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Dakimakura
04/17/24 5:19:48 PM
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Before:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e6f32ff4.jpg

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viewmaster_pi
04/17/24 5:22:18 PM
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surely it's an edit and someone swapped male legs onto her, right? like, as a goof?

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Crimsoness
04/17/24 5:23:34 PM
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Musta been Fandom

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Dakimakura
04/17/24 5:23:58 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
surely it's an edit and someone swapped male legs onto her, right? like, as a goof?

That is a screenshot I took 8 minutes ago after the avatar update hit.

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Turbam
04/17/24 5:26:05 PM
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Mods!!!!

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Solar_Crimson
04/17/24 5:29:35 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
surely it's an edit and someone swapped male legs onto her, right? like, as a goof?
Nope, people have been complaining about them since the limited release weeks before, but it seemed that Niantic hasn't learned anything before forcing it on everyone.

Some people are reporting that they're even losing clothing items they actually purchased, which had been a complaint since the limited release started.

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thronedfire2
04/17/24 5:31:03 PM
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horny has been banned from pokemon go

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Prestoff
04/17/24 5:40:44 PM
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People still play Pokemon Go?

TIL

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WingsOfGood
04/17/24 5:41:01 PM
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what other changes did they have? is it worth playing again?
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DKBananaSlamma
04/17/24 5:41:15 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
horny has been banned from pokemon go


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Pikachuchupika
04/17/24 5:41:31 PM
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I think they reversed it. My character looks good again
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Solar_Crimson
04/17/24 5:43:55 PM
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Prestoff posted...
People still play Pokemon Go?

TIL
It still makes millions each month.

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Prestoff
04/17/24 5:44:37 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
It still makes millions each month.

I always thought it was just a fad, but I guess I was wrong. No one I know of even plays it, but it was huge around 2016.

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Dakimakura
04/17/24 5:48:36 PM
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This is the worst internet thing that has happened in the past few days

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thronedfire2
04/17/24 5:49:11 PM
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for real that does look so much worse though

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Mega_Mana
04/17/24 5:55:03 PM
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Who are they catering these awful new avatars to? You know what was nice about the old avatars, and fit Pokemon GO? They looked like they walked around outside. They got some sun, they looked healthy, they were micro-inspirational about getting out and being active.

These are pale skeletons who haven't been outside in years.

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Dakimakura
04/17/24 6:14:42 PM
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Crimsoness posted...
Musta been Fandom

Why would Fandom do this?

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Kyle1022
04/17/24 7:20:47 PM
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I want to love Pokemon Go but I just can't get past Niantic

I've never seen a game company seemingly so resentful of, and adversarial towards, its own playerbase. Almost every single update just seems like it's intended to bother or inconvenience the player, or at least squeeze more money out of them
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Baha05
04/17/24 7:22:38 PM
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Kyle1022 posted...
I want to love Pokemon Go but I just can't get past Niantic

I've never seen a game company seemingly so resentful of, and adversarial towards, its own playerbase. Almost every single update just seems like it's intended to bother or inconvenience the player, or at least squeeze more money out of them
Yeah its a sort of shitty situation because on one hand being a mobile app needs to have some form of microtransaction but on the other hand a lot of their updates have done a lot of dumb shit.

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GeminiDeus
04/17/24 7:24:33 PM
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Kyle1022 posted...
I want to love Pokemon Go but I just can't get past Niantic

I've never seen a game company seemingly so resentful of, and adversarial towards, its own playerbase. Almost every single update just seems like it's intended to bother or inconvenience the player, or at least squeeze more money out of them
You must not be aware of Nexon, then.

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pretzelcoatl
04/17/24 7:24:43 PM
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The faces are all so fucking bad now
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Baha05
04/17/24 7:24:55 PM
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GeminiDeus posted...
You must not be aware of Nexon, then.
What did they do?

