Surprise, surprise!

[Cat333Pokémon]

I've got a surprise coming for when we hit a million clicks.

(We're at 959,683 now.)

[Quadcentruo]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

I've got a surprise coming for when we hit a million clicks.

(We're at 959,683 now.)

Quickly - everyone be super friendly and generous to each others' pets.

[Fubab_107]

Shame I'll be at work when it does hit a million. Ah well, I can still help with clicks.

[teamplasma]

Woot!

Looks like we are gong to using this thread more often.

[Cat333Pokémon]

Once we get to 990,000, I think I'll reveal part of what it is.

[RotomGuy]

Quick, click everything. Everything.

[GalliumGrant]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

Once we get to 990,000, I think I'll reveal part of what it is.

Ooooooooh, boy! I can't wait! :D

*takes a Nintendo Turbo Controller and attaches it to his laptop* Will this work?

[PokeRemixStudio]

Originally Posted by Fubab_107

Shame I'll be at work when it does hit a million. Ah well, I can still help with clicks.

You will say "lol" as you click the millionth click and Jad will get angry because he got a million and one.

[Cat333Pokémon]

Originally Posted by PokeRemixStudio

You will say "lol" as you click the millionth click and Jad will get angry because he got a million and one.

*chuckles a bit*


Actually, I have another idea! I will still implement the surprise, but I'd love to get everyone's input too. Come up with your best ideas for something to do when we reach a million clicks, whether it's something for a single day, something doable only once, adding a special pet, giving away a special pet for a limited time, or anything else.

[RotomGuy]

I have ideas.

Minecraft Mob Adoptables.

A Goomba Adoptable.

Trading

A Scavenger Hunt sort of thing:

Spoiler Alert:    

Upon loading a page, in a random place on that page, a berry may appear. The player should try to find every berry. 

Upon finding all the berries, a special adoptable (Victini?) is awarded. The players can view their berries through a Berry Basket.

A Search mechanic:

Spoiler Alert:    

Every Pokemon has the ability to search, however the player can only search 10 times a day.

Searching could be a way to obtain the evolution items, and rarely, maybe even a code for a special Pokemon or something.

The higher level your Pokemon, the more likely the search will succeed.

Every Search, there is a chance that the search will fail. And, after the 10 per day limit is reached, the search will always fail, showing this message:  

"[Name] searched and searched, but didn't find anything."

Just a bunch of random ideas.

[teamplasma]

Originally Posted by RotomGuy

I have ideas.

Minecraft Mob Adoptables.

A Goomba Adoptable.

Trading

A Scavenger Hunt sort of thing:

Spoiler Alert:    

Upon loading a page, in a random place on that page, a berry may appear. The player should try to find every berry. 

Upon finding all the berries, a special adoptable (Victini?) is awarded. The players can view their berries through a Berry Basket.

A Search mechanic:

Spoiler Alert:    

Every Pokemon has the ability to search, however the player can only search 10 times a day.

Searching could be a way to obtain the evolution items, and rarely, maybe even a code for a special Pokemon or something.

The higher level your Pokemon, the more likely the search will succeed.

Every Search, there is a chance that the search will fail. And, after the 10 per day limit is reached, the search will always fail, showing this message:  

"[Name] searched and searched, but didn't find anything."

Just a bunch of random ideas.

If you feel like submitting them go here. That sounds a lot like ******** too, and this is a rather simple wesite.

[RotomGuy]

Originally Posted by teamplasma

If you feel like submitting them go here. That sounds a lot like ******** too, and this is a rather simple wesite.

They were just random ideas off the top of my head. Except Mnecraft Mobs. They would be amazing

[NismoZ]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

Actually, I have another idea! I will still implement the surprise, but I'd love to get everyone's input too. Come up with your best ideas for something to do when we reach a million clicks, whether it's something for a single day, something doable only once, adding a special pet, giving away a special pet for a limited time, or anything else.

Hmm. How about this: put a legendary or something else of the sort up for adoption with a limited quantity - say, 10 - and people can only adopt one of them to keep someone from hoarding them.

[Ebolette]

You should have the Articuno-Moltres-Zaptos fusion from the manga available for adoption.

Or B-Kyurem or W-Kyurem.

[RotomGuy]

Originally Posted by Ebolette

You should have the Articuno-Moltres-Zaptos fusion from the manga available for adoption.

Or B-Kyurem or W-Kyurem.

We would need the unfused legendaries first

[Terry807]

*Begins clicking like a madman*

[teamplasma]

It seems that we are getting close! Lets just get it done this week! You can do it.

