664 - It was my Destiny to find these shinies on my birthday, Mark.

[@levimoose4690]

When i saw how excited Matt was when he got the mark on falinks i cant help but smile

[@docoakley1905]

Yeah I was on the toilet and was reading this comment when he found it what a weird deal

[@Corlax]

Wake up babe, new AbsolBlogsPokemon video ❤️

[@Primaphy]

Yes ma’am

[@arcanearts96]

As someone whose name is not Mark this video really doesn't speak to me. However as someone with a birthday, this video really speaks to me. Happy belated birthday and congrats on The Joesen One!

[@TheThomasBarry]

You share a birthday with my brother. He passed away early last year. It's kind of dumb, but it makes me a little happy knowing you guys are the same age. Makes me imagine him still being here to play pokemon with.

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

[@catface101]

Call that a Successlinks

[@Gabe4223.]

No, I haven’t achieved the grueling accomplishment that is being born

[@MrBlinky10101]

So cool fact about birthday's in pokemon games: My birthday is on a leap day (29th of February), and so whenever I set it on any game, usually I'm met with the disappointing fact that I won't get any birthday bonuses for 3 out of 4 years. However, in Pokémon games, if you set your birthday to 2/29, you get unique dialogue from the NPC saying "come back on your birthday for a reward, or on the 28th whenever your day isn't present on a year!". And whenever it is the 28th of February on those years, the NPCs acknowledge the different date saying "We know it isn't really your birthday, but we still wanted to celebrate with you!. It's attention to small details like that that make me love certain videogames just a bit more (ACNH also handle leap day birthdays the same way FYI) More interestingly for me though, this meant that I am one of the few people who could get a Destiny Mark pokémon/shiny that *doesn't* really share my birthday, since they were caught on the 28th of February, not the 29th. And I think that's awesome :D

[@TheTangledOne]

Happy Birthday Absol! Despite Absol being the disaster pokemon, the only disaster was how short the journey was to that Falinks, because if I know one thing about you, it's that you value the journey more than the destination :)

[@cosmicsandshrew492]

congrats on the shiny pawmo! super sick find

[@diegoastorga126]

I got kinda late to the party but happy birthday Matt!!🎉🎉🎉 I know you probably won't read this but it's because of you I started shiny hunting and I just wanted to thank you for introducing me to such an amazing hobbie and also wanted to ,of course, congratulate you on your birthday :D. ( I don't want to be that guy but I'm not native so sorry for bad english )

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Thank you!!!

[@chaoscasserole5990]

He did, in fact, read this

[@Sephiroth69]

Idk if your birthday had passed or not but happy birthday absol. Youve been one of my favorite shiny hunter poketubers out there and i am thankfull for you producing this content.

[@SoftwareLearningify]

I wanted to comment a happy bday comment :( in all seriousness though, absol is such a chill KZbinr and is so underrated lol

[@TheRealDuster]

I loved your birthday stream! the cotton eyed joe experience while negative colors were on when hunting flutter mane was a fever dream, lol

[@ZaWaterPumpkin]

The destiny mark always makes me feel like that the Pokemon that has the mark is your partner Pokemon, because it’s title is “The chosen one” and that always reminds me of Ash being you and Pikachu being the chosen one. Glad I got to get a Sneasel with that mark since it’s one of my favourite pokemon and it really does feel like my partner

[@Gabe4223.]

Happy belated birthday mat, love your content. Thank you for entertaining us over the years

[@spatial_rind]

Happy birthday!! Your content has inspired me to shiny hunt a lot more and I love every video you put out. I hope your birthday was great! I remember hunting an Iron Valiant on my birthday and it didn't have the destiny mark on it lmao, though neither did any of the other guys I caught that day. I'm super happy your birthday shiny managed to have it first try! 🎉

[@lexpinkmoon]

happy birthday matt brandl 🙂

[@ThatHammerPerson]

Good Morning. Even the Hammer says Happy Birthday

[@BlueVacktor]

the birthday luck was SO REAL!!!!! still can't believe that falinks HAHAHA

[@theoneandonlyjams]

Wow, been watching you for years and happy birthday! Congrats on these shinies!

[@breeishly]

Happy birthday Absol!! Your content is always so great and a comfort watch, keep on being awesome. Shiny Pawmo was a HUGE find.