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eggcorn
04/17/24 7:27:15 PM
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Lol

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GeminiDeus
04/17/24 7:32:59 PM
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Baha05 posted...
What did they do?
I can only speak on MapleStory, as it's the only game of theirs I play, but a few months ago, Korean MapleStory gave huge nerfs to the way its players make in-game money while also increasing the amount of in-game money it costs to upgrade equipment.

https://www.digitaltq.com/maplestory-gms-reboot-changes-nerf

They also intentionally heavily rig their lottery systems, making some probabilities impossible to get. Characters are also more likely to roll for bonus stats that don't align with their character's stats, such as rolling INT on a class that uses STR.

https://insider-gaming.com/maplestory-gacha-scandal-fine/

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Kyle1022
04/17/24 7:39:32 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6433d8c5.jpg
In case you didn't know, Pokemon Go was more popular during covid than it was even during 2016, thanks to the addition of remote raid passes and other suburb- and rural-friendly content updates

In 2022 they began to roll back these features since it went against their "vision" for the game, until they completely nerfed remote raid passes in 2023, limiting them and drastically increasing the price

As a result, 2023 was just about their worst year yet when accounting for inflation

The company is located in San Francisco and for some reason, they have tunnel vision that their ENTIRE playerbase lives in an urban metropolis like them, with pokestops and gyms everywhere you look

Obviously this is not the case but they won't listen to feedback from suburban and rural players. So, they get way less money now. Well-deserved, if you ask me
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BearlyWilling
04/17/24 7:40:31 PM
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OP about to be banished to the shadow realm with this hornyposting

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xlr_big-coop
04/17/24 8:00:59 PM
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Turbam posted...
Mods!!!!
I half expect them to actually act on this thread hahaha

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Solar_Crimson
04/18/24 10:47:06 AM
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Kyle1022 posted...
In case you didn't know, Pokemon Go was more popular during covid than it was even during 2016, thanks to the addition of remote raid passes and other suburb- and rural-friendly content updates

In 2022 they began to roll back these features since it went against their "vision" for the game, until they completely nerfed remote raid passes in 2023, limiting them and drastically increasing the price

As a result, 2023 was just about their worst year yet when accounting for inflation

The company is located in San Francisco and for some reason, they have tunnel vision that their ENTIRE playerbase lives in an urban metropolis like them, with pokestops and gyms everywhere you look

Obviously this is not the case but they won't listen to feedback from suburban and rural players. So, they get way less money now. Well-deserved, if you ask me
What I also hate are local-only Raids, where you can't even use remote passes for them. It's near-impractical for most players to get a local group of players going in time for those raids.

Then there are the Shadow Raids, which are both local only and require you to grind for and use those shards to weaken the Shadow Pokemon, and people have reported that even those tend to not weaken the Pokemon enough to make it feasible to defeat them in time.

Among other reasons, this is also why I have stopped giving Niantic any money.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
04/18/24 10:54:10 AM
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I refuse to believe there are human brains concerned about this.

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Kyle1022
04/18/24 11:08:21 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
What I also hate are local-only Raids, where you can't even use remote passes for them. It's near-impractical for most players to get a local group of players going in time for those raids.

Then there are the Shadow Raids, which are both local only and require you to grind for and use those shards to weaken the Shadow Pokemon, and people have reported that even those tend to not weaken the Pokemon enough to make it feasible to defeat them in time.

Among other reasons, this is also why I have stopped giving Niantic any money.
Yeah the shadow raids and elite raids are awful. I have friends who play but we live in different cities. We don't have time to drive around for hours within a short window to MAYBE find the raid we're looking for and MAYBE end up catching the Pokemon. It was really stupid how they only did Enamorus on Valentine's Day and Regieleki on Easter last year, as if people have nothing better to do on holidays than play Pokemon Go to MAYBE get one of each

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
I refuse to believe there are human brains concerned about this.
Why? Is brainrot making you think it's just incels complaining about it? Go on any social media page, everyone hates it
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Jerry_Hellyeah
04/18/24 11:40:13 AM
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Kyle1022 posted...
Yeah the shadow raids and elite raids are awful. I have friends who play but we live in different cities. We don't have time to drive around for hours within a short window to MAYBE find the raid we're looking for and MAYBE end up catching the Pokemon. It was really stupid how they only did Enamorus on Valentine's Day and Regieleki on Easter last year, as if people have nothing better to do on holidays than play Pokemon Go to MAYBE get one of each

Why? Is brainrot making you think it's just incels complaining about it? Go on any social media page, everyone hates it

I would have to do quite a dive to find anyone on social media that plays Pokmon go and noticed/cares about the physique of their avatar changing slightly, and Im not convinced some social media whining means theres a human brain involved. You live in a bubble.

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creativerealms
04/18/24 11:43:02 AM
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thronedfire2 posted...
horny has been banned from pokemon go
It wasn't horny to.begin with.

