Hello!
Although my account is pretty much brand spanking new, I have lurked here at Smogon for a long time - I just never made an account. But seeing as I could use a little help right now, I thought now might be a good time!
I have been doing a lot of looking into getting the shinies for my SS team lately since it gets here in the next couple days and I have tried chaining; I got sufficient enough shinies to render my SID but I can't seem to make this RNG thing work. I've read guides, I've watched videos - I follow the instructions, but I never get a shiny. In fact, several times, I end up with a pokemon several frames ahead than the egg I was aiming for...
I did manage to get my timid female eevee, but every effort after that one has been a full-on fail...
I just did a "shiny" egg that was 55 taps and 6 coin flips. I counted aloud and was extremely careful - I got all the taps and flips in without advent. However, when the egg hatched, rather than a Sassy Shiny Male eevee, it was a Relaxed Normal Female eevee... From my estimation after looking at the list near my frame I aimed for (669), it was either the one 20 frames ahead or the one a couple frames ahead of that one. I am positive I did not overclick or underclick on the apps, so what could have messed with my framerate? Was it the NPCs in Solaceon? I watched a video of someone on Youtube using RNG, he didn't seem to pay any particular mind to the NPCs roaming about, he just zoomed around and his absol hatched shiny.
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, but if anyone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it! I am not asking anyone to spoonfeed me or anything, I just want to know what it is I'm doing wrong and if there's anything I can do to fix said problems.
I am very, very sorry if I am asking a redundant question. I've read the guides on it but my brain just is not wanting to comprehend it. :( I've been at this all afternoon until now - its 2:30 AM! Just when I think I know what I'm doing, I am proven wrong. x_x; I have watched several videos (one was an hour long...) but my results never turn out like theirs, even if I follow the directions to a T. I'm determined to learn this, I am really set on getting my long-awaited-for shiny Umbreon. :)
Thank you so much in advance to anyone who can kind of point me in the right direction!