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Pokemon GO Fest's livestream is absolutely must-see
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Acerac
Banned
I'd be terrified that doing so would create a riot with tensions as they are. All I can imagine is that they are going to be overly generous with the "rewards".
they actually can because this is a local network issue due to cellphone congestion. The only people actually affected are the ones at the park.
Or else PokéRiot 2017 ��
I bitched about UK's event today being a walk around a historic town, but hey, they end up having a more pleasant and wholesome time. Eating crow.
BigJonsson
Member
Are they just gonna give everyone a free Mew?
MaximumSpider
Banned
exactly what I was thinking
I was over-exaggerating, to be honest. I just didn't think it was worth saying anything else beyond that when all I got was "you're wrong you're wrong" and "it's funny that you think it's dead".
Is it really nonsense to believe that I think that a lot of people play at home than physically walk still? I don't doubt that hardcore raid groups exist, as they totally do. But apparently my idea was absolutely absurd. I still play by walking too, almost every single day.
Despicable. Shut this down now, won't get any better now that they've lost the crowd. Seeing that makes me really fucking angry.
As for comparisons to DashCon and FyreFest, the level of idiocy isn't as big, but this feels worse because it's a major company and brand fucking up in a way these big companies just don't and can't fuck up.
FyreFest was a scam by known scammer Billy McFarland. Wasn't like some awesome company that screwed shit up. It was an outright/borderline scam, really. Read the Vanity Fair article about it.
DashCon was a bunch of amateurs that had no idea what they were doing and ran into all the problems you'd expect a bunch of amateurs with no business / management experience to run into.
This is fucking Pokemon inviting 20,000 people in Chicago. This is amazing to me that this has happened in a way that the other two didn't surprise me at all.
Wow....
Joe what do you think TPC should do after this?
I just don't understand why they didn't do some amazing one week long global event through the game instead of a one day event that they knew they weren't prepared for.
And not just a box of goodies you buy or a Pikachu with a hat. Like prepare an update with new features. Each day everyone works on a goal and the next day you receive a bonus for achieving said goal and you work on another one. Just something would have been better
And not just a box of goodies you buy or a Pikachu with a hat. Like prepare an update with new features. Each day everyone works on a goal and the next day you receive a bonus for achieving said goal and you work on another one. Just something would have been better
Mind you, the one guy that threw the bottle might have been getting shit from people next to him for it. It sounds like we didn't hear people cheering on the bottle throw, or any others following the example.
And on that note, why is it still seemingly a small development team with all the investment opportunities? Or maybe it isn't at this point.
But with so many other 'gacha' games actively pissing out new, quality content, it seemingly takes Niantic a long time to balance and add moves to 3DS models...?
Rellik
Member
Not just a small ass developer, but a small ass developer with previous history of server issues. T
Admiral Snackbar
Member
He had a blue Mustang, guys. He just wanted to let you guys know that, it seems.
Japanmanx3
Member
End this event now. TPC is already going to ream Niantic. The damage had been done to the fans that are there. The spectacle has already been mad eon the internet. Now end it. The bottle throwing opens the door for far worse smh...
Acerac
Banned
When you use hyperbole, don't be shocked if people call you out for being inaccurate.
That said, yes, yes it is nonsense to believe more people play from home than actually play the game the conventional way. As somebody who regularly raids by myself, I can always depend on multiple people showing up for Machamps or Tyranitars. "Invisible" trainers are relatively rare.
Your question isn't really well worded so I'm not 100% sure what you were asking. Apologies if I misinterpreted.
I can't help but feel that would make the situation far worse.
I dunno. Bitchslap them?
GO makes them a lot of money so they're not just going to kick them away.
newtypepilot
Member
This is bad but nowhere near the Fyre Festival level bad.
Maintenance
Member
That Damn Kid
Member
They should just release gen 3 right now
Read about DashCon then, these are the two worst events I know. If anyone know as bad stories as these two I'm willing to know.
then he reiterates personal experience hahahaha
I didn't know of Dashcon until this thread. What an amazing read was catching up with that lol
BigJonsson
Member
What issues?
psynergylover
Member
sama here! Holy shit! what a disaster!!!
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
They totally botched this event.
That being said the for the rest of the world not at this event Poke Go is the same today as it was yesterday. It's not like it suddenly got worse for everyone else.
That being said I'll be interesting to see how they handle legendaries going forward.
Foxy the Fox
Member
Exactly a year after that Sonic Stream.
Interesting
Interesting
Nice
Is this from the stream?
Aren't the issues more of a lack of wifi or cell towers and not the game itself? Or did I miss something?
This is the most fair response. I do think a lot of it can be anecdotal on both sides. Lots of people say they raid or they know a few guys that still play, but for myself, I have yet to see any of that activity. I have never actually seen anyone stand/park anywhere near a gym while a raid has been going, and that includes Tyrannitars, Snorlaxes etc. It's been a VERY long time since I have physically seen another person play, and this is in heavily populated places. The game still makes money, for sure, as there are still the hardcores. But, I know people that got fed up with Niantic and just started spoofing to get the region exclusives, which is still a pain for people who don't travel to Florida etc.
DirgeExtinction
Member
It's a shame when technology doesn't cooperate. Quite a few big games had server issues that screwed over people from playing their game(Driveclub and MCC being two huge ones). It's not like Niantic is deliberately fucking up the servers. Sometimes shit happens. It still sucks for those that traveled far for this event, though.
Fyre Festival was worse since it seems the event planners knew about the shit beforehand.
As for shutting the event down now, that might create more tensions, unless Niantic somehow compensates players with free legendaries. If they can't/don't, that bottle throwing could be tame compared to what might happen, since apparently not everyone there is mature enough.
Fyre Festival was worse since it seems the event planners knew about the shit beforehand.
As for shutting the event down now, that might create more tensions, unless Niantic somehow compensates players with free legendaries. If they can't/don't, that bottle throwing could be tame compared to what might happen, since apparently not everyone there is mature enough.
The game hasn't got worse, it's "just" a badly organized event.
Yep it is
Huge Succeeded
Banned
Holy shiiiit
The worst part was how a bunch of people got their luggage, phones, etc. stolen. Makes for a worse situation when you are literally stranded on an island :/