Pokémon GO Fest, Solstice Event and Gym Rework!

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To celebrate the game’s one year anniversary as well as 750 million global downloads, real-world events will be taking place throughout the summer and into September. The biggest of these will be the Pokémon GO Fest scheduled to be held in Chicago, Illinois on July 22. Ticket prices have not yet been announced. European players can expect special GO events held in Unibail-Rodamco shopping centers.

Furthermore, beginning on June 13 players can participate in the Solstice Event in Pokémon GO (iOS/Android) which will increase the rates of Fire and Ice-type Pokémon, offer bonus XP for Pokéball throws and also feature a Lucky Egg discount. The event will run only until June 20 though, so watch your calendars carefully!

In addition, Niantic has posted some cryptic words hinting at the long-rumored “gym rework” which will improve the system in which players capture and control Pokémon Gyms, “Soon thereafter, you can look forward to a new update focused on collaborative group gameplay features that will get you playing Pokémon GO in fun new ways. In preparation for these exciting features, we’ll be temporarily disabling Gyms for a short period of time.” We’ll have to wait and see what these new updates bring!

How are you feeling about all this GO news? Still out there catching Pokémon in the real world?

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  2. It seems I’m late to a new trend, better catch up.
    Here’s my story of sadness and self-discovery: There was once a sad rowlet. He found a website and now is not sad.
    ————————
    I joined in Mar. 2013 as a guest, and apparently joined a few months later. Wanna know more about my personal history? Here it is -> https://disqus.com/by/ithsme/?
    Have fun scrolling.

    On a more serious note, you guys have helped me through a few tough times in the recent years, and I thank you for that. This past year, I’ve began to discover my place in the world, and I think part of that has been due to having people I can trust and talk to, both here and in real life.

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  3. Sappy Star time because its what brings in the upvotes ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    The year is 2013. A new Pokemon game has been announced, and young little SilverRiolu is hyped out of their fucking mind. MewThree has been revealed and the little idiot stumbles upon a Pokejungle article about it. What could this thing be. The minecraft obsessed child stayed around on the site, occasionally leaving guest comments on the site. Until ORAS was revealed and their life was changed for ever

    …

    “^This”

    AND THUS SILVERRIOLU HAD GRACED THE JUNGLE WITH THEIR HEAVENLY PRESENCE. I fought hard in the Mega war of 2014. In the end, both me and Djja lost because neither of us got the megas we wanted (Milotic and Froslass) I made lots of shitty art and posted it to deviant art and on Pokejungle. (http://silverriolu295.deviantart.com/ :>)
    I called someone gay one time as an insult only to later realize I was a lesbian. That was uncool. I fought for the glory of Team Magma. I tried to join Pika News network despite the fact that I had no writing experience whatsoever, I had a great time! Until…

    THE DROUGHT OF 2015
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk7qrL8aZjM

    comments were scarce… children were starving. And I visited the site less and less. Nintendo Directs were the Oasis in the desert of no news.

    Then Sun and Moon were announced and life had meaning again. With my new identity, I needed a new name… actually it was because I was signing up for a game jam and didnt want to use “SilverRiolu” so I was like

    “hmmm ok.. uh.. so.. Silver… silver silver… silver star! I like the sound of star.. star.. star storm. earth bound! PK Star Storm! Star Storm!”

    and a queen was reborn. And now here I am! Thank you for reading history. I hope I covered everything.

    http://orig06.deviantart.net/d6b0/f/2014/186/9/2/marriland_black___polka_and_bergamask__by_silverriolu295-d7pdacx.jpg

    Love all you guys <3

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  4. Daedardus’ predictions and tips from seven years ago:

    – Buy The Witcher, it’s great.
    – Skyrim will be good, except that it will be full of bugs
    – Don’t play WoW if you have a hard time at school, you’ll fail
    – A new Digimon game will release
    – Eating your arms will result in serious injuries and infections
    – There’s more free wifi than Gamestops in the US
    – The NGP is very powerful, at least six times as much as an iPod.
    – The 3DS was Dead on arrival

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  5. K it’s 1am so I’m writing this and going bed.

    It was July 2016, SM hype was strong so I watched and watched as many GX videos I could to feed my hype until one of his videos had a guest, PJ, I thought he was a cool guy so I went to take a look at his website. And I loved it, the community was great and I couldn’t stop laughing at the sassy and funny comments you made.

