Pokemon Go #17: Mankey Gone To Heaven

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Shiny new thread

Just putting this here in case anyone finds it useful!

We did 12 trades and THIS one was lucky!!!!!

SneakyGremlins How old were the Pokémon you were trading? Pokemon from 2016 have the highest chance of being lucky, then 2017, while Pokemon from 2018 have the least chance of becoming lucky during trade.

Congrats though

We did 12 trades and THIS one was lucky!!!!!

After someone on the last thread described how you do a curve ball from the left bottom corner, its my default. It really increases the likelihood of a catch so you get more XP and waste fewer balls.

Congrats!

I’d never even tried using curve balls before the special research but now it’s my default. That extra 10XP must add up eventually!

YAY!!! I finally got my excellent curveball after hundreds of tries! Mew here I come tomorrow. Even my children have lost interest in pokemon so I have no-one else to share my joy with :)

Naturally, still no sign of plumber and not answering phone

DH and DD off to London today, stuck home with toddler DS waiting for plumber who is already 45 mins late.
Had terrible connection problems yesterday evening so got naff all from pokestops.
jealous of all those London goodies on offer

I also got an EX Raid pass for 4 August- unfortunately it is for a gym in the town in Europe where we were on holiday.

I don't think I can justify a day trip back there.

Can I just apologise for being a crap gift giver at the minute? I’ve been practically housebound with poorly children since Sunday and haven’t been near enough to spin a pokestop since then. I’m barely managing to catch one Pokemon a day to keep my streak going, it’s only when one randomly spawns near my house that I can get one!

I’m hopefully going to the wildlife park this weekend though if everyone stops throwing up so hopefully will get some gifts to send as I know there are some stops there.

I'm trying to be chilled about gifts. Some days I manage to get enough gifts to ensure everyone gets one. Other days I'm lucky to get 3 gifts to send out. You can't really do much if they aren't dropping.

I know it's wrong of me, but I'm quite excited that the hotel we're going back to next week is right on top of a gym. I can see them showing us to a room and me surreptitiously checking my phone to make sure I can reach the gym from the room! Also, got to silver on the 2 gyms there last year, so going to have to work on gold.
DH: "What are you going to do whilst I'm off cycling?"
Me: "Oh, I'm sure I'll find something to keep me occupied. Off you pop!"

Don't get stressed about sending gifts! It'll all come out in the wash! I think once you get to best friends with some, then you can start working down the list of friends you have, so it might take longer but we'll all get there in the end, iyswim.
Last night we went to a restaurant & there was a pokestop right outside. Unfortunately, due to its location, they had put some fairly serious insulation (think sound insulation from traffic noise) around it and I couldn't get reception! I thought it was going to be a great chance to sit and farm gifts while having a lovely meal!Oh well, at least the food was delicious!

MeetMe and TangelaVine I’m the same. We went on holiday and there were no pokestops in the vicinity. I felt really guilty that people were sending me gifts and I wasn’t sending anything back. I’m deliberately trying to send gifts everywhere now!

Thanks for the info about the berries 😄

Meetme I'm the same. Where I work massively varies so sometimes I don't get to many stops. Keep having a work with myself that other people hopefully aren't stressing about something they get free from pokestops.
Wish the game did a number sent and received for each person though

Argh I feel under pressure to get my excellent curve ball throw before the celebi becomes the new special research Pokemon!

MrsJamin You don’t need to feel under pressure. Go Fest proved you can have both Mew and Celebi special research quests active at the same time.

It’s not like the field research quests, Celebi isn’t going to replace Mew.

Argh I feel under pressure to get my excellent curve ball throw before the celebi becomes the new special research Pokemon! Any tips? I do curve balls every time and often get nice or great,just no excellent!

Does that indicate that the next special research is likely to be in August?

TakeAChanseyOnMe No, that news info is specifically about field research rewards giving Raikou as a reward and doesn’t give any indications towards the next special research.

We do know the next special research will be Celebi and we do know it’s in the code ready to go live (after having been released exclusively at Go Fest and then tweaked afterwards), but there is no hint as to exactly when it will be released.

I was happy to have one Snorlax as it had evaded me. Glad to get a legendary I don’t have.

Does that indicate that the next special research is likely to be in August?

Woohoo, finally a legendary back as the research task rewards! Snorlax was very disappointing.

Does anyone know why some Pokémon seem to already have a berry on them when you click on them?

ContraryToPopularBelief It’s a glitch; it doesn’t mean anything. You’ll notice the berry is the same berry you used on the last Pokémon you caught.

So if you caught your last Pokémon with a pinap berry, the next Pokémon will have a pinap berry graphic above it. However, it will not give you double candy, you would have to add an actual pinap berry as it’s just a graphical glitch.

It's a glitch! If you give them a berry the icon will vanish but you will still get 6 candy if you catch them.