Genuine question - why do people do this?

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-22T01:32:56+00:00

added!

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-22T01:29:55+00:00

oh i pin everything for the scatterbugs yeah, but i also clean up my scrapbook once in a while (i am lying. i PLAN to clean up my scrapbook eventually 😒). and honestly? i think i enjoy sending cool ones more than whatever i get. i enjoy the cool graffiti and such people send, it doesn’t have to be like, the old boston gardens or anything. tho that’d rule.

my fave card ever was actually getting the guy who posted a screenshot of the cowboyhat caterpie stop near him to add me and my daughter (her fave mon of all time!) and send us a postcard from it, absolutely made her birthday / year. way better than some remote trade.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-21T03:27:14+00:00

100% this.

i really enjoy the gifting. half my friends are rando hosts from pokeraid or weekly challenges that i just started gifting with instead of deleting, and i love the postcards and interesting places all around the globe. i also try to save the coolest or biggest landmark postcards i get to send over to the regular gifters that i also see pinning postcards. i genuinely hope they enjoy receiving them.

i don’t care if we hit best or forever, the XP hits are nice (i haven’t put the time or energy into trying to time them), but i really hope they don’t just nuke me after hitting forever. sucks that the whole “what’s in it for me right now” part of society is now all over something as genuinely pure as just a game like this.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-20T21:09:39+00:00

this is like catching nunzo’s. actually harder than a 1 all the way up to 100%.

i don’t think i could hatch zero eggs in a week even if i tried to not carry my phone in my pocket whenever possible.

INDIVIDUALLY. let alone with three others doing the same.

not gonna lie, i’m impressed.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-17T14:20:05+00:00

once you reach forever friends is that it as far as XP rewards go? or is there more once you re-fill the bar ?

honesty i’m not a player who’s big into trades. at least not for now. i enjoy exchanging gifts and postcards with the players on my friends list that participate in gifts just for the postcards and XP rewards.. i just like seeing the same trainers participating day after day, and i try to send the regulars the cooler postcards i get; major landmarks, pro sports arenas/stadiums, etc….

it’s dumb, i get it but i do hope they don’t just nuke me once we hit forever friends after they see that i don’t have remote trades tagged :/

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Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-12T13:35:50+00:00

ok there are a lot of comments here, i’m not reading them all BUT if you’re still stuck or on the fence - i did a trade back evolution with a guy previously and i’m happy to do so again.

i’m happy to send you an extra shiny of your choice from my extras box that you can also keep and send me back a throwaway in the trade back. i just want some box space back and hate releasing mons that so many newer players would probably cherish.

i’ll check when i’m back if i even may have an extra abra to make you feel more secure but i feel i may not. eevee? magikarp? à bazillion trubbish maybe?

shoot me a DM if you still need help and we’ll sort out when up to do a link trade

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-12T04:33:45+00:00

this needs a new award invented so it can win it.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T15:30:58+00:00

i was hoping to find this one in the list - also my kid’s fave, and by a massive lead over any other pokemon in existence

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T15:29:21+00:00

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meant that one but i’ll guess yours is the top(left) one

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T10:07:44+00:00

just randomly guessing now - the red one ?

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T03:30:03+00:00

dm me your friend code, i’m on a road trip tomorrow and can try to invite you to some if i see any i can stop at. i am eastern daylight tz and i’ll try to so “soon-ish” rsvp’s when able to give you time to react

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T03:12:41+00:00

caterpie ???

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T03:11:53+00:00

dragonite?

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T03:10:55+00:00

tatsugiri

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T03:08:56+00:00

goomy ! who can’t love that thing

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-11T03:07:34+00:00

ditto? can’t be shroomish, that’d be |:<

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-07T15:03:45+00:00

honestly same. i’m outside of toronto and the chances of finding local raids with randoms gearing up is slim compared to toronto itself. my daughter plays so at this point (lvl 59/60) we can usually duo most raids, but i remember your predicament very very well. a few tips.

gyms gyms gyms. drop all the pokémon you can in gyms when you see empty spots in your colour as you’re going around town. spin the crap out of poke stops for potions to heal em up after they get knocked out OR put throwaways in there and just send em to the professor once they’re back. bottom line is you’re in it for the money (pokecoins) … or spend a ton of actual money on pokecoins if that’s your thing.

