All updates regarding PFQ's features are covered here. Minor (read: not-so-important) updates for normal users are not prefixed while major ones have [M] in front of them. Promotions are prefixed with [P], and Events with [E]. The list is ordered from newest to oldest.
Very minor updates have been stacked in this announcement thread.
2015
April
Date
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Update
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Apr. 30th
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[P] May Zophan Sale
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Apr. 29th
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Added multi-upload support for the File Uploader.
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Apr. 25th
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A new advanced BBCode has been added for more flexibility on the appearance of your posts.
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Apr. 11th
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Boxes can now be traded in for a Box Box, with a small fee of ₢5,000 at the Merchant.
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Apr. 7th
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The PokéRadar+ is available to be purchased in the shop for ₢250,000.
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March
Date
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Update
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Mar. 10th
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Rayvne now exchanges Gems for Medium and Large gems to reduce trading needs.
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Mar. 2nd
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Delphox now have a 1 in 10 chance of being left handed, only Fennekin eggs laid after 5PM have a chance of becoming a lefty-Delphox when evolved.
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February
Date
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Update
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Feb. 28th
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[E] Mass Click Weekend Event begins.[1]
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Feb. 23rd
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Relics can now be traded with Doug.
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Feb. 22nd
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Option for Temporary Mega Evolution removed. Instead, Credits may be used for Permanent Mega Evolution, but at a much higher cost.
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[M] Egg Supplier was implemented.
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Feb. 15th
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Summon Items now share the same chance to be found.
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Lucky Seals are no longer restricted to only unlocked Summon Items.
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Feb. 12th
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PokéDex updated to new format: Now includes entries for Exclusive Pokémon and filters.
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Base Price of Lucky Seals in the Black Market has been reduced.
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Bulk rates for Lucky Seals and Egg Passes are now offered in the Black Market.
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Feb. 10th
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All Bonus Counter targets receive an update to better scale to the rate the Community was filling them.
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Feb. 9th
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Custom Sprite Pokémon are no longer be bred in the DayCare.
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Snow Combee receives a Type change to Ice/Bug.
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Feb. 6th
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Birthday Custom Sprite event added.
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Birthday Event 2015-2016 cycle begins.
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January
Date
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Update
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Jan. 28th
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Trade and Battle requests no longer send a SYSTEM PM; instead, the requests create Notifications.
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Jan. 27th
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New BBCode for Species and Item icons, as well as Inventory counting are implemented.
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Jan. 26th
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Grab Bags are removed.
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Premium Boxes are made able to open.
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Notifications are made view-able on every page.
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Jan. 25th
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Seasonal Turtwig can be obtained through Breeding.
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Jan. 23rd
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Previously hidden [readername] BBCode restricted to usage only by Staff members.
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Jan. 21st
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[M] Baby Pokémon that require Incenses are now unobtainable in the Lab. Instead, their evolutions' Eggs can be found in the Lab. To breed these Baby Pokémon, a parent must be holding one of the Incenses, which are now available in the Shop.
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Jan. 20th
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A notice prompting the user to update their browser will now appear at the top of any page if the user is using an outdated browser.
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Jan. 19th
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[M] PokéFarm Q Exclusives are now registered under a seperate "PokéFarm Q" region.
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Jan. 16th
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Statistics for Battling are made available.
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Battling will now reward an L-sized Stat Training Bag or a Special Training Bag upon winning.
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Levels are now displayed on the Battle Challenge screen.
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Jan. 15th
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[M] Acree's Bonus Counter target adjusted to match higher Credit spending rate from new features.
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Jan. 14th
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Tooltips containing Pokémon details in the Fields page now includes icons to indicated Mega Forme and Albino status.
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Jan. 7th
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Ctrl + Clicking a Pokémon in the Fields page will open that Pokémon's Summary Page in a new tab.
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Jan. 4th
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User registration now asks for a Referrer.
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Referrals grant rewards to users.
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Jan. 3rd
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The Matchup Checker will now inform you if the pair may produce something unexpected. (an exclusive or otherwise)
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Legendary Pokémon can now change their formes, excluding Arceus.
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Jan. 2nd
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Mega Stone Vouchers can now be bought with Credits at the Shop
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Jan. 1st
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[M] The New Years Update: [2]
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2014
December
Date
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Update
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Dec. 31st
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Tyrogue now evolves based on its stats rather than randomly.
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The Ice, Moss, and Corona Rocks have been depreciated and evolution is now dependent on field.
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Dec. 29th
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A spot for advertisements has been added in the announcements forum.
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Dec. 23rd
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Unread announcements are now highlighted.
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Dec. 21st
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A new link, beside the Clickback link, leads to a random, online user that you have not interacted with yet.
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Dec. 9th
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Shortlinks to Users' Profile pages now come in two varieties. One that includes the Username, and the original that uses a unique 'user code'.
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Dec. 4th
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A button that lets users share their Pokémon and Eggs on Twitter has been added to the Display tab of Pokémon's Summary Pages.
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Dec. 2nd
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When customising a Quick code, one may set it as the default, allowing for quick selection.
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November
Date
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Update
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Nov. 29th
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[M] The domain "pokefarm.com" was set as the main domain for the site. All links to the "pokefarm.org" domain will redirect automatically. [3]
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Nov. 26th
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A search function has been added to the Inventory page. Supporting Regular Expressions.
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Nov. 24th
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Hide Boxes have been tweaked for easier access on mobile devices.
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The Mega Stone pre-release page has been updated with all the new ORAS Mega Stones.
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Nov. 18th
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Forum Subscriptions now have an option to navigate to the first post of a thread, in addition to the last post or last read post.
