As I've teased, today is the day of the 11th Community Day Classic edition, and it's always a hot one, with or without me sending Ash - and today, I just have myself for a change of pace and with nothing else being pertinent. Of course, sometimes the event (and the regular edition by extension) sometimes has one of Ash's Pokémon - or an evolved form of it - like the earlier regular edition this month, but that still makes me a happy camper regardless of whether or not Ash is present.
So, for this edition, the featured Pokémon is indeed one of Ash's, the second generation Fire-type starter known as Cyndaquil. It was featured way back in November 2018, and this Classic edition brings this one to contemporary Trainers. For that, it still features Blast Burn as the special move for the fully evolved form of Typhlosion, Slightly different from the last time out is the main bonus, which is now shared double XP and double Stardust instead of solely tripled Stardust; it may perhaps find favor with some contemporaries instead of veterans, but that seems to work out just as well either way.
Then there is a good deal of the modern conveniences. From 2 PM to 5 PM, as the event duration, Incense along with Lure Modules are extended to find more of the Pokémon, and they appear in photo bombs as well. There is the extra Special Research (titled just "Cyndaquil Community Day Classic"), which may be paid or even free for some people, along with the usual host of Field Research tasks at PokéStops plus some showcases. To help things out even more, there are also item bundles at both the Web Store and the in-game shop. With that, the essential bases are covered, which is just fine for a Classic edition such as this one.
One good thing is that Niantic has in this case more or less learned from their mistakes and experience from running many editions of Community Day up to today, so errors like the one that plagued the initial edition are no more, or at least relatively rare in modern times. That doesn't mean (or no longer means) an extension to the event, but all of the modern perks or conveniences might just render that unnecessary, and there could sometimes be ways to get around that, whether intentionally or not, as my raid group and I took to the effort of "'quil hunting" in our usual place today.
In my personal case, I didn't get too many of the Shiny forms, but that may be fair as the form is now commonplace and there may be ways to rectify less desirable results later on. There was also a "perfect surprise" that I managed to catch, but I already had one of my own years ago, so I didn't deal with it. As such, during this edition, I evolved my "gap fillers": ones that may be better suited for PvP, as well as a Shadow and Purified one, and an almost perfect but Lucky one that I had gotten ahold of somewhat recently. Again, the possibilities to make things right could be somewhat open, whether soon or much later.
Now, Community Day is evidently - by the above - a hot item, regardless of the edition (regular or Classic) and whether or not that pertains to the featured Pokémon. It may also be a plus if the latter also pertains to specific Pokémon characters, not necessarily Ash (that's more of a personal preference) but also possibly others. This Classic edition at the least checks off many if not all the boxes for different Trainers, including me, and that ought to make everyone "happy campers" in some way.
One year ago: The Eternal Pokémon Fanfare
Two years ago: The Catch 'Em Battle Arena
Three years ago: All for a "Pokémon (Pikachu) Meal"
Four years ago: Dub Absence, Again
Five years ago: Tournament+Cosplay: Club 40 Indonesia Tournament
Six years ago: Food Chain Axioms
Seven years ago: Technology, Good and Evil
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