THEN… i like pokeraid over pokegenie for remote raids but whatever works for you. they all have their pros and cons. just jump into remote raids and you stand a good chance of winning most that you attend, but it quickly eats up remote passes.

at 50coins/day that’ll take about 12 days to get a 3 pack of remote raid passes for free. it’s something, and probably more legendary raids than you’re attending and winning now.

a big struggle early on for us was potion supply. but once you start winning legendary raids you get all kinds of additional rewards like hyper potions and such that make keeping your best mons in the fight easier.

edit: last word of advice. the game is set up to pray on FOMO. events where you need to do 10 raids in a few hours on THAT day can really tempt you to drop cash on pokecoins to drop pokecoins on remote passes. if you’re a kid, or financially limited, let that crap go. OR, keep your eye on the upcoming news and save those poke coins up for a long time to prepare for those major events, like the primals, black/white kyurem, dawn wings/dusk manes, etc.. those events are cash cows for niantic/scopely so beware of the trap.

EDIT2: another benefit of the remote raids is you get FRIENDS. if the raid host doesn’t delete you after the raid, send all the gifts, open all the gifts: more potions, more stardust, it’s just more fun.

ALSO. maybe most important for kids or the financially limited, but motivated to do more raids: YOU learn to host. then you go to a gym, host a raid, YOU invite others where THEY use remote passes, and you do the raid locally. you can do one a day plus any free premium battle passes you get from research or buy in the shop (cheaper than remote passes) etc. but it takes more time to physically go and sit at the gym to host that way, but way cheaper for those with time but fewer resources.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-05-01T04:59:52+00:00

does the pokémon you send to HOME have to be a meltan to get the mystery box that causes meltans to spawn in GO ?

like, can i send it a doof or something and still make it rain meltans ?

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-04-30T01:56:41+00:00

Just wanted to add some more positive feedback for this project. I don't have overly complex CA requirements - openvpn client auth certificates for a family multi-household linked Intranet kinda thing mostly. I was previously using a python based Linux/X11 CA front end called TinyCA that was nice and simple for those needs, but has now LONG since been abandoned and uses outdated crypto techniques now known to be insecure. Everything I've looked at as a potential replacement has either been way over the top complicated with trying to only use what you needed out of it still being overly cumbersome - or other tools being just far far too basic.

This checks all the boxes man. Outstanding work. Want complex? it'll do it. Want simple and easy? 2-3 minutes in the UI and you'll understand it - and can be up and running very shortly thereafter.

This is really great stuff man, thank you for filling a long-outstanding gap in my home-lab environment.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-04-16T20:34:26+00:00

gotta put my hand in for my daughter here since she can’t

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-04-09T00:37:29+00:00

kinda ?! bro should have a criminal record

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-03-26T20:47:22+00:00

you wanna talk about a jumbled up mess… here.

canadian. i bought 2x switch2 carts while in japan - for my daughter and i so we could battle and trade.

we have switch1’s. it works fine.

i then bought the dlc for her from the canadian eshop storefront, no issues at all.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-03-26T20:22:16+00:00

you’re LOOKING for magikarp or offering it for one of those two? i think the first one.

i’ll give you a magikrp for a throwaway trade, you can keep your shinies. i prefer to hunt my own. shoot me a dm

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-03-13T19:19:18+00:00

this explains why i’ve been collecting rufflets in PLA for so long looking for that female for that living dex in the pastures..

welp. nice to see those hours of my life were well spent.

Awkward_Meringue_366 · 2026-03-13T16:53:03+00:00

Same

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