PokemonGo #15. We're gonna rock down to Electrike Avenue

Thank for that what. I'll delay finishing this week's field research until tonight then!

Waited to redeem my field research as it was changing to Zapdos but didn’t check what time today. So I have another Moltres. Ah well.

Shame It’s the same as the start time for all events/additions/changes, which is 9pm.

did anyone find a shiny whale (part of the earth day rewards) I have been catching loads but not a sniff....

Yes, I caught a shiny Wailmer

They are still available to catch! Once a shiny is released, that’s it, it’s out there (bar Lugia, obviously), so keep clicking on each and every one you see as it could still be shiny.

During the event it was about a 1:500 drop rate for shiny Wailmer, but now Wailmer spawns have decreased that will probably change.

No shiny whale here either, and I’ve also caught a whole school of them! Annoyed with myself this morning. Waited to redeem my field research as it was changing to Zapdos but didn’t check what time today. So I have another Moltres. Ah well.

did anyone find a shiny whale (part of the earth day rewards) I have been catching loads but not a sniff....

For the excellent curve ball that is.

It's thought that the next lot of special research will follow on from the new quest rather than replace it.

You need to find yourself a friendly teenager.

Tummy Mew isn't changing tomorrow, just the Research Breakthrough reward Pokemon (from Moltres to Zapdos). You've got time to get Mew, don't worry! You'll get your curve ball excellent when you least expect it

OMG! I cant do it! I cant throw an excellent curveball. This is doing my head in. I have watched so many youtube videos and googled pages. It just doesn't seem to work for me. I either miss completely or get great or nice curveballs. I'm worried that after tomorrow, 1st May, I wont be able to get my Mew. Are they changing that as well as the Moltres? If I knew anyone else that played pokemon I would seriously get them to do the excellent curveball for me, but I dont. I'm going to be stuck on this last special research forever and ever and ever.

I finally caught my Mew! Final raid at 1 and Mew was mine by 3. Only 77% but lovely all the same.

I’ve not got a shiny magicarp or wailmer either

Me too soup. I started the special research with enough candy to evolve a shiny magikarp, I ended up using it in order to catch mew and Ive caught so many of the blighters I can now evolve another one. No shiny anything for me though

I'm in a sulk as despite this event I haven't managed to bag a shiny Wailmer or a shiny Magikarp.

I feel like I've caught millions of the bloody things. Hmph. 😒

I've got 400 magikarp candy. No shiny. I'll hold on for a while in case. I have 3 decent Garys anyway so no urgent need to use it up. I've got back up to 200 Rhyhorn candy too for future use.

I finally caught a shiny Karp, yesterday, too. CP 24 and truly awful IVs so red Gary can wait a while.

Congrats urgent and mini efels

Very jealous of red Gary.

Driving along looking for parking space and suddenly screaming in the back of the car. The kids had found a shiny magikarp at long last, so we will have our red Gary!

Look what I've got

Caught Mewtwo in an ex-raid, then a few of us went for a wander. I'd been caught up on Ditto then the 10 raids on a slow week, but the 50 catches with berries and the excellent curveball (Wailmer) have been quick. I remembered to lucky egg in time too!

How is it different to a great or nice curveball?

tumpymummy An excellent throw is closer to the centre of the circle, so the smaller the circle and the more in the centre of it you are the better chance you have of getting an excellent throw.

Google is your friend for tips to find one that works for you, but have a quick look at this guide:
pokemongohub.net/user-guides/guide-getting-curve-ball-excellent-throws-almost-every-time/amp/

Lucky you derek I am really struggling to throw an excellent curveball. How is it different to a great or nice curveball? I can throw those but never excellent. I must have tried to catch over 150 Pokemon Inc wailmer and all I get is great curveballs. Even if I throw a normal straight ball I don't get excellent. Any tips?

Still no ditto....

I am beyond happy. Just finished the last raid needed for my special assignment, the third pokemon I caught was a wailmer with an excellent curveball!!!!

DoctorTwo Absolutely every single piece of information Niantic has ever released about ex-raids tells you that apart from the glitch passes, you have to have raided at that gym to get a pass.

They don’t give ex-raid passes of the most desirable and wanted Pokémon out of the franchise’s 20 year history to those who don’t raid (bar glitch passes) as that would be wholly unfair on those that put in the time and effort to do so.

As for it being in a park, well, technically it is: it's in a football club car park. :o

So the park bit is a bit of a weird one.

The gym itself doesn't actually have to be in a park. (By Park I mean dark green area on the pogo map) What it actually is, is that the centre point of the cell that the gym is in must fall in a park. So my guess is that the grassy bits of the football club are designated as 'park' and that the centre of the cell the gym is in catches the edge of this area.