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Odd Egg Hatchling
Posts: 18
Pronouns: they/them
Nature Guess: Careful
Favorite Pokémon: Sableye, Noctowl
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Post by descending on Mar 15, 2024 1:10:25 GMT
Date Started: June 2022
Date Finished: n/a
So around the end of 2020, I had the idea to start a DTQ in the game that introduced me to the main series Pokemon games, HeartGold. I had planned out the team, and hunted the starters on and off for a while on the side as I went for other targets, which netted me a Chikorita and, well, a failed Totodile (which I plan to reclaim someday!). but alas, a combination of burnout and other struggles led me to not starting on this quest until mid 2022.
in June, I had a random burst of inspiration to start up hunting again and, with my two 3DSes, spent a few days resetting for my target, DTQ member #1, Cyndaquil. and in the early morning hours at the very start of July, after 11,676 starters seen, he was mine. I was over the moon, honestly. this is a target that I'd been attempting to get on and off since probably 2019, before I even decided I wanted to try a DTQ, and it felt so good to finally have him. I named him Pyre, as I planned to do ever since I started hunting for him. that same day though, I decided to start looking for team member #2, my target being Mareep. so, I caught a regular ol' Mareep for Static and got to work. little did I know, I wouldn't have to look for long...
147 encounters, just a few short hours after Cyndaquil. surprisingly not my fastest 1/8192 hunt, but still blazing fast and totally unexpected. I was in shock (yes, pun fully intended). I hadn't quite planned a name for her like I did for Pyre, but I quickly settled on Glimmer, which I'm honestly really happy with and think it fits her super well. and that's 2 out of 6 team members down in one day. so surely this would be a quick quest, right? ...right?
 well, as you've probably noticed, as I said earlier and from the encounter dates on these mons, I started this quest in 2022. after getting these shinies, I just kinda drifted away from hunting again to focus on other stuff. this lasted from the end of 2022 through all of 2023, mainly because I was just spending my time playing other games and wasn't super interested in hunting for most of that time, aside from one or two random spur-of-the-moment hunts here and there. that brings us to a couple weeks ago, when I decided to go for, and got, my shiny Lapras in my other HeartGold file. that, along with reintegrating myself into the community, starting to stop by streams of fellow shiny hunters more often, and generally just fixating on Pokemon again as a whole, reinvigorated my love for shiny hunting for the time being. and I really feel like it's about time I got back to this quest. I'll be posting any updates relating to this quest in this thread. targets, phases, milestones, the works. I'm pumped to finally have the energy to get back into it! |
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Odd Egg Hatchling
Posts: 18
Pronouns: they/them
Nature Guess: Careful
Favorite Pokémon: Sableye, Noctowl
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Post by descending on Mar 15, 2024 1:48:57 GMT
and you won't need to wait long for an update, because just today after a year and a half of inactivity on this quest, I finally made some headway! I did setup and start this hunt back in 2022, grinding a cool 1,500 encounters or so on a single system before I kinda drifted out of shiny hunting for a while like I mentioned. but this past week, with newfound motivation, high spirits, and a second HeartGold file to double-hunt my targets with, I decided I would finally come back to this hunt and net myself team member #3, Hoothoot. I chose to hunt on Route 30, giving me a chance at also potentially finding a shiny Spinarak, which I also really love. and after just a few days and a decent 6,024 random encounters, and on the first phase, my favorite of the regional birds decided to shine for me. I absolutely love this Pokemon. Hoothoot and Noctowl are among my favorite shinies, along with being tied for my absolute favorite Pokemon with Sableye. her name, like Pyre, was one I decided on way beforehand, as Nocturne is usually the name I default to for this line. I'm super happy to finally have this shiny in Gen 4 specifically, since both Hoothoot AND Noctowl look absolutely incredible in these games. I also gathered a bunch of yellow apricorns for some Moon Balls on both files, since it's my favorite ball and fits their shinies pretty nicely. I ended up finding her on my other file, the completed file with Lapras and the random Drowzee, so I traded her over to the main DTQ file where she'll remain. that's the third team member down, meaning I'm halfway there with just 2 badges! here's the squad so far :) (don't mind the dirty screen, I definitely gotta clean it up soon)    as I post this, I just finished setting up hunts for 2 of the remaining team members, one of which I plan on also going for before I take on Whitney. as for the other of the two, that one will definitely be a bit of grind. so stay tuned for that, lmao happy hunting homies <3 |
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fairytypevalerie
Odd Egg Hatchling
Currently hunting: Lugia and Glameow
Posts: 25
Pronouns: She/Her
Nature Guess: Calm
Favorite Pokémon: Purugly
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Post by fairytypevalerie on Mar 16, 2024 17:04:02 GMT
You are killing it! Major congrats on the hoothoot!!!!
