Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

[eRonin]

Hey Tegan, I caught a shiny Gulpin a while ago in Pokemon Y. You seem to appreciate shinies more than I do. Wanna trade for it?

[tegan]

I generally prefer to breed them myself. What were you looking for in exchange?

 

 

Speaking of shinies, check out this little lady's purple butt:

 

[tegan]

Evolved it!

 

[eRonin]

Oh I wasn't really looking for anything, just wanted to share it. But if you'd rather breed shinies, that's cool too. That's a pretty Florges!

[tegan]

First shiny of 2015.

 

 

Female, Bold, Cloud Nine, Hyper Voice, 31/??/31/31/31/31 (Attack is between 20 and 28, not entirely sure yet)

 

It's basically exactly what I wanted. OuO

[Korax]

I just beat the Elite Four/League Champion, and holy shit there are way too many endings to this thing. Beat the Champion, register your pokemon & watch a team montage, watch the credits roll, battle with your rival, watch another end screen, overhear Mom & Dad have an argument, TO BE CONTINUED...

 

The low battery light started flashing halfway through all that and I almost had to start charging it up again to make sure I didn't lose whatever progress may or may not have been saved all through that.

[tegan]

Busy day.

 

[tegan]

BUZZ BUZZ MOTHER FUCKERS

[tegan]

I've started breeding for a shiny Vespiquen, which is kind of like saying "so I've decided to become an alcoholic."

[GraysonEvans]

fuck I want a 3ds and pokemon more then anything at this point. stupid rent and bills

[Synnah]

SO JEALOUS OF THAT SHINY BEEDRILL

[miffy495]

An artist's rendition of Tegan:

 

[tegan]

#428:

 

SO JEALOUS OF THAT SHINY BEEDRILL

 

Shiny Mega Beedrill is pretty rad. I hadn't used Mega Beedrill before, and it makes for a pretty decent glass cannon. Dat Adaptability.

[Synnah]

I think I once raised a male Combee to level 50. It was a wholly pointless exercise.

I also have a level 63 Luvdisc.

[tegan]

An artist's rendition of Tegan:

 

 

 

 

Two consecutive days without any more shinies. Not even males. It's been nearly a thousand since my last one and the average is 1 in 514. 

[N1njaSquirrel]

#428:

 

After years playing pokemon, through every generation, this was my first. ever. shiny. On Y. My jubilation then immediate disappointment after googling this stupid thing was heartbreaking.

[tegan]

#1394 was also a male shiny, but at least it was a shiny.

[tegan]

And #1833!

[tegan]

#2171 makes male shiny #4.

[Synnah]

It's the Froakie débâcle all over again. Can you beat the previous record of 2971 eggs?

[Merus]

Probably, because there's a 1/8 chance of getting a useful female Combee and a 7/8 chance of getting a disappointing male Combee. (Female Combees evolve, male Combees don't, and it's not an even gender split.)

[Twig]

It's a 1 in 4112 chance of getting the shiny female Combee.

 

In contrast, Froakie was only 1 in 1028. So tegan got super unlucky with Froakie, but so far it's par for the course with Combee!

 

Good luck, tegan!

[tegan]

No shinies yesterday. Up to 3047 eggs hatched. Fuck these bees.

[tegan]

#3225 makes shiny male #5. Wheeee.

[tegan]

I'm on my 160th box of Combee and learning a lot about the brain's tendency to assign meaning to random occurrences.

*sacrifices goat to Lord Masuda*

(still nothing since that fifth male shiny, by the way)