well, i don't have any shinies that i know of, haven't figured out the intricacies of EV breeding and havent been to any events, so i don't have anything to compare with the kind of pokemon you guys are talking about, so this will probably sound pretty lame, but i love my Swampert just because he was my first pokemon ever, he's named after my son (who got me into playing pokemon in the first place) and we've wandered all over Hoenn together