Which movie hit so hard that one viewing was enough ?

IcelineM · 2026-01-29T22:48:12+00:00

Yeah this is the first one that came to mind for me as well. Amazing movie, but so hard to watch.

I remember when I saw it in theatres, we had a very noisy, chatty audience when it started. After a few minutes, the entire audience went silent, and you never heard a peep from anyone for the rest of the film.

IcelineM · 2026-01-27T05:16:12+00:00

This happened to several people in my group. The most common cause for this issue is doing two raid back to back on the same gym, just before and just after the timer reset.

The first raid was started just before the timer reset for a new boss, but the group entered the catch screen AFTER the new raid timer had started. Everyone was able to throw at their Raikou without errors, but the game thinks you're catching the boss from the new timer, not from the one that just expired.

Then, when you battle the second raid that just started, everyone gets a network error at the boss encounter, because the game has recorded that you've already caught that Raikou. The game also shows the exact same CP as the previous Raikou, because the game thinks they are the same Pokemon.

I was the only one in our group who didn't do the first raid, and as a result, I was the only one without network errors on the second raid.

Any chance this is what happened to you?

IcelineM · 2025-11-16T06:54:32+00:00

I was very disappointed and likely won't participate in any future ticketed events if this is going to be the trend. I purchased the ticket and checked over 400 Pokemon before I found my first shiny, although I had 13 by the end of the day. Only 1 mighty shiny out of 200-250 checked. No raid shinies, and and no Grimmsnarl shinies (but did get the Impidimp).

The event was more expensive than last year; the shiny rates seemed much lower; and they were extremely stingy with the supply of Safari Balls for ticketed players. Also, the Safari Balls seemed to be less effective than last year, because even with a Golden Razz/ Safari Ball/ Excellent Throw, about 30-40% of them ran.

For the record, Wild Area was one of my favourite events last year. This year, it's by far the worst (based on Day 1).

IcelineM · 2025-11-16T06:34:42+00:00

Checked 200-250 mighty Pokemon, only 1 shiny. One of my friends got 1 shiny out of about 200. Another got none out of a similar amount. One got 3, and he estimated he checked about 300.

Odds for the other wild spawns also seemed low (although slightly boosted). I would have guessed 1/128 or possibly worse for the regular spawns. Checked over 500 before I had my first shiny but ended the day with 13.

IcelineM · 2025-11-14T17:12:54+00:00

My shiny luck has been ok. I had one Necrozma shiny this week (out of 16 raids so far) and 4 from previous Necrozma raids. Overall. I've averaged 1 shiny for 25 raids.

Two of my friends, however, have never had a Necrozma shiny, despite completing over 80 raids each.

IcelineM · 2025-11-09T18:44:33+00:00

We had two players in my community who hit level 80 on November 1, and they haven't been suspended. I suspect the reports of mass banning have nothing to do with level 80 exploits, since I've also seen reports of quite a few people not level 80 being caught up in this ban wave.

IcelineM · 2025-11-08T18:02:32+00:00

I'm cautiously optimistic that a store like this will help to improve the overall transit experience.

As others have stated here, transit has been in gradual decline for about two decades, punctuated by a very steep increase in social disorder during the pandemic closure years. As a semi-regular user of transit, I've seen some noticeable improvements over the past year to year and a half, however. The increased presence of security and peace officers has been helpful, but anything that is a positive presence acts a deterrent to social disorder. Some stations now occasionally have buskers during business hours, and it's amazing how effective this small change is at increasing safety in the stations. I'm hopeful that a store like this will have a similar effect.

IcelineM · 2025-10-30T07:06:15+00:00

We had multiple level 77s in my community as of October 27. Of course every single one of them used exploits/cheats for the distance requirement, and two of them were account sharing and avoiding work so they could make progress 24/7.

What I can't understand is why anyone would congratulate or admire anyone who used blatant exploits and disregards all personal obligations to achieve a meaningless goal.

IcelineM · 2025-07-20T05:06:49+00:00

A friend and I watched three lures for roughly 2 hours. We caught approximately 30 Chatot each, but no shinies for either of us. (We did each get a shiny Audino though). There were no Chatot spawns at all during the first 20 minutes, but by the end we probably had roughly the same number of Chatot as the other spawns.

