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August Community Thread!

The July Community thread has been moved here.

UPDATE: The gaming post is now gone. We didn't really use it much after the first month, so I've decided to drop it. Thanks for understanding!

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

• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• [NEW] Make sure your post contains worthwhile content. If you're posting an exploration Pokémon to be fed berries then be sure to add other content to your post. Same with discussing shinies. Find people to reply to or start a discussion yourself! Your post must, with the shiny portion and berry feeding hypothetically removed*, not read as if you're talking to yourself. To clarify, your post should not be an out-loud thought to yourself, and should contain more general discussion than just information on your current shiny luck.
  
  *if you were to read your post, skipping over any mention of shinies, the post should still sound like a good post.
  
  If any posts are found breaking this rule then they will be instantly deleted and handed a 10% warn.
  
  
• [NEW] Do not post your GPX+ gear grinders in this thread either. There's also a thread for that. This is mostly for raging at staff or site events that you don't like.
  
  

  
  Okay:
  Ugh, snow again! D;
  Dragon type for the Poke Hunt again??? ):
  
  An off-handed comment that is in no way malicious like this is fine. You can always add an emoticon to help add to the not serious effect, but that it is only a small annoyance.
  
  Not okay:
  Ugh, snow again! Why can't staff do something to change this!?
  Dragon type for the Poke Hunt again??? This is stupid, someone NEEDS to change this or do something about it.
  Where is the - New Feature - that was suppose to happen? They said it was going to be a month ago, so where is it!?
  
  This is more ragey and is trying to throw shade at the site and staff. Either examples can be thrown in the gear grinder thread just fine, but this kind of anger is what I want to avoid in this thread. I hoped this helped explain.. (:
  

  
  
• Do not litter your post with swear words.
  
  
• [UPDATED] Memes and Gifs are allowed, but don't overuse them. If the thread turns into nothing but meme and gif replies, I'll give everyone a 10% warn that was involved because it's just plain out spam! Make you put these in a spoiler tag.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• [NEW] If you'd like to advertise something, then be sure you put it in your signature. Youtube, Deviantart (No smut), Fanfication (No smut), adoptable sites, your own minecraft servers are all fine. Send a PM if you have any questions about anything else!
  
  If you're a twitch streamer, and want to invite others to your stream, then go ahead and make a post about it so everyone can know.

Monthly Raffle - Updated for new method

Nominations are now gone, and I'm using post count to determine how many entries you have into the raffle. The first 19 posts you have will count as one entry, and every ten after that will count as an extra. Think of it as the first number of your post count is how many entries you have. To see what your post count is, click on the number of replies any certain thread has. Nothing else on the site will influence the amount of entries you receive, so if you'd like a chance to win, then post here frequently!

The raffle is what chooses who gets to choose what's in next month's egg distribution. There are no other site advantages other than that, and even then the whole site gets a chance at that Pokémon that you chose!

[bandon]

I already had a feeling it was something encoded.
A friend of mine pulled a similar trick when I asked for their address.
They felt uncomfortable telling me their address, so they encoded it and hoped I'd manage to decode it xD
Took me half an hour but I found a converter that could do the job for me.

I wonder what it says tho... would you be willing to share with us what it is?

sure i finaly managed to fix and upgrade the converter, took me a while because it contained some flaws that only showed up when i tried to make the decoder
btw don't bother searching vor a decoder online, since it's my own creation i would be suprised if there was one online

should i post the translation here, or do you want to recieve it in private, the text is rather stupid i must admit

[Vande]

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Net is pants here at Kitacon. But am having a fun weekend. Met other Digimon cosplayers today. Best Digimon day ever. The new PV came out too!

[Myou]

What's this about FNAF

I love these games. Not so much for the gameplay, but the lore man. The lore is so mysterious. I must know more. There's so much that's unanswered. Oh, and Game Theory is awesome. The theme song is so catchy too.

I'm half expecting MatPat to just interrupt the intro in the beginning of his FNAF 4 lore video with this.
(WARNING: Scary as shit)

Lol, that image. While I was playing, when I was just a bit too slow and that image popped up, I yelled out "NO ME GUSTA!", scaring the bejesus out of my family downstairs... which is really weird for me because I don't speak spanish nor do I ever use that phrase outside of occasional joking situations.

Also, congrats on the Sh. Ho-oh, Nostalgic River Shadow. It's such a pretty shiny, too~

[Gryphaena]

@Vande: What does PV stand for?

and why is Digimon tri gonna be released in November?

I still think Jyou and Mimi are cute. So are Palmon and Gomamon.

[Nostalgic River ...]

