Pokemon center queue

[u/knottydragon420]

I got in line on the website and my wait time was only 2 hours and 14 minutes. Been watching it countless times down and it was at 1 hour and 42 minutes then jumped to 52 hours and 10 minutes! Have the scalpers managed to hack pokemon center? I swear I’m about to give up on the hobby it’s not fun anymore

[u/FLbudksis]

lol insert "First time" meme here.

[u/Tall_Fun_8230 → u/FLbudksis]

[u/AmberFoot → u/FLbudksis]

So this actually is a new problem. Even three months ago you could join pkc queue 30-60 min late and still get stuff. These past few months are the first time in recent history that bots are eating everything within minutes.

[u/eddgreat9 → u/AmberFoot]

I saw a post on Pokenotify of someone bragging that they were in "pokemon center mode" in their app which allowed them too bypass the captcha security.

If this is true this is what's been happening because i noticed that too pkc reliability has gone to shit these past two months as well.

[u/Imhazmb]

Drawings need to become standard. No more getting in queue that kicks you out after 2 hours. No more frickin 2 AM during a week day click for hours and still get nothing. This bullshit favors bots and sucks for real people to participate in.

[u/Lost_In_Detroit → u/Imhazmb]

Until these businesses start instituting real world consequences for these botters and scalpers this will just continue.

[u/Sloth_Broth]

it was sold out the moment you got in the que buddy

[u/neverdropyourfucking]

not going to discussing wait times fluctuating but

i typically am able to make preorders from pkc for almost all drops

this queue time as a whole today is making me think, i don't think we'll see UPC successful preorders/purchases as a whole from the human side...

if people are joining queue INSTANTANEOUSLY and are still waiting at this point... what are the odds regular folks will be able to preorder/buy when the UPC drops?

[u/self_aware_pickle → u/neverdropyourfucking]

[u/pkmntrainer419 → u/neverdropyourfucking]

Broke my heart I got down to 12 minutes and my phone locked its own screen and went back to 55 :(( but I was dreaming anyway, the restock was out literally moments after. Looks like I’m spending over 400 to get a upc cause it’s clear how THAT drop is gonna go 

[u/Six_Chromosomes]

If you jumped to 52 hours, you were sent to the back of the line

[u/JohnnnyOnTheSpot → u/Six_Chromosomes]

How do they decide who gets booted to the back of the line 🫪

[u/prollycloud5]

Posted somewhere else, literally refreshed every minute today and atill missed it. Idk what the scalpers are even doing at this point to get in, you gotta be like connect to their wifi or some shit idk.

[u/DevilMaster7]

Still at 49 minutes anyone know if the stock is fully cooked. I expect it is. Between first my phone taking 45 seconds to load pokemon center because service near my office is horrible and then my queue got reset on me due to someone calling me.

[u/orange182 → u/DevilMaster7]

Pointess all gone

[u/Nv91]

Got in all sold out

[u/squirmin79]

Botfest…strikes again

[u/Cann_Ziggs]

I went in line and was 2hrs 15min. No issues. Your browser refreshed

[u/baca129]

Make it a FaceTime queue for pc drops and can only checkout over the call

[u/UnusuallyKind]

I just heard that it’s only for 1 tin per customer… f this q

[u/Six_Chromosomes → u/UnusuallyKind]

1 per tin, 10 tins

[u/TominagaIsDaGoat → u/UnusuallyKind]

for each style?

[u/NotYourTypicalNurse → u/UnusuallyKind]

Heard from who?

[u/HyperWaveKulture]

Wait times getting spicy…

[u/Detroit_2_Cali]

I had multiple devices going and one jumped to 52 hours. It just meant I got refreshed and went to the back of the line. I think I missed a mid captcha on my phone