[@KungFuKirby]

Been hunting Falinks for a few days no luck. Started the video and The Boys shined!

[@UberCamm]

This was such a fun stream! Loved seeing that Falinks so quickly, the epic medicham confusion, and then an onslaught of flutter mane. Another great vid!

[@PandaPlayzPokemon]

Late happy birthday Matt! I’ve been a fan for around 3 years now and I love every video! Here for many more!!!

[@FullMetalLuffy]

As an August 9th i salute you as a fellow Augustian and to your shiny destiny luck

[@translarrybutz]

Blessed with shiny luck on your birthday 🙏

[@ArtOpal]

Hey Absol! I know it's still not your birthday, but I want you to know I was shiny hunting Lunala in max raids today, and I found a shiny absol! I immediately thought of you and your videos when I got it! Still hunting for Lunala, but your videos are amazing and help me keep my spirits up! Thanks man! And happy (late) Birthday!

[@axismorningstar4468]

happy late birthday matt, keep up the awesome videos!

[@nathanielwright8157]

Proud to have been able to see this live

[@oneupaidan]

Happy belated birthday! That insanely quick first phase (with the mark too) was really damn cool, by the way.

[@BroseidonLive]

Man, August 8th is such a cool birthday! I wish I had a birthday as cool as that one!

[@joshross3820]

Happy birthday matt! i always smile watching you, i hope you smiled lots on your birthday :)

[@alolandugtrios]

happy belated birthday, matt! congrats on all of the birthday shinies too!

[@Bfine94]

This was such a fun stream to watch live, dude! Glad I could bless the Falinx with Beco! Haha! Happy birthday Matt Brandl indeed!

[@outrageouslamp4539]

Love the destiny mark. Got myself a shiny iron valliant with one (used a shiny sandwich)

[@Baggins_lover]

It’s a reward for all the long hunts you’ve endured! Congrats and happy birthday!

[@Mussoi7000]

I'm surprised to see that this was posted one hour ago. I haven't watched your content since the sleep stream video and spent the last hour catching up. Also, happy birthday,

[@sidekickk1]

This stream was so friggin fun, hope the destiny mark bday streams become a yearly thing!

[@Chocobonnie]

Happy birthday Matt! I wish you were more well known in the community, because man, I wish there was more content out there like yours, especially the way you put out these videos

[@MushyRoom77]

Happy birthday! Thank you for always putting out such fun content, I can tell you enjoy making it! Hope this year is just as fun~🎉🎉🎉😊

[@SpookyDeerArt]

happy late birthday!! you got me really into shiny hunting this year, i'm currently 90 hours into a badge quest in scarlet! i'm doing the no dupes clause and have been stuck at 12 badges because i keep catching shiny cufants! i'm up to four cufants so far. gonna keep going! thanks for making such fun videos, i'm glad you had such a fruitful birthday hunt!

[@markiolink]

Happy birthday! -Mark

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

oh hi Mark

[@sweeperton]

Happy birthday, Matt!

[@sweeperton]

well it was like a month ago, but still happy birthday

[@slateportraichu5416]

Happy Birthday=3 It is never too late to have a wonderful after-birthday week=DThank you for all your content=3

[@TheSupremeRk9s]

very elaborate way to fish for birthday wishes....

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

happy birthday to Fuecoco #20,000

[@Swinziefirecracker]

congrats on the shiny hall dude happy late birthday too heres to many more pokemon memories and to many more shinies

[@zegroselia2504]

5:09 i think that was the biggest laugh i ever heard from you

[@Blaze123865]

WORD WHAT, I had no idea we have the same birthday my dude! Explains why I love your content!

[@markym_]

i appreciate the shoutout in the description, happy not-birthday matt! 🎂

[@BlueBobsCinema]

What a grind! The dedication to stick with this hunt was admirable, happy birthday!

[@curtneedsaride]

Congrats! So good and deserved. Reminds me of finally getting my birthday goal alpha shiny Bidoof in Legends on my Groundhog Day birthday. Wish I could hunt that again in SV.

[@BrendanT-n2w]

Happy birthday! I got a Dratini and Impidimp this year on mine, both shiny and chosen ones

[@partyhatkid9940]

Happy birthday! Thanks for being such a cool umbrella!

