[X] My Assistant

[Mars Adept Enten]

Yeah, I don't think going to a Reddit-style forum would be ideal. Just sayin'. Redditors can be obnoxious enough as it is, and we don't want more folks like that on here, do we? Besides, what if a shift towards more traditional forums like this happens, like, say, tomorrow? We'd be hosed if we decided to switch to Reddit just because it's more popular. These things are cyclical trends. While Reddit may be all the rage these days, I'm sure we'll get a period of time when the proverbial pendulum swings back towards traditional forums again.

Also, seconding that PB checking thing. I've seen so many broken image links it's crazy. I'd like to see that fixed if possible.

[Cycloneblaze]

Someone asked a few pages back if it's rude to PM someone and ask them if they can wait to donate their eggs. My answer is yes since people have various reasons as to when they donate eggs and shouldn't be asked to do something they may not feel comfortable with. I donate eggs right away because I don't like having the Daycare notification, and if I have a novelty to grab, I just grab it.

I dunno, I wouldn't be opposed to politely asking people (or being asked) to hold off on donating. Who knows, maybe they just don't realise. I think it can be done without being rude. But I would be a bit leery of doing it myself.

Yeah, I don't think going to a Reddit-style forum would be ideal. Just sayin'. Redditors can be obnoxious enough as it is, and we don't want more folks like that on here, do we? Besides, what if a shift towards more traditional forums like this happens, like, say, tomorrow? We'd be hosed if we decided to switch to Reddit just because it's more popular. These things are cyclical trends. While Reddit may be all the rage these days, I'm sure we'll get a period of time when the proverbial pendulum swings back towards traditional forums again.

Also, seconding that PB checking thing. I've seen so many broken image links it's crazy. I'd like to see that fixed if possible.

So reddit can be a pretty nice place in some places. Yeah the admins are spineless and it's still got the_donald on it, but smaller subs can have very nice communities. I think we could manage to curate a good one, the staff does a good job with this forum. That's if we were going to bother, this forum here is still a good way to discuss this site. I don't see any reason to abandon it like we did IRC. But I really don't think that forums are coming back, that's just not the way most people browse the internet nowadays. I don't see any cycles in it.

There's nothing that can be done on our side to change those PB images, by the way, short of mods editing signatures to remove them. I know it was a pain to move all my stuff over but it didn't take all that long, and I'd a much rougher time since I'm still maintaining an art shop!

[stripes545]

How do i raise my Magikarp's jumping skill to beat the Heavy League (i think that's what i'm on)? i got as far as spot 11, then lost. Any tips? i only have around 4 patterns unlocked...

[Naixatloz]

Back when I played Magikarp Jump, I focused all my efforts into getting Meowth and Rowlet and maxing them out, and using all those coins to upgrade food. You can use food constantly, so imo it's a better investment than training upgrades. Shiny Magikarp always give a bonus to coins earned, so if I ever fished up a shiny I'd keep it a few days and let my coins accumulate.

This is a less viable strategy later in the game, since eventually it becomes ridiculously expensive to upgrade even Oran and Sitrus Berries, but it's a good way to cheese it until level 65-70-ish.

[Asbel Lhant]

I went to work today and decided to head home because I wasn't feeling well. I've been feeling pretty lousy the past couple days, my acid reflux has gone into overdrive lately. It sucks because work has slowly been picking up now that kids will be back in school within the next couple weeks. I can't afford to be sick.

I had to do a first aid course back on Tuesday for my job, it was pretty interesting. I did a first aid course about 15 years ago and a LOT has changed. It is interesting to see/hear what used to be popular and what they use now. Having to do CPR on a dummy is pretty weird to say the least.

Well, seeing as I'm home sick, I decided to do the Tour of Illusions. This poor Zoroark wants some berries so I can send it on its way home:

[AregularFrankief...]

Speaking of announcements, did anyone notice there are two new patterns in the Magikarp Jump game? Blue and Violet?

For now, I could only hatch one shiny of these buggers, a brown one, randomly. I'm hunting a purple colored one, let's see how it goes

Oh wow, those actually look really nice! Can't decide which I like better. And good luck with your shiny hunt! I'm planning to hunt all the Jump Karp myself...eventually. I still need Undaunted and some Splash Shards wouldn't hurt. Only got 2 currently.

[Luneon]

With most people using adblock I'm pretty confident that advertisements won't do all that much.
That said, I guess a better way would be advertising on our own media. (Facebook, Twitter, etc)


Has anyone noticed that older header event images are off-centered on Opera???

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Lately I've been having a pretty stubborn headache that just doesn't seem to want to go away
Not sure if it's due to the recent sudden temperature changes or due to something else.

[Gigadweeb]

I suppose what you're all saying is true, it's just, I don't know. It's always good to see new faces around here, and nowadays that's much more of a rarity.

