Interesting controversy in Pokemon Go:
The game has been out for ten years and is celebrating its tenth anniversary. To celebrate, they had a lavish event in Times Square last night, where the game took over all the screens and participants could battle the legendary Pokemon Mewtwo in the game. This echoed a cinematic trailer released with the game’s launch in 2016 that had never previously been possible in the actual game.
BUT, the event was restricted to a group of 2000 streamers, “community ambassadors” and invited guests who were given tickets that activated the event in their game. If you showed up to Times Square without an invitation, there was nothing there.
The Mewtwo the special influencers got had perfect stats and a special background that nobody else can get. This weekend, Mega Mewtwo is releasing worldwide, and Niantic/Scopely, the publisher of the game, expected the millions of players to watch a livestream where a bunch of Twitch streamers attended a spectacular party everyone else was not invited to and were gifted powerful in-game characters, and then they expect all those players to pay money this weekend to buy raid passes to hunt for a perfect Mewtwo.
The community is furious. If Niantic/Scopely had expected this to be received positively, they radically miscalculated. Their mistake, which a lot of companies make, is that they believed people like influencers, and enjoy watching influencers receive free stuff as they promote products.
In fact, most people HATE influencers, and they especially hate it when these leeches get free stuff.
O Pokémon GO Fest Global 2026 está chegando! 🌍✨
Preparei um guia completo com os principais destaques do evento que acontece nos dias 11 e 12 de julho, incluindo Mega Mewtwo, Zeraora, Pokémon que vão aparecer, bônus e muito mais!
O 4° episódio da 2° temporada de X-Men '97 foi surreal de bom. Uma das melhores adaptações do Magneto que já tivemos.
Idealista. Arrogante. E apaixonado.
Tem uma linha de diálogo afiadíssima desse capítulo que explica conceitualmente o personagem melhor do que dezenas de quadrinhos:
"O mundo precisa de você, Charles. Ele sempre precisou. Por isso eu interpretei de bom grado o diabo que força os pecadores a seguirem o santo."
Isso aqui é uma aula sobre o Magneto.
It is now midnight in Australia.
On this day in 2016, 10 years ago, Pokémon GO was sneak released in a global rollout, starting with Australia.
This game now includes content spanning all 9 Pokémon generations. Happy birthday Pokémon GO!
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