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C_Pain
04/18/24 11:46:56 AM
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I barely even look at my character so I don't really care lol

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Kyle1022
04/18/24 11:54:22 AM
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
I would have to do quite a dive to find anyone on social media that plays Pokmon go
The Pokemon Go reddit has like 4 million subscribers, and there's another one that has around a million. So that's a lie

and noticed/cares about the physique of their avatar changing slightly
"Slightly", lol. They butchered the male and female avatars, made it so you can't switch gender anymore, ruined several pieces of paid clothing, took away several skin tones so you're either pale as a ghost or literally black, etc

and Im not convinced some social media whining means theres a human brain involved.
Then why even post anything on the internet?

You live in a bubble.
And you are literally in a Pokemon Go topic on a video game website. So you're in the bubble too. Everyone clap for Jerry_Hellyeah!
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Dakimakura
04/18/24 7:00:39 PM
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I think Jerry Hellyeah is just a chud or all of his posts are a gimmick to sound like a boomer or something.

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Frolex
04/18/24 7:01:59 PM
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Pokemon Go got a reduction

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Dakimakura
04/18/24 7:02:54 PM
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Frolex posted...
Pokemon Go got a reduction

It got an ass reduction for sure

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/1c6l5wh/my_ass_is_gone_and_i_cant_get_it_back/

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WingsOfGood
04/18/24 11:52:50 PM
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WOW

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed54cf6e.jpg
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PowerMan5000000
04/18/24 11:59:43 PM
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So its not just Fandom implementing no horny posting rules

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Kyle1022
04/19/24 12:02:38 AM
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The female avatars aren't the only ones suffering either

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d75ab5a1.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/59d52406.jpg

^Before and after. It's not just a horny thing. They looked fine before and legitimately look like shit now
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WingsOfGood
04/19/24 12:06:59 AM
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Kyle1022 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d75ab5a1.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/59d52406.jpg

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ssjevot
04/19/24 12:07:58 AM
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His haircut got boring and his skin got lightened for some reason? What exactly are they trying to do?

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Guide
04/19/24 12:10:56 AM
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Dakimakura posted...
I think Jerry Hellyeah is just a chud or all of his posts are a gimmick to sound like a boomer or something.

He only posts to look for trouble. Won't be here much longer.

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Hyena_Of_Ice
04/19/24 12:12:21 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
Some people are reporting that they're even losing clothing items they actually purchased, which had been a complaint since the limited release started.

That is pure bullshit and I hope someone takes them to court over that. Unless they have an escape clause in the User Agreement when you sign up for the service, in which case why the fuck would you purchase anything?
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Hyena_Of_Ice
04/19/24 12:23:51 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
WOW

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed54cf6e.jpg

What a load of crap. They gave her a less attractive body type, but didn't even bother to adjust her pose to actually fit her new figure (her hand on her hip didn't have very good collision in the before pic either, but in the after pic it's just plain awful. You'll also note that they pulled her pants part way down. In the before-image her hip bone wasn't even visible. In addition, the belt no longer looks right. Anyone who has ever used something like Daz or Poser can tell that they used some sort of autofit-morph to adjust the clothing for the new body type, and no effort beyond that.)

The before and after pics of the male character make it even more obvious that they're switching from a more stylized anime art style to a realistic one. For a Pokemon game.
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viewmaster_pi
04/19/24 12:26:59 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
WOW

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed54cf6e.jpg
okay no, someone's fucking around and laughing, getting people to think these are real and not prank edits, right?

...right?

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TheOnionKnight
04/19/24 12:27:36 AM
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I normally don't care about avatars, but this was jarring. The options to adjust body type are nice in theory, but the execution isn't good. Stretched-out torsos. Disproportionate heads. A very limited selection of faces, which all look similar and have a weird uncanny vibe. None of the clothes fit the new models, so everything is warped. The character animations don't fit them either.

And yeah, some players have lost access to outfits/accessories that they previously bought. It sucks because you've gotta save up weeks/months of in-game currency to afford stuff. Or pay real money. Now it's just, poof, gone.

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FortuneCookie
04/19/24 12:34:45 AM
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So this is what people mean when they say that anti-sex isn't a thing. They mean the proper term is anti-horny.
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RIPVyseCity
04/19/24 12:35:35 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/85c36bbe.jpg
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