I was just wondering...I see so many threads here with SO many awesome and epic Pokemon. How on Earth do you get started? I don't really have any good Pokemon to trade (I restarted my game a while ago), so I don't have much to trade. And most people seem to want shiny 5iv's for shiny 5iv's and stuff like that. So I'm just wondering if there are any tips or anything to get started with trading for the really good competitive Pokemon? Or do you just basically get lucky and go from there?
Start by breeding something that you want competitively and giving away spitbacks (specifically 4 IV females).
With your new spitbacks make competitive 5 IV pokes from them and then again, give away spitbacks.
Keep extra 5 IV pokes to trade for specific 5 IV pokes.
Don't worry about shinies, there are plenty of people here who are fine with non shinys.