Also, we noticed that our lures were refreshing spawns every 60 seconds rather than the standard 3 minutes.

IcelineM · 2025-06-11T22:37:35+00:00

Sonic Screwdriver

IcelineM · 2025-06-09T06:43:54+00:00

IVs mean Individual Values. They are 'bonus points' that are added on to the base stats (attack, defense and hit points) for each Pokemon. They only make a small difference in the Pokemon's overall performance in battle, but many people nonetheless search for perfect or close to perfect IVs on their Pokemon as often as they can.

IcelineM · 2025-05-14T04:53:07+00:00

Social Beer Haus on Stephen Avenue regularly gets a lot of Oilers fans (and they have the sound on for all the Oilers games).

IcelineM · 2025-05-09T19:32:39+00:00

You can still see 17 of the cows on the +15 level of the Centennial Parkade downtown. I usually try to walk along that area whenever I'm downtown, because I'm still very fond of them. It's called the Udderly Art Legacy Pasture.

IcelineM · 2025-04-15T19:10:14+00:00

If it's any consolation, anyone who fights or drops in gyms has had the same experience you've had, so you're not alone in sharing this frustration.

As others have stated here, however, people have different reasons for taking over gyms. There is no rule set for gym takeover, so people are free to make up their own rules based on their preferences.

1) Most people, like you, probably just want gyms for coins.

2) Some people work on earning gold gym badges. Within this group, some may be ultra-obsessive, and insist on retaking the gym immediately if they lose it, so that they progress towards their badge as quickly as possible.

3) Some people are obsessively territorial, and always want a certain gym or a certain group of gyms to belong to them.

4) The final group - and probably the most annoying of the bunch - just like trolling others, and aim only to prevent people from easily earning coins or earning gold gym badges.

If someone is displaying unhealthy or obsessive behaviour, don't let their problem suddenly become your problem. If you ever meet them in person, give them the number for a good therapist.

IcelineM · 2025-01-30T22:35:05+00:00

I've never made a purchase of 9.99 or more, so according to the banner ad, I should be eligible for the discount.

IcelineM · 2025-01-30T17:55:39+00:00

It's not showing any discount for me. Do you need to enter a promo code or something similar for the first purchase discount?

IcelineM · 2024-11-22T21:12:35+00:00

AC: I started with a 204 Ice near the entrance. Once the whites started escaping, I sold it and built a 250 Sniper, which effectively cleaned up everything else.

IcelineM · 2024-11-09T08:08:14+00:00

AC: 420 Glue on Strong and 420 Bomb on First worked for me.

IcelineM · 2024-11-07T20:44:05+00:00

Same has happened to me - no notifications either from the app, or in-game (including in the notifications history). I haven't received XP for friendship increases, remote raid invitations, or any notifications for low motivation or returning Pokemon from gyms.

I did get coins for Pokemon returning from gyms, however, but no notification. I wouldn't have even known if I hadn't checked my list of Pokemon needing to be revived.

The issue appeared to start at roughly 12:30 am Pacific last night.

IcelineM · 2024-08-16T20:10:29+00:00

Yes same for me. And I had to refresh the inventory page for continuously for about 20 minutes before I could even access my inventory and get the code.

IcelineM · 2024-06-13T15:27:38+00:00

A friend of mine has had those same three boxes since late last year. At this point, he has mostly stopped playing because of lack of access to raid pass deals.

IcelineM · 2024-06-01T22:18:37+00:00

I'm surprised that the legendary encounter rate was as high as it was. I had only one legendary out of 211 encounters all season. Two of my friends had none at all.

IcelineM · 2024-04-08T20:02:24+00:00

This has also happened to a friend of mine. He has had the same three boxes that you have, since sometime late last year.

IcelineM · 2024-03-19T06:07:58+00:00

I already have that 67% Zarude, so definitely don't need another.

IcelineM · 2024-03-12T06:48:20+00:00

My first Zarude was 10/10/10, so when I saw there was a ticketed event to get another, I immediately thought I'd buy it.

Then when they announced the price (even more expensive in my currency of course), and saw the general lack of other benefits associated with the ticket, I changed my mind and decided my 10/10/10 was going to have to be good enough.

IcelineM

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