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pubic works project
Jan 28, 2005

No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.
I finally evolved a Dragonite!!!

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Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me

slave to my cravings posted:

I’m glad they seem to be listening. Trying to figure out the best IVs (esp. bad for iOS users who can’t use calcy IV) and evolve Pokémon in the last 20 minutes of community day always sucked.

IOs has poke genie which is also a safe iv checker.

Pez posted:

I guess that's to give people time to walk for the guaranteed evolutions. I don't really care about having the moves as much as I want SHINY EVERYTHING.

You can pre-walk a few of them to 10k before the event, they just have to be your buddy and the right time of day/night to evolve, apparently(per silph road and they tend to be accurate about such things)

I hit 40 last night finally :yeah:. 2 years and a month to the day, apparently(though I didn't have phone service till about 5 months after launch so my playing was limited to hoping something spawned at my house). I did the 5 mil from 39 > 40 in under two months too. Pretty pumped.

Now what. Besides relicanth, my Dex is full. Guess I'll keep working on my gender dex.

Psychobabble! fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Aug 8, 2018

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

Psychobabble! posted:

You can pre-walk a few of them to 10k before the event, they just have to be your buddy and the right time of day/night to evolve, apparently(per silph road and they tend to be accurate about such things)

To get an umbreon with the special move, you have to evolve your 10km buddy eevee at night, which is probably impossible otherwise.

slave to my cravings
Mar 1, 2007

Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.

Psychobabble! posted:

IOs has poke genie which is also a safe iv checker.


You can pre-walk a few of them to 10k before the event, they just have to be your buddy and the right time of day/night to evolve, apparently(per silph road and they tend to be accurate about such things)

I hit 40 last night finally :yeah:. 2 years and a month to the day, apparently(though I didn't have phone service till about 5 months after launch so my playing was limited to hoping something spawned at my house). I did the 5 mil from 39 > 40 in under two months too. Pretty pumped.

Now what. Besides relicanth, my Dex is full. Guess I'll keep working on my gender dex.

Yea poke genie is what I use, but it’s a bit inconvenient to screenshot everything and go to a separate app as opposed to the calcy iv overlay that android users can use.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

steve jobs was a digimon fan

mehall
Aug 27, 2010


Psychobabble! posted:

IOs has poke genie which is also a safe iv checker.


You can pre-walk a few of them to 10k before the event, they just have to be your buddy and the right time of day/night to evolve, apparently(per silph road and they tend to be accurate about such things)


Does it matter what time of day you walk them at, or just when you hit the evolve button?

Teeter
Jul 21, 2005

Hey guys! I'm having a good time, what about you?

mehall posted:

Does it matter what time of day you walk them at, or just when you hit the evolve button?

Time of day only matters when you evolve. Note that they have to be your buddy at the time you evolve them.

You can walk 10km with an Eevee, switch your buddy out, then switch them back later when you are ready to evolve.

tangy yet delightful
Sep 13, 2005



Duckman2008 posted:

I might be visiting Nashville in September.

Cool I'll name one Duckman :) [I'll check spreadsheet later]

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

pubic works project posted:

I finally evolved a Dragonite!!!

Woot! Show us the beast!

edit: is there a point to Umbreon or Espeon having last resort? Also, any confirms that the name change will work again?

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Cowslips Warren posted:

Woot! Show us the beast!

edit: is there a point to Umbreon or Espeon having last resort?

apparently Espeon will be a good neutral DPS attacker, especially when weather boosted where it's very good

the utility of a good general gym attacker when gyms are easy to knock over is up to you, but I think the answer is "eh"

Dragonstoned
Jan 15, 2006

MR. DOG WITH BEES IN HIS MOUTH AND WHEN HE BARKS HE SHOOTS BEES AT YOU
by Roger Hargreaves

Does walking 10k with Eevee give you anything special? Is there some sort of bonus for walking with it instead of just renaming the thing Sakura to get Espeon or Tamoa for Umbreon?

