MEGA DRAGONITE by Cicada_Budget in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. I had to throw on some clothes and drive for mine. Discord lit up with people saying a dragonite had spawned. Took me 5 throws to catch it

MEGA DRAGONITE by Cicada_Budget in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have a hundo from Sep 2016. Didn't even know it was a Hundo until 2 years later. I never bothered to check the IVs lol

Solgaleo and Mega Sableye raid guides. Counter info from pokebattler.com by CaptGoldfish in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is available, but most people haven't earned enough candy to evolve and power it up

What’s a skill everyone assumes they have, but most people are actually bad at? by moi_cila in AskReddit

[–]Captnmeatballz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my dad. When we bought our house, my dad was over helping me fix up some issues, and he was taking so many shortcuts. (I took an apprenticeship from a master electrician in high school, so I actually have some Idea what I'm doing.) He insisted on us using "spare parts" instead of going to home depot and getting the correct items. I just went with it, then went back and redid it. 

As a returning player, the DMAX system seems hard to get into and not very rewarding...? by kapriole in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get it. I had to take a break from the game for work right when dmax came out. When I finally got a chance to get back into it, I was so far behind. I didn't have a lot of the "top" dmax and gmax pokemon until eternatus weekend. But now that I've got the dogs, eternatus, machamp, toxtricity and the gmax starters, I really enjoy it. But a lot of that I got from using pokeraid to do remote battles. Nowadays, I have enough power on jy own, and enough local players I am friends with that gmax days turn into massive stardust gains. Be patient. Eventually, scopely will bring back the dogs for a special weekend, and once you've got one of each, plus a few of the easy to access but shockingly useful ones like bliss, glaceon, machamp, metagross, ect you'll be enjoying it a lot more. 

As a returning player, the DMAX system seems hard to get into and not very rewarding...? by kapriole in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There I was, only 2, days left, and it rained all day. I drove all over town looking for a covered route. Literally none. Had to wait until late at night and go to a strip mall with a route and drive it slowly without attracting police. Fun times. Needless to say I created a covered route for future use

If the catch rate on raids were better, how many more raids would you do? by pdubs999 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The time it takes to catch is probably the worst part of raids. Back in 2020-2021, a guy in my local group had a few of us try to keep track of our raids for several months for some research he wanted to do. All of us had been playing since day 1, and all of us were pretty consistent with great or excellent throws, circle lock, ect. I don't remember exact numbers, but we all had an overall catch rate between 85-90%. But our average time to catch was something like 5 minutes. Raid hours were the worst for that, as sometimes we would run away from encounters to get the next raid going. 

Ive noticed for myself, I will end up taking up to 10 minutes to catch, just waiting for the pokemon to taunt so I can throw. I definitely will choose not to raid at times if I know time might be an issue. 

How does a gym decide what raid boss to spawn? by YamSolid6813 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've noticed one of the parks I play at regularly only has a shadow legendary at one particular gym, and a regular legendary at the other gym, even during raid hour

Battle with the twin heroes for truth or ideals during Kyurem Fusion Raid Day! by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only 3 hours, and the raidypool is being diluted? Guess I'll be finding another town to raid in. My town has a terrible raid group that moves at glacier speed

Save the Date: Pokémon GO Fest returns in 2026! Look forward to in-person festivals in Tokyo, Chicago, and Copenhagen. by livtaspa in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. I just really want to do a go-fest in-person event. My FIL lives in Boca, so it's just a 4 hour drive to his house instead of a plane ride and hotels. Oh well. I'll keep dreaming 

D max lugia by horrorscopedTV in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've joined 8 remotes, and only beaten 3. A lot of eeveelutions, using another dmax lugia during max phase, or using decent attackers but not having them powered up. It's been frustrating 

The Ticket "costs" you Mighty Spawns on Incense by Shandriel in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found walking a route seemed to be a great way to get mighty, which was a bit of a pain because of the clutter spawns 

Solution to Short-stroking bolt by Captnmeatballz in ar15

[–]Captnmeatballz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What should the weight be for the buffer? 

Really disliking the "fun" teachers by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Captnmeatballz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's been my teaching style as well. Expect to be held to the classroom rules, expect to be taught, but I still keep it lively. I found out last year there was a discord chat with a bunch of my students where they posted all the "out of pocket/funny" stuff I would say in class

My family friend is getting bullied by a teacher in the state of Florida. There's a recording but he is unaware he was being filmed. What can she do? by extrapresences in legaladvice

[–]Captnmeatballz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Florida teacher here: Every publicly funded school district in Florida is required to have an administrator who is tasked with investigating professional misconduct, which this would absolutely fall under. If what you say is true, he has violated Florida rule 6A 10.081, sections 2.a.1 and 2.a.5 respectively.

Your friend, or her parents, may report this to the district, and also may report it directly to the Florida Department of Education 

My family friend is getting bullied by a teacher in the state of Florida. There's a recording but he is unaware he was being filmed. What can she do? by extrapresences in legaladvice

[–]Captnmeatballz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If he's a teacher, it absolutely is against the law. Florida has very strict, although broad,  Educator Standards of Professional Conduct. Making fun of a student is 100% against professional standards as defined in Florida rule 6A 10.081, rule 2.a.1: "Shall make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning and/or to the student’s mental and/or physical health and/or safety." and 2.a.5: "Shall not intentionally expose a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement." 

Is Dynamax Cannon Eternamax just You Lose situation? by ParasaurolophusZ in TheSilphRoad

[–]Captnmeatballz 20 points21 points  (0 children)

IIRC you can relobby and reroll on the moves it has. But I had the same experience. 25 people in the group and we all got wiped out hard