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dungeonmereshi
Fresh Fisher
my signature is gonna be full if i keep adding guys, help
Posts: 89
Pronouns: they/them
Nature Guess: Often lost in thought
Favorite Pokémon: impossible question *obliterates you*
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Post by dungeonmereshi on Mar 29, 2024 10:50:51 GMT
i FEEL the "taking a abreak and now it's been ages" thing 🤝
i love all your little guys!! long awaited pyre, miraculous glimmer and golden nocturne... ALSO MOON BALL HELL YEAHHH GO MOON BALL
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Odd Egg Hatchling
Posts: 18
Pronouns: they/them
Nature Guess: Careful
Favorite Pokémon: Sableye, Noctowl
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Post by descending on Apr 1, 2024 22:43:30 GMT
another update! so after getting Hoothoot, I progressed in my DTQ file a bit more, beating Bugsy and working my way through Ilex Forest and up into Goldenrod where I finally got the bike. I already had it on my other file since it has the main story completed and all, but it's a godsend to finally have it on both files. I figured I'd set up my next hunt the following day, making my way to Route 35 where I'd start hunting for a funny little blue Nidoran♂. I prepped for any possible Abra to come (aka stocking up on Quick Balls and setting up a Taunt mon), and started biking around. and just as I was getting into it, after 430 encounters...   sike get Drowzee'd lol well, at least phase 1 was quick and out of the way. silly ha-has aside, I'm pretty okay with this, because even though I already have one, now I can evolve this one into Hypno and have both of them. still really love the dark red lower half on this dude though. I named her Mesmer, which is the usual name I give to this line. anyways, onto phase 2! I had a feeling this would be a longer one given my luck lately, and I was right, because this ended up being my first hunt in a good bit to reach the 10k threshold. late at night though, as I was distracted, a sparkling sound quickly took my attention. I thought it was the stream I was watching in the background at first, but didn't hear a reaction or anything, so I looked down at my games and saw this little dude staring back at me.   little purple fuck yep, after 10,616 encounters, the wrong 30%. had a feeling this'd happen lol I already have 2 of these in one of my SoulSilvers, so I guess that means the line is complete. I ended up naming her Ceremonia, because I had spent most of that day binge listening to an album of that name by one of my favorite bands. funnily enough, just a few hours before this, slowby found and caught one of these in the Safari Zone while we were in a call together. so naturally, I'm blaming her for this one. (hi slowby love u homie) writing this now, I'm 11,000 encounters deep into phase 3. back to back 10k+ phases is unfortunate, but I'm not bothered by it. it's all about the journey  as of now though, I'm putting this hunt on a pause. there's a community event this month unrelated to the forum that involves hunting via full odds eggs in gens 3-5, and I'm deciding to shift my focus to that for the time being ( this may also relate to the other member of this team which I said would be a grind... foreshadowing oooo). I'm really happy with the progress I've made so far though, and I think this hunt showcases just how much I've gotten back into the groove of things, since I've piled up a bit over 22,000 encounters on 2 systems in a couple weeks time. I'll be sure to give more updates if anything interesting happens! |
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dungeonmereshi
Fresh Fisher
my signature is gonna be full if i keep adding guys, help
Posts: 89
Pronouns: they/them
Nature Guess: Often lost in thought
Favorite Pokémon: impossible question *obliterates you*
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Post by dungeonmereshi on Apr 1, 2024 23:57:47 GMT
oh man not the dupe fest jkhgfqddghja rip x'D
i believe in youuuu >:) have a nice break!! even if it's just a break to hunt some more LOL
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grimdarksparkles
Odd Egg Hatchling
sometimes you really do just gotta catch em all
Posts: 15
Pronouns: she/her
Nature Guess: zesty
Favorite Pokémon: zubat!!!
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Post by grimdarksparkles on Apr 8, 2024 7:19:54 GMT
congrats on getting back into the groove!! I too had a heartgold save file that I neglected for years, and now I'm already one phase into the next hunt!! I'll carry on the heartgold redemption energy while you're on break <3
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Odd Egg Hatchling
Posts: 18
Pronouns: they/them
Nature Guess: Careful
Favorite Pokémon: Sableye, Noctowl
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Post by descending on May 10, 2024 21:40:27 GMT
another small update, I've been pretty tired and busy with a lot of life stuff lately, so not much hunting has been done.
however, with May starting and egg month coming to a close, I've decided to put the egg hunt on the back burner and shift my focus back to the silly blue Nidoran hunt. admittedly I didn't hatch as many eggs as I would've liked during egg month, only hatching 1800 in total, but it's whatever.
I left off at 11k on phase 3 for Nidoran so, that's where I'll be picking back up when I've got the time.
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