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Nov 7 2014, 04:20 PM
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http://redtha.tumblr.com/ Group: +Donors Posts: 238 Joined: 25-October 09 Member No.: 70 032 Active Squad |
So I recently started posting on the forum again and it's so quiet now. It used to be much busier. I wanted to add some more activity and decided why not a thread about old site stuff?
Like remember the old method for getting legendaries that involved being active within a certain time frame and having a spot open in your party then the admins would randomly send a legend out that you might get if you were lucky? -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 05:06 PM
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Spriter / Writer Group: Administrators Posts: 2 186 Joined: 6-June 10 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 99 214 Active Squad |
I remember one of the first SWSH and how I completely missed what it was and how it worked.
'What are all these Swinub eggs doing around the site...?!' I was slow and by the time I learned more, it had ended so I never partipated in it. ^^; -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 05:18 PM
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Sugar Content Group: +Donors Posts: 603 Joined: 12-June 11 Member No.: 143 069 Unown |
I remember how you could make a rainbow with your pokémon in the old way the PC was displayed in your profile (I did that once!)
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Nov 7 2014, 05:38 PM
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Pokémon Champion Group: +Donors Posts: 1 586 Joined: 7-October 13 From: Everywhere but where you think Member No.: 207 612 Active Squad |
I remember how at the very beginning of my GPX career I was staring at a Shellderboy for ten minutes like I was high and wondering how in the world this thing came to be. xD
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Nov 7 2014, 06:02 PM
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http://redtha.tumblr.com/ Group: +Donors Posts: 238 Joined: 25-October 09 Member No.: 70 032 Active Squad |
I remember how at the very beginning of my GPX career I was staring at a Shellderboy for ten minutes like I was high and wondering how in the world this thing came to be. xD I remember how. There was a dress-up contest that Pokii won with a Cloyster dress-up. Shortly after we got the novelty based on it. Here's Pokii's Cloyster dress-up it was based on: -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 06:02 PM
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The Green Thunder, Kell of L's, Keeper of Stars Group: +Donors Posts: 1 778 Joined: 12-December 13 From: Deep Stone Crypt, Europa Member No.: 212 177 Exuberant |
Even though I joined only about a year ago, I still have a fond memory when I found out about Novelty Pokemon for the first time.
I remember finding out about Flaming Zoroark, and was like "Yo. YO. I GOTTA HAVE ONE OF THESE." Then I remember going in the Egg Shelter not long after and seeing that wonderful flaming egg. And donated by Wymsy, no less! Here he is now in all his fiery glory. -------------------- Light is a spectrum. Why limit yourself to a single hue? Nintendo 3DS FC: 1950-9577-7656 Switch FC: Mr. L: 5429-0347-5697 PM me if you want to add me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. L banner made by Luigi Mario ------------------------------------------------------------------- I'M REALLY FEELING IT! |
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Nov 7 2014, 06:36 PM
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Made of random and Joltik love / Totally not a fangirl Group: +Donors Posts: 935 Joined: 28-March 09 Member No.: 6 080 Diamond Party |
Like remember the old method for getting legendaries that involved being active within a certain time frame and having a spot open in your party then the admins would randomly send a legend out that you might get if you were lucky? And threads with weird titles! I got my first legendary from one of those events. <3 Many people would only click you back as many times as you clicked them, there was the berry recorder, and for my first shiny hunt I had to keep track of my hatched eggs in a journal entry. (I tried that later again for a group shiny hunt because I didn't have an open slot at the time...bah xD) And all the confusion about the special SWSH entry you had to use instead of the normal one. -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 07:26 PM
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There’s a lot of tension in this town Group: +Donors Posts: 2 004 Joined: 30-April 09 From: Louisiana Member No.: 17 626 Active Squad |
I joined back in '09 within the first couple of months the site was up. I remember that July there was this huge drop when all of the unvalidated accounts were deleted. There were shinies, legends, novelties, pretty much everything. I got my first Dialga and Cresselia from that drop.