[@TheNovaLeague]

Everything about this was INSANE!! Happy belated birthday, what a great find. TRULY the chosen one. Marks have got to be my favorite recent addition to the series and the Destiny Mark is now forever a birthday tradition going forward. Honestly inspiring levels of luck here.

[@Daniel-hq7jm]

Nice comment!

[@matheuscastello6554]

the joes really was (were?) the chosen one! congrats and happy birthday :D

[@Kwikpanik]

What an amazing birthday! Congrats on the great shinies! Wait, but you didn't check the ATK IV's on the Flutters!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

I need to do that ASAP!!

[@PatriciaRichmond-rw5xm]

664 and strong happy bday Absol!!!!!!!!!!

[@gorlami3645]

Heyyyyyy Birthday buddy! Mines on the 8th too, so cool you found it first go!

[@ThatSmolivGal]

happy birthday matt! ever since ive started watching your videos for around a year or so and you heavily influenced me to start shiny hunting! (92 shinys so far in legends arceus + violet! also 94 if you include cafe remix lol) wishing the best for you and maybe cal zone too! (ps: if you ever shiny hunt smoliv that be cool cause ive been drawing them for 228 days straight and adore them)

[@W1F1N1GHTM4R3]

happy belated birthday! i also did a shiny destiny mark hunt on my birthday (8/23) and ended up with four shinies without a mark (veluza, noivern, roaring moon, and gible) and then with only a couple minutes left before the day rolled over i found a shiny skuntank while trying to just get a regular pink tatsugiri with the mark... and that skuntank had the mark. not what i was aiming to get, but i'm happy i got a destiny mark shiny nonetheless ^^

[@milk-in-the-box]

that hunt was joever before it even started happy (late) birthday and congrats on the SIX destined joes and the FIVE normal unremarkable flutter manes

[@maxoti]

happy birthday my guy!!! (even tho it was a month ago) love your vids and blessin ya with bunchy shiny luck on ur other hunts (also thanks for the comment on my video.. aha)

[@fishjackonline]

Happy birthday Matt Brandl

[@Spamton1997]

im a certified fishjack canceller #cancelfishjack

[@ladygeology]

Happy birthday, Matt!

[@QuantumMal]

Big relate. It's my 20th birthday today (Sept 10th). I was trying for a shiny Destiny Mark Zorua earlier today. Got a Dusk mark one and a Maschiff. Have a good one, Matt

[@QuantumMal]

Update: got a shiny Noibat with the Destiny Mark. Aquamarine the Chosen One!

[@QuantumMal]

Follow-up Update: It's midnight and I ended up with 6 Birthday Shinies: XX the Maschiff, 2D the Dozy Zorua, Aquamarine the Destiny-Marked Noibat, Twin T the Dawn-Marked Zweilous, Golden Hour the Sableye, all in Scarlet, and Scoob the Houndour, that I got before dinner in PoGo.

[@Dunkacciino]

Happy Birthday Matt it's definitely your birthday today and this is not old footage from like a month ago happy birthday!

[@_Otterocket]

Happy late birthday! I also did a hunt on my birthday for a shiny with this mark and got a shiny iron thorns with it

[@tannysaurusrex]

happy birthday 🎈 love ur vids. keep ‘em coming ❤️🙂

[@KmpMusicProd]

I high-key thought the video was recommended to me with "Mark" added to me because it is released on my birthday

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

happy bday Mark

[@KmpMusicProd]

@@AbsolBlogsPokemon Thanks Matt

[@goodgreav]

Dude I been watching your channel on my old account and you inspired me to make pokemon content as well! It's just not taking off right now, but I worked really hard and it's pretty high quality so im certain it's gonna be in the algorithm soon 😁

[@onthehunt2297]

Great job Absol and happy birthday and keep up the amazing work

[@thisismyaltaccount4195]

Great video! I'll never get tired of how chaotic the stream overlays get. Cant wait for the next video!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Was good seeing you earlier this week! Will come next time with multiple 3DSes

[@thisismyaltaccount4195]

@@AbsolBlogsPokemon God tier! I'm there every Sunday afternoon. I'll keep an eye out! Will have a special rock dried by then

[@Amutens]

As someone whose name is not Mark i wish you an happy birthday!