@Gryphaena I do feel luck indeed. i can tell this month is gonna be a great month getting this ho-oh right off the bat~
I have hatched two? shiny novelties... but i think i released them for others to enjoy

@Sleeppari This is my first one. I highly doubt ill ever find another one. im just glad i got ho oh its ONE of my favorite legendaries. Heatran being up at the top... if i found a shiny heatran i would probably die of happiness

@Volmise Thank you ^-^ Hope you get yours soon too~ this month is gonna be full of surpises for everyone.

[Doom Hunter]

Grats, River! May its shiny phoenixness give you luck in the future!

As for me, I have...8 shiny novels (including 1 fossil), 1 shiny Ditto, and 1 shiny legend, Godslayer the Rayquaza. I'm glad I've been as lucky as I have, but only 4 of those novels were on the recorder I still need Undaunted....

[Sleeppari]

My first and only shiny legendary is my Shiny Shaymin. It is one of my favourites so it made me extremely happy! Also first shayming I ever summoned.

I need the undaunted too.. I have got few shiny novelties BEFORE shine recorder was even invented and after that I have got only three. >.> Still I'm pretty happy with my Shiny Magma Totodile I got, took only 331 eggs, Shiny Icy Horsea took 665 eggs in recorder and in total even more since I started the hunt before shine recorder.

This post has been edited by Sleeppari: Aug 1 2015, 02:36 PM

[Manah]

Congrats on the shiny bird, Nostalgic River Shadow

I got Undaunted out of the way with my last novelty hunt and now I only need Pokii's Rage, Superman and Master Commuter. I don't think I'll finish the set before the new achievement are released because I really can't be bothered to breed a male Shellderboy.

[Jen]

Raffle Confusion:
I didn't realize I completely left this out, but yes, posts 1 - 19 are one entry. So just one post in here means you have a chance to win! (:

Edit: Oh, actually I did.

The first 19 posts you have will count as one entry,

I feel like I'm the only person in here who only knows of purple kecleon from the anime. lol Everyone has mentioned mystery dungeon! O:

Game Theory:
I didn't enjoy his FNAF4 one. It wasn't about the lore at all, he just turned it into a lesson about the frontal lobe.

Then there's this:

And a direct link to the comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMJ2jZtW7cw...irdx5tjth31zd2w

[Nostalgic River ...]

Grats, River! May its shiny phoenixness give you luck in the future!

As for me, I have...8 shiny novels (including 1 fossil), 1 shiny Ditto, and 1 shiny legend, Godslayer the Rayquaza. I'm glad I've been as lucky as I have, but only 4 of those novels were on the recorder I still need Undaunted....

yeah... i usually start a shiny hunt when i grab novel or legendary eggs to try and get good luck and of COURSE! the one time i dont do it... its shiny T_T oh well im still unbelievably happy~

@Sleeppari I've thought of going for a shiny shaymin in the past but I think i gave up after 4 eggs? x)

@Manah Thank you As for achievements..... I have way to many to catch up on before the rest come out.... oh well i dont mind spending hours and weeks and years trying to complete them.

[Luneon]

i'm considering it, but i just noticed i forgot to write down what message was encoded there and i have yet to write a decoding program in exxcel, wich i'm going to do right now

Awesome! I'd love to see what it is

sure i finaly managed to fix and upgrade the converter, took me a while because it contained some flaws that only showed up when i tried to make the decoder
btw don't bother searching vor a decoder online, since it's my own creation i would be suprised if there was one online

should i post the translation here, or do you want to recieve it in private, the text is rather stupid i must admit

Do what you feel most comfortable with It's your text, after all!
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Hey guys, does anyone know any ways to make new friends? I'm kinda lonely at the moment and I don't seem to be very good at the "socialization" thing. Or at least I'm not good about finding any ways to do so.

I don't have any certain hobbies, or hobbies that include going outside. I'm working so I can't make any friends in school and my work is kinda independent so I'm not spenting too much time with co-workers. This.. friendlessness is driving me miserable since I don't have anyone to talk with (except my boyfriend but we all know it is not enough). Ughug.

Do you have any ideas where to meet new people? That are also willingly to make new friendships. >.>

Uh that is what the internet is for *shot* xD

Ok jokes aside, most neighborhoods tend to have to special meetups for people who'd love to make social contact with others, groups that go out together or talk or eat together, or do other fun stuff.
I think the easiest way is making clear what your interests are, and from there, try find groups of people who also do that stuff, and then try make some friends there.
Contrary to popular belief, friendships cannot be forced, so even if you join, there's no guarantee you'll become BFFs with everyone But I bet you could befriend one or two of the bunch~

Most people attending such meetings/groups, are people who are just like you, wanting to have a new friend they can talk to and do fun things with! So perhaps you could give it a try or think about it?

