Data-oriented analysis of the event (more thoughts in the comments):

- We've had 1,639 active members* during the event period

- 782 members collected at least 1 Gimmicoin, that's 48%
- 353 members collected at least 99 Gimmicoins, that's 22%
- 89 members collected at least 999 Gimmicoions, that's 5%
- 1,063 members found at least one Gimmighoul, that's 65%
In total, 323k coins have been found, that's 31-times enough to fully evolve shiny Gholdengo

To some this might sound like low numbers, but is actually quite high in comparison:
- 688 members obtained a Kubfu egg in its event distribution
- Approx. 500 members found Kyurem this year
- 542 members sent out a Valentine's card this year

In conclusion, I'd say the event didn't result in super activity spikes, nor was the activity lower than usual. In my opinion, this was a good start (see comments for future ideas)

* at least 30 minutes of cumulative game time during event period

Some details on the event:
- Gimmicoins are tradeable.
- Gimmicoins do not expire when the event ends, so you can collect and accumulate them over multiple events if you are a more casual player.
- Gimmighoul itself does not break your chain as it's "obtained through event"; but getting gimmicoins requires hatching certain eggs that naturally affect your hunt. That's why you can pause your hunt for free.

As stated in the news post, this event features rather new concepts/elements and we'll first have to see how these things play out before considering possible adjustments/rebalancing for future events. I hope you enjoy this "new wind" the way it is for now :)

Easter Event goes live in about an hour. Get ready

I might be able to finish work on the Easter event tomorrow, though no promises can be made. I underestimated how much work this all would be lol

Anyway, here's a small spoiler: The event will feature 3 new Pokedex entries and a new evolutionary item. The item's icon was sprited by myself. Yup, this is (as far as I recall) the first sprite made by me on-site, if we don't consider the x4 icon I made as a joke.

My main reasons behind changing this year's Easter egg hunt is because (A) once users started making site maps, the challenge was kinda gone for most people anyway and (B) the event effectively only lasted for a few hours for some, if you managed to find all eggs on day 1.

This year's event will still feature a familiar Easter egg hunt, but with additional challenges lasting for the entire event period :) And thus multiple rewards of course

This year's "Easter Egg" hunt will be a completely reworked, new type of egg hunt 🐰🥚🐣

PSA: When the current Tall Grass Event ends, your Egg Radar will automatically cancel its search for Tadbulb. This is to prevent accidental adoptions that could negatively affect your shiny hunt.

To make double sure that this works properly, shiny hunts will continue not to be affected by Tadbulb eggs from the Tall Grass until I've verified that the server cancelled your TG searches correctly. I will then briefly announce the final end of the event in the minor updates thread.

How much were these Delibirds carrying 🥴😵‍💫

Looks like Rowan needs some help, oh boy

So how much did Newton make with this year's fun fair?

*drum rolls*

73,988,360 Pokedollars!

The user with the closest guess is ShinyZata (their guess: 74,710,371.2 PD). Congrats!

Last day of the fun fair! Don't forget to exchange your remaining fair tickets for some good prizes. All remaining tickets will be converted into festival points.

Hint: One of the requirements to get a shiny Newton offer is to already have received a regular Newton before. Good luck ✨

Fun fact I learnt today: The currency in the Pokemon main games (you know, the one that looks like the Russian rubel ₽) is actually never called "Poke Dollars" in any of the main games. In fact, in the Japanese versions, it's simply just the yen 円 symbol.
Only in the spin-off games Colosseum and XD (some of the best games btw) is the currency called "Pokemon dollars" (translation from the Japanese versions).

Interesting

Guess in the comments how much Pokedollar Newton makes with this year's fun fair. The user who's closest to the correct answer gets 2 months of premium.

- Deadline for guessing: Day end of March 6th
- You may only make one guess, though you can delete your comment and guess again, as long as it's posted before the deadline
- If two users make the same guess, then only the first user can win

Raffle ends of course when the fun fair is over :)

Kalos, I'm intrigued. Yes, sure, nostalgic grandpa-me would've loved another Johto or Hoenn remake. And yes, Kalos is the region where the main games kinda lost me. But that's exactly why I'm intrigued: I'm interested to see if this will make me continue where I stopped.

One of my biggest regrets on PH is to have established this tradition of "features/events are released at server reset, i.e. at midnight". That's literally when I sleep, and usually it takes 5-6 hours until I then wake up to see if everything works. That causes so much understandable yet unnecessary frustration 😅 95% of the bugs would not have happened (or would've been fixed within 2-3 minutes) if I simply released features manually while I'm awake, instead of timed for midnight. (Especially since like the fun fair today was simply just a "timed release gone wrong" bug, i.e. it was literally untestable in advance. I can't fastforward time and see if the time trigger will occur at midnight.)

I really think that now after 10 years I should just break this tradition and have features/event drop at like noon instead.

Either way, I'm sorry that these bugs almost always occur. It's definitely not intentional. Enjoy the fun fair!

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A staff task group is currently beta testing the new Fun Fair mini game. Can you guess what it is about?

Newton N. Meowth (the Second) is excited to be welcoming you very soon! 😻🎪💵😼

After having been a member of staff for 5 years now, our artist BakugouKatsuki has decided to step down and continue as a "regular" player from now on due to her busy real life. Thank you so much for all the plushies and artworks you've gifted PH over the years! One of my most memorable ones is definitely the Guzzlord Puzzle art, which I've had to solve (in a previous shiny hunt) more often than I would've liked 😅
Take care ❤️

@Furret: I'm confused. I thought you wanted to create a Cutiefly event? What is this bee