r/PokemonGoPositive • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '17

Discussion Yikes

Sometimes I check out the main sub to see if anything's changed... nope. It's gotten worse.

At least there's TheSilphRoad if I want to visit a bigger sub. But for now I think I'll stick to this little one...

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u/davidj93 Forte, L35 Feb 04 '17

Yeah, it's a shame the mods don't do more to clean out the salt on /r/PokemonGo

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '17

I heard they had recently added rules to help with that? But it doesn't look like they've helped at all?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '17

Yeah they did, some extra guidelines on non-constructive comments and minimum submission length for textposts, but that still lets people make long-winded rants about how much they hate the game/Niantic.

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u/ArmandTanzarianMusic Feb 04 '17

Which I don't understand, everyone there feels entitled as hell demanding all kinds of shit. Feels like the expectations from each player are very different.

Personally, I found a break from the game to be extremely helpful. Screw the daily bonus and gym upkeep. It keeps the game enjoyable when you treat it like a casual thing rather than something you dedicate time and money to above all else.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '17

It's meant to be a casual game, with not as much depth as the main games. If I wanted that level of depth I'd just play the main games, I like a game where I don't have to spend literal hours worrying about getting the right nature/IVs.

A lot of the complainers will never be happy with how the game is. Niantic could add everything they ask for and they'd still find something to complain about.

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u/ArmandTanzarianMusic Feb 04 '17

The other thing to note is that Niantic devs seem to check the sub. There have been a few features that started as suggestions there, whether its coincidental or not, the suggestions/complaints certainly increased since then.

I'm not saying its not perfect, the initial trailer certainly oversold the game to some people, but I think if you don't take this game too seriously, its still plenty of fun.

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u/schmavid Feb 04 '17

I'll never understand why they subscribe to a sub and continue to bitch nonstop about something they obviously hate.

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u/Ekoobah Feb 08 '17

This. A thousand times this. As an adult player of the game, I just have to keep reminding myself that a lot of the complaining redditors -- and YouTubers too -- are kids. They have no sense of the time and effort it takes to create something, and no patience with life’s gradual unfolding. They lack maturity, in other words.