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[Jen]

July Community Thread!

The June Community thread has been moved here.

Hey guys! Did you all enjoy last month's thread? (: I hope so! Every month a new community thread will be made and the old one will be discarded into the archives. I don't want a super huge thread to continue to get even bigger, so I hope everyone is excited for a fresh start every month!

If you're new here then don't be shy! The community thread is the place to come and chat with fellow members of the site who share a common interest with you. Talk about whatever you want, whether it's GPX related or something going on in your personal life, just be sure to read the rules first before posting. There's always someone on the forums to read and respond to your posts, so chat away and maybe you'll meet some great people!

Rules
If any staff member catches word of anyone bullying other members there will be punishments; such as, not being able to be eligible for the drawing, and a warning of a percentage that staff seems suitable for the committed infraction. If I find out anything I will send you a message saying what I heard/saw while leaving everyone else anonymous — so have no fear if you need to report someone — and tell you what you did wrong and why you’re being punished in such a way. Fair enough? Please keep it civil!

• Regular forum rules still apply here. Basically don't double post. Don't ask for clicks every time you fill your party. Unless it gets out of hand*, I'm okay with you linking to an exploration Pokemon who needs a specific berry.
  
  *out of hand meaning I don't want to see Pokémon being linked just for leveling or if they need drinks for happiness. These kinds of interactions can be handled just fine by being in your parties and signatures.
  
  
• While posting an exploration Pokémon is A-OK, it is NOT okay to make those your only posts and have absolutely no other interaction in this thread. It's a community thread, not a personal dumping ground.
  
  
• Do not post your shinies here, there's a shiny thread for that. Discussing them is OK though! Just make sure you add content to your post.
  
  
• Do not post your GPX+ gear grinders in this thread either. There's also a thread for that.
  
  
• Do not litter your post with swear words.
  
  
• DO NOT NOMINATE YOURSELF. If you send me a PM nominating yourself you'll receive a verbal warning. Do it again and you will be placed in the restricted group which will prevent you from being able to win an event egg during the duration of the event.
  
  
• Do not make this thread's nominations a popularity/clique group. Even if you don't like someone, send them a nomination if they're following the rules and being active in the thread. Please be fair!
  
  
• Do not suck up to staff who are participating in discussion. We will notice this. Not cool, man! (Talking and sucking up are two different things and we'll notice the difference, I promise. So don't be scared to talk to us!)
  
  
• No memes. Examples: Scumbag Steve, Good Guy Greg, Bad Luck Brian, Socially Awkward Penguin, Awkward Moment Seal, etc. If you want to post an image to give imagery to your post, such as the kind of breed your dog or cat is, a screenshot of the villagers in your animal crossing game, your new haircut, etc. then that's fine. Put them in a spoiler though.
  
  
• Gifs are allowed, but don't overuse them. If the thread turns into nothing but gif replies, I'll give everyone a 10% warn that was involved because it's just plain out spam! If you feel that you know of a gif that is relevant to the conversation, such as dis gon be gud, then go ahead and put it in a spoiler tag. That's fine!
  
  
• No quote pyramids! Be sure to cut out everything that was before what you're replying to. They can get long and make a page annoying to scroll through, so be considerate to your fellow members!
  
  
• A post must be AT LEAST one sentence long. If you’re saying hi or bye to someone be sure to add something more to your post.

Nominations
What are nominations?
Nominations are a side thing of the community thread to encourage participation. Anyone who gets a nomination from any user is entered into a monthly raffle where the winners (there are 3 of them) get to choose a legendary or novelty, barring Arceus, to be handed out in the egg distribution. Details about the egg distribution are in the second post of this thread.

The criteria to look for when choosing people to nominate is based on their participation in this thread. That's all. Just participation!

How do I nominate someone?
To nominate someone you need to send me a list of names through a PM titled 'Nominations' and from there I will keep track of all the names that were sent in.

Example:
Zerxer
Big Bidoof
Jen
Darth Krytie

OR

Zerxer, Big Bidoof, Jen, Darth Krytie

Both of those ways work fine.

What do you do with the nominations once they're sent?
I put them in a PHP script that will randomly choose three winners each month.

There are no restrictions to sending nominations, so if you want to send some twice a week, once a month, or everyday that's fine! Only nominate people who are being active in this thread. Nominations from elsewhere and the IRC will not count.

End Note
In the end, this is all for FUN, so remember that! Don’t get competitive with other users, make friends instead! Besides, being angry and stressed will make you break out, and you don't want to break out, so think of your skin! Jokes aside, please be respectful of everyone around you. If something rubs you the wrong way then send a private message to the person and talk it out. Leave the drama in private, or I, or other mods that are on, will chase you with our warn sticks!!!



Members of staff are also eligible for nominations, so don’t leave them out just because they’re staff! I’m wanting ALL members of the community to communicate with each other, not just users. So expect to see us around, and don’t be shy!