    So I decided to do something I haven’t done in my life, comment on a place in the internet, so in July I made an account, and used a Chandelure as my Prof pic, it was terrible tho, I was way too nervous to make comments so I ended up making 3 and deleted my account afterwards.

    It was until November 6th when I decided to build courage and join in for good and it was one of the best decisions in my life.

    Thanks guys for the great times we had together and making my 2016 less shitty ^_^

    Gnight

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  6. Earthen’s Reverse Time Capsule aka warnings to past Earthen
    -Fuck your chances of getting Ground/Fighting type
    -Make a Best Buy Account beforehand when buying the Switch
    -Fairies still continue to be a fucking assload of annoyances
    -Ground Types are a dying breed
    -Properly compose a ‘Who to Hate and Why” List Vol. 3
    -Track down and murder the one who invented Mega Sabeleye
    -You never did get that date
    -Life continues to worsen by the year terminate now

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  8. Yo past star listen up

    – Yep you’re trans just get that out of the way
    – Lucario sucks and deep down you know it
    – Focus on art
    – Watch Korra so you can join the fandom
    – Dont get mad at your sister

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  10. Anybody want to battle in Pokemon. For old times sake. We can do it anyway you’d like. Monotype if you want. Multi if we can get 4

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  12. To Past Me:
    -It’s okay to be moody and anxious, just talk to people more so you don’t explode
    -PJN is da best.com and you won’t regret it
    -You’ll meet this guy called Hipster and make a ton of fic ideas that you will never complete he’s the best
    -Watch SU and more TV shows that you know you will like, I know you get lazy and don’t feel it, but just put it on
    -Remember to listen to both sides and work towards compromises
    -Pokemon is life
    -Write more stuff please (your novels/poetry/play hate you for not writing)

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  13. That awkward moment you have a female drampa named uncle grandpa and it has good ivs and modest nature and you have to keep it cause ditto is non existent and the drampa is a stupid low encounter rate

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  14. Well since everyone else is doing similar things as of origins I now want to tell my tale which is sad, heart racing, intriguing and maybe touching depending on who you are

    The year was… forgotten I can’t remember, but the article was the leaked full Kalos dex of the datamine since that article when I was told about this place I checked everyday happily looking for a new article and stuck it out all the way to ORAS and stayed through the dry time, but I never once commented or looked down here (I had issues with online stuff then) but as I got into Miiverse I drifted from here a bit I really wish I hadn’t, till I got bored on a March day last year at a Robotics Tournament and I signed up for an disqus account, but scared off for a while by Galemucles or something (idk the guy with a Teddiursa avatar) then left till last July when after being done with Miiverse (and the Clan known as Dragma there) I came here and started to post as I only wanted to stay about a month… but as I posted I got wrapped up here when I had problems you helped me, I needed a laugh you gave me it, anything and y’all were there and you all were just so nice so I decided to stay and be here with y’all. And ever since you’ve all been there for me when I can’t decide something, when I’m upset, when I just need someone to talk to, anything you all were here for me and in turn I’ve promised whenever you need me I will try till the end to help in any way I can! Go Pokemon!

    And thats the story of The Summer/Last Kurusu…

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  17. Lemme just summarize what mine was…
    -Went on a chat fourm (not saying what) that I used since I was a young kid
    -Was 15ish at the time
    -Was really really innocent to shit
    -Rps happened, joined one with people a bit younger than me because I was so concerned about fitting in I clearly couldn’t tell I was making a mistake
    -Trolls joined the site
    -spent the next year telling people I was a pedo, they would end up tricking me into making some mistakes I didn’t know were wrong at the time.. I don’t wish to refer to these
    -Most people wanted me dead while the few ones who didn’t later ended up figuring out that they knew I wasn’t and simply did it because they found it fun

    yeeeeeeeeep, that’s my shit
    My moral? Don’t be stupid

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  18. So I came to this site the day X and Y came out. And joined the discussion down here a few months later…

    I used to be called CharizardKing.

    After ORAS, I started to forget how fun Pokemon was and stopped playing and actually at one point almost sold my 3ds..

    And then we got the Pokemon GO announcement. I made a new account cuz I couldn’t remember my password for CharizardKing, and met all kinds of new accounts/people and saw old Jungle users like Xatu and Dae.

    Ever since then I’ve been here just chilln… I don’t come on here very often where there is not much happening in the community but when there is exciting stuff you bet I’ll be ready to intensely discuss news!!

