Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Celebrate Nite]

Niantic announced the updates that will give us the female tranny and male pedobait models, and tried to hype the updates with 2 trailers. The first trailer got roasted, and the second trailer didn't even hit 100k views. The past few events have been awful this season, and people are still bitter over the remote raid changes.

Speaking of updates, they like to secretly add shit into GO code-wise without telling anyone and then play dumb when people complain to support (or support is dumb and never got the memo from above)

I used to get this app and it's updates from places like QooApp and Aurora Store... 2 android app stores that don't rely on Google services at all and they worked just fine. A few months ago I, and a bunch of other people in the comments section of the app were complaining that Go was doing weird shit like kicking people out of their accounts and not letting them log back in. Turns out, they've added something into their log-in process that checks to see if you have Google Play Store activated/enabled on your phone, and if you don't it refuses to "authenticate" with your device. So anyone that wants to play Go on a jailbroken/FOS Phone without Google shit on it are pretty much fucked over, because even the Play Services, which used to be the ONLY thing you really needed to get past the majority of apps to play them, isn't good enough anymore.

I'm currently in the market for an alternative Go game that ISN'T Harry Potter. I tried Niantic's other app, but i can't get passed the sign-in phase without encountering an error, so idk wtf that's about. Either way, my dissapointment in GO is mounting to where I'm just about to go cold turkey on it completely.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Technically not a mandela effect but I experienced severe whiplash when playing through Gen 1 after 3.

It’s a trip isn’t it lmao?

Like, christ, i do not remember bag space being a problem when I played in the 90s but sure enough.

Oh and getting caught in a position of ‘please change boxes’

 

[I_Lurk_Here]

I have no Mandeligger effects because I'm extremely autistic and memorised all the details I needed to.

 

[Strangolapreti]

Just to ask, what are the worst eeveelutions in term of competitive?
It's glaceon in the bottom and umbreon on top, right?

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Just to ask, what are the worst eeveelutions in term of competitive?
It's glaceon in the bottom and umbreon on top, right?

Sylveon still seems to be used a lot competitively.

otherwise it seems Leafeon and Flareon are also sharing the same space with Glaceon. Vaporeon is still a bulky burner with wish and jolteon still spams volt switch so both get their fare share of the spotlight, just not as much as Umbreon/Sylveon.

Espeon AFAIK is either an all out attacker or has a calm mind set.

 

[Strangolapreti]

Sylveon still seems to be used a lot competitively.

I find it funny that sylveon is most used and glaceon the least when in term of design it's just a crappy recolor of the latter.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

I find it funny that sylveon is most used and glaceon the least when in term of design it's just a crappy recolor of the latter.

Because Fairy Typing and Pixilate Hyper Voice. Last i checked, Fairy is still THE best defensive type out there since it's immune to dragons, resists common Dark/Fighting types and only weak to shit that's rarely ever used (Poison/Steel).

PURE Ice Typing is still a turn-off to a lot of people since it only resists itself and Rock/Fire/Fighting kills it ontop of the underused Steel. It's practically tied with PURE Normal and/or Bug/Grass for being the worst competitively.

 

[Day of the Cope]

Great update. 11/10

 

[Level99Manchild]

Great update. 11/10
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Even one of the big Pokemon Go sites hates this update. It's one of the few sites that criticizes the current state of Pokemon Go.

The kicker is the people TPC and Nianitc are pandering to aren't going to buy raid passes let alone download the game. Here's another kicker with this update: the map still looks like shit, and the other models like Team Rocket weren't even updated. You're basically a gay-tranny pedobait in an ugly world full of old af models. I can't wait to see how they are going to fuck up the "revisiting Kanto" update (in other words, I hope you like catching more pidgeys and weedles because you ain't getting any rhyhorns or other decent Kantos). It's funny how Pokemon always resorts to Kanto Pokemon when it comes to building hype (likeI said before, it's like no one gives a shit about any Pokemon after gen 1, and nobody likes the Pokemon past DP).

