This a room for non-competitive ideas/suggestions.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

@EeveeBailey You totally not had that idea because your Jerbolta got sniped, huh? Anyway, I hope the particular person feels bad for it. (╯°Д°)╯︵ /(.□ . \)

I'm not quite sure whether such a system is possible, though...

[EeveeBailey]

@PhantomUnderYourDesk Funny how inspiration strikes, isn't it!    And actually, after I bemoaned the sniping on FB, the person who did it came forward, apologized, and traded the Jerbolta back to me.  So now I have him back and a better idea of how to proceed with future trades.

As for how to do something like that, I had a couple of thoughts... one could be to add additional "Wanted" filters like Natures and IVs -- that would make it easier to identify the desired trade and harder for unintended recipients to step into the middle of it.  Another could be the addition of a Trainer/Online ID filter in the "Wanted" section so that you could select "any Trainer" or a specific trainer; that way, only the person with that ID number can make the trade.

Admittedly, since I'm not a programmer, I have no idea how feasible either of those suggestions actually are... but if it could be done, it would probably be doing a lot of breeders/traders a favor.  I'm sure I'm not the only person to inadvertently have a trade get sniped like that.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

@EeveeBailey Lucky you that you managed to get your fosterling back. C:
Hmm, me isn't a programmer/coder/whatever either... but to be honest, your ideas with that filters are not that bad.
I don't know how helpful this may be to avoid sniped Pokemon, but you know there is an option in the GTS to search for IDs, do you? Clicking "Search", it's the third option.

[EeveeBailey]

@EeveeBailey Lucky you that you managed to get your fosterling back. C:
Hmm, me isn't a programmer/coder/whatever either... but to be honest, your ideas with that filters are not that bad.
I don't know how helpful this may be to avoid sniped Pokemon, but you know there is an option in the GTS to search for IDs, do you? Clicking "Search", it's the third option.

Hmmm, actually I think I did know that searching by ID was an option, but... for the purposes of avoiding sniping, searching for an ID isn't the issue -- it would be the ability to set a desired ID in the trade so that only the person with that ID number can accept the trade.  Searching by ID justs keep you from accidentally sniping someone else's trade.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...)
Searching by ID justs keep you from accidentally sniping someone else's trade.

Ah, then it's not quite helpful in that case.....

[Lord Windos]

Okay, here's a new suggestion... how adding a feature to GTS where you can make a direct trade between two players without having to be directly connected?

This would be great for allowing people to negotiate trades when they may be online at different times due to time zones, work schedules, etc.... and don't want the risk of someone else coming along and sniping the trade.

That's... actually a good idea. I lost a Shiny Cubugg because my trade partner got impatient and put it on the GTS. Now I have a EV trained Luxi that is just sitting around in my PC.... Still, I imagine it would be a nightmare to code, though. Perhaps adding a specific online ID/trainer ID restriction in GTS would be more doable instead.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Okay, here's a new suggestion... how adding a feature to GTS where you can make a direct trade between two players without having to be directly connected?

This would be great for allowing people to negotiate trades when they may be online at different times due to time zones, work schedules, etc.... and don't want the risk of someone else coming along and sniping the trade.

That's... actually a good idea. I lost a Shiny Cubugg because my trade partner got impatient and put it on the GTS. Now I have a EV trained Luxi that is just sitting around in my PC.... Still, I imagine it would be a nightmare to code, though. Perhaps adding a specific online ID/trainer ID restriction in GTS would be more doable instead.

Oh, hey there Windos! Welcome to the club of unlucky GTS-traders. Too bad though I was just about to go offline.
And I already said I would gladly take that Luxi, if you really don't need/want it - depends on what you'd accept for it, though.

[EeveeBailey]

Okay, here's a new suggestion... how adding a feature to GTS where you can make a direct trade between two players without having to be directly connected?

This would be great for allowing people to negotiate trades when they may be online at different times due to time zones, work schedules, etc.... and don't want the risk of someone else coming along and sniping the trade.

That's... actually a good idea. I lost a Shiny Cubugg because my trade partner got impatient and put it on the GTS. Now I have a EV trained Luxi that is just sitting around in my PC.... Still, I imagine it would be a nightmare to code, though. Perhaps adding a specific online ID/trainer ID restriction in GTS would be more doable instead.

Adding a filter for shinies sounds like a good idea too... I would have died if my sniped trade had been a shiny! 

[Lord Windos]

Okay, here's a new suggestion... how adding a feature to GTS where you can make a direct trade between two players without having to be directly connected?

This would be great for allowing people to negotiate trades when they may be online at different times due to time zones, work schedules, etc.... and don't want the risk of someone else coming along and sniping the trade.

That's... actually a good idea. I lost a Shiny Cubugg because my trade partner got impatient and put it on the GTS. Now I have a EV trained Luxi that is just sitting around in my PC.... Still, I imagine it would be a nightmare to code, though. Perhaps adding a specific online ID/trainer ID restriction in GTS would be more doable instead.

Oh, hey there Windos! Welcome to the club of unlucky GTS-traders. Too bad though I was just about to go offline.
And I already said I would gladly take that Luxi, if you really don't need/want it - depends on what you'd accept for it, though.

If you have a good Chimical (HA would be preferable, but normal would do), I would be willing to trade. Not right now at the moment, though. since I need to get some college work done soon. Its never over, eh?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

If you have a good Chimical (HA would be preferable, but normal would do), I would be willing to trade. Not right now at the moment, though. since I need to get some college work done soon. Its never over, eh?

True story... matches quite well though, since currently I don't have any Chimis to spare.