Pokémon Go #8: Don't mess with my Hoothoot

[PickAChew]

T'other thread was getting full and there's shinies and stuff!

[GavelRavel]

Is there? I've been busy last couple weeks and not been keeping up, could i have an update please?

[AbbeyRoadCrossing]

Thanks for the new thread.
Do the shiny ones do anything or are they just decoratively shiny?

[IamRonnieBiggs]

I want something shiney!

[Igneococcus]

Caught 2 magikarps in the last 30 min, none of them shiny. I need the candy though if I want to evolve a red gyrados. I've been ignoring them for many months.

[PickAChew]

Shinies are incredibly rare, apparently. Info here:

pokemongohub.net/first-shiny-pokemon-recorded-pokemon-go/

[PsammeadPaintedTheLion]

Debating whether or not to tell dd1 about shiny Pokémon - not sure I want to spend the next week chasing magikarp!

[spiderlight]

Just caught an Octillery without leaving my desk :) DS will be pleased!

Are the shinies just for the event?

[Igneococcus]

Can you tell if it is a shiny on the radar or does it display as a normal magikarp? I see magikarps all the time, but I can't dash out for every single sighting of them, just on the off chance.

[PossumInAPearTree]

Done an 8 mile riverside walk today. Caught 30 magikarp, no shiney ones at all.

[MuddlingMackem]

No shiney Magikarp here, although I have caught a few regular ones. Given the frequency, and that fact that I haven't seen a single one today, I think they're replacing Swinub.

[GalenJustGalen]

Ooooooh shiny! (easily distracted)

[Strigoi]

Checking in!

[BumWad]

I like my new Magikarp hat although I keep thinking there are Magikarp nearby when it's actually my hat!

[AbbeyRoadCrossing]

I've been doing that too Bumwad! I'm desperate to get my first Gyrados still 150 or so to go....

Does anyone use battery packs? Any recommendations? My phone battery never lasts a long poke walk

[spiderlight]

I have <a class="break-all" href="//www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-5200mAh-Portable-External-Technology/dp/B00P8SY7HQ/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1490277595&sr=1-5&keywords=battery%20pack&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">this battery pack, which is great -- gives me about two full charges. DS has just been given <a class="break-all" href="//www.amazon.co.uk/Pokemon-12000mAh-Portable-Pokeball-External/dp/B01JYHJR44/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1490277642&sr=1-3-fkmr1&keywords=battery%20pack%20pokeball&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">this one for his birthday, which is gorgeous and has sockets to charge two phones at a time, but we've not had a chance to use it yet.

[PossumInAPearTree]

Yes, I also keep thinking there's a magikarp close by and it's my hat!

[FreeNiki]

I have 450 Magikarp candies and decided not to evolve last session with lucky egg. Now will hold out for a shiny one.

Have seen 2 omanytes as part of the event. Love my hat but look at that menacing sod following me.

[TinfoilHattie]

Also remember to use one of the yellow berries when catching Magikarps as it increases the number of candies. Every little helps.

I am ONE poliwag away from a Politoed...

[AbbeyRoadCrossing]

That pokeball one looks awesome spiderlight

I've got enough candy for a Slowking I just need the king's rock.

[spiderlight]

Doing well so far today - Octillery, Mantine and two Remoraids, all without leaving the house. Perks of living by a river!

[PickAChew]

Ds1 and I each have the 10,000mAH anker battery pack. Perfect for a day out hunting.

[FreeNiki]

I only had one Scyther and I was walking it anyway but just hatched another from a 5k egg!

Now only need 10 candies to evolve and I have a metal coat already waiting!

[EatingMyWords]

I've got hardly any pokeballs and there's an event- eek! Oh well, got to go to town tomorrow so I can stock up then.

I've been mostly hatching eggs as I've taken on an allotment a couple of miles away, so I'm getting a lot of walking in! Hatched a gligar today which is a bit rubbish, but I've got 3 more 10k eggs- the most I've had at one go.

[Dillite2]

Place marking

[onemouseplace]

I hatched a sodding Psyduck yesterday.

But I did get a metal coat at a random Pokestop last night, so have started walking my Onix as I only need 3 candies to evolve.