I wish there was a kancolle group in my country but no one even knows what it is T_T or that it even exists.

But at least make sure it's a group that has at least 1 common interest.
There's probably something you like that a lot of other people like as well.

[Sleeppari]

Oh so the Purple Keckleon IS in the anime! I knew it! I said to my boyfriend that there is an episode in the anime where is a Purple Keckelon and he said it is from Mystery Dungeon since some one here posted so. Then I'd remember it certainly is from a Mystery Dungeon, but I was so sure it is from the anime, too..

@Luneon: Is that a thing? I have only said hello one time to some one who lives in this same apartment and the neighbourhood has mostly families with small children. Landlord has announced a trip to a zoo in this month but it was already full when I tried to sign up. :'D

Maybe there is some meetups and groups out there, I'm just not informed of them.

This post has been edited by Sleeppari: Aug 1 2015, 03:03 PM

[Manah]

Had no idea there was a Purple Kecleon in the anime. Makes sense though since the Mystery Dungeon one has green lines, so they must be different ones and this is the anime version. I hope the shiny is the Mystery Dungeon one

[Hiraelle]

@River : wow, lucky for the shiny Ho-oh... I'm hunting it but no luck this far... (180 Ho-oh hatched, including 149 recorded).
I don't have much luck with shiny legendaries... I hatched 628 legendary and corrupted legendary eggs, and I hatched only one shiny : Primal Dialga.
I hope I'll get another soon (and I hope it will be a real legendary this time).
I also have a shiny Palkia, but I found it in the Safari so x)

[Jen]

I didn't even know there was a difference between the two purple kecleons either. xD But yeah, there was hype for johto and I remember Kids WB hyping the episode saying they were going to show off a brand new Pokemon and it had these Kecleons in it.

I've never played mystery dungeon, but I have explorers of the sky somewhere that I kind of started. ><

Grats on that shiny bird, River! Too awesome! (:

[bandon]

Do what you feel most comfortable with It's your text, after all!

i've sent it in a message since i wana keep the mystery alive for other people :p

[Jade]

I have 13 shiny legends/novelties. 4 legends and 9 novelties. Yet I still don't have undaunted because I only recorded 4 thus far. EB... come on... I've wanted you since I joined this site, I won't give up on you!

Also, my mail just got here and I just got the most ADORABLE cuties! I don't know if anyone here collects at all, but this month was a big month for releases from the Pokemon Centers in Japan. They had some beanie style Pokemon that come in both 'asleep' and 'awake' styles - I got two Jolteons and a Pikachu. And THEN there was also the big release of Ninetails - her first official plush! Though I don't collect her I had to buy it. I wish her muzzle was just a little longer but she's still absolutely gorgeous.

I also got my order from pokebox - a custom maker. Just some small things, a cute eeveelution clearfile, some buttons and whatnot.

It was a good mail day.

[Manah]

I stopped watching the anime somewhere during Johto, so I probably missed that episode. I want to watch them all one day, but I'm not sure about the language. German for nostalgia reasons, but some character names... eh, no thanks. English for the names I'm used to, but I really don't like English dubs. Japanese with subs is incomplete and will take far too long until everything is released. (I'll probably keep putting this off until all episodes are released and I'm 50 or something.)

[Bonnie Clyde]

I loooooove board games! I haven't played them much lately, though. I should get my family to play them with me more often.
I saw board games mentioned earlier, but there has since been a crap ton of more posts lol

And congrats about the shiny legend Nostalgic River Shadow! Shiny Ho-Oh is beautiful.
I have only one shiny novelty. I don't have any shiny legends.

Oh, I didn't know that there was a purple Kecleon in the anime. But then again, I don't really watch it much, sooo... yeah.
And I also didn't know that their was a difference in the colors of the two purple Kecleon. But how could I if I didn't know the existence of the anime one? lol

[Sleeppari]

I've never played mystery dungeon, but I have explorers of the sky somewhere that I kind of started. ><

You should totally play it! I had kinda started Gates to Infinity but was too lazy to really start playing it. A month ago I finally decided to give it a try and played it and I got totally hooked. I have played the previous Mystery Dungeons aswell but I was just too bothered by slow text speed on Gates to Infinity to really start it. :'D I'm happy I started playing it again, it was awesome<3

Whenever I'm visiting my parents we play some quiz games with my little brothers. Ah good times. When I was younger I played a lot with my aunt and uncle but they live different cities so I can't play as much with them as I'd like to. They have some awesome board games, tho. And some card games too.

This post has been edited by Sleeppari: Aug 1 2015, 03:22 PM