On a sidenote, a dude from IGN contacted me to ask if they can use my pixel art on an article about fanart, so shit, I guess I'm getting somewhere! I'm glad my stuff's finally getting noticed outside of niche communities like /r/pixelart

[RicFule]

Yeah, I don't think going to a Reddit-style forum would be ideal. Just sayin'. Redditors can be obnoxious enough as it is, and we don't want more folks like that on here, do we? Besides, what if a shift towards more traditional forums like this happens, like, say, tomorrow? We'd be hosed if we decided to switch to Reddit just because it's more popular. These things are cyclical trends. While Reddit may be all the rage these days, I'm sure we'll get a period of time when the proverbial pendulum swings back towards traditional forums again.

I don't think the topic was to change this forum to a Reddit style one, but to post ads on Reddit and get people to join here? Idaknow. I could have been reading it wrong, I suppose.

[Gigadweeb]

Yeah, I don't think going to a Reddit-style forum would be ideal. Just sayin'. Redditors can be obnoxious enough as it is, and we don't want more folks like that on here, do we? Besides, what if a shift towards more traditional forums like this happens, like, say, tomorrow? We'd be hosed if we decided to switch to Reddit just because it's more popular. These things are cyclical trends. While Reddit may be all the rage these days, I'm sure we'll get a period of time when the proverbial pendulum swings back towards traditional forums again.

I don't think the topic was to change this forum to a Reddit style one, but to post ads on Reddit and get people to join here? Idaknow. I could have been reading it wrong, I suppose.

Yeah, that's correct. Just see if we can get an ad or two.

On another note, just released a bunch of legendaries. Good luck!

[miu]

On the topic of donating eggs right away... I do that, I usually just pick an egg or two and just donate them as soon as I see the Daycare notification, because tbh I almost never get premature eggs, so I never realized this would be an issue. With the new jump 'karps though, I can see how it can be really annoying to have them reach full maturity quickly, so I try to wait at least until xx:00 (I'm malachite, so my eggs are laid at xx:32) before donating. If I'm at work though, I might just log in for a moment and check the Daycare, so I might donate a bit earlier just to get more eggs into the system, so I'm sorry if any of my eggs end up premature.

That said, I decided that this might be a good time to go for Undaunted, since a lot of people are breeding the new 'karp. Already got a Black shiny yesterday, currently hunting Purple

[Mars Adept Enten]

Oh, sorry. I misunderstood the original post. I didn't think it was about advertising and what not. My bad.

On the other hand, I'm having a good day on GPX+ today. My first rank 1 in the Poké Hunt and my first Ultra Wormhole.

[shinyrhyhorn11]

This will be the month I stay on top of the tasks list!

[AregularFrankief...]

Gah, that reminds me. I haven't even done any of the Scavenger Hunt tasks yet..Too busy trying to level up my already-existing Pokemon and make some more progress on my shiny hunts. Maybe I'll try to check off at least 1 or 2 tasks at some point, though, I still need that Achievement where you complete 20 different tasks.

Then again, I still need a lot of Achievements.

[Mars Adept Enten]

The Cosmog I ended up getting had 2 perfect IVs and one almost-perfect one. Might try to go for Solgaleo with this one.

[Running On Ice]

I'm wishing for some more variety with the scavenger hunt tasks for the rest of the month. Apart from one day where we had a trinket task, the only one kinds we've had are the color and type ones. I'm even hoping for a nature task in the future at this point. I know it sounds a bit petty but it gets old. I am breeding some Crabrawler for anyone who plans on using one though.

[SilverPT]

I'm wishing for some more variety with the scavenger hunt tasks for the rest of the month. Apart from one day where we had a trinket task, the only one kinds we've had are the color and type ones. I'm even hoping for a nature task in the future at this point. I know it sounds a bit petty but it gets old. I am breeding some Crabrawler for anyone who plans on using one though.

There could be a lot more variety regarding scavenger tasks.

• Hatch something with x nature
• Win a VS Seeker battle
• Get one win at the Battle Tower
• Get 5 consecutive wins at the Battle Tower
• Hatch one novelty
• Buy x items
• Release x pokemons
• Release a specific species
• Hatch a specific species
• Evolve x pokemons
• Evolve a specific species
• Use a Pass Power
• Bring back a pokemon from the Underground
• Release x eggs via daycare

And the list goes on.

This post has been edited by SilverPT: Aug 19 2017, 08:53 AM

[Wingcap]

I'm kinda hesitant to ruin this nice, round number.

[Mars Adept Enten]

Finally! I finally managed to get a Crabrawler egg. I guess bitching about not being able to find one helped? *shrugs* All I need now are the Tapu eggs and I have a complete egg 'Dex for Alola up to today. Granted, that will change when we get the new Alola batch, but still...

[Luneon]

I'm kinda hesitant to ruin this nice, round number.

What is the 4th number about?

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On the topic of the scavenger tasks:

I'm using the scavenger tasks to get some clicking done for Arceus explo whenever I can.
Unfortunately missed the first day but hey still plenty more tasks to go
At the same time I'm also working on achievements which require mons which align nicely with that.