2 New Hunts! (4/29/13)

I've started two new hunts & I'd thought I'd give a quick post to tell y'all about them.

First, I'm double hunting in the desert in both of my Sapphire versions. I have 2 Damp ability Psyduck's on each team, so I'm ready in case a Baltoy appears. I'm pretty sure I'm going to do a decent number of phases in the desert because I really want every shiny there except for Sandshrew (got one in SS#1, evolved into Sandslash & a couple years later found a random Shiny Sandslash on White2), so I'd be happy if a Cacnea, Baltoy or Trapinch appears. Pretty sure I'll go until I get all 3. Hope it doesn't take too many phases. I just started this hunt today, so I'm not even to 100 encounters yet, but I'll do my best with this!

Next new hunt is in both of my Fire Red's & it is basically two hunts in succession. The first one is inside Icefall Cave in B1F I believe? Not sure, wherever Swinub is 30%, because that's my first hunt there. Going to do multiple phases if necessary to obtain it. The twist to this hunt is that I am training a full party of shinies on each game & I'm counting the encounters by the power points, rather than running away & using a calculator. I find I'm much more interested in the hunts & can accomplish much more at a sitting without getting bored. Once I obtain Swinub, I'll do the same procedure (of training shinies while encountering) surfing inside Icefall Cave until I manage to find a Shiny Seel. Two shinies that I am looking forward to obtain & Seel is the most underrated shiny in my opinion. This has gone very well so far in the first part for Swinub, I've managed to rack up over 1200 encounters already & my shinies are leveling up quite nicely! Also, since I am double hunting this, I changed the button format to LR for Help, meaning that if I recognize a shiny before the sparkles go off, I'll freeze the screen & I'll be able to show the live sparkles in the video. That will be pretty epic, especially in third gen, where I haven't done that yet.

In other news, Panpour still refuses to shine. I'm starting to get close to the 3000 mark, unbelievable. Hope my luck gets better, two shinies in February (same Pokemon), one shiny in March & one in April. Send some good luck wishes my way! Take care everyone! Enjoy the inspiration picture!

Longest Masuda Hunt Ever (4/2/13)

I can't believe this Panpour hasn't appeared....but it hasn't....my Black #2 has gone completely cold. Even with the generous 5th generation Masuda Method odds (1/1366), I have over 2400 eggs for this Panpour. I have stocked Boxes 83 - 85 & I'm working on hatching those now. But I'm on vacation now in Texas & then going to Arizona, to sightsee & do two campus tours (Texas State & Arizona State), so I won't be hunting much during that time. Hopefully it appears soon, or that something does. I only have one shiny since the 24th of February.

Shiny Vespiquen! (3/17/13)

Yay! After 6988 encounters, I found a Female Shiny Combee & it just evolved into a beautiful Shiny Vespiquen! I'll update more later, gonna get some rest pretty soon.

Confusion... (3/11/13)

Where the fuck are the sparkles at? I can't find a goddamn shiny. Recent focus' are Combee & Panpour with Gastly, Deoxys & Cobalion on the side.

Over 5200 for Combee, doing at least 500 a day. Have hatched through Box 57, which brings me to a total of 1710 eggs for Panpour, what a bitch it's being!

Gastly is at 4590, Deoxys at 13700 & Cobalion is slightly over 2000, but I need to add my resets done today which were around 135.

Haven't found a shiny in a generation other than 5th this year, how strange is that?! Haven't found a single shiny since the 24th of February, praying for my luck to come back. I'm confused as to where it's gone & why I'm striking nothing, especially in March which usually is very good to me.

I need to start focusing on Hoothoot again, which is slowly crawling along at 21200 encounters; it's hard to strike motivation for a hunt that consumes so many systems & only appears at night, but I have to push myself. Groudon, Aron & Bagon (all end in -ON xD) are all ON (see what I did there?) hold for the moment until something appears.

I hope I get something soon...I'm dying to make another video & feel the rush of a shiny again...but until then so long...I hate droughts...

My Luck is Gone... (3/9/13)

Still trying for my first shiny of March, as well as my first shiny since the 24th of February. After getting a very good draw in the month of January & finding five shinies, I thought 2013 may be an incredible year. February only gave me two, both Cherrims. Now March is almost 1/3 over & I don't have any yet, it seems to be getting worse by the month. My main focus' are Combee & Panpour; yet none have produced lately. I'm in my third phase in an attempt for a female Combee, first two phases yielded Shiny Cherrim's. I have hatched 53 boxes of Panpour & stocked boxed 54 & 55, my total of hatched eggs is now 1590, my longest 5th gen Masuda Method hunt. Wishing for some luck...hopefully I get some soon...

Where are you Panpour?! (3/7/13)

I'm still managing to look for a Shiny Panpour; the second of the monkey trio. I managed to get 3 Shiny Pansears by mistake; stocking 10 boxes, 3 eggs contained Shiny Pansears. The natures were Calm, Bashful & Docile, respectively. Then I managed to find a Shiny Herdier as well on this copy of Black (Black #2); all were male shinies. Maybe this is why it's taking so long to find a Shiny Panpour? I'm very unsure what is going on with the gender deal; it's very unusual to get 4 shinies in a row of the same gender, but I've managed to do it. So maybe when Panpour appears, will it be female? I'm not sure. Well, now for the progress. I had Boxes 46 & 47 stocked; none produced a shiny. Neither did Box 48. I'm in the process of stocking Box 49 right now, and with all the eggs hatched through Box 48, I have a total of 1440 eggs for this hunt; my longest 5th generation Masuda Method hunt to date as well as my second longest Masuda Method hunt ever (Remoraid at 1913 eggs on Soul Silver #1, but with lengthier odds). Anyways, I'm working diligently & hope to find this Panpour soon. Keep checking for updates. Hopefully March Madness strikes me soon!

Edit (7:53 PM): Just hatched all the eggs in Box 49, no shinies. This brings me to a total of 1470 eggs. Going to stock Box 50 now, ugh.

Edit (10:16 PM): Box 50 is fully hatched without a shiny - 1500 eggs now in total, ugh.

Where is March Madness?! (3/6/13)

Main Targets...
Deoxys [Birth Island] - 13600 Soft-Resets
Combee [Route 12] - 3100 Encounters
Cobalion - 2000 Soft-Resets
Panpour [Masuda Method] - 1350 Eggs

On and Off...
Hoothoot - 21200 Encounters
Unown [Solaceon Ruins] - 4500 Encounters
Gastly [Old Chateau] - 4300 Encounters
Honey Trees - 3400 Soft-Resets
Bagon [Meteor Falls] - 2500 Encounters
Groudon [Cave Of Origin] - 2000 Soft-Resets
Aron [Granite Cave] - 1500 Encounters
Sentret [Canyon Entrance] - 250 Encounters

Badge Quest Race

Pearl:
1st Badge Target - Starly [Route 201]
(1) Shiny Starly [396]

2nd Badge Target - Misdreavus [Eterna Forest]
(1) Shiny Wurmple [27328]
(2) Shiny Misdreavus [15861]

3rd Badge Target - Gastly [Old Chateau]

Diamond:
1st Badge Target - Canceled [N/A]

2nd Badge Target - Murkrow [Eterna Forest]
(1) 2nd Shiny Silcoon [1907]
(2) 4th Shiny Silcoon [2209]
(3) 5th Shiny Silcoon [11590]
(4) 6th Shiny Silcoon [2375]
(5) Shiny Murkrow [11084]

3rd Badge Target - Honey Trees