I finally caught my first Shiny Pokรฉmonโฆ
1 in 8192 odds.
After 63 hours riding a bike around in a fkn cave and 7,068 encounters, Shiny Onix popped up and my wife & I lost our minds
Iโm not going to say this was a childhood dream, because it wasnโt. I didnโt even become aware of Shiny Pokemon until my early 20s, and when I did, I was fascinated by them
I liked the extreme rarity of these โalternateโ colored Pokรฉmon, and couldnโt believe some people had the patience to reset their game over and over and over until they found the โoneโ
Last month I finally got the bug (and had the time) to cross โcatch a Shiny Pokรฉmonโ off my bucket list. I chose one of the original games, Pokรฉmon Gold, because I wanted to experience what it mightโve felt like to randomly find one as a kid. No hacks, no cheatsโฆ just time, effort, and a ton of Max Repels
And wow, what a momentโฆ
After literally spending two and a half collective days of my life hunting, in one split second we had achieved what I thought might be impossible.
Green. Shiny Onix. Sparkles and allโฆ I legit couldnโt believe it
My Gengar put him to sleep, then I caught him with an Ultra Ball on the fourth attempt.
We nicknamed him Avery in honor of Avery the Poke Kid, rest in peace to the legend.
All things considered, my hunt was actually โunder odds,โ and Iโm considered lucky. I know of some hunts that have taken over 30,000 ๐คฎ
Massive shoutout to the greatest shiny hunter of them all,
@SauceMcGavin, for guiding me through this
Iโm aware that this seems like the most repetitive, ridiculous thing in the world, but therein lies the magicโฆ this is a special skill set that takes an absurd amount of patience, tenacity, and a borderline delusional positive attitude.
I hope people have gained some respect for Shiny Hunting because I donโt think Iโll do this again lol
PS the ultimate reason I did this was to get golden Shiny Steelixโฆ Iโm evolving my Shiny Onix live on my YouTube channel October 29, while breaking open two boxes of Legendary Collection, so definitely tune in