Ok, this is sort of on topic, sort of not. I noticed a lot of people hate cheating devices here. Now here's my thing about cheating to get shinies and cheating in general.
1) If you use a GS or AR to get a shiny in Pokemon, fine, just don't brag about it. Any moron with thirty extra bucks can do the exact same thing.
2) I used my GBC Gameshark on Silver only AFTER I beat the game and had most of the Pokemon in the regions.
3) For anybody on Xbox Live or other online communities, don't cheat against other people. That's just wrong.
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Also, I'm SRing for a shiny MALE Charmander. Just regarding this "race to the shiny charmander," I just don't like the orange of the female sign is just too loud for me with a shiny. I don't care about anything else, but for shinies, I want to concentrate on the shininess. If anyone understood that, thanks, if not, it was poorly explained by me.
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I know I'm not a moderator, but kirby and anyone else out there, don't spam and say
Just finished a good long hour of shiny hunting.
That's just BS. Don't waste people's time who are trying to find out something about shinies. Save it for when you've actually caught one or if you're responding to someone.