So because you have to register with global link to be counted,

It's been 2 days. Stfu and contribute.

>>30368414
pretty much yeah

True ineptitude is trying to trade with a friend online on SM.

Fire whoever decided to get rid of a friends list or a way to see who is online.

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>>30368438
>it's been 2 days and we haven't even reached 0.5% of the total goal
>13 days left

>>30368414
Yeah because people totally didn't trade millions of vilillon.
How is this any different?w

>>30368755
You didn't need to sign up for a Pokemon account to be eligible to trade Vivillon,

>>30368864
You needed to for it to count.

>>30368552
>can't Game Sync more than once every several hours
Give it time, people are probably game syncing once a day. This time tomorrow there will be a shitload more.

>>30368414
Just make a Casino and have high level gambling facilities. I hear you can get rare pokemon from the higher ones.

You do realise it doesn't update in real time right?
I've been catching everything I see to help contribute.

>>30368414
If I remember, around 7 PM yesterday (central) it only had 47,000. I think we're fine

>>30368533
VIP list is kinda a friends list.

>>30373268

Agreed, we're currently at 593,357 right now.

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OP is a retard and a faggot

>>30368414
i was going to wait until the bank reopened to complete my dex, but this made me start throwing balls all afternoon.

>>30368414
What is this??

>>30373860
>event is 10% over
>0.006% of the total goal is complete
>this makes me a retard

what are you supposed to be implying?

Festival Plaza is the worst thing about this game.

Anything else can be forgiven in time, but making the entire online infrastructure this disfunctional is what will actually KILL the fucking game for good. No one wants to bother, finding 6v6 matches now that passerbies are gone is impossible, literally everyone is moving to Showdown for good now.

>>30373960
We're going to reach the goal anyway, idiot.

>>30374007
are you delusional or just literally actually seriously legitimately mentally disabled

>>30373960
I don't know about a retard but you are really bad at math.

That is 0,5% you fuck

>>30373991
>6v6

You were in the wrong place anyway.

The competitive formats ingame are 3v3 and doubles. Fucking deal with it already.

>>30373991
I'm getting used to the Plaza, in my opinion it's alright.

>>30374019
I shouldn't have put the % sign there, you're right

600,000 is 0.006 of the total, which is 0.6%

my point still stands though

>>30374032
It's retarded. PSS was way better.

I'll give them this. At least you can block people who can't take a hint and keep challenging to battle or asking to trade.

>>30374027
Literally thousands of people played XY/ORAS solely to 6v6 on the PSS, that's what made them stick around myself included, I could always find a match all throughout the lifespan of gen 6.

Now they took even that way. What now, force VGC down my throat or grind the battle tree bullshit? That's the two options when it comes to any lasting replay value at all. Nah thanks, I'll play Showdown. Didn't want to, but I have to because GF just loves taking out perfectly good features from their games for no reason.
And god help those who actually played triples or rotations, they're probably ten times more pissed than I am.

>>30374061
>And god help those who actually played triples or rotations

No one, ever.

>>30374014
Does it? Looking at the total, it looks like we are gonna reach it. You must be really a retard.

>>30374027
Yeah, but I don't really care about a format they push to speed things up or a gimmick one even if they prefer them for multiplayer stuff. The games themselves are mostly 6v6 aside from the battle tower

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OP here

2 boxes

>>30374082
holy shit you are fucking retarded after all

SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TWO DAYS

TO REACH THE GOAL WE NEED ONE HUNDRED MILLION IN TWO WEEKS

MULTIPLY 600,000 BY 7 (WHICH IS OUR CURRENT PACE, 2 DAYS OUT OF A 14 DAY PERIOD) AND YOU GET A SHITFUCK LOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION

>>30374104
>The games themselves are mostly 6v6 aside from the battle tower

More like 6v1 or 6v2.

>>30373952
global mission, the entire world has two weeks to catch 100,000,000 wild pokemon, prize will be 200 to 2000 FC

>>30374056
I do agree that it was faster to connect with people but the little shops in the plaza and collecting of FC makes it a little enjoyable. I'm mostly on BS anyway.

>>30374121
>SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TWO DAYS
the event has been going on for 27 hours anon. the pace of capture will increase dramatically once people see that there is an event at all, and will spike hard during the weekend

I don't mind FP as a join avenue 2.0, but as a replacement to the PSS it's absolutely retarded.

I signed up for PGL back with BW1 even though I never really made use of Game Sync and did the same with BW2 and XY, but then with ORAS I realized I had a fake birthdate because you had to make a parent account and link to it or some shit if you were under 18 back when BW1 was a thing and they had no way to change it so I stopped bothering with it because it triggered me.

