Pokemon Go #22: Papa's got a brand new Grumpig bag.

[PickAChew]

With the upcoming Swinub community day, honouring the year of the pig, it had to be done.

Bimblepops or anyone else I'm up for a battle!

@Bimblepops 10am is the usual time for Community day mass level ups here, does that work for you?

Evening all. Does anyone have a foolproof curve ball throwing method? I am going mad trying (and failing) to throw 5 in a row...

First shinx I’ve seen and caught and she turns out to be a shiny

@Funnelfanjo 10am it is then! Thanks

Am around for battles now if anyone fancies one

I am bimble!

If we are High enough too. I am CaelaCoo

Bimble was that you I was just fighting?

You’ve got some powerful Pokemon there!

Sorry yes, that was me, @Soubriquet
I’ve got a few good ones, love my super Dragonite! Annoyingly the app didn’t give me any rewards for my wins

@polly99 I am trying and failing with the 5 great curveballs in a row. Most I have got is 3 in a row with a wailmer. Ponytas are often pretty good too. Needs to be something with a big circle. Are you ok if I trigger great friends around 9.30pm on Tuesday (when I am doing evolve session before the end of the lunar event)?

That’s annoying

I managed to win one battle against a friend of mine and got myself a sinnoh stone

@tumpymummy that’s fine. I’ll try to remember to put an egg on then.

Congrats Soubriquet! Still not got one of those either.

Bimble was your item bag full when you battled? If so, you won't get any rewards. Think it's a bit mean of Niantic not to give stardust when that's the case.

Polly99 obviously best to find larger circled mons to do that task on, but have you tried slowing down your circles to match the speed of the rings as they get slower before throwing? I find doing that a few times before throwing helps me to get in time with the movement. Also use nanabs to slow down the pokemon's movement.

Had quite a successful raid earlier!
Would quite like to retire from doing anymore palkia raids, since I hate catching the jumpy little buggers, but now I need the candy!!

Don't you just hate it when someone levels up (to best, no less!) with no notice? Grr! I wouldn't mind, okay, I would, but not quite as much but I've been trying to get in touch with them here!

That is irritating, Betty, I agree.

So jealous of the shiny Shinx? Did you catch it wild, Soub?

Electabuzz and dratini also good for curveballs out of the current crop. Resist the spoink.

I’ve got a few good ones, love my super Dragonite! Annoyingly the app didn’t give me any rewards for my wins

Bimblepops You only get rewards for the first three PVP battles each day; it’s not infinite!

So jealous of the shiny Shinx? Did you catch it wild, Soub?

No! It was a raid. Me and my girlfriend took it down together. Mine was a shiny, hers wasn’t. Very random

I thought they were only available in raids, Soub, but for some reason your post made me wonder if they’d released them wild and I’d missed it!

On another note, we can go Ultra friends tomorrow, do you mind waiting until Saturday at 10 for the mass level up?

No thats fine with me! You may have to remind me Saturday morning though. I have a mind like a sieve at times

Has anyone else had problems with it this morning

Kept saying network error everytime I tried to catch a Pokemon or raid.

Had to restart the game several times in order to get it sorted.

There’s no update needed either

Shinx are only available either by raids or hatching (10km eggs); they’ve not yet been released into the wild.

Mine was a shiny, hers wasn’t. Very random

Shinies are independent. When encountering a Pokemon with the ability to be shiny, either in the wild, via hatch or raids, there’s always a chance they may be shiny.

Each Pokemon has their own individual shiny rate; some are more common than others.

Sorry nevaeh1975 I triggered best friends this morning by accident

Another sodding zapdos(never thought I would say that!!)for my field research. Not even one with perfect IV

I did however get my 5th sinnoh stone.

Least they are finally coming

It's annoying isn't it Soub. I got my 4th bloody Suicune yesterday since beginning of Dec
Only have a couple of weeks to bag an Entei or Lugia.

On the upside, we're going to Australia over Easter so really excited to see what we'll catch over there!!