Hello, everyone!
It's kind of strange to make a post on here - it has been so long since the last time I posted, and since the last time I did any proper shiny hunting. It's really heartwarming to see that there is still a community here, and that the same old thread is still going strong! I also see quite a few familiar names, wouldn't have thought but there are a lot of dedicated people! Congrats to everyone on their most recent shinies
I remember posting here regularly back in 2014 when I started hunting properly - I begun my first ever and still only badge quest and managed to acquire the five first badges that I've got in my signature now.
Since then I have had a break from hunting, though I have still certainly played a lot of pokemon - the sun and moon and ultra versions particularly! But I haven't been purposefully hunting, though I have been lucky here and there. I hatched a random shiny
Rowlet when trying to breed a competitive Decidueye, and it appeared after less than 10 eggs (no MM'ing). I also ran into a random shiny
Ledyba in HeartGold.
The reason I'm posting though, is that during the last couple of months the urge to hunt has been coming back to me.
To start out easy I began MM'ing for one of the coolest shinies in gen VII in my opinion - Bruxish!
This one showed up after 828 eggs.
Now I'm trying for a Mareanie, and this hunt has also gone above the odds but it's kind of on hold at the moment.
I also started up my HG BQ again, which has been idle for many years. I'm still in the gamecorner, this time trying for a Dratini after that disastrous Ekans hunt which went above 29,000 seen!
I'm currently at 2000 seen for this cute little dragon snake
Seriously can't wait for it to shine, especially since I've wanted it for so many years now! Still prepared for a long hunt - especially since my R-button is getting faulty
I also decided to start a Nuzlocke on my Y cartridge. I had previously begun a playthrough with an all-out shiny golden team consisting of Azumarill, Arcanine, Swablu, Mightyena, Meganium and Meowstic. It was fun to hatch them all but I lost interest in the playthrough. Now I've got my first badge - it's been ages since I've visited the Kalos region and although it's not among my favourites it's still a lot of fun! I'm writing a little silly story to go along with it while tracking my progress - the link to the first chapter is in my signature. Anyway, I was just grinding a little on route five when this pretty thing popped up out of nowhere!
Skiddo is a repeat shiny for me, but I don't mind because it is one of my all-time favourite, and now I can evolve it and have a gogoat too. Also, the previous one was a random encounter in X but I had the shiny charm at that time. This one is full-odds 1/4196.
One of the exceptions to my nuzlocke rules is that if I find a shiny I can add it to the team regardless of whether it was the first pokemon encountered on a route - so this little ram is joining the adventure!
Anyway, that was a pretty long post - I promise the next one won't be nearly as long! It's good to be back. Happy hunting everyone!