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Bug Catching Contest Suggestion

SilverPhoenix

Pokémon Ranger
I don t know if you agree with me but the bug catching contest as it is, is kinda dull. You enter a couple of times, catch a few Scythers win and probably never play again :p . What, in my opinion, would be pretty cool, is the addition of every single bug pokemon from every single generation until now in the contest. And not different pokemon different days, all in the same time, every time. And of course the encounter rate should vary a lot according to the rarity. For example a Sewaddle could have a 5% encounter chance, while a Volcarona a 0,0001% and a Genesect a 0,000001% encounter chance. I know it sounds kind of far fetched or even stupid but think about it:
1) Much bigger challenge, a high level scyther wouldn t grant you a win for sure, it would force you to search a lot and try different combinations
2)The chance to catch an extremely rare/powerful pokemon could make you spend many hours of frustrating/fun hunting
3) It would actually feel more like a unique experience similar to Safari Zone, not like a regular stroll on Route 30 with a bunch of caterpies and weedles :p
4)Of course the addition of much more valuable prizes to the winners, since taking place 1 would be almost impossible.
I also suggest that more winner places and possibly more contestants will be implemented, like about 10 or more instead of the current 4, so that the current prizes could be added to the bottom 4 places, and also to make the contest feel livelier and the challenge bigger.

Well this is the suggestion I dared to make, please don t be too harsh on me :p
 

MrHippocrit

Champion
Trusted Support
Retired Mod
To be very very honest, the only reason why the bug catching contest is really boring now is because Scyther was already distributed before the contest happend and thus it wasn't really necessary anymore.
Besides, we both know we're never going to give Volcorona and genesect a place in the bug catching contest. XD
More bugs? Definitely.
Extremely rare/special Pokemon? Hell no.
 

SilverPhoenix

Pokémon Ranger
To be very very honest, the only reason why the bug catching contest is really boring now is because Scyther was already distributed before the contest happend and thus it wasn't really necessary anymore.
Besides, we both know we're never going to give Volcorona and genesect a place in the bug catching contest. XD
More bugs? Definitely.
Extremely rare/special Pokemon? Hell no.
I don t believe that giving genesect or volcarona an encounter chance lower than a shiny would be considered a giveaway :p. It would be a reason to make people spend years in the contest, thus making them whinning less about what is missing or the random attack that becomes pound etcetera, giving the staff more space and time to work in peace. See my reasoning? :p
 

Malcaroni

Bugs Moderator
Trusted Support
Retired Mod
To be very very honest, the only reason why the bug catching contest is really boring now is because Scyther was already distributed before the contest happend and thus it wasn't really necessary anymore.
Besides, we both know we're never going to give Volcorona and genesect a place in the bug catching contest. XD
More bugs? Definitely.
Extremely rare/special Pokemon? Hell no.
I don t believe that giving genesect or volcarona an encounter chance lower than a shiny would be considered a giveaway :p. It would be a reason to make people spend years in the contest, thus making them whinning less about what is missing or the random attack that becomes pound etcetera, giving the staff more space and time to work in peace. See my reasoning? :p
The problem is, we would just officially release a way to catch them before anyone could obtain them via the bug catching contest. At that point, everyone would stop trying to get them via the bug catching contest and just get them in the official way. The other alternative would be to make it the only way to obtain them, in which case no one would have one.
 

SilverPhoenix

Pokémon Ranger
I don t believe that giving genesect or volcarona an encounter chance lower than a shiny would be considered a giveaway :p. It would be a reason to make people spend years in the contest, thus making them whinning less about what is missing or the random attack that becomes pound etcetera, giving the staff more space and time to work in peace. See my reasoning? :p
The problem is, we would just officially release a way to catch them before anyone could obtain them via the bug catching contest. At that point, everyone would stop trying to get them via the bug catching contest and just get them in the official way. The other alternative would be to make it the only way to obtain them, in which case no one would have one.
Don t say that no one would get one. In all my years playing pokemon especially the online kind :p, I can safely say that people surprise me(when it comes to pokemon only :p). Anyway please don t dismiss my idea just because of 1 or 2 pokemon, you don t want Genesect or Volcarona or Anorith or anything extremely rare I won t insist, the game is your creation after all i m just a regular player. But I believe that at least the last part of my suggestion(with which I came on Spot while typing is actually good. More Contest Participants and more winner places or even better more participants and no more winner places meaning that there would be a chance that you are not among the winners like in normal games( I think). Of course this would be nice when at least a few more bug pokemon will be added
 

Darkfire

Administrator
Administrator
P3D Developer
So......
I can get behind doing more pokemon in these contests.....including Volcarona(or atleast larvesta)(no fossils or legends though)
I did not make the event so i will have to check on how it was being done and will have to add the other pokemon into the game first so it is not happening any time too soon but eventually i might do it
 
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