Verifying Legitimate Pokémon Catches in Event Competitions

[Lacomus]

I’ve been thinking about hosting hunting competitions with Pokédollar prizes, and I want to make sure the events remain fair and competitive for all participants. I know some guilds already run similar contests with rewards like Pokédollars, Coin Capsules, or even Pokémon themselves...so this isn’t just relevant to me. For the wider community, it would be useful to better understand what a legitimate "event capture" looks like and how it can be verified. One concern I have is how to confirm that submitted Pokémon were genuinely caught during the event window, rather than being generated through repeated submissions (submitting dozens of event forms to eventually receive one high quality result). How can we distinguish between a rare or high quality Pokémon that was legitimately encountered and caught in the wild during the event, versus one that was effectively "rolled" through repeated submissions until a desirable outcome appeared? Since prizes can incentivize players to look for loopholes, having a reliable way to confirm legitimacy would be really helpful for maintaining fairness. This isn’t an urgent issue, just something I’m curious about while planning future events.

[Lacomus]

 

We have this NPC that can function properly, but still...how can we tell whether it was actually rolled? The stored data might still indicate it was caught, even if it actually came from Bill.

 

 

The solution seems to be updating this NPC. Adding a script similar to the one shown in the screenshot could be a good long term approach. This was only brought to my attention earlier. Thanks @Lugario