As for SM yeah Festival Plaza is a shitfuck, slapped Join Avenue and PSS together with none of the good aspects of either.

You can get more coins by doing shit in the plaza than they're rewarding you for catching pokes. What's the fucking point?

>>30374121
The total isn't updated live though.
So who's to say that we won't reach it?

>>30374165
Bringing back the Join Avenue was a good idea, making it replace the PSS was not.

Putting a loading screen between offline and online might seem small, but it breaks all functionality the PSS had, including the feeling of playing while connected to other people, that's entirely gone.

>>30368414
Holy shit. Last I checked, it was only around 17,000+ a few hours ago. Now already close to half a mil? We can do this /vp/
TRUST!

It's so damn annoying breeding/hatching eggs aren't applicable. That's my strength no actually catching pokemon.

>>30374169
Teach me, I've been doing type matchup tests over the last week and just yesterday got to 1500 and bought a 5 star kitchen (which doesn't seem that great) and I'm back to nearly zero.

I'm playing sun and moon and what the fuck is this?

What is global link?
What is game sync?

I half regret catching everything now. I have no need to catch wild mons anymore.

>>30374269
Same here! I hope there's an egg hatching one in the future.

>>30374284
I just join type tests and stand still honestly. Saves my brain from rotting.

>>30374269
same

if it counted egg hatches or even retroactive catches it would totally be possible

>>30374251
only 99.5 million to go!

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>>30374286
>What is global link?
>What is game sync?

How many gens have you missed?

>>30374284
>1 week for 1.5k
You're already doing it

>>30374302
The energy generated from all the stationary spinning Tauros would be able to power a small country.

>>30374292
I've just been catching route 1 shitmons and then after a box or 2 is full. Release then start over.

>>30374308
>Try out one of the other mission types.
>You can take a lap around the entire plaza without encountering any of the people you need to find.

bravo gf

>>30368414
How do you do this?
How do you do global trade?

Is this all through festival town?

I'm on the third island going to four soon.

What is happening here? : (

>one day half a million pokes
>puts us at 7% completion by the final day.

everyone catch ten times as many pokemon tomorrow as you did today.

>>30374378
>everyone catch ten times as many pokemon tomorrow as you did today.
joke's on you, 10 x 0 is still 0

>>30374324
Went from Pokemon Gold to X, played OR(AS) and then got Moon.

Where is the global link in this game? I haven't seen it around.

I never actually used game sync. Where/what is this?

Not sure how GF expected players to hit 100 million when a guaranteed half of the have no fucking clue how to use game sync let alone festival plaza. 10 million would have been a more reasonable ammount.

>>30374104
Ever since Gen V the games are more about 6v4, except the Champion.

back to smogon.

>>30374396
>>30374374

you can't even do it from a fucking menu

you have to go into the castle in festival plaza and then go to the computer (which looks exactly like every other computer in the game so how would you ever know it was different) then use the code on the computer to link your game save to an account that you have to make on the pokemon website

>>30374374
>>30374396
This was me.

>>30374286
Looks like I'm not the only one.

Can i get banned with a cfw 3ds for this?

>>30374396
you have to have a trainer club account through the official site. then go to the plaza and get your sync code. it loads some of your save data to the net so you can view medals in your account.

>>30374345
I could do that but I'd rather spend my time soft resetting for a HP Fire Lele.

>>30374415
I thought this was just another PC what the FUCK were they thinking?

>>30374432
What is the official site? : )

I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to make a trainer club account and it won't let me log in. I even changed my password in case I typed it in wrong. Still can't log in. Trash feature, will never use. k thanx bye

>>30374286
>>30374374
>>30374396
https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/
follow the instructions.

>>30374429
no, they have literally no way of knowing aside from having illegal pokemon

and even if you have illegal pokemon they can't do anything about it other than disqualify you from official tournaments

>>30374456
https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/

>>30374324
Literally played them all

>there are people in this thread who played XYORAS who have not ever touched GL

:/

>>30368414
Good thing I'm currently filling up my dex

>>30374456
This
>>30374462

https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/information/593fff55-a9ea-43ff-a6bc-fb990020c68a

Details on how to register your game.

>>30374475
It's not like the games tell you about these things. Well, admittedly I didn't read a single thing in X and Y...

>>30374517
>Well, admittedly I didn't read a single thing in X and Y...
this is another downside to obnoxious baby-tier handholding

not only is it fucking boring and insufferable, but people will just tune out and spam A through EVERYTHING so nobody even knows about entire fucking features of the game

GF needs to re-evaluate who their core audience is, because it's not fucking 5 year olds anymore and it never has been

>>30374517
I think it said how to do it for ranked battles?
I just never did it besides online ranked battles sooo.