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  19. Since everyone’s doing it and if my friends jumped off a bridge I would to, here are the warnings to my past self:
    – Get into Monster Hunter, now. Don’t wait as long as I have.
    – Start learning basic programming early, it’ll help later on.
    – Quit being your shy self. Seriously, as uncomfortable as being semi-social might be, you’re only holding yourself back in the end.
    – Don’t do the thing.
    – Don’t mistake unrealistic expectations others have for you for pressure you put onto yourself.
    – You’ll get through 2015
    – You will live until 2017, at the very least. Do all the stupid stuff you want until then.
    – Stop worrying so much.

    ———————-

    That got really deep, and I think this would be a good therapeutic activity, actually. Here are some fun ones to lighten the mood.
    – Gen 7 will have the best grass starter
    – Don’t get your hopes too high for E3 2015
    – Don’t overthink these lists (I’ve been on this for 20 minutes lol)

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  20. Past me:
    -Enter this place, everyone really cool. Rumors are fun. Lower Everyone Attack
    – Im cringy
    -XY come out. Much fun.
    – Reject Real Life friends to stay on Pokejungle.
    – Become like #3 Spammer. After Earthen and Djja
    – Make a lot of friends and specific groups.Dexbuddy. Rival. Hoenners. Shiny hunting buddy. etc.
    -Shiny Hunting craze. Forget Battling when you can shiny hunt.
    -ORAS come out. I cry and evolve.
    -Pray for Battle Frontier for 9 months
    – ORAS come out. Everyone ded.
    – Use Chatango more and befriend those people. No longer cringy. (or even more???)
    – Ready to Competitive BAttle. Make like 30 teams People still ded.
    – Cry
    – Sun Moon Announced. Rebirth.
    – People here. Im happy.
    – No One Battles Still. I cry.
    I think thats pretty much it. I may be missing big details. But oh well.

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  21. And for what I wanna work on? Public speaking
    I know I’d be good at it if I didn’t stutter and panic so much… but alas..

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  22. Well might as well do the [The War Ballad of the Warrior of the Earth]
    “Pain……Pain… Agony…. My hatred burns through the cavernous deeps. The world heaves with my torment. Its wretched kingdoms quake beneath my rage… But at last… The whole of this world will break… And all will burn in the fires of my fury…
    I washed up here back in some long ass time ago and haven’t left since because you can’t get rid of me that easily, i caused numerous fights, outrages and overall chaos, i still wonder why i am still allowed here, I got into competitive battling and unlocked that dormant rage that still envelops me to this very nanosecond, i’d butt heads with virtually anybody and vice versa, i quickly and effectively established that i am a natural born Master of Ground type Pokemon and one of the very firsts to show such unflinching loyalism and enthusiasm for such a neglected type, I got angry at the drop of a hat and had great urges to bite people’s legs off, i swore a blood oath to hate some users for life (they know what they did) when the drought came i became a regular on Chatango for a couple of months until i was banned for a whole week due to one of my biggest meltdowns in my entire life (which wasn’t even my fault) then i found my way back to Disqus where i belong, met some assholes, schmucks and some faggots whom i love very dearly (keep it under your fucking hat or i’ll break your god damn legs off) and honestly my memory comes and goes, people kept changing their usernames and i barely recognize them anymore, in my time here i have firmly established myself as the local sociopathic war lord who loves beating people senseless and has a colorfully graphic mind on how to commit these atrocities
    in conclusion
    All Hail Earthen.

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  23. Since it’s Super Backstory Time Block here on Pokejungle, I might as well join in. I remember coming in all the way back in September (I think it was about a CoroCoro leak, it was the 14th), and I believe my first username was Pokemon Trainer Alex. I named myself this because I couldn’t think of a good name, so I just said “Fuck it” and went for it. As the months went by, I made a lot of friends here. I’m actually friends with Seraph here irl, I met him through another one of my friends as well as another one, and the four of us just kinda became a little group (we also have a Kik group chat, but it’s not just us four anymore). In case you’re wondering, I started with Diamond and Pearl (Or Leaf Green, I don’t remember which), it’s why I’m so fond of Gen 4. I did a face reveal a while back too (Just search through my profile and you should find it. I just like to come here to unwind, talk to peeps, and share my interests to see if anyone shares it.I’m a very social person, if you couldn’t tell. That’s about it.

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  24. Man….I really have grown …. I became a lot better of a person for doing so…
    ….which will be entirely subverted when I do a repeat of last year and download USUM a week early before actually buying it (which I’ll do when it is released)

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