duskull, G-Money! I'm sure it was worth the wait!

Happy hunting! :15:
Thanks; it sure was! Way to go getting a SSB demo - I heard the game's going to be amazing!

By the way, what are the Pokemon listed in your signature?
Path of the Ghost: 15/18
Path of the Starter: 15/18


magolor

hsssah!

Female
now and then
Seen August 14th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2016
75 posts
9.6 Years
By the way, what are the Pokemon listed in your signature?
Congrats on that Heatmor!

Oh, those are just my current shinies, whether traded for, won, or caught myself. :2:

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Dedenne, Floatzel, Blastoise, Goodra, Ninetails, Pikachu, Sliggoo, Volcarona, Magmortar, Larvesta, Magmar, and Talonflame are all Safari-caught-
Ampharos and Jumpluff were caught in hordes, and Spritzee with Poke-Radar-
Arcanine, Latias, Giratina, Darkrai, and Dunsparce were from trades-
Gardevoir, and Klefki were won from Giveaways on IG and Tumblr-
Slowking, Seismitoad, and Hypno were gifts from friends-
And I won the mew in a drawing contest.


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G-Money

Polychromatic Iridescence

Age 30
Male
Looking for shiny Ghosts!
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted April 4th, 2023
399 posts
12.3 Years
"lol"

SHINY Sewaddle!!!!

Well, I wasn't expecting another one so soon! My Pinwheel Forest hunt ended up being quite short, with a Shiny Sewaddle on encounter #1542! I used Hypnosis to put it to sleep, and then got it on the first Luxury Ball with a Critical Capture! Pretty cool to get a shiny on a critical capture.

It has an Impish nature, and Heatmor has a Jolly one. I also got Heatmor in a Luxury Ball, although that one took five, haha.

I think my next Unova hunt might be for Stunfisk. There's another cool-looking shiny.

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With all of these shinies recently, I guess you could say...

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...I'm on a roll!



:laugh:


6772 Route 116 REs
2661 Froakie
651 Rotom

Congrats on that Heatmor!

Oh, those are just my current shinies, whether traded for, won, or caught myself. :2:

Spoiler:
Dedenne, Floatzel, Blastoise, Goodra, Ninetails, Pikachu, Sliggoo, Volcarona, Magmortar, Larvesta, Magmar, and Talonflame are all Safari-caught-
Ampharos and Jumpluff were caught in hordes, and Spritzee with Poke-Radar-
Arcanine, Latias, Giratina, Darkrai, and Dunsparce were from trades-
Gardevoir, and Klefki were won from Giveaways on IG and Tumblr-
Slowking, Seismitoad, and Hypno were gifts from friends-
And I won the mew in a drawing contest.
Oh wow, that's a lot! Congrats - don't know if I've seen people win shinies through contests/giveaways before!

EDIT: After 1 shiny, 30457 encounters, and a short 513 hours of running Ruby, the Ghosts of Hoenn Hunt: Part II has concluded. Tune in next time for the hunting of Sableye and Nincada! The Route 116 hunt stands at 8192 encounters and will be resumed following an indefinite hiatus.
Path of the Ghost: 15/18
Path of the Starter: 15/18


Age 28
Male
Toronto, ON
Seen September 8th, 2022
Posted November 3rd, 2019
631 posts
11.9 Years
42 boxes, 1260 eggs in and still no shiny Mareep :( Pretty bummed out but I'm not giving up. Things are moving a lot slower than they used to, very busy cause of school so I don't have much time anymore. I'll update again after I breed a decent amount of eggs.

Kirozane

Frolic and fun~

Age 31
Female
Seen October 8th, 2022
Posted September 30th, 2022
961 posts
13.8 Years
So I am still alive, if only minorly. I took up a little challenge of finding a shiny on every possible area via horde encounter (Including the two seperate sets of hordes in Victory Road) and COMPLETED said challenge. I can post pictures of them all if requested.

I also bred a few shinies like FINALLY ending my Hawlucha after thousands of eggs.... I also hatched a Numel and an Amaura. So things have been going pretty decently for me I'd say.