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Nov. 10th
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A Search feature has been implemented for users. One may go to /user and search for a username.
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Nov. 3rd
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A Search feature has been implemented for individual Public Forums.
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Nov. 2nd
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Egg Passes have been implemented and are available in the Black Market.
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October
Date
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Update
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Oct. 23rd
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Only one field can now be visible for friends only.
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Oct. 21st
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Quoting a post now adds a direct link to the post itself.
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Oct. 17th
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"Box Mode" Display Option added as a way to reduce lag for some browsers.
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Oct. 13th
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EXP Locking has been added as a way to prevent EXP gain from interactions.
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Oct. 10th
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[M] Pokémon Dojo added. Introduces Super Training feature for future Battling feature.
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Oct. 2nd
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Users may now send other Users "Nice!" notifications.
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September
Date
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Update
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Sep. 30th
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User page now shows the number of interactions sent/received between the users.
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Sep. 26th
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[M] PokéRus has been added to the game. [4]
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Sep. 25th
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Performance boost to interaction logging. As a result, the Today's Interactions page will no longer have the 15 minute cache on it.
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Sep. 14th
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[M] Kalos (Gen 6) Egg Sprites have been updated to replace all placeholder images.
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Sep. 13th
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Files can now be deleted from the File Uploader.
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Sep. 6th
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New [progress] BBCode added.
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Font page now only displays the party of staff members.
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Vulpix now "grows" all 6 of its tails before it can evolve into Ninetales.
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Sep. 5th
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Flabébé, Floette and Florges' colour data was lost during an update to how they are handled, causing the colours of them to be scrambled.
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Sep. 4th
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Field debouncing added. More info here.
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Season-based Pokémon now change based on your location on the World Map.
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Sep. 3rd
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The URL has changed from q.pokefarm.org to pokefarm.org. The old link still redirects.
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August
Date
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Update
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Aug. 12th
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The goal of Sei's counter has changed from 100 to 250.
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Aug. 9th
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The Übercharm could be brought directly for others now. You will receive a cookie. On the fifth purchase, you will get a bunch more Cookies! The cycle then begins again.
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Shiny Charms have had a price change.
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Aug. 5th
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The Übercharm is now available in the Black Market.
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Aug. 8th
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Fabulous Friday has been adjusted - Base score is now 1,000 instead of 100, and the vote falloff has been changed from 10,7,4,1 to 10,4,2,1.
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Aug. 4th
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[M] Consumables have been implemented.
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Users receive new inter-user options, accessible from any user's User Page:
- Ability to Mark specific Users and/or leave a note for personal use.
- Ability to block PMs, Friend Requests, and Trade Offers from specific Users.
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Aug. 3rd
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Pressing Alt+R now focuses on the Clickback link.
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New [stackbox] BBCode added.
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Aug. 2nd
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The visibility of Fields can now be set.
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Lab Reloaders have had a price change.
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Aug. 1st
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PFQ now uses pfq.link for shortlinks rather than pfq.me.
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[M] Chances of finding Boxes in Scour Areas have been improved.[5]
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[M] Events receive a dedicated page for future distributions.[6]
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[E] Early Bird Event released to Early Access users.
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July
June
Date
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Update
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Jun. 29th
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DayCare Passes have had their pricing changed. Additional deals are available as well.
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Jun. 19th
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PFQ Toolbar released [11]
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Jun. 8th
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[M] Fabulous Friday announced. [10]
- Includes Superb Saturday bonus
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Jun. 5th
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[M] Rules overhauled for clarity. [12]
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May
Date
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Update
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May 27th
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[E] Voltorb Flip Event results released. [13]
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May 25th
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[M] Rules updated regarding RP forum art theft.[14]
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May 23rd
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[M] The Big Update: [15]
- PokéDex has been rearranged
- Boxes can be opened
- Summon Items can be unlocked and obtained
- Forme-change items for Rotom, Darmanitan and Aegislash are added
- Odds of hatching Shiny Pokémon have been doubled.
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May 13th
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[M] The Big Update details revealed, server downtime announced.[16]
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May 10th
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[M] Rules update regarding Gen 3 remake spoilers.[17]
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May 6th
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[M] Updates to ModWatch and how rule infractions are handled to improve staff transparency. [18]
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April
Date
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Update
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Apr. 13th
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Site receives update to how it manages images. [19]
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Apr. 7th
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Bonus Counters are being experimented with to balance goal amounts. [20]
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Apr. 1st
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[E] April Fools Day Event[21]
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March
Date
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Update
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Mar. 22nd
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[M] Rules updated regarding art theft.[22]
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Mar. 2nd
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Minor Rules update regarding repeating questions.[23]
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[P] GP for all
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February
Date
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Update
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Feb. 24th
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Fields page receives an update.[24]
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Feb. 19th
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Site header receives a performance update. [25]
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Feb. 14th
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[E] Valentine's Day Event.[26]
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Feb. 6th
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[M] DayCare breeding rates quadrupled.[27]
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[M] PFQ went into Public Beta.
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January
2013
December
Date
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Update
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Dec. 1st
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[E] Start of Advent Calendar. Event[30]
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November
October
September
Date
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Update
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Sept. 24th
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[M] Some DayCare errors have been fixed.[38]
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Sept. 19th
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[M] Savage Crystals renamed to Zophan Canisters.[39]
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Sept. 12th
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Site receives HTML minification to reduce extra memory used.[40]
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August
Date
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Update
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Aug. 22nd
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PFQ is transferred to a new server.[41]
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Aug. 14th
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[M] Start of PFQ Private Beta for PF1 users.
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References