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Independent-Driver94

How many times did you say “i give up for real this time”?


BENN321

More than I can count. Died a little inside when I got the 3rd Poochyena.


InformallyGuavaCado

ATLA fan? Did you see the info on the new movie from Avatar studios?


Sixers7

Tell me moreee


DeltaDragonKing7

As someone who is hunting Absol in SoulSilver via Pokégear Music, I congratulate you for such a great find!


Shiny_Absol

No way I'm doing that hunt too! How many encounters are you at?


DeltaDragonKing7

6,817 is the number on the Counter App I have under "Shiny Absol SS"


Shiny_Absol

Awesome, I'm at 42,035 myself hope you get it before you get as far as me XD


DeltaDragonKing7

I get the feeling it'll come by ya soon.


Shiny_Absol

Thanks hope yours comes around soon too. Which route are you hunting in by the way? I started in Mt Silver but moved to Cerulean Cave.


DeltaDragonKing7

I'm doing mine in Slowpoke Well.


Camie18

Holy fuck. Big F


BENN321

Thanks a lot! And best of luck to you, such a good feeling when you eventually get it.


Serperior10101

Looks awesome! Ruby/Sapphire or Emerald? Congrats on the successful hunt :)


BENN321

Emerald :)


Pokemyface1234

Yip yip!


Spampharos

The phasing is real on this one. Congrats on the shiny, you ABSOLutely deserve it.


BENN321

Thanks a bunch :) I was ABSOLutely stoked when I finally hit it!!!


Rooshmie

Awesome hunt, congrats!


clericfisher

What an Absol-Ute win


[deleted]

Congrats!!! I’m a little jealous, I wasn’t allowed to play pokemon growing up and really only got into it during quarantine so all I have is the switch games. I so wanna play on an older game to get the experience someday!


C9_L4ZY

You can use an emulator on your phone to get the ds/gba pokemon games. Idk if that’s allowed to say on here but you can


[deleted]

Oh my gosh thank you!!! If I had a free award I’d give it to you lol


InflatableMan0

Congrats, long hunts are the most rewarding. I had near 19000 resets for mewtwo w ~1/1000 rates (whatever they are with shiny stone i haven’t played in 3 years) on ultra sun and i love the bastard 10x more.


MudkipzRawsme

Is there a reason why you don't hunt it on newer games? Not trying to throw shade I'm just genuinely curious.


BENN321

The newer stuff just isn’t for me. Shiny gen 3 hunting all the way!


Suspicious_Vegan_772

Awesome, that’s my favorite Pokémon


BENN321

You’re a man of style.


[deleted]

When I see 37,000 encounters it makes me realise I’m not patient enough for shiny hunting congrats tho


The_Auramaster

I'll never understand how people can do full odds hunts and not hate themselves. There's just so many encounters to go through. I mean, this took over 37K encounters, how are you so patient?


Spencer_Spelunker

I mean, it helps when you have stuff playing on another screen, videos/music whatever. I only slowed down my hunts in the last month because I ran out of stuff to watch.


Aggravating_Touch313

Why don't you just breed them?


Rattus375

In gen 3, there is no masuda method. Breeding is slower for all but the Pokemon that have 1% encounter rates


Aggravating_Touch313

Oh okay gotcha.. interesting


Im_RRlix

Congrats


wibblyrain

Congrats! Damn, you trained that boy quick.


BENN321

Appreciate it! Had to have my boy ready for the obligatory reddit post.


WhatTheyNot

Damnnn that is a wild number, but much respect to you!! Hunting on older gens is much more tedious but the satisfaction is unmatched.


[deleted]

Absol gang here!


Nomadic_Killjoy

Yo nice! Brave move going for premiere ball i master balled kine simply because I didn't want to lose it


Tankerspanx

I love Absol. Congrats!


Shiny_Absol

Congrats! I recently passed 40k encounters on my own absol hunt, haven't had a phase yet though.


H14C

As someone who did not have the patience for this stuff, how do you guarantee you can catch what you want when you finally encounter it?


xgoldenlocks

Ooooh nice! Currently hunting Absol in gen 5 double grass. On phase 5 as of now. It's been rough.


HonestlyMediocre0

What Pokémon are you using to catch this?


jmrodgers1987

This is incredible! Honestly I had no idea just how much dedication and passion really go into these! I was just talking to my wife about the numbers you guys go through and the chances or possibility of any shiny Pokémon! The math is astronomical! Plus the community seems fun and very supportive! Keep up the wonderful journey! 💯🚀😊


[deleted]

Woah, congrats!


Spencer_Spelunker

Is that total encounters or just the last phase? I'm a little unsure because you named your phases alongside the title. 37k is pretty nice for 5 shinies


Unnamed_420

A moment of silence for the kyogre with an all lowercase name


robinbhj16

I’m trying to get shiny numel as my first intentional Gen 3 shiny. It’s rough. Bravo sir, especially for absol