So during Go Tour I was not able to get myself a shiny Dragonite. Since it was the release of its mega, it was definitely one of the top pokemons in my wishlist to get its shiny. As many others, during the event, I came across a few raids where multiple individuals didn’t bring a mega. I can’t recall how many dragonites I missed out on, but I think it was either 3 or 4. Not to mention, a few of those raids I had used remote raid passes— which hurt my chest even more lol (Niantic.. I want my refund). Anyways, I was really glad that Niantic decided to bring Dragonite back for the Pokopia event. For some context, because of the Go Tour event, I ended up spending approximately 75% of the regular raid passes I had in my inventory; which was about around 130. But during previous events I attended, I was spending a good load of money on remote raid passes because I didn’t really use the raid apps properly. If I were to guesstimate how much money I’ve spent on remotes alone, I would probably say about $300. I might be over exaggerating a bit, but I do know for sure that it would be in the hundreds. So back to the regular raid passes; I finally decided to stop spending as much money during these big events so yeah… that’s where most of my passes have gone. I was left with 32 raid passes after both the Go Tour event and the 30th Anniversary event. Today I did 15 Dragonite raids and 1 remote raid. Not a single one was a hit 😐 I was driving back and forth all around my town using the campfire app to hunt every single Dragonite that would pop up. Also by the way, the fact that gas prices are going up is killing my soul even more lmao. But as I was saying, NOT ONE SINGLE RAID HIT. By the time I got done today I was at loss of hope. While I was stopped at a light tho I just so happened to have one single ‘win 3 raids’ research task to claim. So I had my girlfriend press it for me for better luck… and guess what popped up on my screen— this big green chungus mf! I screamed the shit out of my lungs which startled her but I was genuinely so happy that at the end of the day I was able to get this. Especially because I for surely consider this background a lot better than the regular mega logo background from Go Tour. I am now left with a sad 17 raid passes :’). Which is ultimately forcing me to start saving again and stop spending money on this game for a good while. I will most likely strictly just do raids with free passes and attend raid hours and only use the free ones for those. Hopefully tho I can start to stack a decent amount of passes once again for Go Fest because I definitely still want a shiny Mewtwo. In conclusion, thank you to my lovely girlfriend for getting me this lovely pokemon!
by jaycolda