5th Gen Chaining and Altering Encounters

[BleuVII]

So, I don't get a lot of time to play Pokemon White, because I'm still settling in to my new place, but I was in Yaguruma forest, searching for those d*** monkeys for about 3-4 hours! In that time, I may have inadvertently figured out how to chain.

Okay, so we know that rare pokemon appear in shaking grass. I have noticed that they almost never appear more than two squares in, and they almost always appear on the first row/column of grass. Well, I found that if I ran around without touching any grass, grass would start shaking after about 10 seconds. The first encounter was invariably a Tabunne. Then, if I took the shortest route out of the grass and continued to run around without touching the grass, more grass would start shaking. If I accidentally entered the grass, even once, I would have to battle again before I could get it shaking again.

Anyway, as I said, the first battle was always Tabunne, and usually the second, but after a couple of battles, the really rare pokemon would start to appear. Thus, I think I may have discovered chaining.

Also, as I said, I was looking for the monkeys. Nothing I did would make them appear. Finally, I put Baoppu in the lead (my starter was Mijumaru), and when I started chaining, the three monkeys and Tabunne were basically the only pokemon I ever encountered. So I'm thinking there may be a hidden mechanic where the pokemon in the lead of your party affects the encounters that you have.

Has anyone else noticed/experimented with either of these two things? I want to hear your take.

 

[Ho-Oh]

Kay, most of this is covered by the tiny things thread, the WTF moments thread (mainly due to people being surprised by "chaining" happening, or getting a certain Pokemon that way) and finally, the locations and routes discussion, which also makes mention of finding Pokemon in grass patches. I suggest probably discussing this in the tiny things thread since it would probably have the best fit there. As it is, the replies have a higher chance of going off-topic, or relating directly to those other threads~

I would have merged it with the tiny things thread, but the locations and routes discussion relates a lot too, so yeah.

Oh and you don't need to censor damn, just so you know. :x