Meanwhile, the AR features were more or less deleted because Niantic couldn't bother to fix anything, pvp is still infested with cheaters, building pokemon still sucks, and events suck because of Niantic fuckery and fomo bullshit (low catch rates and high escape rates during community days). The recent bug event was meh because it barely gave you any combees for Stardust, and their catch rates were bad. Oh yea, now there's some lag when you try to catch any Pokemon. Go is a mess.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

(likeI said before, it's like no one gives a shit about any Pokemon after gen 1, and nobody likes the Pokemon past DP).

No one does give a shit about anythong other than Gen 1 and they did stop caring after Gen 4. It’s why V flopped and we got VI onwards. All the fans bitching about the pandering nowadays quite literally only have themselves to blame.

And honestly have probably been hyping up VI remakes so much because almost 15 years later they realise they are to blame but don’t want to admit they were wrong and are hoping the remakes doing well can make Nintendo go back to that.

Meanwhile, the AR features were more or less deleted because Niantic couldn't bother to fix anything,

Wasn’t AR literally the selling point of the whole fucking thing? What the fuck?

 

[Level99Manchild]

No one does give a shit about anythong other than Gen 1 and they did stop caring after Gen 4. It’s why V flopped and we got VI onwards. All the fans bitching about the pandering nowadays quite literally only have themselves to blame.

And honestly have probably been hyping up VI remakes so much because almost 15 years later they realise they are to blame but don’t want to admit they were wrong and are hoping the remakes doing well can make Nintendo go back to that.

Wasn’t AR literally the selling point of the whole fucking thing? What the fuck?

Yup. People who used it to catch Pokemon weren't happy about this change.

 

[Day of the Cope]

Spoiler: Pro tip: leaving small Pokemon to defend gyms while wearing a skirt allows you to show off your crack

Even one of the big Pokemon Go sites hates this update. It's one of the few sites that criticizes the current state of Pokemon Go.

Even the subreddit is fucking pissed off and going as far as saying that Nianitc hate women by making everything a potato-faced mutant.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Spoiler: Pro tip: leaving small Pokemon to defend gyms while wearing a skirt allows you to show off your crack

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Even the subreddit is fucking pissed off and going as far as saying that Nianitc hate women by making everything a potato-faced mutant.

See this is what bugs me about all of this. No one gives a fuck iof they are woke. People give a shit if the characters are ugly.

I suppose that is a benefit to Go, unlike the mainline stuff, pushback will have a clear dent on money and playerbase.

 

[Strangolapreti]

Great update. 11/10
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Ah yes, I can see why pokemon go was nominated for the title of ultimate game of all time.
I bet he would've won over Dark Souls if this stunning and brave update was added back then.

No one does give a shit about anythong other than Gen 1 and they did stop caring after Gen 4. It’s why V flopped and we got VI onwards. All the fans bitching about the pandering nowadays quite literally only have themselves to blame.

Despite not liking it, i still think that gen had some charm, 6 is the start of the downfall from the franchise, in my opinion.
One thing they really fucked up bad between gen 4 and 5 was the anime though, Ash in Sinnoh was actually able to get a competent team, only to get curvestomped by a literal nobody with 2 legendaries at the semifinals, meanwhile in gen 5 he goes back to not evolving his pokemons and loses to a clown.

And honestly have probably been hyping up VI remakes so much because almost 15 years later they realise they are to blame but don’t want to admit they were wrong and are hoping the remakes doing well can make Nintendo go back to that.

Remaking gen 4 without giving it a proper treatment a la HG/SS was one of their greatest mistakes, and remaking gen 5 and 6 will be the equivalent of capcom remaking RE 5 and eventually 6: one is feasable to be successful but asks for a lot of adjustments and improvements in order to succeed, but the one awaiting later is simply a lost cause.

Because Fairy Typing and Pixilate Hyper Voice. Last i checked, Fairy is still THE best defensive type out there since it's immune to dragons, resists common Dark/Fighting types and only weak to shit that's rarely ever used (Poison/Steel).

