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MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow
dang

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DizzyBum
Apr 16, 2007



Someone needs to overlay this with some intense piano score.

Prop Wash
Jun 12, 2010



DizzyBum posted:

Someone needs to overlay this with some intense piano score.

I was thinking more of the Requiem for a Dream score.

Snowy
Oct 6, 2010

A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense



Yakety Sax

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment

DizzyBum posted:

Someone needs to overlay this with some intense piano score.

"what have I become, my sweetest friend?"

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow
Another round of EX invites for the 26th. Pray to your favorite deity.

Mumbling
Feb 7, 2015

Got my 4th pass. Probably can’t go because Mondays...

Really wish there was a pass donation feature.

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Still zero for me :waycool:

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Ballz posted:

Still zero for me :waycool:

UPDATE!

My wife, who plays about once a week, just got one. Still none for me. :shepicide:

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.
This week I raided at two gyms where passes were handed out, and got none. During the previous round it seemed like almost everyone who had raided at the right gym got one, but now it seems like it's a lottery again.

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer
I wish we could give the passes away. So many in my raid train haven't gotten one!

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
Looks like kid got a second pass, this time from a gym we actually raided at over the weekend with a local group. I think she can get to it with my wife, so hopefully someone helps her catch it since neither one can do curve balls very well.

I of course got no pass again, and this time we raided at 5 different ex gyms recently. Oh well, I'm still glad she got one Mewtwo let alone possibly two. Maybe if trading gets in the game she can trade it to me and back for the Dex entry.

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

How is catching MewTwo compared to other legendaries?

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Ballz posted:

How is catching MewTwo compared to other legendaries?

Bout the same percentage wise. Easy to nail curved great shots at. Aim a little high.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Mustached Demon posted:

Bout the same percentage wise. Easy to nail curved great shots at. Aim a little high.

Mewtwo is higher. Base 6% instead of base 2-3% for the legendaries. And it's a fairly easy throw unless he double-attacks to block one of your balls. It's not 100% but it's pretty good odds both in terms of math and throw difficulty.

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
I think that with all the modifiers in your favor the catch rate gets up to 50% or so

Curved excellent golden razz with gold badge and gold gym badge

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Beastyfella posted:

I think that with all the modifiers in your favor the catch rate gets up to 50% or so

Curved excellent golden razz with gold badge and gold gym badge

I didn't think the gym badge affects your catch rate?

TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.

Away all Goats posted:

I didn't think the gym badge affects your catch rate?

Looking at the medals tells you your bonus. Bronze = 1%/Silver = 2%/Gold = 3%

Modus Pwnens
Dec 29, 2004

TheMaestroso posted:

Looking at the medals tells you your bonus. Bronze = 1%/Silver = 2%/Gold = 3%

Gym badge.

TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.

Oh gotcha - people sometimes use the terms "medal" and "badge" interchangeably :shrug:

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
I hit around 10 EX eligible raids Sunday and Monday and didn’t get an invite.

I did hit triple 40 though.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
Spawns are weird. Iput a lure up at work and have had 4x wailmers in the last hour. this is not normal, especially since the weather is cloudy in game

edit-wailmers dont normally spawn here, its been cloudy all day, but 9 in 3 hours. gonna ride this train to wailord, babyyy

mastershakeman fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Feb 21, 2018

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow

Mumbling posted:

Got my 4th pass. Probably can’t go because Mondays...

Really wish there was a pass donation feature.

If there's a local community on Discord or FB, and if you trust people (I don't, in general), you nay be able to find someone you proxy for you. The mods in the Discord server I'm most active in all do it, as much as possible. I like helping people, but it always surprises me when people just hand over the keys to the account they've sunk so much time/effort/money into.

A lot of them just turn off Google's 2-step authentication thing, too, which, hey, easier for me. But unwise in general.

As far as donation, Niantic is not gonna do that. I have no idea how much they've made from people attempting to get a pass, but I'd kill to have 1% of it in my bank account. I wish they would, my kiddo hasn't gotten one, other kids I know haven't gotten one, a couple adults who are much more dedicated to the game, franchise, all of it than I am haven't gotten a single one. But they won't.


Meanwhile. I've had so many passes, it's starting to feel both impolite and risky to actually mention the number. Other people say "Well, she has-" at raids, and I'm like "shhhh you're gonna get my rear end beat."

It's the worst system. I raid at a gym several times, trying to help trigger, nothing. I say gently caress it and raid when and where I want, I get passes. All of my passes were handed out when I was bronze at those gyms, too. I don't think Niantic knows what the gently caress they're doing.

I'm also sick to the tits of spoofers. Working on golding gyms for various reasons, tired of having "DRTRUMP69" kick me out after 10 minutes. And the national (international?) map that covers this area and has a god damned "Unown Sightings" channel for spoofers is expanding their coverage, so it's gonna get worse.

TheMaestroso posted:

Oh gotcha - people sometimes use the terms "medal" and "badge" interchangeably :shrug:


Just to make sure, because I can be dumb as hell: medals are the ones in the trainer profile, and badges are anything to do with gyms, right?

Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.
They're both in the trainer profile. Medals are the ones listed in the Medals category, they're round. Badges are the ones listed under Badges, they're not round.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Dr Tran posted:

I did hit triple 40 though.

what are your lifetime number of catches / walked km numbers

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
119187
4266.8

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



So, um... is there a Lure event going on? Because I put one down tonight, and it lasted for at least an hour and a half. We left after that much time had passed, because we were hungry.

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer

Kheldarn posted:

So, um... is there a Lure event going on? Because I put one down tonight, and it lasted for at least an hour and a half. We left after that much time had passed, because we were hungry.

they are still on the 6 hour timers till friday, i believe.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
I just remembered Regigigas existed and despaired.

1 extra month of a NORMAL TYPE legendary to pad out before gen 4. I just want to get my Rhyperior and Honchkrow and Mismagius already

Vegastar
Jan 2, 2005

Tigers will do anything for a tuna sandwich.


Willsun posted:

I just remembered Regigigas existed and despaired.

1 extra month of a NORMAL TYPE legendary to pad out before gen 4. I just want to get my Rhyperior and Honchkrow and Mismagius already

Regigigas is gen4, actually. The remaining gen3 legendaries should be Lati@s, Regice, Registeel and Regirock, plus Deoxys and Jirachi that will probably never be released.

Gen4 is when the Legendary hell truly begins.

Ziddar
Jul 24, 2003

Time Travel: Not Even Once



okay maybe a few times


Vegastar posted:

Regigigas is gen4, actually. The remaining gen3 legendaries should be Lati@s, Regice, Registeel and Regirock, plus Deoxys and Jirachi that will probably never be released.

Gen4 is when the Legendary hell truly begins.

You can say that again. Gen 4 was pretty much peak legendary madness. For those who never made it that far, for Gen 4 we have: Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Heatran, Regigigas, Darkrai, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Manaphy, Phione, and Shaymin. It was bonkers. On the other hand, Gen 4 also has 22 pokemon that're evolutions of previous gens. And a handful of babies, too. So should be fun times when Go gets there eventually. :v:

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Oh okay no wonder I just remembered. But speaking of legendaries:

https://pokemongolive.com/post/legendaryweek022318/

Niantic is literally trolling us on raiding Rayquaza. "Raid Rayquaza more and get a prize but we're throwing two other legendaries you're tired of in there to make it harder to coordinate raids."

It was bad enough when it was 50/50 and all the raid efforts were always "We're down to raid if it's Rayquaza" but now it's 33/33/33 and back to everyone sitting on their hands and not committing to a raid and then a mad scramble if we get the right hatch.

Willsun fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Feb 23, 2018

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Willsun posted:

Oh okay no wonder I just remembered. But speaking of legendaries:

https://pokemongolive.com/post/legendaryweek022318/

Niantic is literally trolling us on raiding Rayquaza. "Raid Rayquaza more and get a prize but we're throwing two other legendaries you're tired of in there to make it harder to coordinate raids."

It was bad enough when it was 50/50 and all the raid efforts were always "We're down to raid if it's Rayquaza" but now it's 33/33/33 and back to everyone sitting on their hands and not committing to a raid and then a mad scramble if we get the right hatch.

At least we know everyone's gonna say gently caress it to the murder whale.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Hell yeah I'm hyped to freeze my rear end off to catch a million dratini.

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
Since they changed the distance, it really isn't any harder to hit than the other two. They all have a frustrating break out rate

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

seiferguy posted:

Hell yeah I'm hyped to freeze my rear end off to catch a million dratini.

frostbite vs dragon type medal, the ultimate match

Dr Tran posted:

119187
4266.8

that is one hell of a lot of pokemon

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

I never got Groudon so at least I might have a shot this week. I’m pretty much done with Kyogre, tho.

dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord

Ballz posted:

I never got Groudon so at least I might have a shot this week. I’m pretty much done with Kyogre, tho.
I'm a dumb Level 32 casual. Funny enough, Groudon is the only one I have.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Willsun posted:

Oh okay no wonder I just remembered. But speaking of legendaries:

https://pokemongolive.com/post/legendaryweek022318/

Niantic is literally trolling us on raiding Rayquaza. "Raid Rayquaza more and get a prize but we're throwing two other legendaries you're tired of in there to make it harder to coordinate raids."

It was bad enough when it was 50/50 and all the raid efforts were always "We're down to raid if it's Rayquaza" but now it's 33/33/33 and back to everyone sitting on their hands and not committing to a raid and then a mad scramble if we get the right hatch.

Yeah it's pretty stupid, especially when raids might need anywhere from 4 people for Ray vs 7+ for blizzard kyo.

Also shiny dragonite looks awful

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Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
My kid wants nothing to do with a shiny Dragonite. Any she catches will stay Dratini or Dragonair. If I get more than one I will make a shiny Dragonite because they're such an eyesore

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