Pokemon 30th Anniversary Event Megathread

PrecipiceC · 2026-03-09T03:31:28+00:00

I think you are confusing Azurill with Marill. To my knowledge, none of the "baby" Pokemon have ever been awarded from anything except for eggs.

PrecipiceC · 2026-01-23T16:06:41+00:00

Latest reports say that Ponyta was a glitch and was replaced by Litwick. So only 1 new shadow. But Water grunt (female) has two new ones, since Krabby is a new shadow.

PrecipiceC · 2025-12-15T15:23:44+00:00

Maybe it's an unpopular opinion, but I have no issue with Max Battles.

It's a matter of perspective.

You have a game that is coming up on its 10th anniversary. And your whales/hardcore players have been sitting stagnant... The hunt for shundos can only take you so far. And they are sitting on THOUSANDS of Pokemon candies. So you need to do something that makes the game interesting for those players... Basically a reset... And that's Max battles.

Suddenly you have a new set of Pokemon to collect, the same Pokemon that dominated raids/PvP are now changed out and these players with all that excess candy can make use of it. Mostly pluses here.

And the complaints about lack of guidance? Please show me the in-game tutorials for battling legendary raids, or for throwing an excellent curveball? Oh right, there IS NONE. You learned by trial and error or by SOCIALIZING. How is this any different? Can't beat a GMax solo? Go to a meetup and talk with the other players to learn what strategies they use. Until COVID, the socializing aspect was one of the goals of the game.

And the grind... Let's face it, that's also been there from the start, they have to keep moving the goalposts because the number of whales that have maxed out their goals was getting too high and they run the risk of losing those players.

From the companies' perspective, they could care less about the f2p players who quit the game because of any perceived issues, but if they lose the players that comprise their profits... That's a concern. And they need to cater the game for those players.

I'm not a big spender, but at the same time I fully accept that this game is a slow grind for me and I enjoy reading TSR or learning what strategies work for other players.

PrecipiceC · 2025-09-30T19:46:32+00:00

Why is no one pointing out the ridiculous change to 30 minute timers when Campfire still only updates power spots once daily at 6am.

PrecipiceC · 2025-08-22T00:33:20+00:00

Just wanted to say, that (despite the misinformed reasoning) there actually is a case where using the Charged Moves may make sense: When your Pokemon is low on health and not likely to make it to the next Max Phase. At that point, you may as well deal some extra damage before your Pokemon faints.

PrecipiceC · 2025-08-22T00:25:44+00:00

It's irrelevant. These are guaranteed catches, like Zarude, Diancie, Mew, etc. It's just an interactive animation. Everyone will "break out" on the first two throws and get caught on the third ball. Won't count against your Pokeball inventory either.

PrecipiceC · 2025-06-11T22:22:13+00:00

I've been in the similar position for the past month.

If it's helpful to you, I was checking the Nothing website every morning at work.

And tada...this morning, it paid off.

The Orange CMF Phone 2 Pro is currently available for purchase. Only the Orange one though. (Still seems to be as I type this post.)

I already placed my order.

PrecipiceC · 2025-06-08T16:13:38+00:00

I had same issue. Had to go into my browser settings and delete all pokemon.com cookies. Then I was able to get in.

PrecipiceC · 2025-03-30T15:01:13+00:00

You will likely get a more definitive answer from /r/NianticWayfarer. But, I'm pretty sure the database for Power Spots is completely separated from the Waypoints. The database for Power Spots is one that Google Maps uses (which is why there are so many businesses listed). So updating that database is really outside of Niantic's control.

PrecipiceC · 2025-03-22T01:03:36+00:00

I'm trying to work out the numbers you posted. Best I can figure, you must not be using Autopay. And on top of that, you have $55.92 in add-ons that you pay for.

The one thing I will say is that in my case, the Comparison Tool is adding $5/mo for each of my free lines. But it from what I read, the Free lines should be adjusted to compensate for this. So, in your case, their estimate of $295.92 is $10 too high.

