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Julian | he/they | 25

[Daniel Friedman @DanFriedman81]

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.

[Robbie Daymond @robbiedaymond]

On a magical Thursday night exactly FIVE years ago (wut?), I made my debut on @CriticalRole and my life was inexorably changed for the better. The experience would forever enrich my life in a way that I could never have imagined. Love them. Love you. What a dream. What a joy. 💙🖤

[spout | c4 & c2! @prodhawks]

just saw someone vague describe percy as “trauma so bad he invented the gun”

[Nastya Drakonoart @Kulakovskaya_]

Laudna🖤

#LVMS #BellsHells #Laudna

[katey ꕤ @loverlezza]

gestures that make you more feminine

[ミト @Mabuchi_27]

……勘弁せえや

[하여 @LY_Howe]

💜

[lu ☆ @bratzg0re]

i am SICK and TIRED bro

[nainabanaina @staghunters]

[wahoo sound effect]

[AJ 🌱 @xkizato]

this whole photoshoot is just fearne & ashton “we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe” lmao i love it

[River✨️✨️✨️ @BlokeMode]

by age 23, you should have identified a love for dungeons and dragons

[dr. z ★ maekarpilled @martellroyalty]

“you’re being sent to pandora”

leon: “sounds like a box I shouldn’t open”

[blackdrop @xblackdropx]

@Marisha_Ray @matthewmercer @CriticalRole
it's my boy Pâté! he's on my skin!!!

[bethany @zegwolfe]

happy international women's day

[Aberrant Curse @AberrantCurse]

They turned French which is objectively gayer

[Basil 🦷 milk clone @FlynndersFields]

i don't think straight people should be allowed to get married during pride month and certainly not on the anniversary of Basically I'm Gay by Dan Howell

[ias @wiIdemount]

gay: i'm gay
autistic: i'm autistic

that friend who is gay and autistic: have you ever watched critical role?

[ঌ @neteyamtesuli]

neytiri is breathtaking when she smiles

[willow🌿 @asongcord]

afaa had so many more gold comedic moments and i love it. 99% of them being quaritch

[ilayda 🪼 @neyxtiri]

if kiri is na’vi jesus does that mean that spider is mary magdalene