Surely the mods will not care about a triple post, right? right?!
I have finished up all of my Sinnoh based ribbons but one - but we'll get to that. I decided that while it would be easier to get the Memorial/Day of the week ribbons in ORAS since everything in your party get's the ribbon that day instead of just the first in your party, I decided I had enough stuff to do in Sinnoh still that I'd slog through the 6 weeks of ribbon acquisition. It was less than ideal but whatever. I also made sure I got the footprint ribbon on each of the 6 since in some games it's dependent on levels raised and not friendship. Can't really raise the levels of my level 100 team so that decision was fairly straight forward.
I then decided that since in Sapphire I got one normal rank contest ribbon on my team, I'd do the same here. The exception was my starter Sceptile, which is somehow got the Master Rank contest ribbon on. It was a pain doing that in Sapphire before the move up because young me in 2003-2004 didn't really understand Poffins and just fed my Sceptile whatever. So the sheen is *horrible*. But with some research and a little work, I found a good strategy and was able to get that Hoenn Master Rank. However, the Sinnoh Master Rank is currently the bane of my existence. I start so far behind the eight ball due to bad sheen. The scarf and accessories only go so far. The dance part isn't the easiest, even with good rhythm but I just learned that I can use the D-pad instead of the touch screen so that's been helping. I'm on about attempt 25 and I've yet to place anything but 4th. It's been frustrating.
I've done some digging and it is possible to win this without great sheen but everything I've found on it talks in detail how much of an up hill battle it is and how luck based it really can be at this point. I want this ribbon but if I can't get it by the end of January, it's just gonna be time to move and I'll just have to deal with it.
The fight against Red to get the medal in HGSS won't be too difficult since 4 of the 6 are EV trained (the other 2 were already level 100 so I have to wait till I can move them up) and everything is level 100.
If anyone has also gotten a Master Rank ribbon with awful sheen, I'd love to hear about your experience or possible advice.