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

OSM has updated which means new nests and spawn points.

It also means that 3 of the 5 spawn points reachable from my house and garden have disappeared 😭

Got Mew 81 iv.
And a shiny magikarp, rubbish iv though

Dobby1sAFreeElf Ha Ha

Well done iruka

What I think your wailmer went rogue

Woohoo! I got a shiny Wailmer!

Awful IVs but I don’t mind as she’s so pretty

Yay Iruka not far to go now. Well done.

I was out earlier, using a berry and twirling poke balls in the hope of completing level 7/8. Without much hope as I am rubbish at throwing the curveballs and managed to get an excellent throw when I wasn't even trying (was hoping for a shiny wailmer). Woohoo!!

Now I just need to use about 12 more berries for the next level.

As such, here is an updated version of the shiny Pokemon available and how you can obtain them (Lugia is on there as part of the shiny dex however it is crossed out due to the fact you cannot get it at this time).

Following Earth Day’s rewards, we also now have the chance to get a shiny Wailmer!

I struggled for ages but now do sort of a rough diagonal ellipse that seems to work even when my thumb is stiff.

YouTube may be your friend with this

@iheartmichellemallon

Thanks Pick, I have tried that but usually miss by quite a lot

When I was trying to do the excellent curveball for the Mew tasks, it was taking me four or five curveball attempts just to hit the pokemon. It did pay off though as I got an excellent within half an hour of doing that for the 50 berries task, which got that one out of the way much earlier on than I'd expected.

For curve balls, I usually spin the ball in the left corner of the screen, in circles from the corner to the center of the Pokemon's feet. When the capture circle is where I want it to be, I release the ball about two thirds of the way to the Pokemon's feet. Works almost every time, regardless of Pokémon distance. If you release too soon it doesn't curve enough to, too late and it curves too much.

I'm loving these earth day event spawns! I usually getbobly the very occasional pidgey in my house but I've had 3 poliwag, 2 wailmer a phanpy, 2 seedot and a Carvanha on the last 20 mins. And all triple stardust. Hurrah!

Thanks Pick, I have tried that but usually miss by quite a lot

No idea where that radio came from!

iHeartRadio, if you're missing the very basics of throwing a curve ball, you need to get it spinning so sparks fly.

Thanks both!

I've been given a more successful tip on curveballs today. I had been spinning them from the corner then arching the throw which missed a fair bit. I'm now starting with the spin in the bottom left corner in the same way, but flicking up straight on a diagonal which has had a much better hit rate. I've managed lots of nice curveballs today, and an excellent which is premature as I'm halfway through chugging through the 10 raids.

I'm lucky that the local pokestops are mainly concentrated in a 1k loop around the woods nearby. Running a few laps around there with the go plus on pokestops only fills up the bag rapidly!
I struggle to do it when the kids aren't in school though.

Wish I had advice on curveballs. I suck. Just had the opportunity to catch mewtoo on an ex raid but couldn’t do it.

It was fun though loads of people there

Can anyone advise how to throw curveballs? For the tasks, I need to throw 3x great curveballs & 2x nice curveballs (in a row). I've no idea how to throw a curveball at all!

Did finally manage to achieve level 35 though

Found Ditto now to power through the rest of the task hopefully in time

although I've still never seen a red magicarp so no red Gary for me.

BouleBaker Shiny Magikarp is yellow/gold, not red, but when it evolves it does turn into a red Gyarados

All my pokeballs mysteriously disappeared. But my bag was full of random Pokémon. I thought this might be something to do with my DS (6) who’d been out in the garden at the same time my phone had gone walking but he denied all knowledge and said ‘chill out mummy it’s only a game’ :-)

We have an ex-raid today will see what it’s like.

I caught my Ditto!!! Hurrah! Have almost enough candy to evolve a gyarados too, although I've still never seen a red magicarp so no red Gary for me.

Raids will take a while. I don't spend money on the game so it will have to be one a day if I can.

Third moltres in the bag. It's the only one that hasn't put any resistance up today. Even a cp10 pidgey gave me hassle.

Similar for me, only a few pokestops nearby so have to limit playing sometimes to when I'm in town centre only. Had a lucky few needed visits to London over the time I was doing the special research which really helped replenish my stocks. Not sure I'd have completed it without them though.

Well done on all the achievements over the weekend all.