Post by Fishwhiskerz on Feb 26, 2024 3:06:56 GMT
Confused about where a specific topic goes? Look no further. This should hopefully have all the answers you need!
...a Shiny Badge Quest/Dream Team Quest/Nostalgia Quest/Friend Team Quest?
This varies based on a few different factors. In general, we'd like to ask to keep quests to as few threads as possible to minimize bloat, so please keep that in mind.
Question 1: Are you in the planning phase, or are you posting your shinies?
If you are planning a quest, and you are not sure of the details (i.e. game, team members) you can feel free to post in Hunters' Haven to discuss it with other users. If you have already started your quest and plan to use that thread to catalog your finds, please refer to the following questions.
Question 2: What odds are you using for your quest?
If the quest is purely full odds or methods, then it is preferred that you make one thread in the appropriate subforum to contain all shinies within that quest. (Think of it like updating a fanfiction!) It isn't always that simple, though. Some hunters like to sprinkle in different types of hunts in their quests, and this can mean different odds as well. Here are some acceptable solutions to this problem:
Question 3: What game is your quest in?
As long as you are hunting in a main series game, your quest thread can go in either Full Odds Field or Methods Meadow with regard to the above specifications. If you are hunting in, say, Pokémon Colosseum, it would go in Hidden Grotto, as that is a spinoff game. Questions on games that are subjectively considered "main series" or not can be found further down.
...a horde shiny?
This forum operates under the logic that hordes are full odds, as they do not mechanically change the calculations being made, so it is the equivalent of 5x hunting. Therefore, as long as you do not have the Shiny Charm, it would go in Full Odds Field.
...a shiny from Let's Go/Legends
This forum considers these games to be loosely "main series", at least more than they are spinoffs. Thus, they go in either Full Odds Field or Methods Meadow accordingly.
...my reaction to the latest Pokémon Direct?
Wherever the information is most relevant, but in spoiler tags! Information that has implications on shiny hunting could go in Hunters' Haven. Info about a new spinoff in which you have no shiny hunting-related commentary can go in Pokémon Center.
...a Shiny Badge Quest/Dream Team Quest/Nostalgia Quest/Friend Team Quest?
This varies based on a few different factors. In general, we'd like to ask to keep quests to as few threads as possible to minimize bloat, so please keep that in mind.
Question 1: Are you in the planning phase, or are you posting your shinies?
If you are planning a quest, and you are not sure of the details (i.e. game, team members) you can feel free to post in Hunters' Haven to discuss it with other users. If you have already started your quest and plan to use that thread to catalog your finds, please refer to the following questions.
Question 2: What odds are you using for your quest?
If the quest is purely full odds or methods, then it is preferred that you make one thread in the appropriate subforum to contain all shinies within that quest. (Think of it like updating a fanfiction!) It isn't always that simple, though. Some hunters like to sprinkle in different types of hunts in their quests, and this can mean different odds as well. Here are some acceptable solutions to this problem:
- User A has an X DTQ with 3 full odds hunts and 3 method hunts. They make a thread each in Full Odds Field and Methods Meadow, with links leading back to the other half of the quest on each side.
- User B has a Crystal FTQ in which the Odd Egg is their only hunt with greater than full odds. They make a thread in Full Odds Field and post all of their shinies there, except for the Odd Egg, which they make one post for in Methods Meadow while providing a link to it in their main thread.
- User C has a full, 16-badge SoulSilver DTQ in which a single shiny is obtained using the Masuda Method. They have a single thread in Full Odds Field, where they also post their Masuda Treecko. This isn't preferred, but as long as they are perfectly honest that it was a method shiny, we aren't going to be cops about it.
Question 3: What game is your quest in?
As long as you are hunting in a main series game, your quest thread can go in either Full Odds Field or Methods Meadow with regard to the above specifications. If you are hunting in, say, Pokémon Colosseum, it would go in Hidden Grotto, as that is a spinoff game. Questions on games that are subjectively considered "main series" or not can be found further down.
...a horde shiny?
This forum operates under the logic that hordes are full odds, as they do not mechanically change the calculations being made, so it is the equivalent of 5x hunting. Therefore, as long as you do not have the Shiny Charm, it would go in Full Odds Field.
...a shiny from Let's Go/Legends
This forum considers these games to be loosely "main series", at least more than they are spinoffs. Thus, they go in either Full Odds Field or Methods Meadow accordingly.
...my reaction to the latest Pokémon Direct?
Wherever the information is most relevant, but in spoiler tags! Information that has implications on shiny hunting could go in Hunters' Haven. Info about a new spinoff in which you have no shiny hunting-related commentary can go in Pokémon Center.