After 25,968 encounters (133 hours and 15 minutes) playing 3 consoles at once, Pokemon #1 Uber Fan Abenzio (age 15) has finally found the elusive Shiny Ponyta.
Cool-O-Rama has the video clip: http://www.coolorama.com/featured-articles/toys-these-days-collectible-battling-mice-and-pokemon/ (the second clip, the fun starts at 40 seconds). Before you lay into the guy, may I ask when was the last time you were that enthusiastic, hmm? By the way, this confirms my belief that Pokemon is like digital crack.
Meanwhile in China, some kid just spent 133 hours studying Calculus (which is equivalent to the shiny job securityta).
i have never seen one. :(
*grunt, strain*
Nope, I just can't do it.
Fake edit: After some half-assed Googling, I still don't understand. Whatever...
still. Wish I had the patience to actually hunt for shinies in game. I usually just breed them with the Masuada method (two pokes from two different countries have a higher rate of breeding a shiny)