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Dragonstoned posted:

Does walking 10k with Eevee give you anything special? Is there some sort of bonus for walking with it instead of just renaming the thing Sakura to get Espeon or Tamoa for Umbreon?

the name trick only works once, so if you want more than one you gotta walk them

Dragonstoned
Jan 15, 2006

MR. DOG WITH BEES IN HIS MOUTH AND WHEN HE BARKS HE SHOOTS BEES AT YOU
by Roger Hargreaves

Psion posted:

the name trick only works once, so if you want more than one you gotta walk them

Ahh ok I've only ever done each of them once when I had somewhat decent Eevees.

Untrustable
Mar 17, 2009





So I used the name trick for Umbreon. Can I still use it for an Espeon if I get shinies on community day? I haven't played this game in 2 years. Are community days a good time to find shinies? All I have is a shiny Mawile from a raid.

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.

Untrustable posted:

So I used the name trick for Umbreon. Can I still use it for an Espeon if I get shinies on community day? I haven't played this game in 2 years. Are community days a good time to find shinies? All I have is a shiny Mawile from a raid.

Yes.

Yes.

Kly
Aug 8, 2003

what the heck are all the vertical numbers in calcy iv when you use the catch scan overlay?

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.

Kly posted:

what the heck are all the vertical numbers in calcy iv when you use the catch scan overlay?

Those are it's possible levels and iv range for each one. You can usually find out the level by clicking that 3 coloured circle icon in the bottom left corner of the scan screen and then holding the pokeball to let the circle appear. Calcy IV will scan the circle and then highlight one of the potential levels and corresponding iv ranges from the list.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar
I finally had a good chance to accumulate a bunch of gifts and send them out to people, I've been slacking as of late thanks to my inventory always being full. I'm ultra friends with a couple of you now just on sending and receiving gifts and am just about at level 39 thanks to it. Friends stuff owns.

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Louisgod posted:

I finally had a good chance to accumulate a bunch of gifts and send them out to people, I've been slacking as of late thanks to my inventory always being full. I'm ultra friends with a couple of you now just on sending and receiving gifts and am just about at level 39 thanks to it. Friends stuff owns.

Hope you appreciated my 9/11 memorial gift :911:

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar

Ballz posted:

Hope you appreciated my 9/11 memorial gift :911:

I'll never forget it.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Gift giving is probably my favorite thing now. My girlfriend and I try to top who can send better gifts to each other based on wordplay.

My opinion of someone goes slightly down when they send me a Starbucks/Sprint gift, especially now since you can toss specific gifts.

FistEnergy
Nov 3, 2000

DAY CREW: WORKING HARD

Fun Shoe
I've sludged hundreds of trash Mons this week and no Ditto. I'm assuming the Zigazoon and Rattata that fled Great Balls today were both Dittos and now I want to die

Zombie Dachshund
Feb 26, 2016

seiferguy posted:

Gift giving is probably my favorite thing now. My girlfriend and I try to top who can send better gifts to each other based on wordplay.

My opinion of someone goes slightly down when they send me a Starbucks/Sprint gift, especially now since you can toss specific gifts.

you can do what now?

niiiiiiiiice

Soarer
Jan 14, 2012

I JUST CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S PONY AVATARS

~SMcD
Hey who's trainer name is LividLiquid? You wouldn't happen to have gotten an EX pass for tomorrow at the Sprint on 2nd ave would ya?

kensei
Dec 27, 2007

He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!


seiferguy posted:

Gift giving is probably my favorite thing now. My girlfriend and I try to top who can send better gifts to each other based on wordplay.

My opinion of someone goes slightly down when they send me a Starbucks/Sprint gift, especially now since you can toss specific gifts.

I love the ones you send me, and I will try not to send you any garbage ones now that I know about deleting them :)

pubic works project
Jan 28, 2005

No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.

seiferguy posted:

Gift giving is probably my favorite thing now. My girlfriend and I try to top who can send better gifts to each other based on wordplay.

My opinion of someone goes slightly down when they send me a Starbucks/Sprint gift, especially now since you can toss specific gifts.

Sorry dude, I'm too loving lazy for that. You're getting the first gift option that pops up for me.