I was also on deployment for both XY -and- ORAS, so I never even went on 4chan during that time.

>>30374480
>>30374464
>>30374462
Thank you. I synced up I guess. DO I check for events on the pokemon-gl website or can I do it on the game itself (after reconnecting to the net)?

>>30374544
True. Someone else said they tuned the age down from B/W2 back to 11 year olds to combat Yokai watch.
IDK. Maybe they should have a "Show me new features only" option?

>>30374460
>make account
>can't log in
>no confirmation email
>cant log in
>change password
>still cant log in
>locked out of site
>begin account recovery despite never being able to log in at all
>you recently changed your password, please wait a little longer

Welp, never been this frustrated logging into a damn website.

>>30374582
you can check in the game by talking to the lady next to the computer

>>30374517
>It's not like the games tell you about these things
they literally forced you to do it if you wanted to battle online.

>>30374582
To check for new events etc it would be best to check the website regularly. I don't think you can during game.

>>30374582
>or can I do it on the game itself
you have to talk to the girl next to the computer in the plaza castle to join the mission.

>>30374604
>tfw you never touched online battles.

Too intimidating for me. Can't imagine it's all that fun either with tapus and ub everywhere.

>>30374597
>>30374624
Here I thought that would be some "Join at a high level or you will let people down" thing that I was going to save for endgame.
Makes me sick.

>>30374609
The other replies are right.

>>30374597
huh, never knew this.
I guess you can then.
But yeah to participate you have to talk to the lady near the PC once you've set up your GL

>>30374604
>online battle
I would battle with a friend in HS with Diamond/Pearl. Battling random people never seemed fun to me.

>>30373991
wrong, removing triple and rotation makes this game absolute kusoge, there is no way I'll transfer my pokemon to this crap game since they're literally useless here. And having your pokemon travel with you to every new game is supposed to be one of the biggest selling points of the series. Going back to ORAS and BW2.

>>30374635
Oh, well there you go.
I never knew this.

>>30373991
I'm still confused people even tried to battle with random people to begin with. Always annoyed the shit outta me whenever someone I didn't know try to battle or trade me, and going onto other forums it seems that this wasn't an uncommon opinion.

>>30368533
ya but if you set up a very specific GTS trade and have them nab, then they will be in your recent list and you can make them VIP

>>30374670
>Always annoyed the shit outta me whenever someone I didn't know try to battle or trade me
then turn those options off?

>10,000 FC
Uh, wouldn't getting that make everyone reach ~rank 70 in Festival Plaza?

>>30374670
It's to open up challenges for people.
For me I think it's one of the best features to do.

>>30368533
it took me a good 15 minutes to trade with my friend the first time

fucking stupid in every aspect

>>30374707
You don't get 10,000 FC
Somewhere between 200 - 2,000 FC

>>30374736
How does it determine how much you get?

And how high does the Festival Plaza level even go anyway? What's the point to going above level 100?

>The first global mission will be for Trainers to catch as many Pokémon as they can to reach the collective goal. If everyone combines their efforts to catch 100 million Pokémon between November 29 and December 13, 2016, each participant will receive 1,000 Festival Coins as a reward. If the goal isn’t met, Trainers who contributed will still receive a participation prize of 100 Festival Coins. To be sure that your Pokémon bounty gets included in the final count, be sure to use Game Sync by December 13.

>>30374778
>>30374736
Oh, I'm rereading Serebii now. I'm 90% sure it said 10,000 FC the first time.

>>30374778
>>30374770
>>30374707

>>30374770
all missions give coins based on your participation and the overall groups total. so catch one wild pokemon during the event and you get 200 coins, assuming the group total gets over 100,000,000.

catch a fuckton of wilds and get 2000 coins

>>30374657
>kusoge

wwwwww

>>30374778
>each participant will receive 1,000 Festival Coins as a reward
the game itself says 2000 coins is the max and 200 the minimum.

>>30374671
>>30374734
You guys realize that your friends show up in the guest list labeled specifically as "Friends List" to set them apart from random guests, right?

As long as the person is online and registered, it takes five seconds to scroll down and click their name.

I still agree it blows huge dick, but trying to make it sound hard just makes you look like a retard.

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>>30374631
>Can't imagine it's all that fun either with tapus and ub everywhere.

gotchu senpai

Is there even anything interesting about Pokemon Global Link this gen? I'm finding it really hard to get enough motivation to even recover my password and log in to find out.
I miss dream world.

>>30374874
>Took two hours to nab a Thick Club even with Compound Eyes at the front of the party

god damn

>>30374846
source was from the website.

https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/information/daa0cde7-1e54-41d1-95de-19571cad0465

But perhaps it is?