[RotomGuy]

In 500 clicks, I beleive we are owed a hint!

[Cat333Pokémon]

Less than 10,000 away. Hint time~!

1. There will be a special limited-time pet.
2. Something will happen to all new pet adoptions for about 36 hours.
3. It will likely happen on a day I have off.

[Quadcentruo]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

Less than 10,000 away. Hint time~!

1. There will be a special limited-time pet.
2. Something will happen to all new pet adoptions for about 36 hours.
3. It will likely happen on a day I have off.

-Kyurem
-Shiny and/or special title
-Wednesday

Boom, got it.

[Cat333Pokémon]

I will say that you're very close, but not quite.

[teamplasma]

Only a thousand away! (More specifically 963)

[ThePokeMan]

It would appear that I double-clicked one, the counter notched up from 999,999 to 1,000,001

So, I wonder what the surprise could be...

EDIT: Since I felt it deserved the justice, I dug in my closed-tab history, and found the reciever of the millionth click.

http://adopt.victoryroad.net/pet/194498
Who belongs to: http://victoryroad.net/member.php?u=4963

[Cat333Pokémon]

As I know I'll have a bit of work on Tuesday, I think I'll put it up on Wednesday.

In the meantime, I shall inform you all what it is:

• 100% chance of shinies for about 47-48 hours, starting at the beginning of one day and ending at the end of the next. However, each day, you will only be allowed to adopt three pets, so you can get up to six from the event. (The Pet of the Month will be disabled during that time.)
• A special two-day adopt will be released after (with standard shiny odds).
• Special giveaways throughout all four days.

[Super Pichu62]

Everybody pick wisely on what shinys they want~

[Twiggy]

Originally Posted by Super Pichu62

Everybody pick wisely on what shinys they want~

Indeed. I think I'll even take some duplicates!

...If only Axew could be taken out as normal.

[Quadcentruo]

Well, I did get "All shiny" and "Wednesday" correct with my guess.

[RotomGuy]

Why can't you take out Gible, Rotom and Cranidos normally? :C

Will the giveaways also be shiny?

[Cat333Pokémon]

Just accept what you're getting.

Might need to delay it to Friday. Mmm, school.

[The Spirit of Time]

Black Charizard, here I come!

[Music]

Can't wait!

[Cat333Pokémon]

Aright, I'm putting it up SATURDAY at a little after midnight, and it will end Sunday, a little before the end of the day. Times are in Pacific and should total about 47 hours.

[The Spirit of Time]

At the same time I have my midyear exams. Bad Luck Spirit.

[Cat333Pokémon]

The event has started!

[Reuniclus]

Time to get my favorite shiny Pokemon! Whoooo!

[The Spirit of Time]

I got Charmander, Vulpix and Budew.

[RotomGuy]

I already have a literal ton of shinies, so I chose some favourites I already like. Yanma, Scyther (for evolution) and Scraggy.

[TurtwigX]

Ferroseed, Shroomish, and Budew! 3 of my favorites~!

[Quadcentruo]

Corsola, Aron, and Ralts. I'll give you 10 Korean Won if you can tell me the reference of Ralts' name and another 10 Won for telling me the reference to Aaro- I mean Aron's name.

[PureAurorae]

Got Shiny Togepi, Zangoose and Archen, few of my personal favs.

[DiamondEdge]

I got a second Buizel, Zangoose, and Misdreavus.
Some of their names are based on OCs of mine. :3

[Cyrus]

I went ahead and adopted a shiny eevee, charmander, and solosis.

[GalliumGrant]

I adopted a Sneasel and a GeckoYamori Treecko! :3

It's actually quite nice to have a shiny Pokémon.

[PHANTOMxTRAINER]

I bought a $500 Magikarp today! Also, I got a Scraggy and Ralts.

[RotomGuy]

Originally Posted by PHANTOMxTRAINER

I bought a $500 Magikarp today! Also, I got a Scraggy and Ralts.

Heck yes. I need to think who I might grab tommorow.

[Magmaster12]

I already have all my favorite pokemon in shiny form.

[Cat333Pokémon]

I already had Typhlosion, so I picked up Zigzagoon, Rainbow Dash, and Zorua. (Hey, having access to the password list has its advantages. )

Also, Yoshi now has a separate color for its shiny form. I finally fixed it.

[PHANTOMxTRAINER]

YES. NOW MY SHINY YOSHI HAS MEANING ... Salvation is here.

