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Pokemon GO Fest's livestream is absolutely must-see
- Thread starter evanmisha
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Both. The guy's costume deflated and it could have been dangerous for him so a member of the staff ran to remove him from the scene, but it was so sudden than the security guys thought it was someone from the public and went to arrest him. Once the confusion was cleared they fixed the costume and let the dancer come back but it deflated again. Since you see nothing in these costumes he needed help again.
But it is a MMO.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
pretty sure an all online mobile at once event is a total clusterfuck whoever is in charge.
i can't even begin to think how to make shit like that fool proof
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
I mean, her mic cut out, which makes it sound 10x worse. Not even that bad. Give people a break.
The servers were actually fine throughout the event. They never went down.
The issue is having 30k people in one location doing a activity that needs constant use of phone data.
perfectchaos007
Member
I'll just await the inevitable "cringe compilation" on YouTube. I think this GoFest was overly ambitious on Niantics part
Maybe make a smaller event with less people for starters? I went to a Go meet up last year in Southern California and there was about 4000 people there. Didn't have any issues and it wasn't even an official event. Just something put on by fans.
Icyflamez96
Member
TrainerTips is legit
Man... I been asking myself this since week 2 of Pokémon go.
Heh, that's gold. I've seen a gif before of an idol group, where one of the girls was not in sync with the other girls. She was at the end, and I guess it was an "emergency" situation, as a guy in a suit took her off stage. It was... kinda scary, especially with that assumption and no real context. (EDIT: Found the video. It was a crazed fan...)
I presume the Legendaries are still coming.
They wouldn't be looping this video about the best Pokemon to use against Legendaries if they weren't planning on unleashing them.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Niantic being overly ambitious is kind of the story of the company, going all the way back to when they were an internal startup within Google trying to get Ingress off the ground.
IgotElbows
Member
Wasn't the first Mincecraft con also a shitshow?
If they've made money from it, I don't see why they wouldn't do the event again.
If they've made money from it, I don't see why they wouldn't do the event again.
the challenge for the legendaries starts at 6pm CTD
They refunded everyone and gave them $100 worth of coins. They lost money
kitchenmotors
Banned
As someone who goes to Lollapalooza every year at Grant Park, a ton of people in that one area kills any cell service. I can never use anything outside of texting for the 3/4 days of Lolla. They should have thought about this and had actual wifi hot spots for the event. Seems like a piss poor attempt to cash in on people still playing.
Between the $20 tickets and the merchandise sales, they could have made a killing on this event.
Yeah I kinda assumed they'd work with AT&T to get hotspots setup all over the event for corporate sponsorship or something. Obviously Niantic can't control overloaded cell towers, but god damn at least work with providers to wireless hotspots. Anything to reduce the stress on the networks.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Is it saying clip could not be found for anyone else?
plutoknight
Member
Yeah. It was taken down.
Yeah, can't watch it either. What happened?
SoulUnison
Banned
It's really not, and I live on the lowest end of what can even be described as a "city."
It's been a really, really poor app from Day 1, and some of the bugs that still exist now have been there since the very beginning.
plutoknight
Member
I quit playing when they effectively banned all rooted users, because if it comes between, "Being able to do cool things with my phone that have nothing to do with PKGO" or "Playing PKGO" well, it was fun Niantic.
Hilariously enough, the two main sponsors of the event are Sprint and Boost Mobile.
You don't have to love the game, but objectively speaking it is not a "barely usable mess."
Well I hope Niantic gets a refund on their sponsorship fees since from the sound of it, they didn't provide a damn thing.
Cell networks choked under the pressure of so many people in a tight space, players are pissed off since it's hot and can't play. A ton of people can't even get in due to inadequate staff to check people in. It's a clusterfuck.
Players at the event can't play due to celluar congestion.
Lines took 3+ hours to get in, even though it was an event they had set amounts for.
Large amounts of booing
Niantic held an event and totally screwed up it ... both in presentation and in the timed event they were holding with Pokemon Go during the event.
Lee Chaolan
Member
hahaha. So glad I uninstalled this game. They don't even have Season 1 finished yet.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
wait so what happened here.
kitchenmotors
Banned
Really? A fucking mess.
Sprint and Boost is laughable. Really should have partnered without Verizon and AT&T. I dont get it, even smaller festivals, like the Taste of Chicago, have cell tower overload issues. This should have been common sense.
SoulUnison
Banned
Almost any time I try to do one of the basic functions and appeals of the game, i.e. capturing, or a Gym Battle, there's a roughly 30-40% chance I'll run into some sort of error that prevents me from completing the objective and/or requires me to Force Quit the app.
Was just awkward camera stuff with it lingering on her and her not knowing what to say or do. It's sort of funny but nothing groundbreaking.
That Damn Kid
Member
Hearing some cheers...did the legendaries appear?
Na but a high amount of Heracross and Unown spawns
They actually suggested connecting to the WiFi to solve the issues
plutoknight
Member
It was a clip of a "Team Instinct Correspondent" trying to hype up the stream in the midst of boos, "We can't plays" and other crazy chatter. And her mic kept going out randomly. And she's being heckled. And it's hot.
It was a perfect storm of correspondent disaster.
That Damn Kid
Member
here we go...
Chicago has google fiber, run some long ethernet cords to tons of heavy duty routers, boom done internet.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
"It's been a pleasure to have a bottle thrown at me".
I mean this gal has earned legendary host status, but at the same time I also assume she's an android.
Edit: Take it back, she's Team Mystic scum.
I mean this gal has earned legendary host status, but at the same time I also assume she's an android.
Edit: Take it back, she's Team Mystic scum.