Alright this is all I can think to say right now. If you have ANY questions then please ask! Enjoy, have fun, make friends, and win prizes! <333

[Cajun]

asdf I got home 10 minutes late and missed the Hunt. One day I will get a shard from the bugger.

In even less fun news, summer finals next week. Anyone joining me into this march of madness?


This post has been edited by Cajun: Jul 30 2015, 11:16 PM

[RicFule]

Okay. So, I was wrong. My 133 IV Riolu ♀ DID place Rank 1. Go figure. Fist Shard number 2.

@ Rhapsody: How do you know what was in the Sky Gifts?

[Rhapsody]

Okay. So, I was wrong. My 133 IV Riolu ♀ DID place Rank 1. Go figure. Fist Shard number 2.

@ Rhapsody: How do you know what was in the Sky Gifts?

They told me. Not some secret mod thing, hah. Also Raven sucks and got nothing.

...as far as Credits go. I mean they got a bunch of other stuff but damn it I wanted them to get free currency.

[Rainyaviel]

I got 4 escape ropes and a sweet honey from the skygift I received today, no credits though.

[Vande]

RNG doesn't like to pick me lol.

In a couple of hours I have to go for my bus. May not see me on here this weekend, depends on the net at the hotel (aka how much it costs)!

This post has been edited by Vande: Jul 31 2015, 12:20 AM

[Jade]

I really need to mass open my trinket boxes... *looks at her hoard............ which is nearing 1800....* oh boy

Also, Last three pokes that went into the underground came back with flags! Only have three more to get!

[Hitaka5Ever]

Happy birthday to me! I hope everyone has a grest weekend (I wonder if I'll become a werewolf)

[Vande]

Happy birthday to me! I hope everyone has a grest weekend (I wonder if I'll become a werewolf)

Happy Birthday!

I'm hopping off, will defo be hatching eggs this weekend. Just not sure on being able to get on the forum with data lol.

[PokeNOM NOM NOM]

Happy birthday, Sladin5Ever! ^^
I hope you have a great day today!

That also makes me wonder... how do you guys celebrate birthdays?
Any traditions that others might not have?

Oooh, Sky Gifts.
That reminds me, I should definitely send out some random ones!

[Akane Kurashiki]

Happy birthday Sladin!

That also makes me wonder... how do you guys celebrate birthdays?

Nothing special at my family. Just some cake.


Well, LLSIF rng loves me today. 200 gems+10 blue tickets+5 regular vouchers netted me five new SR, a second copy of one of those and of another I had before (both Nozomis, funnily), some new R, a couple R I still had to idolize... and two copies of the new UR Kotori.

I just hope that luck extends to Fate/Grand Order so I can get a certain someone as my first roll without restarting the game too many times *crosses fingers*

[Myou]

You know... every month I tell myself I'm going to post in the community thread and actually be active in here and every month I put it off because of work or other RL obligations. I keep telling myself it's because I don't want to start or jump into a conversation and then disappear for a few days but... how else am I ever supposed to "meet" the rest of this awesome community? I've been here for ages and rarely post in the forums *sigh* Maybe next month I will actually join in and be active!

Congratulations to the raffle winners, I can't wait to see what you guys pick!

Also, if anyone could spare a pecha (sweet) berry for the poisoned dedenne I would appreciate it!

I have to admit, I've had that mentality when it comes to social spots like forums/IRC/social networking sites. Going on them makes me feel like I have an obligation to get on every day and talk to people and that they're expecting me to talk to them, even though I know that's not the case, so I end up avoiding them as a result. That's not even taking RL stuff into account, which eats up a good portion of my day (I get maybe 3-4 hours of free time a day during the week). I've gotten better though, just coming in to the forums to post my few cents on a topic when I have an opinion. Sometimes I get a reply, sometimes I don't.

417 Trinket boxes... should I open them...

Also, Happy Birthday Sladin5Ever~

This post has been edited by Myou: Jul 31 2015, 06:31 AM

[Gryphaena]

Oh, Happy Birthday to Sladin! :]

The Sky Gift I got yesterday gave me vitamins and Sweet Honey, I think. Thank you, benefactor.

I am fortunate enough to be a Raffle Winner this month, thanks to the RNG.

[Luneon]

You know... every month I tell myself I'm going to post in the community thread and actually be active in here and every month I put it off because of work or other RL obligations. I keep telling myself it's because I don't want to start or jump into a conversation and then disappear for a few days but... how else am I ever supposed to "meet" the rest of this awesome community? I've been here for ages and rarely post in the forums *sigh* Maybe next month I will actually join in and be active!

Congratulations to the raffle winners, I can't wait to see what you guys pick!

Also, if anyone could spare a pecha (sweet) berry for the poisoned dedenne I would appreciate it!

I know that feeling xD
There been times I barely posted here at all

Most of the time I just try to do something related to what's being discussed already
Or.... underground finds and pokehunt thingies

Or what I done that day or plan on doing.

[Daneh]

Happy Birthday Sladin! I hope you have an awesome day!

