You , my friend , need a flamethrower . A family friend got one a couple years ago , and it is apparently quite useful . <| sep |> lol , you ' re not very good at this whole debate thing , are you ? <| sep |> I ' m assuming the Red Gyarados in GSCHGSS doesn ' t count for this I think that ' ll be the one for a lot of people . First shiny I ever encountered was a Cubone in LeafGreen . during a Nuzlocke run after having gotten my quota for the area . First one I actually caught was a Ralts in Alpha Sapphire . Took a mighty long chain to find , too . <| sep |> thats not the black friday paint job dumbass . <| sep |> The distance is based on a straight line from your current position and from the last time the app reported your position . I ' m not sure how often the app updates to calculate that distance . Chances are , if you are walking in circles or around paths with curves , you could be losing distance depending when the app checks your location . Also , if you walk a block , turn the corner 90 degrees and walk another block . you might only get credit for the distance of the hypotenuse , as the crow flies . And if you go in one direction in a straight line then turn around , you might miss credit for the end of the line if it hadn ' t updated before you started back .