Pokémon Go Event Rollup, 8/30/2019

As I had stated when I discussed the official Pokémon Go blog, I hadn't made the event rollup for this month. After some consideration and research, I've decided that today is the day to make this month's event rollup. I was thinking of delaying it by one day - in other words, by making it tomorrow on the last day of the month, but I decided it wasn't wise, for some things may happen on that day. With that, the rollup is set for this day, being the latest time possible.

Early this month, an interesting event came up, which I've dubbed the Gift Event. For a two-week period, a Trainer could open up to 30 Gifts a day (up by 10 from the usual 20), and could obtain up to 20 Gifts from PokéStops (double the usual). Further, all Eggs obtained from sent Gifts by friends were 2 km Eggs, but their contents are still from 7 km Eggs, essentially being sped up before incubation. I've actually alluded to this event in a certain post about limits in the game, so my desire to have some limits raised was fulfilled, though only for a limited time. A repeat of this event later on may be desired, if not to just raise them directly (and keep it that way) at some point.

The big thing this month was of course this year's Summer Tour, which has as its last stop the Pokémon Go Fest in Yokohama. For all players, the big rewards are Blanche's Stardust challenge, with bonuses that increase possibilities of obtaining more Stardust, which nowadays are becoming ever more important as the "currency" for improving Pokémon. But the biggest reward of all is the Suicune Raid Day, as with the other two beast raid days over the previous months; for this one, it took place on a special day for one of the world's most populous countries (mine), so the post alluded for that as well. I also caught a Shiny Suicune, which completed the Summer Tour nicely. And yet, the bonuses are not yet done; next month is when the big things come.

Just this week, another event started, which happens to be a repeat of an event from last year. That would be the Water Festival, which as with last year featured Water-type Pokémon everywhere, even in raids. Though this event regards no Pokémon in general - save for a few which has their Shiny forms unlocked today - I find some Pokémon become more lucrative than others, especially given that the event provides a chance for a few rarely-seen Pokémon to appear. This event therefore becomes a way to catch them and hopefully pave the way to beget a Lucky Pokémon. Beyond that, it's simply a way to revel in Pokémon of this type, which hopefully should allow for great things with them.

Though this last bit isn't an event per se, it does tie in to a few things now and a little later on. Those who were fortunate enough to go to the Go Fest events of the Summer Tour will have had the chance to complete a Special Research for Jirachi; with the conclusion of the Summer Tour, it has been unlocked for all. It's a neat epilogue for the series of events from the past three months, as well as a prologue for what will happen all next month. My advice is to hold on to your hats... and hunker down to complete this Special Research.

Events in Pokémon Go can be exceptional, major, rejuvenated, or significant, such as with the above events. But most of that is hardly caused by the game itself; to a major part, it's caused by the Pokémon involved. With just a bit of prior planning, one can take advantage of the events, and one too can outline what and how they were. The fun with the game continues in doing so.

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