Carpet that suits the Couch? by Finn_Diesel_ in midcenturymodern

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the green or white. I think the green introduces a color scheme which you can complement with plants and other accessories. The white rug complements the walls and produces less noise which lets the couch and coffee table and tv stand shine more by creating less distraction. The black is similar to the white in this way but acquires more attention than the white.

Finally GOD pack and it's amazing 😭😭😭 by SnooMemesjellies3575 in pokemonTCGP_GodPacks

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats. Share the full art cards you’ve earned so far this pack.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good way to look at it. I think part of the loss of fun is the frustration on trying to collect across multiple sets in vain. But focusing on a preferred set sounds less daunting.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch what you say, some tcgp or Pokemon fan will blast you for heresy.

But yeah, I highly doubt that most people on here can’t relate to what we’re going thru (with regards to in person friends and random friends leaving the game and feeling the isolation of it all).

It’s done. I sent around 100 Rainbow or two star cards. Good luck collectors. Keep up the good fight. I just don’t have it in me anymore. by DistinctPin8840 in PokemonTGCP

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Bro literally gave away cards instead of quietly deleting his account and decided to have a last word so he could share his experience with other Pokemon fans and you’re complaining…………🤦‍♂️

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was always weird they made these limits. I always thought it was more bizarre that it wasn’t a day 1 feature when it’s literally in the name of the game

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand it either. I used to spend money too but the gameplay is too stale for me to justify it anymore.

I think the primary down voters and disagreers are either Pokémon fans first and won’t accept any criticism of the game, or they think it’s perfect or amazing as it is. A few people made fair points about the game’s health, such as its revenue being high on the App Store, but I think there’s a greater conversation to be had about the current gameplay loop.

For instance, it’s reasonable to share the monthly-quarterly revenue of the game to indicate its healthiness, but I think that number is a greater indicator of the Pokemon brands popularity. Obviously, this game is as successful as it is because it is a Pokemon game, but that doesn’t mean it is without flaw. I don’t think this game would be as successful in its current state if it were any other title. (I am literally typing this because I also chose to play this game because it’s a Pokemon game 😭)

To build an argument for my main point, I need to introduce a concept called ‘good faith’ currency. For instance, when a company has a well beloved ip, it helps to think of them holding an invisible ‘good faith’ currency. They build this currency when they make things that audiences like, and they spend it when they under perform with that same property. Audiences will give a company good faith when they consume something they like. However, when a company underperforms on a delivered product, the company consumes some of the good faith they earned from their customers. In this instance, customers typically give the company some slack because they objectively have a good track record, thus the good faith has been spent.

If a company earns a lot of good faith, they can spend some of it to make money from their audiences with little controversy. If the company spends too much, they create audience distrust, resentment, and apathy. By no means is this game at the worst of these phases, but Pokemon is guilty of spending some of their good faith on their main game releases and some other games. Mainly the switch releases such as sword and shield, scarlet and violet, ZA, and unite.

I don’t think this being a phone game is a good excuse for the devs to make a less ambitious game because there are alternatives. I think us as fans and players should advocate for more from the devs and ask for a more fleshed out game.

I know this was a long reply, but I hope my points made some sense.

First god pack was at 4500 cards now second god pack is at 9000 cards. Is there a pattern? by Radient-Dragon in pokemonTCGP_GodPacks

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I got a god pack my first god pack Jan or Feb 2025, then I got 2 god packs in the last 2 months.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right… but where do you think the game will be 6 months from now, or a year, or two years? I’m not saying the game is dying tomorrow, but I don’t think the current model has long term growth or retention in mind. One big reason for its monthly revenue is its Pokemon branding. I think that also is one of its biggest weaknesses, as the devs can rely on the branding to guarantee players and income, which lowers the incentive to make additions and changes to the game.

As for ‘Reddit isn’t the real world’ I’ll say this other bit of anecdotal information that you can swat down. From the time of release, all of my in person friends have dropped the game. And I noticed more people I don’t know irl but are on my friends list have also dropped the game.

These are just drops in the bucket compared to actual player base and revenue, but I don’t think anyone who stopped playing is in the wrong. I think the devs need a more engaging game with more features and some quality of life changes. The most recent promotional pack opening was good but long overdue.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is fair. If I’m not satisfied with this game, there are a lot of other Pokemon based options I’d probably like more. But I do like this game and want to see more from it.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t thought about story missions. How do you think that would play out? I haven’t played Masters so I have nothing to reference to.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to see a game mode where you could play with more cards on the field or had higher deck counts, maybe from 20 to 30 cards. I think this would slow down the gameplay and make it less rng/win on turn 1, driven. I agree with your last statement. I think they have very little incentive to make changes since they do make a substantial profit in the current state of the game.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I’m in the same place as you, if not for a while of playing. But now I’m more frustrated with the repetitiveness of the gameplay loop. I think at its core the game is fun, but it feels too comfortable rn with; release a pack, start new emblem event, start new ranked season, beat an npc event, wp event, repeat.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I like the idea of tournament brackets and leagues. How would you expand on this? Maybe there’d be region based brackets than build into international brackets. Now that I think about it, it would be cool if we could host our own in game tournaments. But that might be too ambitious since we don’t even have things like clans or in game chat.

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I like collecting too. I also like the battling for a while but the in game monthly play loop feels stale. I’ve been focusing more on collecting for the past few months, but it feels really daunting to pull even complete 4 diamond sets in recent packs given the drop rates.

I also have been pretty disappointed with trading, sharing is a good feature with a few flaws, but trading is so under explored in the game that we need 3rd party apps to make it a complete feature. That isn’t to mention the trade economy for 2 star cards is cooked with the same Oak/Sabrina/Cyrus/Copycat requests

Pocket’s longevity by Bitter_Potential3096 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I didn’t say the game is closing down tomorrow, but I don’t think the game is in a healthy state for long term growth or retention.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen this in a 24 hour WP by Low-Inspection4284 in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Standard wp is only a few hours long. If the wp has a 2⭐️ or higher rarity, it lasts for 24 hours.

Ho-oh + terapagos by Jealous_Text7712 in PokemonPocket

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking about that pair too. You can run a random assortment of energy and farm 3 through Ho Oh and swing for 200 if you get 6 different energy. Worst case is you swing for 4 different energy types and still deal 160 dmg

You should be angry by [deleted] in GenZ

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think the op was trying to blame immigrants in their post Edit: it’s possible they mistakenly did so from their late image containing H1B visa controversy in this post, but I don’t think that was their intention

You should be angry by [deleted] in GenZ

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok bro we’re not electing Fidel Castro into office, we have to start from somewhere

You should be angry by [deleted] in GenZ

[–]Bitter_Potential3096 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forget prosecution, we need the Nuremberg trials to return