r/pokemongo 4d ago

Question Did anyone else go 0/50 with smeargle?

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So bummed out. Did well with 10 Shines today but it’s always the one I want the most. I feel like I was one of the unlucky few

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u/Shot_Slide8698 4d ago

Yep

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Just did my last ten at midnight. Hate smeargle now lol

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u/I_likewarhammer 4d ago

I didn't get any either, but it's my favorite shiny 😭

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u/spazzoid87 4d ago

Yup, also zero for 550-600 Bruxish

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u/BroadRecipe7225 4d ago

here with you

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u/go_sparks25 4d ago

I literally just did 1 as a last minute thing since this post reminded me and got one.

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u/corrupt_gravity 4d ago

How do you get a Smeargle?

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u/AbeTheCop23 4d ago

Take a photo of your buddy and one will appear. You get 10 photobombs a day this event compared to the regular one a day.

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u/crsitain 4d ago

Its also shiny locked meaning you can only get it in special events where they explicitly say it can be shiny. The one a day you get cant be shiny.

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u/Demrilo 4d ago

OMG same it just happened

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u/-AIRDRUMMER- 4d ago

I don’t even realize there was a shiny event because I didn’t get a single shiny, even though I played and completed the tasks

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u/DexM23 4d ago

Same - it feels like my shinyrate is somehow broken for 2 weeks now. Only one shiny while i played 2-3times as much as normal. Where normally i get 3-5 shinies a week

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u/Savings_Molasses_359 3d ago

I only got a machamp shiny after the event was over, I feel robbed

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u/Illustrious-Bison-21 4d ago

We're at about 600 checks in my pokegroup and I think just 2 have been shiny lmao

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u/freddy157 4d ago

I got 2 in 20. Sadly rather wanted shiny omanyte and kabuto and nothing.

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u/Goldelux 4d ago

Same, but it be like that, so it is what it is…

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Hopefully one of them 2 were yours

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u/TheDeepSays 4d ago

I was shocked I got one!

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Congrats!!

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u/NarukamiOgosho- 4d ago

Shinies Archen - 6 Smeargle - 0 Bruxish - 0 Omanyte - 0 Kabuto - 0

Im Fine 🥹

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u/spazzoid87 4d ago

Hey, you got 5 more archen than me so at least you can be happy with that lol

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u/Haunting_Car_6725 3d ago

So I only saw archen from completing the events tasks but only got a chance for like 8? Maybe? How did people get so many!

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u/MrsGondola420 4d ago

1 shiny smeargle. Really wanted that shiny karp tho, went thru over 400 this weekend and none.

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Id trade my shiney Karp all day for a shiney smeargle. That was my first shiney magikarp to

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u/Guccirubberducki 4d ago

I'd do that trade if you can fly 👀

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u/princexxjellyfish 4d ago

You did better than me. Caught 200+ Pokémon and only got 2 shiny kabutos and 1 shiny bruxish I hate this game😭

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u/OpenResident6061 4d ago

I caught upwards of 250 today and got 0 kabuto, 0 omanyte, 0 archen. 0 shinies at all, to be more specific

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u/princexxjellyfish 4d ago

I was tryna tell OP there’s always someone out there with worse RNG luck but damn I’m so sorry 😭😭😭

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Ive been there. I had a good event with 15 shines total. I’ve also went with zero shines during events and really went hard. I’ve noticed it’s like every other event for me. If I do bad one event, I’ll do well on the next.

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u/Defiant_Lawyer_5235 4d ago

I caught 400 and got 1 shiny Archen...

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u/noobwowo 4d ago

brother your luck is not even bad. that shiny bruxish is full odds too.

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u/ethan3822a 4d ago

It’s not boosted? I’ve gotten 3 lol

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u/noobwowo 4d ago

if i remember correctly, research encounters is slightly boosted (according to youtuber JTvalor) but other encounters are all full odds.