Celebrating birthdays... hmm, I stopped celebrating a few years ago, but only because it's 5 days after Christmas. And everyone is usually getting ready for New Years. xD

But it's okay, just getting a "Happy Birthday" is enough for me. C:

As for trinket boxes, I have 9. I open between 20-30 every day, I'd collect a bunch, but I do donate most of my trinkets to users who are trying to collect them. So, gotta keep up somehow.

[Vibrancy]

Happy Birthday, Sladin!

My family typically either goes out for dinner or gets something they want made. My Mom made meatloaf for me and I got a cake and some nice gifts!

I'm pretty close to finishing task 11... ish. Have 87 and 80 left, lol. That Lapras. B|!

[RicFule]

Celebrating birthdays... hmm, I stopped celebrating a few years ago, but only because it's 5 days after Christmas. And everyone is usually getting ready for New Years. xD

I'm a New Year's Eve baby myself. So, I normally don't do anything either. Or I'm at work. One or the other.

[Mamanator]

Opening trinket boxes... *shudders* I would so love to start a movement allowing GPX to have an "Open All" button for those boxes. I've been so bad (and yet so click happy) that my boxes are now at... 2,967 total. I so need to hire an assistant just so they could park themselves on my account and then open those boxes. *smirk*

And yay! Thanks, RicFule, for mentioning that there would be a multiplier today. I'm just going to tell myself that it's because you foresaw this that its there. I'm looking forward to being click crazy again today so that I *might* finish the exploration task (doubt if I can do this today though), gain a boat load more of trinket boxes, and maybe finish this SWSH on a high note. I'd really like a shiny rock, but even if that doesn't come to pass, I'm looking forward to falling back into the GPX swing of things.

And I saw we have a birthday today! *celebrates* Happy Birthday, Sladin! I hope your day is beyond great.

For our daughters we allow them to have sleep overs on the Friday night either just before or right after their birthdays. We do dinner, dessert (ice cream and cake), and let them stay up as late as they want so long as they lower their voices after 11 p.m. As for my husband's and my birthdays, that is more like "today's your birthday so, like, happy birthday." LOL We don't even do cards or gifts for each other, though we might (occasionally) go out for dinner or just buy a "shelf" cake at the local store.

[RicFule]

I've been so bad (and yet so click happy) that my boxes are now at... 2,967 total.

And yay! Thanks, RicFule, for mentioning that there would be a multiplier today. I'm just going to tell myself that it's because you foresaw this that its there. I'm looking forward to being click crazy again today so that I *might* finish the exploration task (doubt if I can do this today though), gain a boat load more of trinket boxes, and maybe finish this SWSH on a high note. I'd really like a shiny rock, but even if that doesn't come to pass, I'm looking forward to falling back into the GPX swing of things.

I have 265 boxes myself. I should probably use another Chance Power and start opening more. I'm still missing 11 July trinkets. Not that I personally can get all of them, but maybe I could get duplicates to trade with. {I had like 400 + the other day, and Used Chance power, knocking some out.} I don't usually do a lot of clicking, so I like to keep a supply handy for the off-chance of a Scavenger Hunt trinket task.

Well, technically, it's because it's the weekend of a SWSH, but ...

EDIT - I miscounted.

EDIT² - Chance Power got me a lot of new trinkets, but not the two July ones that my affinity could find. So, I went ahead and put up offers for all 11 that I needed.

This post has been edited by RicFule: Jul 31 2015, 10:09 AM

[Zynn]

Well, I had a less-than-satisfying SWSH month, but at least I got a Shiny Carbink. Been wanting to do that hunt anyway, so it worked out. Perhaps my Inkay will come before the next hunt. Anyway, congrats Wulves for the SWSH domination! We've finally broken our losing streak!!

I also had a less-than-satisfying month of Community posting, and it looks like next month is going to be about the same. My work calendar filled up faster than expected, which is always a good thing for a temp worker. I finally got to read back a few (hundred) pages, and saw the new way of picking event winners. Sounds like a much fairer way, since the Community thread is all about being active in a community. Cool little trick on finding out who posted most.

And speaking of Community, I know this month was a little rough with numerous rules needing improvement and tweaking, but its really cool seeing everyone come together. Similar interests, but different takes on them.... its just really awesome to read, even when I can't participate. Along those lines.....

For those who post when very few are chatting, or for new ones just starting to join the chats, but it seems very few reply.... Keep Posting! Us lurkers are paying attention and listening (reading), and we do care and enjoy hearing your thoughts. Eventually those of us who are shy will be encouraged to post by you! And those of us busy bees with limited time, we really are paying attention. Keep it up!!

Not sure if I'll be able to post again before the thread is locked, to I'm just going ahead to bid Adeiu to July. See y'all in August!

This post has been edited by Zynn: Jul 31 2015, 09:49 AM

[Serend]

Started on my train ride to Virginia, I'll be there by around 8:40 East Coast/Server time.

I have 12 boxes right now and that alone is surprising considering my impatient tendencies. I'm hoping to get over 100 without cracking, but I need decent wifi, and this train... :/