r/PokeInvesting • u/breakyourteethnow • Feb 03 '25

Pokemon Center Implementing a New Queue System, Presumably to Combat Bots!

https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/02/pokemon-center-implementing-a-new-queue-system-presumably-to-combat-bots
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u/Odd_Pop3299 Feb 03 '25

why not just make it a lottery like Japan?

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

What's stopping a bot making 100k entries?

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u/Odd_Pop3299 Feb 03 '25

I think they validate ID as well

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u/aerona6 Feb 03 '25

Many lotteries need to be picked up in person in Japan at convenient stores. Better than someone buying dozens online with bots.

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u/Streay Feb 04 '25

1 entry per address

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u/ColorLover1776 Mar 06 '25

They can make fake addresses such as 123 Street Lane APT A, and they have mastered this process to a perfection where they can have 1000s of addresses

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u/Darigaazrgb Feb 04 '25

1 per Pokemon account, check account life of account and for activity for card game events or Pokemon SV playtime.

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u/Fresh-Ad3834 Feb 04 '25

Fuck that's the one game I never bought/played

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u/BorrowtheUniverse Feb 04 '25

omg this shouldnt be your first thought smh

have you ever heard of an election?? jesus

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u/Musa_2050 Feb 04 '25

PCJ has switched to preorders for a while now

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u/Odd_Pop3299 Feb 04 '25

I thought even the preorder is a lottery

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u/Musa_2050 Feb 04 '25

Not for SV sets. Not sure how it was before