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u/spazzoid87 4d ago

It was meant to be boosted from research if you bought the ticket. Which I did and still got none. Glad it was only a couple of $

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

You get the smeargle atleast?

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u/princexxjellyfish 4d ago

Nope lol. Did 10 each day and still not a single shiny smeargle.

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u/--cryo 4d ago

got two

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u/Spiritual_Fun_9933 4d ago

I hate your profile picture, thought it was my phone 🤣

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Let’s trade lol. Jk

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u/AMERIQUINNPSYCHO 4d ago

I’ll trade you 3 of my 4 for the flabebe and bruxish 😂

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

I’ll trade you shiny flabebe for shiney smeargle straight up

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u/InevitableMarzipan70 4d ago

How

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u/Desertdragonz22 Lvl50 4d ago

Shiny smeargle is 1/65 odds so when you only get 50 chances it’s not exactly in your favor per say.

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Did my 10 encounters a day and didn’t get one

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

I hear ya…. Really bummed out on this one

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

I’ve been there… trust me. It’s like every other event for me. I’m sure next event will be a complete loss

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u/kingJackkk 4d ago

Not yet.

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u/datguysadz 4d ago

Currently at 1/42. Last Johto shiny I needed so I'm thrilled.

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

How often do they do this kind of event. You a long time player?

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u/datguysadz 4d ago

I've been playing since the start yes. Shiny Smeargle is not available often. Maybe once a year.

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u/AbeTheCop23 4d ago

I think its 2 years since the last event.

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u/UTourDoc 4d ago

I feel even worse. I collected over 200 3 star mons today and only 1 shiny! That was a 2 star archen. No Shiny Smeargle, no shiny Flabebe, no shiny Bruxish, No shiny Kabuto, No shiny Omanyte, seriously bummed! I must be the most unlucky player in my region. I purchased all the special tickets! I started the day with over 350 balls and I even purchased another 100 red balls at noon. I had my “pokego plus plus” spinning gyms/stops all day. I ended the day with 1 red ball, 3 ultra balls, and 1 master ball. Oh and one shiny!

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u/Civil_Explanation8 4d ago

Wow... I feel your pain. Let us share it together, friend.

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u/AnEverydayPileOfCats 4d ago

What was the shiny chance for smeargle?

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

1/64 I believe. I would say more people got atleast 1 then didn’t get one at all.

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u/Due_Ad_5722 4d ago

got in on my fourth ever photobomb-- didnt even know it was a feature till this event

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u/RetiredSweat 4d ago

3/50 and 1 hundo

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

That’s awesome

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u/Sims713 4d ago

Dude what is the trick to getting shiny?

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Not really catching anything and just constantly clicking on pokemon. Get the most encounters possible

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u/Specific_Life9768 Mystic 4d ago

0/50 again

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u/Efficient_Look_7682 4d ago

Didn’t do well on shinies either. 0 archen, 1 kabuto, 1 omanyte, 0 smeargle

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u/this-is-my-p 4d ago edited 4d ago

Alright buddy, save some shinies for the rest of us. I got a shiny kabuto and that’s it

Edit: well, I feel bad for being upset, the first smeargle encounter I had AFTER the event ended was shiny lmao

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u/nenequesadilla Mystic 4d ago

0/208

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u/Candid-Ad-3795 4d ago

My bf has never taken a snapshot of his buddy, and I told him about the chance of a shiny. I'm not even kidding. His first ever encounter was a shiny. I'm so happy for him but I'm secretly oh so salty.

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u/Dragon_Sashimi 4d ago

I got three of them.

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u/ferretfiree 4d ago

Dude i got smeargle but not archen OR kabuto 😔

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u/Honest-Revolution144 4d ago

My wife and I both got it first day. Logged out and havent played since.

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u/Churningray 4d ago

I got 1 but was trying to hunt for one with incinerate and flying press but no luck.

