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Old February 4th, 2014 (3:07 PM).
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I'd say it's in-between. I've gotten Staraptor and Metagross from GTS, and they both seemed to be okay; their IVs and natures were pretty decent. Did hear a lot of people complain about winding-up with hacked Pokémon, though, so… yeah. Anyway, it's all right to grab a few Pokémon from there there every once in a while. If you're planning to do this regularly, then you'd be better off setting-up your trades on message boards, as they're more reliable and trustworthy. :P
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Old February 6th, 2014 (9:44 PM).
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I got a shiny Regice (one of my biggest wants for years) for a shiny Zorua on GTS. I'm really surprised, because I wasn't expecting a shiny for my shiny. I just wanted Regice, as it's one of my favorite legendaries, and I ended up getting it shiny. It was my 6th shiny of the day too, so I'm very please with this.

GTS has been kind to me this gen, but this was the best thing that's happened I'd say. :)
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Old February 7th, 2014 (11:17 AM).
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Well a got scammed off the GTS once someone was asking for a Reshiram... People are stupid enough to put pokemon on GTS and asking for event legends even though they know pretty well that event pokemon like Arceus and mew can't be traded over GTS!
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Old February 7th, 2014 (2:34 PM).
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Well a got scammed off the GTS once someone was asking for a Reshiram... People are stupid enough to put pokemon on GTS and asking for event legends even though they know pretty well that event pokemon like Arceus and mew can't be traded over GTS!
How were you scammed? And how do they know that event pokemon can't be traded over the GTS? *I* didn't know what pokemon can and can't be traded over the GTS, that's why I made a post about it in the Quick Q&A thread, so LOTS of other people wouldn't necessarily know too.
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Old February 7th, 2014 (2:58 PM).
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I don't look for competitive breeding stock on the GTS, but I have got some very good 3-5 IV;d Pokemon from it.

I mainly go on the GTS to fill my dex/ look for cheap shinies. I obtained all the legends including a Shiny Uxie & Thundurus, and found a Shiny Porygon, Magmortar and Espeon. Sure they might not be 100% legit but I always make sure to tell people if I decide to trade mons off the GTS where I got them.
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Old February 11th, 2014 (2:48 AM).
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People must trust GTS to some degree as I've had a ****load of Kyurem for my extra 5IV Absols. For some reason people will throw Kyurem at you for a 5IV Adamant Absol with egg moves, but not other legends. So I just keep getting Kyurems, levelling to 100 via daycare/,Lumiose and keeping the best Atk (black splice) and SpAtk (white splice) for myself. Gradually filling the dex by GTSing my spares.
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Old February 12th, 2014 (8:01 AM).
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GTS had gotten less reliable due to the pokebank release, I got myself a lvl 37 Ho-oh that came from the Hoenn region. I was immediately suspicious about it and checked online, as well as, asked around the forum cause all Hoenn Ho-oh's are lvl 73.
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Old February 12th, 2014 (1:40 PM).
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Not-honest enough that my ads stating I am trading a 5IV Pokemon with egg moves and HA often go unrequited.

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Old February 16th, 2014 (12:56 AM).
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I find GTS a bit of a gamble sometimes, once i mentioned i wanted a shiny or put no nicknames in the message, they ether send me a normal pokemon or even a pokemon in another language or with a nickname. But at times you will get a pokemon you want though and i am gonna try on here to see what i can get. Also i recon you should be able to send a message before you start trading with the person, like if there is a certain pokemon your after and you message them like to tell them you got the pokemon your after, then it will be easier for them to accept and they will know what they are trading it for. Instead of taking a gamble.
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Old February 16th, 2014 (12:18 PM).
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Wow. My experience is way different. I'm not saying the GTS is reliable, but in my experience, the Pokemon I've received were exactly as advertised most of the time. Rotom, Scraggy, Fletchling, Pawniard, etc. are some of the Pokemon I've traded for that have been suitable bachelors and bachelorettes for my Ditto. Notice how all those Pokemon are breedable? I guess something is more likely to be legit if you can get it in an egg (so no Dittos and no legendary's). Also, just a little note, but most of those trades were from Japanese people.

I guess my golden rule is to always trade something I won't miss. I always think, "Am I gonna lose much if this is a scam?". So the GTS can be reliable if you're smart about trading.
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Old February 16th, 2014 (3:52 PM).
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People say to use the trading thing here, I tried but no one EVER gets back to me! Ever! So sadly I need to relie on the terrible GTS.

I would say 5% of it is fair, those few people asking for a breedable in exchange for a breedable with "4-5 Ivs".
I offer 5IV often and say "5IV for 5IV Please", this has worked once in about the 20 times I have done it.
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Old February 16th, 2014 (3:58 PM).
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eh idk about 6th gen's gts...or 5th in that matter since i usually just create my pokemon but the GTS is something is only one half of a coin, as in there's really only a half good way of using it. Usually it's smarter to just put pokemon up and wait over night, instead of looking for a pokemon. I remember in soulsilver I'd hatch tons of level 1 scizors and throw them on the GTS. I got all kind of good, japanese goodness, as well as some good natures.
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