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September Community Thread!

The August Community thread has been moved here.

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.
  
  
• 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 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!

[Sakura Moon]

Hello everyone!
I'm not on the forums much, but I thought I'd drop in and say hi--even though it's the last day of September, haha. ^^;

I noticed mentions of Pokemon Shuffle--who all plays? How far are you? I've been stuck at Mega Mawile, so I've been working on catching 'mon from earlier levels (still can't catch Gastly DX ) and have been spending most of my lives the past few days on the Giratina event. I've already caught it, so now I'm just trying to get to level 50 to get the prize.

Also, if it's not too much trouble, I've got a Pinkan Rhydon that needs Chesto Berries. Could you lend a hand? It'd be much appreciated!
http://gpx.plus/info/CpMwY

[Sportsfan666]

Looks like I got my #1 choice for the raffle! What Pokemon are you guys hoping to see in the giveaway next month? I'm hoping my choice is relatively sought after.

I got my #3. Which was precisely the best scenario.

Also, I'm surprised no one filled Prize+.

We probably had the same #1 or #2 choice then. My second and third choices are from legendary explorations that are pretty overdue, so hopefully at least one pops up on the explo list this month.

[RicFule]

I noticed mentions of Pokemon Shuffle--who all plays? How far are you? I've been stuck at Mega Mawile, so I've been working on catching 'mon from earlier levels (still can't catch Gastly DX ) and have been spending most of my lives the past few days on the Giratina event. I've already caught it, so now I'm just trying to get to level 50 to get the prize.

I'm at Mega Heracross, iirc.

And how is everybody seeing Giratina? I don't NEED it, since I already have it caught, but it's not on my game.

EDIT - I still need to catch Entei, Suicune, and Xerneas in the Expert levels, and Braixen, Tyranitar, Avalugg, and Salamence in the Main stages. And still need 62 more S Ranks in the main stages. And a few more Expert S Ranks, but they don't really count towards unlocking additional Expert pokemon, do they? I think it's just the Main levels?

This post has been edited by RicFule: Sep 30 2015, 09:36 PM

[Shadow Fennekin]

1. Sinnoh
2. Hoenn
3. Kalos
4. Johto
5. Unova
6. Kanto (Not that I hate Kanto)

[Sakura Moon]

I noticed mentions of Pokemon Shuffle--who all plays? How far are you? I've been stuck at Mega Mawile, so I've been working on catching 'mon from earlier levels (still can't catch Gastly DX ) and have been spending most of my lives the past few days on the Giratina event. I've already caught it, so now I'm just trying to get to level 50 to get the prize.

I'm at Mega Heracross, iirc.

And how is everybody seeing Giratina? I don't NEED it, since I already have it caught, but it's not on my game.

EDIT - I still need to catch Entei, Suicune, and Xerneas in the Expert levels, and Braixen, Tyranitar, Avalugg, and Salamence in the Main stages. And still need 62 more S Ranks in the main stages. And a few more Expert S Ranks, but they don't really count towards unlocking additional Expert pokemon, do they? I think it's just the Main levels?

I suck at the expert levels. Barely got through the first one. XD
As for Giratina, I think it might be only on the mobile version? I'm not sure--I know Latias is (sadly) only on the 3DS version, so... *shrug*

[Aragarthiel]

And how is everybody seeing Giratina? I don't NEED it, since I already have it caught, but it's not on my game.

I don't see it either, I have Pinsir, Latias, and Keldeo right now. I suspect Giratina is on Mobile right now since I play 3DS.

Did anyone else notice Views came back?

[Synx Itax]

I didn't really care for Gen 5. I mean, I thought the story in the games was really nice and well-developed, but I actually hated most of the Pokémon. They really brought down the games for me despite all of the good things about them.

I'd say my favorite games are X and Y. The storyline was weak, in my opinion, but I loved everything else. Wonderful Pokémon designs, fantastic music, great visuals (and so many lovely women), a nice region without much water and with uncomplicated caves, instant trading/battling... I love it. And oh, that Yveltal. <3

After that, the order overall would be Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Kanto, and Unova. Hoenn had my least favorite region due to all the water, but I did really like Omega Ruby. Sinnoh has one of my favorite Pokémon (Garchomp) and my absolute favorite character (Cynthia). I think all of the gens had their ups and downs, and there's something I liked about all of them.

I will say that B/W had my favorite starter. I love Serperior.

[Esc]

^
Yeah.. I never really liked Black and White. I absolutely Johto and Kanto though.