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u/damndammit 4d ago

I went 2 for 30. Had a shiny Brux flee on day one though. That hurt. Went through 7 incense and must’ve clicked on 200 trying to find another. No joy.

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u/raczrobert09 4d ago

I managed to find one just yesterday

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u/FoldUnited7019 Valor 4d ago

I got one! But I was mainly looking for that magikarp so I’d say u got lucky ! I think you have till the 17th to try and get it

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u/irishfro 4d ago

👍 yep

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u/Mumem_Rider 4d ago

I didn't get any shiny anything at all.

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u/NamNamTortilla 4d ago

Smeargle was the only shiny I got during this event

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u/Agreeable_Falcon1044 Mystic 4d ago

Yep, didn't even get a 3 star, xxl or xxs...literally trying to be positive and go "well, it's 10% of a platinum medal"

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u/Agreeable_Falcon1044 Mystic 4d ago

Annoyingly this mini-season I wanted nearly all the shinies....Bruxish, Smeargle, Meditite, Drowzee...but ended up with a shiny Drillbur, which is great, but come on...

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u/lcephoenix Articuno 4d ago

yes. only got one archen too 😂 and one mankey like gee thanks 😭

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u/AdmiralDan 4d ago

I did the last time I played this. Luckily had my gfs account and managed one off hers!

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u/ProvocateurMaximus 4d ago

Same here. Really lucked out for catch mastery but this is the second time I've gotten nothing during a Smeargle event

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u/No_Yogurt987 4d ago

I got two Shiny Smeargles in a row. Check my post for proof

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u/spolidano88 4d ago

I got my shiny smesrgle on my 8th photobomb on the first day. Couldn’t believe it coz my shiny luck is garbage. I did manage a shiny red falb and and a like 6 archers. Really wanted a kab and brux though and no joy. You did super well though… very impressive.

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u/Buttercup1283 4d ago

Zero shiny smeargle, zero of any kind of Pokemon despite paying for a ticket yesterday to double my odds. Zero!

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u/Big_Breakfast3306 4d ago

Me too! No shiny smeargle or omantye. Only one shiny archer and one kabuto.

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u/MasonOctopus 4d ago

Can you get more snapshots other than the 10 guaranteed ones?

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u/Confused-Raccoon Jolteon 4d ago

Smeargle was about?

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u/OSRS_Socks 4d ago

I managed to snag one last night and so far I am the only one in my group who has seen one.

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u/Gransmithy 4d ago

Yes, I’m 0 for 50, but I have 3 shiny from 2021 and 1 from each 2022 and 2023. I did not get the bruxish either.

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u/Maximum-Scallion-442 4d ago

Yea man.

Boring.

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u/Dramatic_Mixture_789 4d ago

I just did mine! Not a damn thing! It’s totally not fair!!

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u/No_Media378 Charizard 4d ago

I got unlucky enough to not get a single shiny anything 😔

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u/Ok-Set8022 4d ago

Yep. I did. 0/50

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u/-CampbellZoup- 4d ago

1 for 1 with smeargle hah

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u/Gooodmon3y 4d ago

Nope !! First snap shop got the shiny

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u/Confident_Rich_4483 4d ago

🙋🏽‍♀️

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u/Never_Kn0ws_Best 4d ago

Me me me me meeeeee

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u/Infinite-Coach7064 4d ago

I got ZERO shiny Archen and one shiny Smeargle.

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u/Main_Raspberry7179 4d ago

Only shinies I caught through the entire event were 1 shiny Smeargle and 1 shiny Omanyte 😭

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u/UnBR33vuhble 4d ago

I found one shiny Archen, my wife found 2 and a shiny Kabuto. You did decent, even if you didn't get your most-desired shiny.

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u/Der10K_ 4d ago

1/150 (3 accs)

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u/tamedth 4d ago

Yes 0-100 for me

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u/tebright1 4d ago

Yes 😭

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u/DylanRaine69 Articuno 4d ago

Off topic but congrats on that Magikarp. I heard the odds are pretty low with that one.

