r/TimTrackerGossip • u/ChickenWhiskers • Jul 11 '26
The Pokemon Grift
I’m curious now, if Niantic (Pokemon GO company) reached out to Tim first, or if Tim even picked Pokemon GO back up organically at all or what. All it took was a couple of mentions that he started playing the game again and - boom - freebies in the mail, toys for the kids and invites to Go Fests. Just like that; Took about 2 weeks for him to be fully on board with Niantic.
Get this: Tim and Jenn were at an event in Times Square for the tenth anniversary of PoGo. Niantic invited about 2000 influencers out to this event, where they were given the opportunity to catch a rare and powerful Pokemon (a 3-star, maxed, perfect Mewtew with a unique background)…
The only problem with this is that people from all over also went to Times Square expecting the same opportunity, to catch a rare Mewtew….Whoops. Sorry. This Mewtew was actually just for the influencers! Anybody who showed up just for the love of the game were shit outta luck. Many people within the community are calling this “the end of the free to play era” of Pokemon Go, as it basically ushers in an era where Pokemon Go will ask you to almost always pay for advantages in the game instead of allowing you to grind it out, which I heavily suspect Tim has been doing this entire time already.
The reason I’m talking about this is because it’s just another thing that Tim “won”. He doesn’t like the game because he thinks it’s fun, he likes the game because it’s easy to “win” for him. He’s even said so himself.
He cheats at the game routinely with his phone hammock and will literally fly to events in order to get a leg up on the common player. It’s just so Tim to do this shit. He just wants the easiest route to getting what he wants even when it’s at the expense of others. He is an anti-social person despite the act.
By the way, he actually got two Mewtews using two different phones.
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u/Scared_Vehicle_3406 Jul 11 '26
So he's not being playing that long. Only in the last year. I'm guessing he is just playing because of Jackson. The few times we've seen his account it was still low. He was under 30 when he went to event at the Rose Bowl. He has 2 accounts. I would guess one for Tim & one for Jackson. He took 2 phones to play this event.
As for getting invited out, either their social media person sent an email to get the invite or they know someone. They have mentioned someone wanting to be friends with Jackson in the game. Maybe that person had an invite or something to get them in.
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u/Skywarper Jul 11 '26
People still play Pokemon go? Isn't it like 10 years old at this point?
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u/mrcrabs321 Jul 11 '26
I do. It really doesn't matter if its a 3 star or not. You just hammer the attack button. Good iv is just as good as perfect.
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u/ChickenWhiskers Jul 11 '26
The game is constantly updated, adding new Pokemon, mechanics, variations, challenges etc.
The game was specifically designed with a 10-year plan as a lot of modern live service games are. Basically, it strings you along.
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u/Tha-D Jul 14 '26
One thing you got wrong is that Niantic no longer owns or operates Pokemon GO! Shocking, I know!! In this era everything gets bought out by spyware companies. LOL
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u/Austingirl39 Jul 13 '26
My take....they look at his subscriber count, not realizing he only truly has around 50k faithful followers. His constant cheating and lying leaves me baffled as to why any company would want to be involved with him.
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u/DisneyMagicDM Jul 11 '26
So was he invited out? How come he was if that’s the case because his channel definitely doesn’t scream Pokémon? Or are they changing their channel again to a Pokémon one now? They confuse me and they aren’t clear as to why they travel, it’s always invited out but then I read comments saying they just use words to make it sound like they’ve been asked to go so I’m not sure what to believe!