TheWorthyEdge
Member
This is almost not even funny. Kind of sad. Jesus...
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Pokemon GO Fest's livestream is absolutely must-see
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So 20,000 people went. (I wonder how many just went and uninstalled... >_>)
pokemon go in a nutshell
can you imagine living states away going to this?
I feel sorry for those who enjoy the game and love playing it. Having something fun just ruined like this sucks ass
Vital Tundra
Member
Fucking Niantic. A year later and they are still a mess.
newtypepilot
Member
can't wait for the crowbcat video
FanDeNintendo
Neo Member
Neither Niantic apparently.
Lol no. This isn't even worse than DashCon. It's still a solid top 10 at least.
Majukun
Member
the game is based on niantic tech...if they cut ties with them,they basically have to develop another game
and i don't think they really care that much about what happened
Quadraphonic
Member
The original Pokemon Go build was contracted out by another company to make. Niantic didn't even make it.
But once the contractors delivered Niantic took it over.
They are terrible, terrible engineers. They deserve all the shame and none of the profits for the glacial pace at which they've developed this game. Size of the company means nothing once that huge influx of cash started coming down the streams.
But once the contractors delivered Niantic took it over.
They are terrible, terrible engineers. They deserve all the shame and none of the profits for the glacial pace at which they've developed this game. Size of the company means nothing once that huge influx of cash started coming down the streams.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
There were people trapped on an island with almost no food, water, light, security or provisions with nothing more than unsecured storm tents to stay in and no way out.
No this is not worse than fyre fest.
But still pretty bad.
ONLYUSEmeFEET
Member
I really feel for people who paid tons of money to travel, but I can't help but feel like this is what Niantic deserves. Over the past year, they've systematically removed multiple ways for people with disabilities to play the game. Admittedly, these ways were gray area, but not once did Niantic acknowledge their disabled players. Maybe some of this event money should've been invested in accessibility.
SHAFT MASTER
Banned
Lol at the server load excuse. This shits hilarious.
Pretty obvious that nobody at niantic has ever been to a sporting event where loads of people in a small area are trying to use their phones.
Pretty obvious that nobody at niantic has ever been to a sporting event where loads of people in a small area are trying to use their phones.
The game is a mess generally, it's a laggy mess.
Everything has been modeled in 3d but why?. Couldn't objects be replaced with sprites, especially in the distance? I would had thought it would have been beneficial to get the game running as smooth as possible as many devices as possible.
Everything has been modeled in 3d but why?. Couldn't objects be replaced with sprites, especially in the distance? I would had thought it would have been beneficial to get the game running as smooth as possible as many devices as possible.
That makes it miles worse. This might actually harm the ip!
I'm going to need that top 10 list.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
Ok thanks, I was trying to confirm with someone at the scene
So then... what are they doing for the people still there?
Revolutionary
Member
lol what?
Icyflamez96
Member
The mods at the silphroad took down the Go FEST highlights thread, probably because all of the highlights were pretty much negative. Lame.
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
Is this true? Do we even know who the original developers were?
MaximumSpider
Banned
I would have gone just to see Masuda alone but apparently he left asap
we worked hard for this!!!
PeakPointMatrix
Member
How can they have such a massive influx of income and still be unable to prepare for this?
This isn't even their first public event of this calibur! Niantic has held tons of Ingress gatherings without issue!
This isn't even their first public event of this calibur! Niantic has held tons of Ingress gatherings without issue!
Oh, this was Dashcon... Ok yeah, that was bad.
FanDeNintendo
Neo Member
No fix can save this game anymore.
What a shame, I was really hoping that this event would effectively be a relaunch of the game that would introduce legendaries and hopefully fix many of the game's persistent issues, but I guess not lol. I've always wanted to get into it but have run into too many problems and not enough local pokestops to really enjoy it. Oh well, will be interesting to see how TPC moves forward after this
Doubling down on that comment was an odd choice.
Serenitynow
Member
Lol the Pokémon brand will be fine.
Revolutionary
Member
You would have gone to a social gaming event, not to socialize or game, but just to lay your eyeballs on some Japanese guy that owns a toy company you love?
So is this the company line by Pokemon fans? I'd wager that Niantic has reinvigorated Pokemon interest over the past year more than they've damaged it, but ok lol.
Just to be clear, I'm not defending anything (especially not this event). I just find some of these posts weird.
Icyflamez96
Member
Stream is back on.
It's a celebrity... Many people can say the same of a celebrity they like.
sixteen-bit
Member
Supercut when?
dark_chris
Gold Member
Man, I hope Niantic gets approached by the Pokemon Company after this and have words with them.
Honestly, with proper management, this event could have been huge but they had to fuck it all up.
I feel bad for the people who flew from different states or outside their country for this event. wtf man. Well, the brightside is that these people can enjoy downtown Chicago a lot. The downtown area has a shit ton of pokestops and pokemon wondering about while enjoying the sights and scenery. I'd almost recommend people to got to Navy Pier or the Planetarium areas.
Honestly, with proper management, this event could have been huge but they had to fuck it all up.
I feel bad for the people who flew from different states or outside their country for this event. wtf man. Well, the brightside is that these people can enjoy downtown Chicago a lot. The downtown area has a shit ton of pokestops and pokemon wondering about while enjoying the sights and scenery. I'd almost recommend people to got to Navy Pier or the Planetarium areas.
Yeah but it's like screwing up Tetris. You won't tank the franchise but you don't want to be the one to put a scratch on it either.
MaximumSpider
Banned
is there a problem, officer?
Shadow Broker
Banned
Someone threw a bottle at her
feelingkettle
Member
Did someone just throw a bottle at the woman?
people are super angry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yktrQAJNbAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yktrQAJNbAc
Admiral Snackbar
Member
Holy shit someone threw a FULL bottle at her.