Lured Up & The Pokémon Professor Network

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🔴LURED UP PODCAST LIVE🔴 Tonight at 10pm ET on X, Twitch, FB, and YouTube! Let's break down how intertwined Pokémon GO has become in our daily routines and how the escapism and therapeutic qualities of the game could spiral if left unchecked! #LuredUp #PokemonGO #Podcast

@JimmaBanks @domperrion21 😅The barrage of Spotlight Hours would have been great for this non-event week of gameplay! I do miss 2x Transfer Candy though...

@PokeProfNet @domperrion21 You’ll have to excuse my friend Dom. He is upset and didn’t think his response through. He just really misses spotlight hr and won’t let it go as if there is no possible way they could bring back spotlight hr type events. Oh wait we have 7 spotlight hours in a row coming up.

This is a loaded question to which I have a loaded answer. I say no, because I'd rather have a game that finds room to reinvent itself, stay fresh, and take risks. Daily Discoveries breathe life into the game, especially Friendship Friday. -Ken #LuredUp #PokemonGO #Podcast

I think the Trainers that did focus on Spotlight Hour were likely using consumables like Lucky Eggs, Star Pieces, Incense, Lures, etc, so there was some degree of sales happening. We also have Daily Discoveries like Showcase Tuesday, GO Battle Thursday, and Friendship Friday that don't directly invite spending. Who knows, we could see them come back next season, or even something completely different that scratches that same itch.

@PokeProfNet And they won't, biggest and majority of the reason. They don't make money off it. Ie look at Max Monday, raid hours. Should they yes, will they? No

Savvy's expansion continues...

@debbiepebble Woohoo! Congrats!

I don’t usually share personal milestones on here, but this one means a lot to me. Today marks 13 years since I started my little clinic 🥹 I’ve dreamed of having my own business since I was 10 and hitting this milestone honestly makes me so happy. I’m incredibly grateful for all the support from my friends and family along the way 😊💕

@PokemonMasterAv Followed on X and Sub'd on YT!

@Christo29672913 @Pokemon @PokemonGoApp @PokeProfNet @PokemonGOHubNet Can you subscribe to my YouTube channel? It helps

@Christo29672913 Caught Duraludon #PokemonGOfriends #Pokemon #PokemonGO #Nintendo #Duraludon

Imagine mocking a 10 year old game with incomplete revenue data during a year where ownership was transferred while neglecting other channels of economic impact like tourism and tax revenue, all while continuing to play and create in said game's space. #PokemonGO #ClownShoes

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Wayfarer is the backbone of Pokémon GO and the Niantic Gameboard. The Ambassador Program is an amazing way to bridge the gap between the map and the player. #Wayfarer #Niantic #Scopely

HUZZAH!

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@theverybest5000 You make some great points, however the comments show that that even with an small sample size (like this thread) you can see so many different takes. Imagine this with a pool of 1,000,000 players. The decisions will never align with everyone, which is why I just enjoy the ride.