Super excited for October tho!!! AND HALLOWEEN. AND HALLOWEEN PARTIES. SO MUCH FUN.

This post has been edited by Esc: Sep 30 2015, 10:00 PM

[Mikura]

@Mikura I'm sorry to hear that! It sounds scary. I've never gone though anything like that, but I'd just try and stay as positive as you could about it. Technology has gotten really good with a lot of surgeries and it continues improving every day, so you have a very good chance of everything being good!

Thanks for the encouragement! =( Also, love that Lancer icon~

I'm not sure about your individual situation but I have two friends who were born with severe strabismus, one as a complication of an extremely premature birth and the other as a genetic issue that makes his eye focus in the wrong place, and both manage it with special glasses. They're expensive to replace ($700-$800 a pair from what they've told me) but that's what your doctor may want to try before suggesting surgery.

Oh wow.. I can't even imagine how awful it would be to have had it since birth..
Surgery was only mentioned as an option down the road for me. I think when I see the specialist we will look into vision therapy and other options such as the corrective lenses as well.

I didn't had a strabism, but my eyes worked too much, and they didn't know how to stay in a "cool way", so I usually had terrible headaches, enough to want to vomit. I went to see an orthoptist, it's a doctor that make some practice with your eyes to focus on what's far and what's close to you in space. It's a really good doctor to see when you've got a strabism, because its exercices are the best way to reduce greatly the problem.
The exercices are kinda weird and at the beginning you've got the impression that you're drunk, because it forces your eyes to focus (but not too hardly, it's not dangerous). After one month my headaches were really reduced, so maybe you should see one! And you also need spectacles, but I guess you already have one pair.

I replied to yours via PM <3 But still, thank you for the encouragement. The eye exercises are most likely what I am going to be doing.. I just hope I can improve well. Mine causes headaches all of the time, too, and it's been getting more noticable..

I apologize for the big post! I just wanted to make sure I replied to everyone.
I hope the SWSH went well for everyone, I'm really excited to say that I managed to hatch 6 shinies for it.
Even got a random shiny Torchic while doing the PokeHunt, have had good luck lately aside from my vision issues!

[Lilium Alice]

Woo! Got the Latiasite in Shuffle! Now to level up my pokemon/earn more coins before attempting Glalie again, which also happens to be how far in the game I'm in :/

Kinda happy today was a regular day on the site. It gave me a chance to use my summoning items. Unfortunately I missed one of them and wound up snagging two summons sitting in the lab, one of which happened to hatch shiny! Now I've got Sh. Dialga and Sh. Palkia.

Favorite pokemon game/region? Hrm...I think Johto is my favorite followed by Kanto due to nostalgia. After that I really enjoyed Unova and Kalos. Hoenn and Sinnoh? Eh.

[eevee64]

On the mobile site, my index tab doesn't seem to work. It's the tab that shows general info. Daycare info, hatching info, multiplier, weather, etc. Is anyone else having this issue? I don't know if it is associated with the domain change or what.

I've been having the same problem, though I'm pretty sure it's been an issue since the server migration for a lot of people.

Did anyone else notice Views came back?

This is the first thing I noticed when I came on here this morning. Yay!

With a bit of luck I managed to catch Giratina in Shuffle at lv10 Not sure if I'll get it up to lv50 for the prizes....I'm not really fussed on them.

[Nostalgic River ...]

its gonna be october in 35 minutes Good bye september see you next year~
Also i decided to throw my friend a birthday tomorrow since she didnt get to celebrate hers because her family is mean and decided since she was turning 17 she was too old for parties :/ her birthday was originally on the 29th but... i kinda forgot since i gave her the present 2 weeks early ^^'

Hope my family dosent mind her coming over for the day... *didnt really ask them just did a spur of the moment thing and told her to get her butt over to my house x)*

[The Majestic Mr ...]

All this talk of Gen V is making me want to play it again. Right no I'm listening to music from it. Accumula town~

In order from favorite to least favorite:

Gen V
Gen IV
Gen VI
Gen III
Gen II
Gen I

The last two I never played, but I did play their respective remakes.

[Sportsfan666]

Giratina became impossibly hard to beat at level 50 for me. I found a nice tip someone posted for levels 40-49 though. If anyone is interested:

There's a big combo you can set off in the first two moves.

Where rows are A, B, C, D, E, F and Columns are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
First move - Swap A3 and D3
Second move - Swap E4 and F3

On all levels for 40-49, this combo will work. It helped me quite a bit.