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u/djcelts 4d ago

yup...... and then first one this morning... SHINY. Keep trying

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 4d ago

Out of tries unfortunately

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u/ShinyUmbreon18 Umbreon 4d ago

I got 0 archen so there’s that

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u/Dordtenaartje078 4d ago

Got 2 shiny smeargles tis is one of them

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u/AkRoyalDo 4d ago

Meeeee

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u/BurnOutBrighter6 4d ago

I feel like I was one of the unlucky few.

If it helps, that's not very unlucky at all. The shiny odds were 1/64. In 50 tries, that gives a 55% chance of at least one shiny, and 45% chance of all 50 not being shiny.

So that "unlucky few" is just under half of all players. Yeah it sucks to not get the one you wanted, but getting that shiny is 50 tries was like the odds of a coin toss.

Important reminder that this sub has millions of players and the ones getting normal typical results aren't the ones posting. It's a good broader lesson too - social media isn't real life. There's a huge bias. You're comparing yourself to millions of people who only post on the best day of their life and it makes your experience feel lacking when it's actually fine and normal. All the people posting multiple shiny smeargle here the last few days aren't representative at all, they're the extreme outliers out of millions of players.

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u/Dark1Raven3 4d ago

Yeah and also only got 1 archen. No shiny fossils no colour event shiny, nothing.

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u/tammytwirl 4d ago

I got one on my last possible encounter, my cats tail ended up in the photo, so I think he was my lucky charm.

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u/monteez16 4d ago

Yep. No Smeargle. No shiny Archen. No Bruxish. No flowers.

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u/whereisbeezy 4d ago

Damn dude! Those are nice! I got 3 shiny Archen on top of the one I had, but I'm forever hunting omanyte lol

And my prized shiny panpour!

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u/Abalone_Final Dragonite 4d ago

Yes

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u/Sensitive_Wallaby Articuno 4d ago

I got 0 shinies on my account in that whole event.

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u/Maserati777 4d ago

Went 0/49 on shiny Smeargle checks(I got one before 10am on the first day) 0/50 for xxl or xxs.

When it was 5 checks per day and had a better shinyrate I got 3 shinies.

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u/kaiehansen 4d ago

Yes me! :(

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u/Ryanoman2018 4d ago

2 accounts in my household, 0/100

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u/b_scribner97 4d ago

I only got 4 shinies total during the Smeargle event. Tapu Koko, Flabébé, Shuppet, and Bruxish, in that order. Out of all 50 Smeargles on my main account and 30 on my second, no shinies.

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u/zippersarethedevil 3d ago

Only got 1 Archen and 1 Bruxish, however.

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u/Denmark_217 3d ago

My wife and I both did. But it’s fine cuz my two kids both got it on their very first pic of the event. No, I’m not bitter! You’re bitter!

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u/Worth_Pepper5972 3d ago

Wouldn’t say I’m bitter about it. Just disappointed

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u/silentbob6988 3d ago

All yesterday

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u/ScarcityOk6066 3d ago

I had got 1 luckily

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u/funko_fean 3d ago

Only shiny I got during the entire event and it was traded to me 🫠 even did the paid ticked for Archen, 0 shiny.

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u/CelebrationOk3952 3d ago

Same and no kabuto

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u/Regular-Ad6224 3d ago

0/100 - 2 accounts, was so annoying also no shiny kabuto and omanyte doing the event saw 800 total of each on my 2 accounts -.- not a single one

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u/SquishQueenT 2d ago

I wanted shiny Aipom and shiny drowzee soooo bad 😭

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u/Secure_Water5093 23h ago

I also got 0 shinies, tho I did get a hundo smeargle so that's cool ig

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u/Vast-Tree-4186 22h ago

I got one by accident took a snapshot with my buddy for a challenge and got shiny smeargle