[@Gimurei]

craziest moments in absolblogspokemon history, you were meant to meet your joes that day

[@Knuckles9000]

Happy birthday! Our birthdays are 5 days apart, I'm born on the 3'rd which makes this parasocial relationship just a little bit closer and a lot bit cooler

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

hearing that brings me to life

[@Origamigryphon]

I also decided to shiny hunt on my birthday, but this was not knowing that birthdays give the chosen one marks, and I got a shiny vivillon with that mark! What's more, I checked it at the size checker out of curiosity months later, and it was also the tiniest!! I didn't even have a tiny sandwich going!

[@epicponedge1177]

Happy Birthday, Matt Brandl.

[@expo_pkmn]

Happy belated birthday! I didnt even think about bacwards tranferring the mark to SwSh/BDSP! Edit: first phase finishing the hunt was crazy!!

[@caep-caeen7657]

oh wow we're birthday twins! happy (belated) birthday and congrats!! :-D

[@Lizred18]

Happy birthday cant wait to do this for mine in november!

[@ChainPenguin]

Happy Birthday! 🎉 I hope you found a shiny✨ Alcremie in your lap when you woke up in the morning.

[@ChainPenguin]

Now that I know when is you birthday, I only need to wait 363 day to able to join your birthday stream.

[@Magnemite_]

wow your reaction to that was so unlike how you react to shinies, i don't think i've ever seen you jump back so much that you shook your whole camera lol Happy Birthday Matt Brandl

[@mini-_]

Happy (belated) birthday Matt! Love your videos, your enthusiasm for Pokemon is infectious, making me want to buy SV :)

[@bunnykisses]

Happy Birthday !!! May all the best pokemon shine for you this year ✨️

[@Nightlo1822]

That’s stream was insane! Less than 100 encounters. Great video absol and congrats

[@SnowyIsSilly]

I had no idea it was your birthday. Happy Late Birthday Absol!

[@Its_Asteria]

Came across this today in October, the 13th. Apparently your birthday is the day after mine! How neat is that? Happy late birthday by the way! I know it's almost two months late but I still wish you well!

[@tamaradelsohn5493]

I Shiny hunted on my birthday too! I was so hyped when I got a destiny mark Shiny Sandygast. I'd wanted to hunt a Sandygast for years but never gotten around to it, so I was very happy my lil black sand pile was destined for me. Maybe I'll hunt again when my birthday rolls around again.

[@brucelau2023]

Keep up the amazing videos man !!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT congratulations

[@AuraSilverHero]

Oh, wow, your birthday is four days after mine. That's pretty close. I wish I knew about the Destiny Mark before then.

[@ramari1600]

Happy Belated Birthday, congrats on the shiny !

[@marklindaas8436]

As someone named Mark this title scared me for a second

[@lilpetz500]

I love how only the pokemon community could result in a man excitedly exclaiming "Ooohh only 13 minutes left in the sandwich!!"

[@thewildfirewarrior2773]

Fun! I did this for my birthday last month too. I wanted a shiny dragon because dragons are cool and stuff. Found a shiny Goomy, Gabite, and Zweilous before getting my destiny-marked Zweilous! Was hunting for Roaring Moon, but I got a shiny marked dragon, so mission accomplished!

[@Spamton1997]

Happy Birthday Matt Brandl

[@heronheronhero]

Its my dad's birthday today, and I just got done celebrating it. Happy (definitely not a month late) birthday :D ! !

[@banana_jag8325]

I was there for the birthday stream! Which was awesome by the way! I guess it was just destiny!

[@thawmas]

Dude, nice birthday, good birthday to have. Good date.

[@SeaCaptainFinn]

Yes!!! I played hard on my birthday and the FIRST shiny I found had the destiny mark! My Shiny Dragonite (was caught a Dratini) in a Moon Ball! Lunar's gonna be coming with me to the dlc in a few days

[@thomyads]

Why am I just now finding out about this😭😭 I love marks

[@AverageRedPanda]

This got posted a few days after my birthday and I got so excited that we might have the same birthday, then I read the description ...nevertheless I got a shiny azumarill with the destiny mark for my birthday!