[Luxray13579]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

I already had Typhlosion, so I picked up Zigzagoon, Rainbow Dash, and Zorua. (Hey, having access to the password list has its advantages. )

Also, Yoshi now has a separate color for its shiny form. I finally fixed it.

I call hax. The wealth should be shared.

Anyways, I picked up a Totodile and a Charmander. And because I didn't want anything else at that moment, I thought, "Why not get another shiny Shinx to accompany my many other shiny Luxray!" Yay!

[Fubab_107]

Just got a Chikorita and Mudkip...... Wasn't looking out for many shinies so... ye...

[Twiggy]

Is it a bit crazy that I'm still able to take out Shiny Pokémon on 3 December? Granted, I forgot about it on the second day...

[PureAurorae]

Originally Posted by Twiggy

Is it a bit crazy that I'm still able to take out Shiny Pokémon on 3 December? Granted, I forgot about it on the second day...

Your not the only one I picked up two shinies today.

[Cat333Pokémon]

I de-shinified any extra pets for anyone who adopted more than six. Seems the dang time zone was set incorrectly again.

As for today's surprise, that's gonna need to move to next weekend. Sorry.

[GreenMan]

I wanted six but I only picked up five since I wanted one and could not get it but that's cool. Got Magnemite, Swablu(I have a shiney in black 2 ), Gastly, and Charmander.

[Aquablast]

Oh crap, I forgot to check up on this so I guess I lost my chance to get some shinies. Oh well, there is nothing I can do now.

[Twiggy]

Originally Posted by Cat333Pokémon

I de-shinified any extra pets for anyone who adopted more than six. Seems the dang time zone was set incorrectly again.

As for today's surprise, that's gonna need to move to next weekend. Sorry.

By "next" weekend... I think you need to drop the "next".

[Cat333Pokémon]

Dang it, I'm busy this weekend too. I'll just give it out after finals.

[Twiggy]

While we're waiting for the finals to go through, maybe the front page news for the adopts need to be changed.

[Cat333Pokémon]

Fixed.

[Kaorto]

Nice work Cat. Keep up the good work. Imma adopt a Cubone! <3

[Cat333Pokémon]

I think I might have another surprise in store once we reach 1.5 million clicks, and it won't be a shiny free-for-all this time.

We're currently at 1,418,922.

[Cat333Pokémon]

We're now up to 1,482,909! Less than 20,000 to go.

Get clickin'~!

[Karpy ~aka Zoroarklover~]

Seems exciting!

[Sub-zero]

What are we clicking?

[Cat333Pokémon]

*points at signatures* The pets in those. Just over 7,000 to go.

[Sub-zero]

Oooh, ok. Got it.

[TurtwigX]

If you want this process to go faster (7,000? Really) then let me just add that this Game Corner thread was optimized for this purpose.
http://victoryroad.net/showthread.php?t=2497

[Cat333Pokémon]

Oh dang, I forgot to keep an eye on this, and we're already 11,000 past 1.5 million. I need to get the thing up soon!

[Cat333Pokémon]

Alrighty, the first part of the surprise is that it is a giveaway. Can you folks figure out the rest?

[Cat333Pokémon]

I'm starting to generate ideas for two million (we're at 1,722,742), but that probably won't be for another year.

[Cat333Pokémon]

We're getting decently close to hitting landmarks on all three numbers, including nearly 30,000 pets (29,508 now), but I'm considering what I should do when we hit 2 million clicks (1,855,702 now). It might not happen until early 2016, but I'm still curious what kind of fun ideas folks would like me to try. I've done the shiny days and the goofy April Fools' Day pranks, but in your mind what would make 2 million special?

Also, I've brought a certain thread back from the dead for those who want to get there quicker.

[Dragonite]

Elements on the periodic table, definitely. Who wouldn't want to adopt Plutonium or Arsenic, really?

[kakashidragon]

Be cool if u add smash bros characters as pets. (Heck we have ponys even -.-)

[Cat333Pokémon]

And we just passed two million clicks! I'd really love to add Mega Evolution, but I'm not quite sure how to handle it. I programmed the system to only handle a tree with three stages of evolution (i.e. iterating twice for each branch), and Mega Evolution is only temporary anyway (treated canonically as difficult to control and a high chance of going berserk).

I wonder...what if Pokémon could Mega Evolve randomly when leveled up, but it would wear off the next time it leveled up? How else could I do it without being inconvenient?

[kakashidragon]

Figure somethig out bro! You can do it!

[Cat333Pokémon]

I think I might give away a few special legendary Pokémon. Check out this thread for details: http://victoryroad.net/showthread.php?t=11934

(I still want to implement Megas, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.)