[X] My Assistant

[Zerxer]

The Secret Santa Exchange is now open for deposits!

Once you know what Pokémon you want to enter into the exchange, you will use its Options dropdown and choose "Secret Santa Exchange" under the "Move to" option.

The exchange itself will happen after 11:55pm on December 25th, meaning you have two full days to deposit something. Depending on my availability, it will likely be hours later, or the next afternoon, but the ability to deposit will be disabled at reset.

Some reminders (and notes for newcomers):

• You can only enter ONE Pokémon in the exchange and you will not be able to undo your choice.
• The Pokémon will immediately be converted into an egg of its BASE form, again meaning you cannot undo your choice.
• When the exchange runs after reset of Christmas Day (December 25th), your Pokémon's egg will be given to someone else, and you will receive an egg from another person OF EQUAL RARITY.
• Rarity is dex rarity, not how "rare" you perceive it to be by availability on the site. So if you deposit a Novelty that is more rare than others, you may wind up receiving a Novelty that's much easier to obtain normally.
• Rarity is by BASE rarity. This means submitting certain novelties, such as a MEGA or some other Novelty evolution, will likely have a NON-NOVELTY base rarity (Common, Uncommon, Rare). A Mega Charizard would be a regular Charmander. Snowman Froakie would be a regular Froakie. A Winter Vulpix, however, would be considered a Novelty and would be given as a Winter Vulpix egg.
• Manaphy/Phione have been disabled this year, but summonable legendaries are in their own rarity grouping, rather than with all legendaries (Very Rare). This means submitting a Ho-oh, Lugia, etc, will get you an equivalent summonable legendary back; you will not get something like an Articuno.
• Submitting a SHINY means you will get a shiny in return, of equal rarity. The exchange will try to ensure it is something not yet in your shiny dex.
• THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES THAT YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU WANT, NOR THAT YOU WILL EVEN GET SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT ALREADY HAVE (although giving you something not already in your dex is the primary objective, but depending on how many people enter, and which Pokémon are entered, and how full your dex is, this may not have a 100% success rate)
• YOUR PARTY LIMIT WILL BE DECREASED TO 5 UNTIL THE EVENT ENDS, TO ENSURE YOU HAVE A SPOT OPEN IN YOUR PARTY FOR YOUR NEW EGG. Keep this in mind in case you want to wait until the 25th to deposit your Pokémon.
• You cannot submit an Arceus, Manaphy, Phione, nor a Black/White Kyurem. Those are the only restrictions.
• The exchange script will prioritize users based on their December 25th activity — those who were more active that day will be first to get an exchange Pokémon, which helps ensure they get something new.
• I might not be available precisely at reset on the 25th, which means the actual exchange will take place later that night if not the next afternoon. Just an FYI.

I will open this thread for replies after the actual exchange happens.

[KikiRukata]

I got super excited when I saw mine. I sent in an extra Sh. Eevee and received a Sh. Lapras in return. The person who got mine had been a user for many years so and hadn't yet gotten a Sh.Eevee. And I didn't yet have the Sh. Lapras! Thank you entei554 for the beautiful purple Lapras! And I hope Broken Butterfly enjoys their new Eevee! <3

[grumpish]

I put in a shiny Caterpie and got a shiny Snorunt. That was on my list of pokemon to shiny hunt, so thanks Mimiqui! I hope whoever got my Caterpie is happy with it.


***just realized Caterpie's page was in my browser history so now I know who got it

This post has been edited by grumpish: Dec 26 2017, 10:30 PM

[eludicatorflame]

Sent my shiny Decudieye, got a Charmander, it looks like? it evolves into a green pokemon choice so i'm happy yay. i hope whoever got my egg is happy too!

[CyberMagician]

Thanks for the shiny Caterpie, grumpish!
I myself sent out a shiny Lycanroc.

[Kanonno]

I put in a S. Litleo that was a gender fail, and got a S. Sawk. Not one I particularly care for so it'll be next year's secret santa, but it's another point to my shiny dex atleast

I got your Litleo, and it was actually the gender I was hoping for! I sent out a spare shiny Smoochum that I hatched by chance after already completing my Smoochum hunt. I didn't take down the ID for it so I'm not sure who it went to, but I hope she was wanted.

EDIT: Like grumpish I tried searching my browser history and found out Celestial received my Smoochum. I hope you didn't have her!

This post has been edited by Kanonno: Dec 27 2017, 02:49 AM

[Crysta Blade]

Put in a Shiny Gardevoir I picked up from the Shelter some years ago that went to Quaggie13, got a Ralts in return from DanieleGrigo. Guess I'll be getting Shiny Kirlia Dex cred sooner than I thought. Life's kinda funny like that sometimes.

[Blue Winter Rose...]

Sent a shiny malamar i caught from the shelter, got a shiny spinda in return. I don't like spinda, so it'll be going in next year. I actually LOVE inkay, but malamar is so ugly, so hopefully whoever got it will get to keep it as an inkay if they prefer it that way!

[Broken Butterfly]

Sent a shiny Charmander, got a shiny Eevee! >w< I'm so happy! I hope whoever got my Charmander likes him.

[Misfortune]

Sent out a Shiny Ribombee and got Luneon's Shiny Snorunt! I love him, I've been meaning to hunt for one soon. I hope whoever got my Ribombee is happy too!

[Necrozma]

Thank you to Riolu in rio for my Ho-oh! I wonder who got my Cosmoem...I hope you're able to evolve it to either Solgaleo or Lunala if you want. I was too lazy to get enough Prize Points

[Synx Itax]

I put in a shiny Cutiefly and got a shiny Red Flabébé. Now I don't have to hunt it.

[regretts]

It's super late already oops. I sent in a Sh. Palkia (I wonder if it's the one which went to Vande? If it is I'm sorry it wasn't the best present I hope next time you get one you really want) and got a Sh. Heatran. I'm pretty happy with it, thank you @Furfrou!

Indeed it was yours they got, I went and warmed it

I put in a S. Litleo that was a gender fail, and got a S. Sawk. Not one I particularly care for so it'll be next year's secret santa, but it's another point to my shiny dex atleast

Sounds like you got my Dageki, sorry. Had a feeling whomever wound up with that thing wouldn't like it. If you are into completing your dex, at the very least that is one you will not have to waste time shiny hunting.


Sent in Shiny Dageki and received a Klink. Apparently Klink's are popular with the Secret Santa.

[Hizashi Yamada]

Sent out a shiny Sigilyph that Piglet got, and got a Shiny Snivy in return from Kevin2000. Thanks! I needed one!

[Le Nerdy Tachyon...]

I ended up getting Vishous' shiny Mareep in exchange for my shiny Swalot that SnowyVee got

[Mattardis]

Sent a palkia, got a cosmog. Super worth it~