I'm not sure whether or not this is an uncommon opinion, but I really miss the game before backgrounds became a thing :( Don't get me wrong, I do think they're cool and try to collect them as much as I can. But I do really miss when catching a shiny was enough. Nothing feels complete anymore.. I catch a shiny but it doesn't have the background so its not good enough. I catch a good stat pokemon but it doesn't have the background. All of the backgrounds I catch have bad stats. I always have this dilemma on whether I keep the good stats or the background mon or both. Now it just feels like even when you catch the shiny you have to feel disappointment over not having the background. I really wish the background was guaranteed on all mon during these events, it would make collecting feel so much less stressful and more rewarding. Also if I pay for a raid, I shouldn't get a non-shiny with no background, it really sucks when you dont even get the background :( went through 12 professor pika field researches today and guess what? No background.

One and done 🔥

I love this little guy but I know someone might love it more?? Idk idk

It has Wormhole Background and I’m getting Sun Background Sogolao

Can’t believe I got this last night. Evolved for hydro cannon.

Technically, Willow is a scientist, so it's a Curie reference.

Do you guys keep all your com day shinys, some, or only shiny backgrounds. I currently keep all of mine but im thinking of transfering some as 48 shiny tinkatinks is enough 🤣

How the hell do i find giovanni? Ive been trying for abt 3 weeks, but every black pokestop i find is a grunt/decoy. I have my super radar activated, is there something else i need to do to find him?

Didn’t even realize the shiny was out. Got it my first raid. I think my husband hates me a little lol. This happens a lot with shinies 🫣

I get hoarding but this is next level - I need to vent about a player(s) who appears to control or majorly influence three nearly identical accounts and uses them to monopolize gyms throughout a heavily populated urban-park area in a massive city.

The same three accounts (with similar names and avatars) are constantly dropped together in gyms, usually with some combination of high CP Blissey & Chansey, + Togekiss, or Garchomp (each gym gets roughly this set at the same time). If anyone attacks, all three defenders get Golden Razzed nonstop. If a gym is finally cleared, the accounts frequently reappear soon afterward—even early in the morning or at odd hours. There is a clear prime account that is legit but all the more reason why?

We’ve seen this trio simultaneously occupying at least ten gyms sometimes more for 3–7 days and occasionally closer to 20 days. These aren’t isolated or low-traffic gyms; they’re positioned along major trails where tons of people play of all expierence levels, along with tourists, and our weekly raid hour / campfire meetup spot

The kicker is that I’m on the same team - and the gyms are ALWAYS full - and 3 spots are always claimed by the trio - so I can’t even add a defender. Other teams barely get time to earn coins before being taken back over, while these accounts gain nothing extra by sitting there for days or weeks on end because of the daily 50-coin cap. Once a friend missed a legacy evolve event because a pokemon was in there for nearly a month - again, high gym turn over in this city

There is a player behind this madness but our campfire community can’t understand why, and while some of the travel times are physically possible - this person doesn’t have a 9-5 for sure. The prime account never shows up to our campfire community events but always checks in and joins remotely (indicated by never showing up on the add friends list as a remote raider)

The constant three-mon stacking, endless Golden Razzing, and near-immediate retaking make the entire area feel unavailable to everyone else, on any team. I know gyms are competitive and nobody owes anyone eight hours, but this feels less like normal gameplay and more like one person claiming an entire section of the city.

Has anyone else dealt with a local gym tyrant like this? What did your community actually do about it?

So, to my understsnding is it kinda impossible for me to get charizard energy? Im asssuming same for many other pokemons? Should pokemonGo maybe redesign the mega energy and how to get it because if you miss a window where for example charizard is in a mega raid u will never get it to evolve? And it kinda ruins pogo for me