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The Apple line is easy to explain. They had an idea to make a Pokémon based on the worm in apple (a very well-known thing). But then instead of leaving it at that they said but ah, what if it's not a WORM in the apple but a WYRM in the apple, and voila, dragon apple is born.
Yeah it's called goroawase.
Skipping Nessa/Milo/Allister as you can find them on Bulbapedia. Can't promise perfect accuracy as I'm not a native speaker.
Hiding guesses under a spoiler tag:
This was my first any sort of competition since like ... DC regionals in 2011.
I was hilariously unprepared for Toxapex and Celesteela, didn't really use Mimikyu. Gastrodon and Hydreigon were my MVPs. Decided to retire when I snuck a win out of my last battle (me at 16something vs. someone...
As for wandering NPCs, they don't mess with your IV frame so they shouldn't be hurting anything. It really sounds like you've input something incorrectly.
You can do parameters anywhere, really, as long as you have a reliable way of checking IVs.
If you PM Me your info and the IVs of a...
I was travelling for a long time and haven't RNG'd anything until recently as a result, and just recently downloaded a version of RNG reporter with Chatot pitches. I'm a fan of the feature since it usually means I can verify a seed / starting frame without an additional capture, hatching an...
There's a different method, you can check the breeding guide in my signature for it (it's the "Genetic Method").
However, it's almost easier just to use shiny egg finder and put in a wrong SID.
For breeding, you should NEVER need to use a rare timer0, as you only need 3 IVs to match on the spread, so there's not much point in adding it to shiny egg finder.
I would highly recommend only attempting to hit seeds with the common timer0, I'd set the parameters such that you don't search for the rare one at all.