Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Heavyarms55 so far I've been going through a bit of a shiny drought in Go.

I did get that cubone I mentioned yesterday though so that was really nice!

@TheFrenchiestFry "Serviceable" seems to describe a lot of what I've read about the SoM remake. Once the usual internet bellyaching is sifted through, anyway. XD You have one camp saying that it's hot garbage, others (admittedly a select few) singing its praises, and the rest saying it's kinda meh.

I figured it was best to experience the game the way nature intended. Well, as close as I can get using modern platforms anyway.

@Eel That figures. XD The vast majority of my good shinies were hatches or lucky trades. And those are few. Oh well. At least they make great gym squatters sometimes.

@Heavyarms55 Man, I've been searching for a shiny Poochyena for ages lol. Same with Absol (and I've hatched plenty). Congrats on all of them! Honestly I forgot about the Verizon event and didn't really play much yesterday outside of gifting and a couple of catches. No recent shiny luck here, but I did pretty well during the Halloween event; besides that Spiritomb, I also caught a shiny Shuppet and Drifloon. Neither had particularly great stats, but I was still thrilled! Drifloon especially, that's one I've searched for for some time.

I did land my first Galarian Ponyta via a 7 km egg today, but its stats were all 10s.

@Eel That's a bummer, but at least you got the one! And it is a nice one!

@Tyranexx Ohh Drifloon is a nice one. I got one totally randomly months ago when I was walking home from the mall one evening. It was even a rare spawn at the time, I was shocked! If they ever add long distance trading, I'll happily trade you one of my extra Absol.

I actually almost did forget about the Verizon event too, but since the weather was gorgeous yesterday I went for a walk and logged in about an hour into the event. Happy coincidence there. lol

Oh now that I remember I also got one shiny drifloon during the limited research event last month.

It’s a really nice shiny, very colorful.

I already evolved the shiny Drifloon. I nicknamed it Doubloon. It fits so well. XD

@Heavyarms55 Those random shiny finds for something you aren't particularly looking for at the time are great! I had an experience like that a month or two ago; I found a random shiny Lickitung without warning. Those are incredibly rare around here. I only tapped it for the candy initially. Nugget is now one of my favorite gym squatters due to his HP.

I really, REALLY hope they add long-distance trading. I can't really understand why they haven't, especially these days when traveling isn't all that encouraged. It's been a thing in the main series ever since the GTS was added.

The weather was also amazing here this weekend, but I didn't have much of a desire to go anywhere yesterday. After a bunch of craziness last weekend and an insane week on the work front, I needed a day at home. XD I got out for a little while today, but some of that "fresh air" was actually the dust and leaf litter I kicked up from mowing. I'm still sneezing occasionally....

@Tyranexx I can only assume they don't want people trading regional exclusives. A lame reason but the only one I can think of.

And I understand not wanting to go out cause of allergies. One benefit of living in a barren wasteland is that I no longer have to worry about my allergies to dead rotting plants in fall. Here things don't mold, they wither into dust. Which doesn't bother my allergies. Lol

My friend is watching the Danganronpa anime and was really sad that Junko died so early cause he really liked her. I’m just laughing to myself knowing what happens later.😉

@Heavyarms55 see? The bright side of things!

Btw, if you live near Mt Lemmon, I absolutely recommend visiting during winter. It's a literal winter wonderland up there. With cabins, trails, skiing, etc.

I will unfortunately not be able to visit Arizona or any part of the USA this year, due to travel restrictions and the fact our travel visa decided to expire on the worst year possible. It's honestly pretty depressing.

@Eel I'd encourage people not to visit the US right now anyway. Lol (half laughing half crying...)

But I will keep that in mind for the future.

@Heavyarms55 @Eel Yeah us Americans aren't really doing the best things rn, so for the love of EVERYTHING, don't go to America this year or even next year depending on what's happening.

It’s not like I can. Like, at all.

Probably won’t be able to until late late 2021/early 2022.

Ah... did he really? Darn, such a shame. Bit of a moody fella at times, but genuinely a good-natured, heart on his sleeve kinda guy...

@BabyYoshi12 @Heavyarms55 @WoomyNNYes @Zuljaras (and anyone else I forgot to mention) thanks for all the nice and kind words you guys! Sheesh, way to make an older guy blush.

Seeing as I came back into this thread starting at page 2337, I'm afraid that I don't have the time or the attention span anymore to leaf through 40+ pages, so I guess I'll just jump back in from here on out.

For those curious or wondering what the heck was up: in short, besides being slightly overwhelmed/overworked at the office, I kind of found myself swept away in another one of my dark episodes, brought on by some personal crap and sorrows/goings on concerning the health of my dad,
so I had to deal with all of that at once, and it kind of made the water rise up to levels WAY above my head,
so I simply couldn't cope at that point and ultimately, I had to take some time off to get my sh** back together and my head back on straight, but I finally managed to make it out of that tunnel.

Took a bit longer than I expected/hoped/wanted, but I'm back, more or less. Couple of mental cuts and bruises richer, but other than that, I'm fine. As of now, I'll try to keep up with you guys a bit more, but I'm not about to chisel any promises in stone, so bear with me. I'm kind of like a slow boomerang: I may be gone for quite a while sometimes, but I'll always return eventually...

@ThanosReXXX Yooooooooo I am just glad you're alive and well. You really never know these days. Hope things calm down for ya though!

Honestly I saw the reply and did a double take! Didn't think we'd see you on here again!

Gah! A g-g-g-ghost!

@Heavyarms55 Nah... takes a bit more than a "tiny" depression/episode to get rid of this old Titan. Back in my younger days, I used to try and fight/resist them, but nowadays I know it's better, or rather: easier to just let the wave come over me and go along for the ride and then wait it out, because I've had enough of them over the decades to know that they'll never be that dark that there's never any light at the end of the tunnel anymore.

But thanks again. Sure feels kinda nice being appreciated and missed and so on. I guess that means I'm actually human after all...

@ThanosReXXX YES!!! YOU ARE BACK!!!

@Zuljaras Thanks!
Nice drawing by the way, that skeleton warrior in Space Marine armor, 40+ pages back...

@ThanosReXXX But you were here when I finished it. I guess it has been a long time?

Those are the new ones:

@Zuljaras Ah, was I? Well, like I said, I suffered some mental cuts and bruises, so some things from two months ago aren't as clear anymore. Or have simply escaped my internal filing cabinet...

@Zuljaras Those new drawings are pretty good, by the way.

@Eel You'd figure that a person being familiar with "Dia de los Muertos" should be accustomed to seeing a ghost or two...

@Heavyarms55 Forgot to ask earlier: how have you been doing Stateside? Have you finally settled in/accustomed yourself to your old(er) life again?