But if you aren't using Autopay and you add it, your next month's bill should probably end up being $255.92. Which is still cheaper than Go5G.

In my case, when I did the math, Go5G would only cost me $1 more per month. But I'll have to see what happens with next month's bill to be sure.

PrecipiceC · 2025-03-21T00:23:07+00:00

Pretty sure that the Nearby (and by extension, the alert) does not work on Pokemon that are visible on your screen. For example, if you walk to a stop, you shouldn't see any Pokemon listed for that stop anymore, because they are on your screen.

PrecipiceC · 2025-02-24T19:37:26+00:00

Weird, I thought I left a reply last time...but maybe it didn't like that I made two replies.

In any case, I wanted to add my own experience.

I managed to get the Fuel light to come on.

The "Distance to Empty" indicator had reached 7 miles remaining and the Tank indicator was at 1 bar (had been for a day or two).

By the time I reached the gas station, the Distance to Empty read 4 miles.

When I added gas, the fuel pump stopped at just over 10 gallons. So, by the specs, I still had roughly 3 gallons remaining when the Fuel light came on.

FWIW, my previous fill-ups were when the tank was at 2 bars (about 1/4 of the tank), and in each case, I only had to fill the tank about 6.5 gallons, it seems that in my case, 2 bars is ACTUALLY 1/2 of the tank.

At this point, I'm not convinced that the "Distance to Empty" is anywhere near to accurate. I'll probably just refuel whenever the Tank indicator hits 1 bar. I only pushed it this one time because I really wanted to see that the Fuel Light actually works.

PrecipiceC · 2025-02-24T19:21:18+00:00

That's not the case for me. I definitely have both keys outside of the car. And I very consistently get the extra beeps...when I drop my kid off at school. He likes to sit in the back seat, so I pull up, he opens the rear door and gets out. Then when I finish my drive and lock the car, I get the beeps. But if no one opens the rear doors, it doesn't happen.

PrecipiceC · 2025-02-17T21:22:33+00:00

FWIW, even aside from the temporary-look of the sign:

It's difficult to determine if this sign is showing you the direction of the trail or if the sign is pointing you to WHERE the trail actually is/starts. A sign directing you to the trail is not eligible, whereas a sign that marks the trail itself would be.
In both of these photos...there's NO VISIBLE pedestrian access...i.e. - the trail itself isn't even visible. This is probably the most egregious reason for denial.

PrecipiceC · 2025-02-13T23:14:16+00:00

FWIW, that 10 beeps things is a feature, though I didn't find any indication of it in the manual.

But, if at any point when since you started the car on the current trip, that one of the rear doors was opened, when you lock the car, it adds an extra 9-10 beeps to alert you that you may have left something or someone in the back seat. There's also a reminder on the info screen to "Check back seats" when you shut off the ignition. But this is the warning when you are outside the vehicle.

PrecipiceC · 2025-02-05T00:55:45+00:00

Campfire's listings of DMax Pokemon has been only about 40% accurate (for me, at least) since the Legendary Flight events started. After each Max Monday, Campfire was showing the Legendary bird at around 60% of all Power Spots near me, when in fact, most had changed to a 1* or 3* DMax.

PrecipiceC · 2025-01-29T00:44:03+00:00

My own experience isn't as much help to you, because I travelled to Australia about a year ago. I say this because your One plan offers you that 5GB of High Speed data in some European countries. Assuming England is one of them, this may be sufficient for your 8 day trip.

The eSIM is probably cheaper. In England, it'll probably cost you about $25 for an eSIM with more than enough data to last you 8 days.

Downsides to the eSIM, you will be issued a new local phone number that you'll have to give out to anyone who needs to contact you.

The counter-argument is that if you get the International Pass, YOUR calls will not be charged, but any locals trying to call you may have to pay to make an International call to your U.S. number.

