Tonight I have finally joined the 143 club.
The whole month of November was basically dedicated to walking Grimer and hoping to get lucky with an egg for Porygon. I finished Grimer 3 days ago and evolved to Muk in an egg session last night before the event ended. On the way home from work today, I check sightings at a red light...and was greeted with the first silhouette I've seen in months. Drove around a little and managed to find him in front of a house in a really shady neighborhood. There was a couple smoking and screaming at each other on the porch. I razzed + ultra balled the great white whale on the first try and got the fuck out of there.
Not much to do now until gen 2. I've prepped any relevant evolves already except for Chansey and my new Porygon. I've set Chansey as my buddy for my evening walk.
Against my better judgement, I tried doing the gym game again last week during the event...ugh. It takes such a stupid amount of time to prestige anything and they just come down too fast. I spent 30 mins raising a level 7 to and 8 on what was once a safe gym and lost it within 20 mins. By some miracle I still have 5 gyms left over from before the change. Dragonite is at a gas station off the highway and has been there for over 2 months, Gyarados is at a tiny church in the middle of nowhere, a Vaporeon at a baseball stadium, Snorlax at another low traffic church, and the last is an Exeggutor whose location I can't remember. I'll continue to cash in on these daily as long as they last as well as the first catch/pokestop bonuses, but that's going to be about it for me until gen 2.
I REALLY hope the legendaries come before gen 2 hits. It won't feel right otherwise.