Fairy type was created to make people rely less on dragons and balance poison type, but instead created something far worse and retconned a lot of past gen pokemons in the process.

 

[UnKillFill]

So I know I'm late as hell, but the last Pokémon game I played was the original Moon, and it bored the hell out of me. I've been considering getting Legends: Arceus as it seems more interesting than other poke games since then that I wasn't interested in.

Is it worth playing?

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Is it worth playing?

I think it is. I like it a lot. It does what I, and I think many people saying they want remakes actually want. That being old yet similar region with clear improvements with references and call backs while having a new story.

Fair warning, it’s rough around the edges, the pokedex filling out can get tedious due to the repetative natures of the task and I found box magement can be somewhat of a pain

 

[AnotherPleb]

So I know I'm late as hell, but the last Pokémon game I played was the original Moon, and it bored the hell out of me. I've been considering getting Legends: Arceus as it seems more interesting than other poke games since then that I wasn't interested in.

Is it worth playing?

I enjoyed it, though some of the textures are absolutely horrible (that lava is a sin) and it's a lot less fun if you guys for 100% completion

 

[Archeops]

What about Rock being immune to and strong against Electric?

I blame that on there not being a pure Rock-type until Gen II and a majority of Gen I's Rock-types being paired up with dual-typed with Ground. The only Rock-types that weren't paired up with Ground were the Fossil 'mons (water for the Kabuto/Omanyte lines and Flying for Aerodactyl).

Spoiler: Pro tip: leaving small Pokemon to defend gyms while wearing a skirt allows you to show off your crack

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Even the subreddit is fucking pissed off and going as far as saying that Niantic hates women by making everything a potato-faced mutant.

Thank you for spoilering that, it helps shield the eyes from sight no mortal man should ever experience. Shame it doesn't really work when replying, now I'll have to douse my eyeballs with bleach for the next half-hour and visit a hypnotherapist to repress the memories.

See this is what bugs me about all of this. No one gives a fuck iof they are woke. People give a shit if the characters are ugly.

That's because most people want to play a better, idealized version of themselves. Those that want to play a 1-to-1 version of themselves are either lame ducks or extreme egotists while people who want to play as a less aesthetically-pleasing version of themselves either have a humiliation fetish or are actively trolling.

I suppose that is a benefit to Go, unlike the mainline stuff, pushback will have a clear dent on money and playerbase.

I have a feeling Niantic actually hates Pokémon GO but can't shut it down due to it being their only moneymaker. Their original AR apps are mediocre, nobody really plays Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now will probably end up getting cancelled like some of its other licensed games (Marvel: World of Heroes, Transformers: Heavy Metal, and Catan: World Explorers). And this isn't even touching on its dead games like Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and NBA All-World.

And I doubt they'll go back on this change, they didn't bring back a majority of the pandemic bonuses (the only one they did bring back was doubling the interaction distances) after people complained when they were rolled back and they didn't undo the changes made to Remote Raid Passes when people complained about the increased costs and daily limits were added.

 

[UnKillFill]

I enjoyed it, though some of the textures are absolutely horrible (that lava is a sin) and it's a lot less fun if you guys for 100% completion

I don't expect modern day Pokémon to look amazing. (Ive seen how lazy the last few have been)
I'm just looking for a fun game. I heard that legends arceus doesn't even have gyms. What's the draw then? I like a lot of the other stuff I saw about it though

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Yup. People who used it to catch Pokemon weren't happy about this change.

That’s just fucking strange. The entire point of Go was AR Pokemon. If anything the AR and the catching in the AR and bonuses from walking should be the thing the devs focus on. Not whatever they focused on for the last forever.

@Archeops

I have a feeling Niantic actually hates Pokémon GO but can't shut it down due to it being their only moneymaker.

Then you’d at least think they’d focus on making good AR and transplanting the good things from Go to their other stuff.