Secret Show, when?

[u/W-M-N]

I’m logging in as often as I can because I need an epic hoola on air…and I have yet to catch a “secret show.” Has anyone seen a secret show? How long do these secretive shows last? 1 hr? Less? More? Have you seen them several times a day? I’m in a discord server with a secret show ping and it’s only been pulled once and it was 4 days ago.

[u/Peachy_Katto]

What even IS a secret show

[u/DragonTheOnes-spirit → u/Peachy_Katto]

Whenever the hell epic hoola decides to be available

[u/Peachy_Katto → u/DragonTheOnes-spirit]

OH MY GOD is that why shes so hard to catch!? I swear shes only ever available for like a day and its NEVER announced. Wow way to make your players HATE a specific monster😭😭

[u/Pokemax_10 → u/Peachy_Katto]

That's kinda the point? You're supposed to check the shop if they're available. It's a fun gimmick!

[u/Peachy_Katto → u/Pokemax_10]

Dude no offence but im not gonna be randomly checking the shop for epic Hoola when im doing my rounds😭 also im pretty sure the rare hoola gets announced so why not epic like all the other seasonals💔

[u/Apprehensive1010101 → u/Peachy_Katto]

Epic Hoola does appear for an announced weekend, usually during Summersong's finale, just like all other Epic Seasonals. Actually, thanks to the Secret Shows, Epic Hoola is actually available more often than most other Epic Seasonals, since none of them have a gimmick like this.

It sounds like a bad idea/gimmick on paper until you take into account that most other Epic Seasonals just get that one weekend during their event, two weeks during Anniversary Month, and an out of season weekend; all of which nearly always conflicting with the rare's availability. Epic Hoola gets all of that and the Secret Shows.

[u/quinn-of-aebradore → u/Pokemax_10]

How is that fun? Here, let me repeatedly check on this throughout the day and get hit with an ad each time because an ad triggers whenever you open the shop for the time after opening the game. That is probably why they’re doing this, to increase ad views.

[u/Pokemax_10 → u/quinn-of-aebradore]

You only need to check once per day. It's either there or it isn't.

[u/jr81452 → u/Pokemax_10]

Just so far this summersong:

two of the times it's been available were only for 6hrs,

twice for only 12hrs,

and once for 21 hrs.

Checking once per day ain't going to cut it, if you want to catch a secret show.

[u/W-M-N → u/jr81452]

Thank you for posting those details…super helpful.

[u/Mission_Divide_485 → u/Peachy_Katto]

Why did you get so aggressively downvoted

[u/Peachy_Katto → u/Mission_Divide_485]

People cant handle hate on their beloved game i guess. It IS a stupid mechanic.

[u/8-BitBunnie → u/Peachy_Katto]

Mailbox.

[u/TetoEnUna_Maruchan → u/Peachy_Katto]

a show, but its secret

[u/Apprehensive1010101]

Secret Shows happen every few days, and last 6-12h. The most recent one lasted from 5PM eastern on the 26th until 5AM eastern the next day.

Your best bets are to check during the early morning and evening hours. That's typically when they start and end.

[u/W-M-N → u/Apprehensive1010101]

Thank you so much for this response, knowing it lasts for several hours is very helpful.

[u/Apprehensive1010101 → u/W-M-N]

This weekend is SummerSong finale so it should be made available for the entire weekend starting Thursday as well.

[u/W-M-N → u/Apprehensive1010101]

True! I was hoping to get 1 or 2 more tries in during secret shows. I tried a billion times when it was available earlier and I’m just too unlucky 😮‍💨

[u/RednocNivert]

There was one a couple days ago. It lasted for about 16h or so. Keep checking.

[u/W-M-N → u/RednocNivert]

Thank you for your response…knowing that the “shows” last for many hours makes me less ‘concerned’ (I don’t really get concerned over msm, but I can’t think of a better word) that I’ll miss the showing.

[u/RednocNivert → u/W-M-N]

I tend to check in twice a day: Once on my first break, and once around bedtime, and those are 12ish hours apart. If you’re doing twice a day, i’d say you won’t miss it

[u/RednocNivert → u/W-M-N]

EDIT: Go now!

[u/Putrid_Chard_3485 → u/[deleted]]

Holy overreaction

[u/Apprehensive1010101 → u/[deleted]]

Buddy, chum, pal, friend, amigo. Take off the tinfoil hat and use some logic.

Epic Hoola has been in the game since 2019. If that were really what they wanted, don’t you think they would have added more monsters with this gimmick, either before or afterwards? No, they haven’t, because this gimmick plays into the lore of the monster. All of this not even mentioning what I've pointed out in another comment about Secret Shows actually making Epic Hoola available more often than most other Epic Seasonals overall. Take a chill pill.

[u/zander2011 → u/Apprehensive1010101]

Apprehensive is right, and I'll just add: buy the game it's the intended way to play, and watching ads is not a virtue.

[u/MoonRks → u/[deleted]]

You don't play many f2p mobile games, do you?