>>30374899
>Is there even anything interesting about Pokemon Global Link this gen?
no

global events are the one thing it has

Let's assume SM has sold 10 million copies(it's probably less than half of that so far).

Let's assume 50% of players sign up on the PGL and participate(it's probably closer to 5%)
That's 5 million players who must catch 20 pokemon total.

So let's go with a realistic outcome. 4 million copies, that's 200000 participants, 500 pokemon per player.

>>30374899

I'm >>30374635 and signing up and looking around you can get a Munchlax from mystery gift. I found this out via PGL so eh.

Although the ad for it here
http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/pulverizing-snorlax/
doesn't tell you how to get it.
I had to look up some random website that told me how to get it lol.

I've had a Pokemon account since the start of gen 6. You need to sync to join the online competitions and if you want to link your games between accounts.

Is it really that much of a chore to create an account? OP is a whiny bitch.

>>30374942
not even counting the few million people who might have already stopped playing

>>30374942
i can do that, i did 55 yesterday and had to work, the next three days are nothing but freetime for me.

>>30374950
>OP is a whiny bitch.

I obviously already have an account and am participating
but there are literally millions of people out there who won't, and that makes the goal of one hundred million pokemon completely out of reach

it's like I'm arguing with actual children

>>30374695
Oh, I did. Last gen, however, I couldn't. So despite me puting "no trades/battles" in my profile and message box, I still would get a stupid amount of folks trying to do those exact things.

>>30374710
Maybe on the first battle, but when I'm on my third badge with a team of shitmons and I get some chucklefuck challenging me to a match with the same team as the last ten chucklefucks, all I can see is a shit system.

>>30374958
Or young kids who got the game but don't even have wi-fi access setup on their 2DS.

>>30368414
Day one is down and we're barely at 0.6%. This can only end well.

>>30374912
>3rd Cubone I caught came with a Thick Club
Good old RNG.

The goal would have been bigger if it wasnt for the thousands of bans :^)

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>complete pokedex and receive shiny charm
>this mission starts the next day

>>30368414
I (think) I registered on pokemon-gl, but do I need to be online when I catch a pokemon for it to count?

Does anyone else find the PGL website laggy as shit? I try not to use it if possible because of how long pages take to load.

>>30375102
no, your contribution will be updated every time you go online

>>30368414
It was 200k-something when I joined it earlier today and we have like 13 days

Cry more

>>30375112
>200,000
>out of 100,000,000

another denialfag
how old are you?

>>30375089
Almost me.

I went from 44% to 89% this week, only trade evolutions and a few annoying 1% encounters left at this point.

>>30375122
Thanks for your BTFO montage contribution for Dec 12 2016

>>30375112
but one day has already passed and we haven't made progress. 200K of 100 million isn't really at all noteworthy. It's why everyone is a little peeved

>>30375122
>>30375134
It is(was) a Tuesday. Not everyone knows about it yet

What's even the point? The reward is fucking pitiful, you can get 2000 FC in an hour of playing type matchup and there's nothing to even spend FC on anyway

>>30375132
anon is right based on the first day catch rate. we need to put mons in balls at ten times the numbers we are now to have a shot.

>>30375156
wow you're right

maybe after all the people who don't know about the contest (because they aren't active players with incentive) come rolling in we can get it to at LEAST ten million by the 12th!

>>30374977
I see your point, all we can do is try right?

>>30375183
rather spend my time breeding shinies desu

How do I register for global link? The game never even mentioned it to me I don't think.

>>30375197

>>30374415
>>30374462

>>30375197
https://3ds-sp.pokemon-gl.com/information/593fff55-a9ea-43ff-a6bc-fb990020c68a

>>30375160
>not blowing all of your FC on seven 5 star Dye shops

>>30375224
you mean treasure hunt

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>set up game sync
>going online now takes twice as long, because it tries to sync every single time you connect

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Maybe if the Global Link website wasn't seventeen kinds of garbage, more people would be counted for this.

Nintendos online is garbage
More news at eleven.
We can only hope the new console will switch this up

>>30375224
I would if I could find someone selling.

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Is there a limit to how many you can catch? Its not recording anything i catch past 999 or maybe it does but it only shows up to 999.

>>30375160
Why would I play 40 games of contests even I could spend that time doing literally anything else in the world?

>>30375134
Two hours, actually - assuming every time you manage to get full 50 points award, which may not be the case if you join missions late/with few people in them.

>>30374429
i've heard people getting banned for using save editors to change their trainer name

>>30374778
>1,000 Festival Coins as a reward. If the goal isn’t met, Trainers who contributed will still receive a participation prize of 100 Festival Coins
Wow it's fucking nothing.

>>30368533
What were they thinking? That's the only complain I have of the games, my friend and I took a good 7 minutes to figure out that shit