June 2020 Events + Poliwager Adoptables' 10th Anniversary!

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#1 Post by Slix » Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:00 am

Happy 10th Birthday Poliwager Adoptables!


Today, June 1st, 2020, is Poliwager Adoptables' 10th Birthday! Ten years ago, I created Poliwager Adoptables using a free open source script that allowed people to adopt various creatures. Obviously, I went the Pokémon Adoptable route. Here's a fun look back on the Wayback Machine. When the site started, there were only Poliwag to adopt! This was right after I had learned HTML and CSS and redesigned Poliwager.net as well, so, over time, I began to teach myself PHP and MySQL using the existing code that the free script provided, and today, Poliwager Adoptables resembles almost none of the original code that it started as. Over the past 10 years, I have added features such as a completely functional Pokédex, many different mini-game areas to explore around the site, monthly events, and so much more. And, in the past 10 years, we've adopted nearly 200,000 Pokémon together, joined with almost 5,000 members, viewed more than 9,000,000 Pokémon images on other sites, and given more than 17,000,000 total interactions to Pokémon. Those are all amazing milestones, and we wouldn't be here today without you! So, thank you!

A small, but nice change being added to Poliwager Adoptables is the site's Style Switcher being added to the site! Currently, this is only enabled on the desktop site, but you can change between 5 different styles to fit your mood at any time! The Style Switcher is in the left menu bar, so give it a try!

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Finally, to celebrate Poliwager Adoptables' 10th Anniversary, today is a 5x multiplier for Interactions and Views! Be sure to adopt some eggs and share some interactions with others! Also, for the first time ever, Arceus is getting an Event Ticket, so be sure to redeem yours today to get this very special Pokémon for this very special day!

Welcome to the Galar Region!
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For this month's festivities, there will actually be two different events happening simultaneously! First, let's welcome some newly discovered Pokémon species found in the Galar region to Poliwager Adoptables! Starting now, you are able to adopt many of the Pokémon found in the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games. In order to compete in this event, you will need to find and adopt at least 15 different species from Generation 8 by the end of the month to receive a prize egg! If you find more than 30, or more than 50, you will also receive a bonus prize! You can see how many you have currently by looking at your Pokédex.

Finally, to help make hatching eggs during this month easier, it is also going to be a Relic Collecting Event! To participate, simply collect Relics by interacting with Pokémon and eggs and adopting eggs. If you collect more than 100 Relics during the month, you will receive a prize Pokémon egg! Also, every additional 100 Relics that you collect will get you a special prize as well, so aim to collect a lot! Lastly, the team with the most Relics at the end of the month will receive yet another bonus prize! You can see how many you currently have by going to your Profile page, and the team rankings on the Site Stats page.

June Community Weekend!
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Community Weekend is a weekend each month aimed towards gathering as a community here on Poliwager Forums, with various bonuses on Poliwager Adoptables. This month's Community Weekend will be from June 19-21! This month's Community Weekend Bonus-type is Fire-type! More of the Bonus-type eggs will appear on Poliwager Adoptables during the weekend and Exp. bonuses will apply to any Bonus-types that you interact with or post here on Poliwager Forums. Add your Bonus-types to your party and signature here and adopt some new ones during the weekend once it is announced!

Community Weekend Details:
  • Community Weekend goes from Friday at 12:00 AM until Sunday at 11:59 PM
  • More details can be found on the Events page during the Community Weekend.
  • Pokémon and their eligible Medals can be found on the Pokémon Stats page during the Community Weekend.
    A bonus Pokémon type is chosen for the weekend.
  • Extra 50% Experience from Interactions for the bonus Pokémon type.
  • Extra 50% Experience from Views for the bonus Pokémon type if shared on Poliwager Forums.
  • More of the bonus Pokémon type to adopt.
  • A higher chance of hatching a Shiny bonus Pokémon type.
  • A multiplier on Poliwager Adoptables to help you hatch even more eggs and raise your Pokémon faster.
  • Image Bronze Community Weekend Medal - Bonus type Pokémon that get more than 15 Views during the weekend
  • Image Silver Community Weekend Medal - Bonus type Pokémon that get more than 30 Views during the weekend
  • Image Gold Community Weekend Medal - Bonus type Pokémon that get more than 50 Views during the weekend

Say hello and stay a while! It's a great time to tell your friends about Poliwager and hang out with them here, during this month's Community Weekend!


Tell Your Friends!


Lastly, Referral prizes! Tell a new friend about Poliwager Forums, have them post in this topic saying that you referred them here, and you both will receive a small bonus prize on Poliwager Adoptables! Let's continue to make Poliwager Forums a great place to relax and hang out with fellow Pokémon fans. If you have any suggestions on what we can do to make this an even better place to be a part of, please post them here as well!

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Let's use this thread to celebrate the amazing times we've had together as community, and to share memories of the past, while we look toward the future as well!

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#2 Post by Squidliy » Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:25 am

Wow, looks amazing, thank you to each and every member that has made this journey enjoyable. I can tell that we will have an amazing 10th year.

I want to thank Slix personally, not only for setting up the site but for the creation of the friendships and the amazing Community we share (also for dealing with my dumb butt!). I can truly say that Poliwager has one of the best Communities I've interacted with!

Let's make this Anniversary one that we will never forget everyone, the future is in our hands!
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#3 Post by Oshi » Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:26 am

Wow ten years. Haven't been around here that along but that is a big accomplishment. Congratulations!! Here's to ten more.

Woah two events at once, new pokemon. Dang this month is intense. I'm scared.
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#4 Post by PoisonIvey1998 » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:49 pm

I've been on this site for a little over 2 years now and I just think it's so awesome that this site has managed to hit it's deca-versary! I can't wait to see what the future holds for this site! It's super exciting to have a new feature with the style switcher on the Adoptables and a bunch of new Pokemon to adopt and the upcoming events! I hope y'all get a bunch of new Pokemon and are here for the Community Weekend! Happy 10 years Poliwager Adoptables!~ :poliwag:





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#5 Post by Nightmon » Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:06 am

I'm a bit late, but Happy 10th Birthday Poliwager xD
I'm back! Click my stuff please!

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#6 Post by Slix » Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:07 am

Community Weekend is happening now! Be sure to add your Fire-type Pokémon to your signature here, and enjoy the bonuses for Fire-types!

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#7 Post by Oshi » Thu Jun 25, 2020 12:47 pm

It seems to be close to the end. I been adopting and I am close. I got 12 pokemon now. Might grind for some relics now. How is everyone else doing?
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#8 Post by PoisonIvey1998 » Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:22 pm

Yes, it does. I have obtained 26 total and will have a 27th soon once my Grookey egg hatches. I also should work on getting several more relics as well. I can breed you some Pokemon if you'd like, Oshi, just let me know! :) I am doing alright, just a quiet and slow day, so it's been relaxing for the most part. How are you?





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#9 Post by Oshi » Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:53 pm

Thanks Ivey, I don't know exactly, but you can easily see all that I got if you scroll down a little. I got six eggs already, but some are close to hatching.

I been doing pretty good. I am having some late night noodles quickly going over the forums. Getting close to 500 post. Might want to replay a Mother game.
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#10 Post by PoisonIvey1998 » Fri Jun 26, 2020 5:45 pm

Yeah, I can do that! I'll be sure to do that every three hours or when I'm on after the cool-down wears off for the Day Care.

Late night noodles sound good, what flavor were they? I'm also getting close to 500 posts as well! :P





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