In the realm of video games, there are many levels of achievement. There are the achievements that are possible yet extremely difficult, like beating Ninja Gaiden on the hardest difficulty. There are the achievemenst that are not hard to accomplish but are extremely time consuming, like getting 100,000 kills in Gears of War multiplayer. And then there are the achievements that not only waste days of your life, but are attempts to attain something that many will not even honor as a significant achievement. In today’s GR Pick, we have one such achievement.

In the video, a diehard fan has set out into the pastures of the Pokemon universe to discover the elusive Pokemon Ponyta. But he isn’t in search of just any breed of Ponyta, he is seeking out Shiny Ponyta. From the Latin Shinifitus Ponyticus, Shiny Ponyta is a creature unlike any other Ponyta found in the Poke-verse. Like the albino animals found in our own nature, Shiny variations are extremely rare and appear different from their traditional counterparts. The randomness of laying eyes on a Shiny Pokemon can make for a repetitive experience akin to multiplication tables, a lot of multiplication tables.

This particular Pokemon enthusiast found his Shiny Ponyta after only 25,968 random encounters. While this feat is impressive, this particular gamer had two things working in his favor, those being his use of three Game Boys running the game simultaneously (a trick known as “Triple Hunting”) and the musical stylings of Sum 41′s “No Reason” live in Toronto. Not as game changing as steroid use in baseball, but still an added assistance. See for yourself.