FistEnergy
Nov 3, 2000

DAY CREW: WORKING HARD

Fun Shoe
:same:

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

pubic works project posted:

Sorry dude, I'm too loving lazy for that. You're getting the first gift option that pops up for me.

lol you're good. The only person who sends me Starbucks gifts on a regular basis is one of my coworkers.

kensei posted:

I love the ones you send me, and I will try not to send you any garbage ones now that I know about deleting them :)

Hell yeah I usually save sports ones I get for you.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

FistEnergy posted:

I've sludged hundreds of trash Mons this week and no Ditto. I'm assuming the Zigazoon and Rattata that fled Great Balls today were both Dittos and now I want to die

trash pokemon that are difficult to catch are, in my experience, one of these things

90% of the time: a 10 IV piece of poo poo
5% of the time: a 80+ IV piece of poo poo
5% of the time: ditto


so if you had two flee from you at my totally made up percentages that really only means a ~9.75% chance of a ditto there! doesn't that make you feel better?

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope
Why the gently caress is whismur such an rear end in a top hat to catch? It's like its attacks and jumps are perfectly synced to the great throw circle

pubic works project
Jan 28, 2005

No Decepticon in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.

Wheany posted:

Why the gently caress is whismur such an rear end in a top hat to catch? It's like its attacks and jumps are perfectly synced to the great throw circle

I don't know, but I was having problem catching regular/trash Pokemons this morning, Whismur included. Higher CP, but I was using berries and Great Balls. Still jumping out and fleeing.

NZAmoeba
Feb 14, 2005

It turns out it's MAN!
Hair Elf
Man landing 3 excellent throws in a row is hard

I can get up to 2 in a row, but I refuse to ditch the challenge out of pride. I can do this.

The tricky part is if you find a pokemon you're able to get a good chance of an excellent on, all your excellent throws are going to result in you catching the drat thing, then you have to attempt on whatever other mon is nearby. You have to hope the thing breaks out of your excellent throws, and doesn't run away in the process.

My Raikou is due tomorrow, so hopefully I can drug that thing up with bananas and throw a ton of red balls at it. But I'm already running low on red balls from all my other previous attempts on wild pokemon lol. It's also the first time I'm needing to hoard nanabs instead of firing them off at the next gym I come across.

FistEnergy
Nov 3, 2000

DAY CREW: WORKING HARD

Fun Shoe
I did that today. Just find a Tauros. Easy peasey.

Soarer
Jan 14, 2012

I JUST CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S PONY AVATARS

~SMcD

NZAmoeba posted:

Man landing 3 excellent throws in a row is hard

I can get up to 2 in a row, but I refuse to ditch the challenge out of pride. I can do this.

The tricky part is if you find a pokemon you're able to get a good chance of an excellent on, all your excellent throws are going to result in you catching the drat thing, then you have to attempt on whatever other mon is nearby. You have to hope the thing breaks out of your excellent throws, and doesn't run away in the process.

My Raikou is due tomorrow, so hopefully I can drug that thing up with bananas and throw a ton of red balls at it. But I'm already running low on red balls from all my other previous attempts on wild pokemon lol. It's also the first time I'm needing to hoard nanabs instead of firing them off at the next gym I come across.

I had my mythic challenge up when I did my first Raikou and I landed 5 or 6 excellents on him. He's pretty easy to get a good throw on because of the large circle and him not being too close or too far away either.

NZAmoeba
Feb 14, 2005

It turns out it's MAN!
Hair Elf

FistEnergy posted:

I did that today. Just find a Tauros. Easy peasey.

I did, the fucker ran

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Try Nosepass. Huge circle and low catch rate makes it likely to pop out and try again.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
I keep all my lovely gifts and send them to the local players. I make an effort to send the cool ones to people who live far away.

tangy yet delightful
Sep 13, 2005



Speaking of gifts, I have now sent all my Europe gifts so I'll go back to my usual low volume of bad gifts from the good ole USA.

Picayune
Feb 26, 2007

cannot be unseen
Taco Defender
Some obliging graffiti artist painted a manhole cover to look like a Pokeball a few years ago, so of course now it's a gym named 'Catch 'Em All!'. I try to vary who gets the gifts from that one, because it's my favorite gift spot.

Well, that and 'Brain!'.

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Untrustable
Mar 17, 2009





There's a two story outhouse in my town that's a pokestop. So I try to send "Smith's Two Story Privy" to everyone.

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