"To *some* (a vocal minority of) people on this community: YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO SHINIES. THEY ARE JUST A NICE THING THAT RARELY HAPPENS."

#PokemonGO: I've seen people equate all of the raid passes the bought without encountering shinies to "gambling." No.Do you know what the shiny rate was in the original pokemon games? 1 out of 8192. Niantic even went out of their way to make this rate lower, 1 in 400 or 1 in 450 (not certain, but I know it's way more common now). Or even as high as 1/20 in raids. Nevertheless, they are a nice little bonus/Easter egg, and I'm sick of people being like "Niantic didn't give me a shiny how DARE THEY?"You shouldn't quit an otherwise good game or complain about it just because the odds weren't in your favour a few times. If the odds are 1/20, EVEN IF YOU DO 20 RAIDS THAT IS NO GUARANTEE YOU WILL GET A SHINY. It is a random dice roll every single time. Think of rolling a 20 sided die. Will the die always land on each number exactly once when you roll it 20 times? No.If you still equate shiny hunting to gambling, stop buying raid passes so much? If it's really draining your bank account then you either cannot control your spending or don't have the financial resources to even be buying in-app purchases.Also there are other means of getting coins for free. You can earn as much as 50 a day. I understand this is not for everybody because some people live in rural areas without gyms. If that is the case, just let shinies come when their (random) time comes. They’ll always have the same odds.Shinies are nice to get, I get it. However, they are rare.And to most of the people reading this who do not complain about this sort of thing, thanks for keeping the community non-toxic. Love y’allEnd of rant. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/31mJ39Q