I also miss the way they show the eggs hatching. Once they had this separate window open where you hatch the eggs and one at a time, the hatched Pokemon would appear. I felt it gave you a little suspense as to whether you have hatched a shiny or not. Then there was the many different methods of clicking. First, Opera was the main browser to mass-click on thanks to Ride The Lightning's guide. Then there was SigmaJargon's Greasemonkey script which allowed us to open Pokemon as tabs, which led the site to implementing a similar feature. Now we use Chrome more often! -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 07:43 PM
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A learning vessel of several lessons to make me more clever. Group: +Donors Posts: 1 503 Joined: 15-May 09 From: Seattle area Member No.: 23 405 My Loves |
Oh, man.
I remember the vertical Pokémon party view. Honestly, I barely remember anything else about the original look of the site since I joined back in May of 2009. I do remember not even bothering with tabs and just clicking a Pokémon and manually returning to the party. Ugh. I remember the legendary events where Wymsy added a legendary to the parties of those who were online during a certain time. Of course, it wasn't guaranteed. Oh, and Lugia was the event Pokémon like a day after I joined, and I didn't get it! I was so sad. Then there was the Snaplinks method of clicking. And of course, opening like 200 tabs. The huge account wipe was probably the reason I got some new legendaries from the Safari Zone. I was SO excited because I thought I'd never get them again. xD Of course, this was before Explorations were a thing. And on a more personal note, I remember uh... not dating a particular admin but fawning over her avatar for a while. Heh... This post has been edited by Synx Itax: Nov 7 2014, 07:44 PM -------------------- Check my GPXPlus journal to see what I contributed to the site! Interested in a commission? PM me. |
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Nov 7 2014, 08:04 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: +Donors Posts: 9 Joined: 20-August 09 Member No.: 58 329 Favorites |
And for the legendary events, you could only obtain one. If you wanted to try for a certain pokemon, you'd have to fill up your party on the days that another legend was given out. That old system was fun in a suspenseful way; waking up the next day and finding an egg in your party was the best feeling!
I've been on the site for five years so it's interesting to see how far certain things (like interacting with other users and obtaining legends) have come. -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 08:43 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 24-June 09 From: Australia Member No.: 37 860 We Love Clicks! |
I joined back in 2009 also I remember when you went to the shelter before it was split into eggs only and the safari zone and seeing the egg I wanted, getting all excited and clicking... only to find that a moving pokemon has just jumped in front of my cursor right at the moment so I've ended up with the pokemon instead of the egg " But it was hilarious all the same
Snap links for the win! (I still use it hahaha) This post has been edited by Rozy 14: Nov 8 2014, 06:07 AM -------------------- Rozy 14 woz eya:-->x catching Pokémon as you read her post Special thanks to TheGreenTerror for this amazing banner! Awesome Groups I'm Honoured To Be A Part Of! (click to show ) My Pokemon Personality (click to show ) Special Thanks to Nayz for my avatar profile picture |
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Nov 7 2014, 09:31 PM
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http://redtha.tumblr.com/ Group: +Donors Posts: 238 Joined: 25-October 09 Member No.: 70 032 Active Squad |
Like remember the old method for getting legendaries that involved being active within a certain time frame and having a spot open in your party then the admins would randomly send a legend out that you might get if you were lucky? And threads with weird titles! I got my first legendary from one of those events. <3 Many people would only click you back as many times as you clicked them, there was the berry recorder, and for my first shiny hunt I had to keep track of my hatched eggs in a journal entry. (I tried that later again for a group shiny hunt because I didn't have an open slot at the time...bah xD) And all the confusion about the special SWSH entry you had to use instead of the normal one. One-clickers, mass clickers, and proper berry feeders. And everyone specifying which they were in the journal and sig. And for the legendary events, you could only obtain one. If you wanted to try for a certain pokemon, you'd have to fill up your party on the days that another legend was given out. That old system was fun in a suspenseful way; waking up the next day and finding an egg in your party was the best feeling! I've been on the site for five years so it's interesting to see how far certain things (like interacting with other users and obtaining legends) have come. Oh, yeah, I forgot about the only one legend each giveaway. Nothing worse than waiting until that last day for the legend you really want only to not get it which meant you wasted your chance at the other legends. Snaplinks! I was going to mention that but I couldn't remember the name. It was so useful before the user list was changed. Mass clicking is so much easier now. IIRC before it took a few hours to get a few hundred clicks and now that can be done in a few minutes. This post has been edited by Redtha: Nov 7 2014, 09:34 PM -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 09:47 PM
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Doing alright. Hope you are too~ Group: +Donors Posts: 841 Joined: 27-May 09 From: Last Person To Post Wins Member No.: 27 775 Still miss y'all |
I licked a Wooper and now my Journal is melting.
