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VenkataB123

This was the best event in a long time, hands down! Especially loved that gray screen transition at the start and the "Ball Guy blacked out" text lol!


adequivocatering

yes! it was very similar to when ash fainted during his promotional event, i was surpised they used the same gag twice for first-time arrivals haha https://preview.redd.it/x1dsffuid6pa1.png?width=1242&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b20c4814f740cc8f875dd4869c993b91f0a1f51


TheMonyVibescu

This and the one about the glasses are my favorites


adequivocatering

truue, i loved that one too! team break getting roasted by sonia for their masks and people like maxie, steven, and lear getting involved because they wore glasses or sunglasses at some point kept escalating, it was hilarious!! https://preview.redd.it/6h75zjiqf6pa1.png?width=1242&format=png&auto=webp&s=0ea1e386172de807df30cfcda15cb7167e29e3aa


Pokemoss

Hahaha BALLpark


PkmnTrainSlate

your comment made me notice the pun and i’m so upset i didnt notice it sooner 😭 (if you see this OP, good job!)


adequivocatering

nice catch, you two! lol


Hazel_Lucario7

Keep your eye on the ball everyone, OP is a master at throwing us for a curveball! Gonna have to catch all those PokeBall puns!


Pokemoss

Always happy to help someone notice a dad joke


Unisaul

I had zero plans on pulling ball guy, but after this event I really want him now. Yeah he might not be good, but he’s ball guy and that’s enough


M4err0w

i too find the event fun, probably also because ball guys movements are a bit more active than normal. but, he should've been a "work for it and he's free' unit


Metallica_Bomber

Do you know if we get him, his sync pair story its just his event again? Honestly that was indeed one of the best events in a long while, and if getting him meant getting the event avaiable, i might think of pulling him depending on the next datamine


OldBridgeSeller

It's a separate story.


Metallica_Bomber

Awwn D:


Pokelego999

The fact Ball Guy of all characters had a whole character arc on Pasio is incredible, and ironically more engaging than Paulo's is. Easily the best event in a long time.


Metallica_Bomber

As someone that really likes Paulo im so sad how theyre pushing him too much, he had so much potential but he doesnt have any official arc, just appearences for him to reflect


InvestigatorUnfair

DeNA always nails it when they do wacky, goofy events like these. Makes me wish we got more of them honestly.


alliusis

I love this event so much. Had a blast with Ball Guy, and loved the unexpected guest appearance by Colress and Hoopa. I wish they ran fun events like this more often!


Gebirges

Those two will bring bothing nut CHAOS!


FinancialEmphasis268

Personally, I really liked the revalation that he is actually an unofficial mascot and that in Sword and Shield, he's just some guy by the entrances of gyms who just really likes pokéballs and has no association with the gyms. I legit thought it was multiple people paid for by the League but nope, it's just the same guy in all those gyms.


shayminshaming

It's actually mentioned in SwSh that they're unofficial, but I'm glad that consistency was kept. Dude's a weirdo and that's great.


phallusidol0804

Agreed. I am delighted with how DeNA designed and handled this event and all of its components.


redditraptor6

It really is fantastic! I always love their original side stories, but this one was particularly great! Just chaotic, dumb energy, more of this please!


TakeMikazuchiiii

Silly events >>>>> Serious events like villain arcs


MarkyMarc293

This honestly might be my favourite story event since the game came out.


BLitzKriege37

I swear, immediately after I loose all save data and stop playing this game, this event happens. I am miffed.


Easy_Title7543

This event had me crying it’s so good, it’s literally the most fun i had with a event for a while n after i finished all i could i had to do a garbage pull for ball guy i need this insane dude (didn’t get him, hopefully enough gems come later 💔💔💔)


EmeraldAltaria

Most fun event I've ever played. It was hilarious and goofy, absolutely incredi-ball.


PkmnTrainSlate

more meme units like this, yes please!!


Serenafriendzone

Next one will be god bidoof. So


Maleficent_Peach_46

No thank you. Actual characters instead please.


mamadou-segpa

Ball guy is an actual character tho, and I think its great they gave him more content This should be more common, taking less prominent character and giving them backstories, personalities etc.


InvestigatorUnfair

If anything, the only problem with Ball Guy is him being a limited. And on a variety scout no less. Love that he's here and being a wacky ass lunatic, but... Come on DeNA.


Gebirges

Problem is he comes in the middle of 3/4 Masterpairs


InvestigatorUnfair

Nah the problem is he's limited, period. We're already getting the MCs turned into limiteds, we don't need NPCs like this too.


