CJ

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[ArcadeGuy781 (Mike) @animefanatic781]

Okay, here's my brutally honest review for #PokemonGOFest2023, and those who know me know that I'm one of Niantic's harshest critics.
Starting with the positives

Pros:
1) Significantly increased incense while stationary
2) The incense-specific spawns didn't disappoint at all
3) Raid bosses were significantly easier to catch, so you could easily do more raids than usual
4) The spawn pool was fantastic
5) Decent shiny rates. Maybe similar to shiny legendary raid odds

Negatives
Raid passes SHOULDN'T be consumed unless you BEAT the raid.

[FleeceKing @ItsFleeceKing]

My honest thoughts on Global Pokémon Go Fest 2023: The pros, the cons and my experience overall 🤔

Let me know what you thought of the Go Fest weekend and how your experience was. Thanks for listening, rest up everyone 💤

#PokemonGO #PokemonGOFest2023

[CJ @silentkills7777]

70 Rayquaza Raids. 1 Shiny. No Hundos. No Shundo. I raided at every waking hour, woke up early, stayed up late. Never raided this hard and might not ever raid again. Played both days. Got 6 shinies. #GOFEST with @PokemonGoApp was a huge bummer.

[Darla Ha⁷ 🐨 ⊙⊝⊜ @darlakoala]

Yes, GoFest shouldn’t be measured by how many shinies one gets, but even with the supposed bday luck in my favour on Sunday, I still had the worst one yet. I also spent more then I have on Pokemon Go in a while thx to the raid bonus - but that was no help. Attached my Ws tho!

[Poke AK @pokeAK101]

"Increased shiny chance for ticket holders" my ass

[The Trainer Club @thetrainerclubb]

Good points made here… Pokemon Go is an outdoor activity. Never has it been related to sleep…

We can’t remote raid from home but sleeping at home is a way to earn Pokémon…

Why are we being asked to submit sleep data?

[CJ @silentkills7777]

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[CJ @silentkills7777]

I'd love to see @PokemonGoApp numbers since it's been a month-ish since the decline in raid passes. I know I've only opened the game a handful of times, have done 1 raid that I already had a pass for. I'm curious how hard the foolish change hit them #PokemonGOfriends #PokemonGO

[CJ @silentkills7777]

@SalataSalads I emailed a few days ago with no reply.

[CJ @silentkills7777]

@SalataSalads This is a BOWL OF SOUP?! This is a ripoff! And the restaurant was out of croissants but still charged us, and didn’t give double meat but still charged us! How do I reach customer service for a refund!

[CJ @silentkills7777]

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[CJ @silentkills7777]

This is NEVER OKAY!! Love you Fleece!

[FleeceKing @ItsFleeceKing]

This has gone way too far now and I’m very hurt. Encouraging me to suicide, saying I don’t have a real job, mocking my life & people who support me all because I bought a ticket to a in person Go Fest. These DMs and comments are extremely hurtful and I need a break.

#PokemonGO

[CJ @silentkills7777]

We want the prices and quantity LEFT ALONE!! Can Pokémon The Company help here? Can Niantic LISTEN to us!! #HearUsNiantic #HearUsNiantic2 @NianticLabs @PokemonGoApp @Pokemon

[ArtimusDragon🐉#HearUsNiantic @aceTHEface954]

Chief officers at @NianticLabs don't listen to community managers or partnered creators. I doubt that they'll listen to us because arrogance is a disease. So, I guess I'm F2P forever. #Pokemon #PokemonGo #HearUsNiantic
https://t.co/ke5VcCb8L0

[Count Jinsula @CountJinsula]

I don't think I've ever seen sentiments toward @NianticLabs this bad ever, and I was there for the first few years of @PokemonGoApp. #HearUsNiantic

[Jason @Jbrads829]

Maybe it’s a bit ironic that I used to play Pokémon Go to escape from my anxiety and depression, now it’s become the source of my anxiety and depression. I just really miss this. Being in a raid lobby with my friends from Australia, Italy, Michigan, and Brazil. #HearUsNiantic

[CJ @silentkills7777]

A very well done, put together, concise survey about the impact from raid changes in PokemonGo. Please share, fill out the survey (takes 5 minutes) and keep pushing for Niantic to listen! https://t.co/TL4qqyCovp #HearUsNiantic @pokedaxi @darlakoala @NianticLabs @NianticHelp

[🌸Lyndz0038🌸 @00Lyndz00]

Wow, this is super motivating to raid with my local community 🙄 Bring back remote Raiding!!! This is literally putting lives at risk!!!!!!!! #HearUsNiantic
#PokemonGO #PokemonGOApp
https://t.co/j28xwQdS5I

[FleeceKing @ItsFleeceKing]

Constructive feedback:

These restrictions and price adjustments only hurt people, and they certainly don’t encourage exploration. No one benefits from these changes, not a single person.

Pokémon Go is no longer an in person game exclusively like it was in 2016, times have changed. It’s now a game that’s been enjoyed all around the world through remote raiding with our amazing global and online community.

While adding more in person raid rewards like extra XL candy is a good thing, as well as discounting regular raid passes, that doesn’t help rural players, people with disabilities who can’t play and be outside for long periods of time, and people who simply don’t have an in person community to play with. Not to mention, people who have social anxiety and simply don’t feel comfortable meeting up with strangers for the sake of a raid, which is completely valid and shouldn’t be over looked. I don’t understand why positive changes and extra incentives can’t be added to in person raiding without destroying remote raids for people who rely on them.

Niantic, we have trended world wide on Twitter, we have a petition to save remote raids with nearly 100,000 signatures, we have done all we can as a global and online community to be heard and we’ve been COMPLETELY ignored. The more you post about future events and other Niantic games (which no one plays anyway) the more upset and demotivated your players will be, and the more people will quit.

Respond to us, realise that the majority of your player base is actually the online and global community’s, get rid of these changes that ONLY hurt people, and understand you can bring people together without it being in person. All of this, comes from me genuinely caring about this game and loving our community so much. I want to see it continue and I absolutely hate seeing my friends quit, people being divided and upset.

I’m not giving up, and will continue to do anything I can to express constructive feedback and keep the community’s message alive.

#PokemonGO #HearUSNiantic

[adrienne ⋆☀︎｡ @adrjromero]

Last week, I spoke with @pkmongosandiego community owner Ali Vongsathian about him and his community’s plea to be heard by @PokemonGoApp @NianticLabs after the most recent changes to Remote Raid Passes 👇🏽

https://t.co/GwOb0u9f6W

[MYSTIC7 @MYSTIC7]

I know I can do 5 remote raids per day but tbh I've pretty much completely stopped raiding since the update