-------------------- Inactive but still drop by sometimes. Best contact is @Cajun#5683 on Discord. Even when all hope is lost, we will never surrender And when the music finally ends, you'll always remember Never. Stop. Dancing. |
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Nov 7 2014, 09:57 PM
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The Green Thunder, Kell of L's, Keeper of Stars Group: +Donors Posts: 1 778 Joined: 12-December 13 From: Deep Stone Crypt, Europa Member No.: 212 177 Exuberant |
You know it's stuff like this that makes me wish I found this site sooner. To see all the changes and such. But if I had would I have met the friends I've made on here? Would I have had so many great experiences as I've had? Perhaps, but as that never happened, I'll just have to live with it. I sure hope this site won't be forgotten in the next few years, if the decrease in activity is anything to go by.
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Nov 7 2014, 09:58 PM
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http://redtha.tumblr.com/ Group: +Donors Posts: 238 Joined: 25-October 09 Member No.: 70 032 Active Squad |
I licked a Wooper and now my Journal is melting. At first I was confused because I thought this was spam until I remembered, lol. That was a weird fad. Where did it even come from? -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2014, 10:29 PM
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There’s a lot of tension in this town Group: +Donors Posts: 2 004 Joined: 30-April 09 From: Louisiana Member No.: 17 626 Active Squad |
Oh yes, the legend events. I was very unlucky with those. I hardly got anything. I remember getting one of the first Bidofos though. I remember there was a way to tell which ones were Bidoofs and which ones were Bidofos in the Daycare, but they fix that to prevent it. Back to the legends, I was very happy that Wymsy changed it so only people who got a certain activity score the day before (or was it that day) or gotten a certain number of interactions were qualified to receive one to counter the users who would only log on to get the legend and never get around to hatching it or anything.
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Nov 7 2014, 10:40 PM
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Doing alright. Hope you are too~ Group: +Donors Posts: 841 Joined: 27-May 09 From: Last Person To Post Wins Member No.: 27 775 Still miss y'all |
I licked a Wooper and now my Journal is melting. At first I was confused because I thought this was spam until I remembered, lol. That was a weird fad. Where did it even come from? -------------------- Inactive but still drop by sometimes. Best contact is @Cajun#5683 on Discord. Even when all hope is lost, we will never surrender And when the music finally ends, you'll always remember Never. Stop. Dancing. |
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Nov 8 2014, 07:43 AM
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My little shadow familiar can't be this cute Group: +Donors Posts: 541 Joined: 2-April 09 From: mobage hell (Spain) Member No.: 7 553 Favs <3 |
I remember those times when the Shelter was flooded with Eevee and Diglett eggs. You would go there and see nothing but red noses and fluffy collars.
And yeah, the old events. I got a Lugia and I somehow got Clone Bulba despite not having internet at the time and logging in only when I could. -------------------- |
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Nov 8 2014, 09:12 AM
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Well, I wish I'd wished you well Group: +Donors Posts: 1 351 Joined: 19-February 09 From: Backstage Member No.: 4 143 Let Us In |
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Nov 8 2014, 09:53 AM
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Addicted to Genshin Impact Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 6-March 09 From: Jakarta, Indonesia Member No.: 5 314 Milotic |
Previous Skin Style (click to show ) Remember when they were only red and gray? I really remember back when simply finding a Pokemon floating around the shelter is enough to make one jump. Also, back when we had to rely on Cypress drops, the lab and those events that require you to be active in order to obtain a legendary. And remember when Dracowymsy, Crystal Onix, Easter Buneary and Zergoose were the only novelties? (At least, back when I first joined) And man do I remember the snaplinks. It was the fastest way for anyone to mass click back then. -------------------- |
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