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November Community Thread!

The October Community thread has been moved here.

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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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 sure 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.
  
  
• If you'd like to advertise something, then be sure you put it in your signature. Youtube, Deviantart (No smut), Fanfication (No smut), Twitch, adoptable sites, your own minecraft servers are all fine. If you Live stream give a heads up that you're live, but be sure to add content. Don't just link dump. Send a PM if you have any questions about anything else!

Monthly Raffle

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!

[Mamanator]

Happy day after Halloween Everybody. Welcome to November.

On the home front news things are definitely improving if not slowly. My hubby is still out of work; we're figuring at least until his appointment tomorrow with our doctor and possibly for the rest of this week. I always knew he needed a vacation - I just wish he had listened to me.

He went outside last night for the first time since coming home on Saturday and I walked him two doors down to our neighbors so he could pop in and say hello and thank you for all that they've helped us through this past week. They've been amazing! I'm sure more people would've come to our aide, but he didn't want anybody to really know. "It's on a need to know basis" he told me. I think he was worried about the wrong people finding out and then he wouldn't be able to do his DPS volunteering (when he's cleared and ready) or maybe get fired from his full time job. He works at an auto body shop where he has to make x amount of $ a month. So being out for this long, I'm sure, has him in worry overdrive. But since they do offer short and long term disability, I'm hoping that he speaks with them about it so a little extra can come in for this week (or two) that he's been out of work.

On happier news... kudos to our November Winners! Love the Pokemon choices! Especially the Winter Snorlax. I'm seriously thinking of keeping my party open on that day, but the two mystery ones are really intriguing to me. Knowing (at least 90% knowing) what that final day release will be definitely has my interest. I'm just worried about everybody blocking their party until then and the odds dropping out of our favor as a result. Doh! Hey. It could happen, right? *eek*

Last night I picked up my eldest's most expensive Christmas gift. I got her the new Skyrim game (xbox one) and some guide book (although GameStop called it a bible, LOL) to go along with it. I just hope she can wait until the holidays for it now.

In other news... lets see... I'm very happy with the Scavenger Hunt because I was able to finish all the tasks this time around. It's been a while since I've done that so I was very pleased with that. I'm "this far" from my 1000 safe prize points again. Yeah. I like to keep a ridiculous amount on hand. I tend to have 15 of every item I can (the ones that don't have the 2 or 3 limit) and keep my prize points around 1,000 and my pass orbs are somewhere around 4 million. *snicker*

As for monthly explores I have to go see what we've got. I haven't been over there yet. I'm also excited because this is the month the Pokemon games come out, right? As it turns out, I also brought the guide book for that game, too. It just gets tiring trying to figure out what I'm supposed to do next in some Pokemon games, especially when I haven't played them in a while and I spend a couple days trying to figure out where I am and what I'm supposed to be doing. LOL

As for the SWSH, definitely looking forward to it. Hopefully I'll have better luck this month than I did last time around. I'll probably save the DotW explore for next month. That whole party lock thing has me shying away from it every time I even think about the explore. Oh. And, seeing as how I just looked at this month's explore, I know the two I'll be hoping to complete. Since I've only done them both three times and the others more, I'll be working on "Guardians" and "Protecting the Fragile". Guess there's no time like the present to get started so.... and awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee go!


*EDIT*
Oh. Yuck! Now I see why I've only done "Guardians" 3 times. Those battles. Where the opposing teams swap and trade and you never know who you'll get when. Gah. I think I'll start with "Protecting" and, if I get done early enough, perhaps. Perhaps then I'll go back to the guardians. No promises though. Ugh.

This post has been edited by Mamanator: Nov 1 2016, 09:42 AM