The events actually vary a lot. For example, our upcoming event is more of a social thing-- it's a big party thrown up in Tohjo Falls with opportunities to interact with NPCs such as gym leaders, Professor Sycamore, and Lance, just to name a few.
Last year, we had prehistoric Pokémon rise from the dead and cause chaos, characters getting pulled into a nightmare world where they dealt with an evil spiritn, and other events have included MISSINGNO. glitches, the Rockets using the legendaries to try and grant humans Pokémon abilities. This only lasted temporarily, but really shook things up, as they used those powers to lay siege to a number of cities.
I totally get that journal-based and Pokémon are a YMMV thing, though. I haven't had too much trouble, but maintaining an add list is a bit more work than just using a comm.
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Last year, we had prehistoric Pokémon rise from the dead and cause chaos, characters getting pulled into a nightmare world where they dealt with an evil spiritn, and other events have included MISSINGNO. glitches, the Rockets using the legendaries to try and grant humans Pokémon abilities. This only lasted temporarily, but really shook things up, as they used those powers to lay siege to a number of cities.
I totally get that journal-based and Pokémon are a YMMV thing, though. I haven't had too much trouble, but maintaining an add list is a bit more work than just using a comm.