HELLO AND WELCOME to my rant about a few things in pogo that I've noticed actively ruining my gaming experience and that I'm not seeing anyone talk about 😀 we're talking about specific elements of raids, showcases, and powestops 😀 👎 Um have y'all noticed they reverted the really nice and clean raid schedule we've had for years (?) now.... So raids are no longer consistently starting around the same time at all/ most gyms every ~2 hours. I took a screenshot of a cluster of 3 gyms I saw earlier where you can see how scattered the raids are. Why did they do this???????? It was really nice having gyms spawn raids reliably close to the same time so you can do a few at once. Much more valuable use of time than going out for 1 raid. Like okay I guess I'll raid EVEN LESS now??? Come ON 👎 we all know showcases have been absolutely nuked... But not only do we have less than 12 hours to even enter a showcase that starts and ends on the same day, and NOT ONLY is it just ONCE A WEEK... BUT ALSO they have essentially removed the ability for us to switch OUT a pokemon when we see we stand no chance to win and would like to try entering a different one. [I'm sure everyone knows how this works but I'll say it anyway] It used to be if you had 2 pokemon in the same type of showcase, you could remove it from Showcase 1 by placing the same mon in Showcase 2. Now that there are TWENTY DIFFERENT SIMULTANEOUS SHOWCASES (wtf btw lol) it is very unlikely you'll find even 2 of the same one. That means once you enter, your mon is effectively locked in... Wondering if this was intentional bs or overlooked by an incompetent team of developers who don't play their own damn game 👎 Ok this one's hard for me to explain so bear with me lol. POWERSTOP REFRESH!!! They are now every 24 hours instead of "1 day". From what I could tell, when a powerstop said "1 day" it meant a day in ADDITION TO the current one when it starts. So if it's got 1 day left on monday it'll be available THROUGH tues. NOW the stops start and end on the same day, so in practice this ends up meaning: if you battle and put your mon in during the second half/ later part of the day you're super unlikely to earn any candy at all... They were already frugal as hell with giving out candy from this feature (only up to 5 regular, and xl basically doesn't exist 🙃) and now it's even harder to get any at all?!!! This isn't a MASSIVE deal since, again, it was just 5 fuckass candy anyway... HOWEVER it is just ANOTHER shitty thing piled on for no damn reason. Sick. So much bs wrong with the game atm but I wanted to talk about these changes specifically because 1. They don't seem to be glitches, but rather active choices that were made and 2. they are just SO ! UNNECESSARY ! The raid schedule was GOOD. Having fewer mon in showcases was HELPFUL. Pokestop refresh time was FINE. Wish these developers would just play their damn game for like 2 hours a week so they'd stop making such brainless dumbass decisions... 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅

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🚨PGO: APRIL CONTENT UPDATE🚨 New DMAX Pokémon are leading the charge in April along with some returning annual events! #LuredUp #PokemonGO

'I should be able to ETM RoT and Spacial Rend' Yeah probably, but you also raided them knowing it's not always guaranteed. I have a 100%iv Dialga with no RoT, so I understand 'In-person Kalos Tour was awful' It was. I'd go as far as saying it's the worst IP event ever put together. I bought a ticket for LA *expecting* more to be announced, and that didn't happen. The takeaway should be as individuals to not book IP events unless you'll be satisfied with what's actually been announced, not with what you've convinced yourself will happen 'There was no need to get rid of Spotlight Hour' Saying there was no need is conjecture. The validity of the change will always be up for debate, and there are likely fringe cases on both ends of the spectrum. Unless we start going hard into repeats (and I know some Pokemon have already gotta repeat Spotlight Hours) the actual pool for new Spotlight hours is really, really small, like psuedo-Pokemon / egg locked / raid locked / regionals / new releases only. I know people are upset about the loss of the bonuses (I hear a lot of discourse on 2x transfer candy) but tbh the bonuses and their impact are really overblown, and ironically 2x transfer candy is imo the worst one anyways 'Niantic shouldn't raid lock new Pokemon, especially first route spawns' Yeah, they probably shouldn't. But just don't raid them or only use your free pass? Don't succumb to FOMO and just wait for it to spawn, like Rookidee. Is it annoying? I mean mildly, but can't say not having a (non-shiny) Blipbug available to me to grind immediate on release is going to ruin my day

@PokeProfNet @gen1forlifeeeee I don't agree with a lot of what you say but this was Spot On! 👍

How can people act surprised that so many people are quitting the game when this platform is a cesspool of negativity about everything in the game? Things should work as intended, full stop. No arguments here. However, the constant negativity towards special moves, backgrounds, and RNG in general is exhausting #PokemonGO #ポケモンGO

@domzdaily That works too... But my life is way better with PGO in it.

@PokeProfNet @gen1forlifeeeee That doesn't work. Close X Close Pokemon Go Enjoy Life 🫡

@JimmaBanks @gen1forlifeeeee Exactly. Over the years, the online vs IRL sentiment about the game and developer have grown further apart. It's almost like the two groups are playing different games.

@PokeProfNet @gen1forlifeeeee This is good advice. I find myself getting annoyed with the player base and not the game. I’m sick of adult babies crying constantly about everything. Closing X now. 😅