The actual in-game aspects to events should still exist, where you get an event item and go to a special, locked off place (think Navel Rock, Faraway Island, etc.). But instead of wi-fi codes or getting MG at live events, you just have to do things like complete the full dex, 5-star trainer card, puzzle solving (like with the Regis, or even a combination of all of the above. Then, you get the item from a special NPC, the professor, etc.
>>35398947And it will be counted as a loss, like in the battle facilities when you turn off. And since the events could be put on an IRL timer, once they lose they have to actually wait for a period of time before trying again, without the ability to spring the console clock forward. Then, after the gen's been going on for 2 years or so, they can remove that restriction so the mythicals don't become impossible to get once the gen's over.