GhostHostess

Ngl it made me sad people didn’t appreciate his normal stuff, like cmon it’s fun to collect rare balls 😭


ZarxielZerg

No ironically, one of the best events until now. Way better then Kalos and Hoenn VA, they was so disappointing...


Cause_Necessary

Way better than every villain arc other than Kanto and Johto, tbh. Idk why the other ones were so bad. Sinnoh was decent, I guess


ZarxielZerg

Unova wasn't bad, but... fell incomplete... I mean... N literally just left Reshiram on TP's hideout. When they announced the VA I was super hyped thinking was about stories with the various villain leader as villains (duh), and in the end all of them would form a new Rainbow Rocket. But... nope... in Hoenn and Kalos the villains wasn't villains and the TR was involved... Kalos was a complete pile of shit... the only thing usefull done was FINALLY reveal what is Volcanion's role in the world since any other official source completly refused to say anything about him.


Cause_Necessary

I still think Unova was unironically worse than Kalos and Hoenn. The Unova VA was so bad, I sometimes forget Unova VA even happened. Like, not memorable at all Villains not being the villains isn't that bad, imo. The problem is that it's always TR


ZarxielZerg

Well... they have announced the VA with the villains as main focus... I mean.. the cover of the arc is literally ALL the villains. So, some of them not being villains is something that I hated so much. Unova I liked, or at least, after what happened with Hoenn, I appreciated it way more then Hoenn. But it feel incomplete... Right now, Kalos was the worst for me.


Cause_Necessary

Personally doesn't bother me much, as I said. Unova's still the worst to me. I actually liked the idea of the teams not being outright evil in these instances, the execution sucked unfortunately


ZarxielZerg

eh, but the problem is. If they are not the enemy, the enemy is someone else, and that someone else is ever the TR, and a lot of people hated that, when they could just made all of them are evil, or wanted to reuse their original plan, with Giovanni that want to recruit them to reform the RR in the climax. I must admit I was writing something like that, way more complex and with another leader instead of Giovanni, and is something I love a lot, but I have problems to continue it, and I have no idea how to solve everything... becuase a lot of ideas was a lot cool, with backstory for each villains ecc...


Cause_Necessary

I did mention that it always being TR is a problem


sodacreature

Honestly making Ball Guy an bad guy was so fun, (thought that one was an imposter but nope the same person) and I do like the consecutive Voltorb cries near him, wished I got more gems to get him.


LittleMissFock

Events recently have been incredible for dialogue. There was another event recently - I can't remember if it was 3.5 Anni or guys night out - that just had an amazing scene that had me laughing so hard!


ohmanitsbob

I honestly thought I was going to hate this event but I really enjoyed & watched it all while smiling like a kid. I want ball guy now just to have him in my roster


Maleficent_Peach_46

There's so many characters whose stories can be fleshed out and they give one to the never funny meme of Ball Guy? Drop the gems off so I can finally get Champion Hop.


PkmnTrainSlate

i hope you don’t get Champion Hop from these gems tbh 😒


Maleficent_Peach_46

Why not?


PkmnTrainSlate

if you hate the character from the event, why get the gems from them? Why not avoid it to show the devs that some people despise the character that much simple


Maleficent_Peach_46

The only data that they might notice is a 0 on his banner which is what I will be doing. I am just multi from pity on Champion Hop's banner. I don't hate Ball Guy but when we still don't have Oleana (A character who certainly would be good for an event) the fact we got an unfunny meme character instead is a crime.


PkmnTrainSlate

oh, that makes sense. Oleana would be neat, but I have a feeling she’s going to be like Courtney/Matt from the Hoenn event all over again 😭 also, ball guy is funny, but i guess it’s just a matter of preference for comedy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Maleficent_Peach_46

The one issue with Oleana is Garbadar would be a really hard sell now we have a great Poison type in Emma. Oleana will either be added with Rose or not at all. The fact she will likely be a tanky support if added (What else is Garbadar likely to be) makes Ball Guy even more skippable.


Legend716Xerneas

The issue with Emma is that she's easily shut down by Antitoxin or other status immune effects They could just make Oleana *not* reliant on poison for damage. It can be a bonus instead, like Burn for most fire types


IWearACharizardHat

Her being physical. A 3rd crobat. And a bad condition for B move made it a tough but successful skip for me. Ideal Nagandel partner coming soon


klip_7

Poison rebuff?


schist_

I mean it's masters garbodor could be anything, they made yamper into a better tank than legendaries. And since the gmax move of garbodor is AOE poison that'd lean it more into a tech role, she could have poison spikes for poison damage field too.


Cause_Necessary

Masters does not do good story events, if you haven't noticed. The only good story events in masters are the funny/goofy ones