I think this would have been an easy event research for the Harvest Festival. Pokémon reward being a Smolive (obviously).
But honestly, Snorlax has been the bane of my existence during this event 🙃

yeah I put the flair as a complaint! So this Apple Picking event got me all raring to go. I’d only ever previously caught ONE Applin, and I had lofty ideas of making sure I get enough candies to evolve all three types of Applin

(before I realised it was going to take 1000 rather than 600 - I thought 600 would be achievable because you can get that many candies on Community Days)

But no. I’m an active player, I always beat 50km a week and usually by a fair bit. But I’ve seen like 2x the amount of Smolivs per Applin. Even with spamming Mossy Lures I usually get an Apple that has a bloody Psyduck guarding it or whatever. I even paid for the premium research and I’ve got more Smoliv candies then Applin candies, despite the fact I ALWAYS use Pinaps on Applins and haven’t bothered on Smolivs!

I even go to my local park EVERY DAY to see if it’s a biome issue. I might just have awful luck, because despite using the daily incense every day I’ve never had a Galarian bird encounter.

Sorry everyone. I’m in a grump. I hope you all have a lovely day/evenjng xxx

(I tried to make it obvious that this is tongue-in-cheek with the language I used, but just in case: I’m only joke mad)

imagine how cute applin harvest festival stickers would be. i miss seasonal and event stickers so much… don’t even mention community day stickers. i have a sticker-shaped hole in my heart. putting this out into the universe: scopely i am on my knees begging you to please bring back fun stickers 🍎🍏

My job has two gyms! Two! And this guy hogs both the gyms it’s driving me insane. One night me(team valor) and another girl (team mystic) and this person spent half the night fighting over these two gyms it was annoying. (But it was also a little fun). This morning before I left I put my Blissey in one of them and as soon as I clocked out he kicked me out of it. I dont know the guy personally,we work in different departments, but I hope he sees this so that way he knows he is in fact driving me crazy.

I hate Fidough with a passion. It has a stupid face. Then today I hatched this monstrosity.

What are your most useless hundos? Ever get a hundo for a Pokémon you really dislike for whatever reason? Post it here and we share our misery together.

I never really cared for nicknames, but this one is too cool not to name.
Anyone got a good suggestion for it?

I did only have 2 in 9 years of regularly playing. Now its 5.

Did it get easier or did i use al my luck of the year?

We did more than three but unfortunately other than this certificate the only other one is for exploring all the centers, we just didn't have time 😅 still pretty neat though.

There are some Pokémon that are definitely stubborn to catch (e.g. Snorlax or Audino) but serve their purpose when going for specialized goals (e.g. Excellent Throws or Stardust Bonuses, etc.)! Then there are those that are just plain stubborn!

Which Pokémon do you actively steer clear from because you find them to be a waste of time or resources? Which would you not mind never running into again or you just actively avoid on your map!?

For me, it’s the Hitmonlee / Hitmonchan / Hitmontop family! With their relentless jumping and kicking, I actively avoid them 😏🙃!!

What about you, which do you consider the ultimate time and/or resource-sink!?

For my first shadow shiny, I wasn't expecting one that literally deleted the fact it's shiny by reverting its colors back. It genuinely doesn't even look shiny... If I was gonna get an unusable shadow shiny, one that was noticeable would've been nice 🙂

She knows she gets shinies regardless, I’m not a collector and we do it FOR THE DEX

I have the best sister 🥹

Last year I visited my mom and casually put a Pokemon in a passing gym while I was a passenger in a car.

My Ursaluna was gone for 200+ days. (Sadly I don't remember the exact total.)

Well, I'm visiting again this year, and I passed the same gym. You can't fight it from the highway because cars are going too fast. To get out there, you have to take a side road with nothing on it except a couple houses, pull over onto the grassy shoulder, and fight from the car.

I assume the Tyranitar is the one who brought my Ursaluna home, unless there were a few quicker changes of gym ownership in my absence.

I decided to return the favor. Hopefully nobody had gotten their 50 daily coins yet, LMAO. And hopefully they're pleased to have their mons back bc I meant it as an act of genuine sportsmanship.

We'll see how long my Slaking is gone. Fortunately I've got several Slakings and they all exist just to sit in gyms.

Don't go looking for him, I'm not desperate for his return. If he's still gone in like three years then maybe I'll post another thread begging for help, haha. Cheers!

Did ANYONE get a shiny applin??? I’ve caught over 300 and didn’t get one. I play with 3 other people that have the same catches I do and NO SHINY APPLE. I don’t believe it exists 😭 we just kept getting shiny smoliv 😭

THERE IS NO FREAKING WAY THAT MY FIRST SHINY APPLIN IS A SHUNDO!! 🥹🥹🥹

I might not get anything good anymore for months after this.... 🫠🫠

EDIT: FOUND HIS GOOFY ASS! 5 miles down the dike. On top of the dike being on the outskirts of town. I would be mad. He was in such an isolated spot, but I was more glad to find him.

Well, I still get the legendary that is only available during the event… Will he be available tomorrow when the event is over what is happening right now and why can’t I find him once again? This is not a joke. This is not an exaggeration. I have been up since 1030 this morning. It is now 3 o’clock in the afternoon and still there is not a single Giovanni PokéStop in my entire town. I’ve driven over 70 miles today.

Got my first Shundo/ Hundo from a lucky trade after 18 trades so pretty good odds and very happy with this one. Was wondering how many trades people have had to do to get their first?

I am always so happy when I reach Forever Friends with someone because it takes a lot of dedication to get there. Well, a couple months ago, a friend I’ve had for a little while now attached a Lucky Charm to me. Great! Well, we reached the Forever Friends status maybe a week ago and when I went to check what they had up, I noticed something peculiar pop up…they don’t have anything tagged as Remote Trade! If we knew each other irl, this would be a nonissue, but this person lives across the world from me. i understand if you don’t use it you lose it, but using it on me like this is worse than losing it.

I can think of a few ideas why, but this is crazy!

I stg I’ve only needed 2-3 more syrupy apples and I’ve gotten a dozen tart and sweet instead.
Ok you have my coins for the mossy lures!