Gigantamax Lapras

Sometimes Niantic puts their big events on a Saturday, and sometimes they do it on a Sunday. They've been putting out a lot going on lately so I thought Gigantamax Lapras was yesterday, but it was actually today. I think I got my days mixed up, but either way, I managed to make it to the event. Gigantamax events have some controversy since they were introduced to the game. I can understand why, they're harder than regular raids and you need lots of players. In areas where it is hard to get a group of people together, these raids may seem impossible.

I'm lucky, where I am there are a lot of faithful players. Despite the rain and wind, there was a good turnout. People got bummed out because of how hard the first dynamax raids were, but they did try to make them a little but easier. And then there's the introduction of magic mushrooms. Yep, that's what they are actually called. Some players had more than one account.

I respect those who can successfully manage more than one Pokemon Go account, especially if they're investing a lot of money into the game. Some were playing on other player's behalf, which I thought was admirable. One of them is trying to become a community ambassador, and I hope he gets the role.

Lapras is one of my favourite pokemon from the first generation. I always thought she looked cute, strong and graceful. I like her gigantamax form too because the snowflakes around her resemble music notes. It's like she's a siren on a sailing on an epic journey.

It's hard to believe I almost stopped playing in the summer. I was told by somebody (who I no longer speak to) that I was shit at the game. He made me cry. He told me my progress was disgraceful and that I didn't know how to play the game properly. But the funny thing is since cutting that person off, I've been doing so much better at the game now. My luck in the game has also improved. People have started to notice that I've been getting lucky at the game with the high stats and all the shinies. If the person I'm talking about ever read this he would say he was joking when he said I sucked. That's what they always say.

I sometimes get panic attacks because I think that person is going to be there. I still get flashbacks from all the nasty stuff he did and said to me. But he never came, apparently, he's been bragging about going to one in a bigger city. In the end, he never went. They said he missed out. I say it's his loss and our gain. Now I know we have a big enough group, if that person is there, I can just blend in the crowd, and I don't even have to talk to him.

It was nice seeing everybody again. There's a real good mixture of people of all ages that came. In total I did around 10 raids. 2 of them ran on me, but I caught the rest. It's quite hard to do many of them, so some only stayed for a couple and then left. Because of how the currency in the game works, and how there's a cap on how many free coins and particles you can get. I think that's why a lot of people call this a pay2win event.

I disagree, though I might say that because I got a shiny on my second raid. The game has always been a free to play game, but there is a lot of stuff behind a paywall. A lot of it all comes to luck and determination. It requires a lot of walking and travelling to get to certain places to get the pokemon. My heart jumped when I saw the sparkles come up. I've been playing the games for years and finding shinies always make me happy.