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!
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!
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.
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:
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!
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!
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!