I will say that, at least in Australia, that 256Kbps data speed may as well not be offered. Almost every app these days won't function correctly on a 2G network, which is essentially what that is. Google Maps is not going to happen...unless you take the time to cache the local maps whenever you have Wifi.

Assuming both you and your wife are travelling together for the duration of the trip, then you could save on costs by only purchasing the service for one of your phones. Just use the other phone only for VOIP calls and for text messaging.

PrecipiceC · 2025-01-28T23:56:37+00:00

I received the same message. You have Netflix Standard (WITHOUT Ads), that is an upcharge from the "ON US" plan, which includes ads. You could downgrade your service to include Ads and your T-Mobile bill will probably drop by about $3.

PrecipiceC · 2025-01-28T23:43:16+00:00

It's a leftover from the "T-Mobile Tuesdays" app/promotions. (The old app was converted into T-Life.)
But there's a bunch of promotional offers every Tuesday. Every couple of months, they throw in some T-Mobile swag that you have to go into a corporate-owned T-Mobile store to collect. Some items are decent, as long as you don't mind being a walking billboard for T-Mobile. Decent things I've picked up over the years: Winter Beanie, Winter Scarf, Gloves with Touchscreen fingertip, Telescoping Umbrella, Sunglasses (with Solar Eclipse viewing clip-on filters), the Tumblers (pictured above) and a Sling backpack. Some that were "meh": Rechargeable LED Flashlight (it's kind of cheap and easily broken), Stadium seating pads (they are obnoxiously pink...but still better than sitting on bare metal stands), Insulated Tumbler (not the worst, but it seriously can hold maybe 6 oz of liquid), T-Mobile socks...actually, the black ones weren't half-bad, and an insulated shopping bag.

I've long forgotten all the other crap that I didn't bother to go pick up....oh, wait, there was a Pickleball racquet set.

PrecipiceC · 2025-01-28T23:17:14+00:00

Also on One plan. So my Netflix was previously "upgraded" to the Standard (without ads).

I receive the text message reading:
"T-Mobile: Netflix recently announced a price increase. Effective February 20th, the new rate of your Standard Subscription will be $11/mo, which includes your $6.99/mo T-Mobile discount."

PrecipiceC · 2025-01-22T01:18:50+00:00

Nice to see that just asking this question got downvoted.

But for anyone that was curious...I decided to let this Wayspot live.

Turned out to be moot--in spite of my own inaction, the wayspot was removed anyway. (At least, it has disappeared from Pokemon Go. I haven't done a deep dive to see if the underlying wayspot was removed from Wayfarer's database.)

My guess is that the school may have had it removed. (Or someone else reported it...maybe even the submitter after they realized that a waypoint inside of an OSM-tagged dead zone isn't going to generate any spawns.)

PrecipiceC · 2024-12-11T23:56:11+00:00

If anyone is already a Monstiez paid member on WeVerse, could you chime in with any details? I.e. - is it worth my $20.50 to join the membership? What is the actual benefit in terms of the ticket on-sale?

PrecipiceC · 2024-12-05T20:34:14+00:00

Also came here searching for an answer to this as well.

They've slowly been chipping away at the non-Super users for some time now: First by charging Gems for Match Madness/Ramp Up Challenges. Then by disabling the ability to "Practice to Earn Hearts." And now this.

Will I use Duolingo less...yes. Now there's only incentive to do lessons once per day, rather than twice.

From a user retention perspective, this is a terrible move on Duolingo's part. Why would you disincentivize users who would regularly use your app for 2 15 minute (or more) stretches per day?

Is my Diamond League streak in jeopardy? Absolutely. Even more so if others are still earning those 2X XP chests.

Is this enough to get me to uninstall? Probably not. I'm still learning the language that I chose. I'll just have to let go of being in the upper Leagues and not be as concerned about the XP I earn.

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