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TobitAnselm
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hi
what's the chance of encountering shinies with membership?
1/1000, right?
what's the chance of encountering shinies with membership?
1/1000, right?
Alas, it's a myth that's become somewhat accepted as truth I fear. People probably believe it because the actual amount is so close, but in this case the chance is actually 1/8080 - unless something's been changed in the last month.
Back when Kyro still led PWO, the two of us used to discuss plans for the game rather regularly. Shiny Pokémon was briefly a topic of one of these discussions, with Kyro even explaining to me how they're calculated - I've forgotten a lot of it, but I still remember what the probabilities are and they've never changed since their introduction. The calculations are completely different to those used in official Pokémon games, but surprisingly still give results closely similar, proving Kyro wasn't always a bad coder.