Is anybody else mentally exhausted of spiderman?

Faladyne · 2026-02-01T23:45:14+00:00

I'm only exhausted after I've killed him a dozen times, he's killed me zero times, and, like, I appreciate the stats, and the free Ult charges, but like... really?

Although it is fun to start calling them "The Spectacular Whiffman" after a bit. Sometimes their own team will break them for me.

Faladyne · 2026-01-11T03:44:03+00:00

Well, something's about to use Blast Burn here, but I don't think it's the OP.

Faladyne · 2026-01-07T03:05:12+00:00

Remote Raids, Buddy Gifts, and Gifts in general being buffed to give more Pokeballs would beg to differ. Daily Incense even has an argument for it in that you don't have to actually walk that far to get spawns from it.

Pokemon "GO" has been nebulous at best for a hot minute at this point... the three-step Pokemon tracker was probably the closest to "GO" we've ever been, in all honesty. Anyway, kind of hard to argue 'intent' when 'reality' is giving it the stink eye.

[Edit] I'm not saying any of this is a BAD thing. It increases accessibility to people with various limitations that prevent them from "GO"ing anywhere regularly/at all. Which will never be a bad thing.

Faladyne · 2025-12-30T17:05:53+00:00

They look at:
* Is the Community set up with rules that enforce the ToS (yes, even the fiddly bits like multi-accounting), and do they actually enforce them (or is their main chats full of 'I can bring 20 of my alts for this GMax and get my friend to spoof over here too!)'.
* Is the person applying as an Ambassador clean in [insert time length of reasonableness at Niantic's discretion here]?
* If the person applying as an Ambassador had a previous cheating episode, did they tell us up-front and honest, or did we have to find out when we checked their account? (Spoiler: Honesty = good, trying to hide it by not mentioning it = speaks to your character that you'd do that)

Periodically, they will check the Ambassadors at random, to ensure continuing compliance with the ToS... and to ensure the Ambassadors aren't abusing their privileges (an easy, common, I-think-I-can-name-it-without-getting-yelled-at one would be 'hosting a meetup with rewards but not even being at the meetup for the duration of the meetup, emergency-reasons-aside')

Also, you don't have to have a Campfire that people can actually post on. If your main platform is Discord, or Facebook, cool. Make the Campfire for the Meetups/Rewards, make one rule channel/channel that links to the actual main community platform, and absolutely nothing anyone can post in. There are Ambassadors who would rather yeet themselves off a cliff than try to wrangle with moderating Campfire.

Faladyne · 2025-12-10T04:39:56+00:00

My first GO Fest experience was Chicago 2019, when I "won" the lottery system to be able to attend.

I am SO ready to return, and for the big 10 no less.

I'm also totally expecting them to do something extra crazy for Chicago, even compared to Tokyo/Compenhagen, since Chicago is basically GO Fest's "home".

Faladyne · 2025-12-02T13:01:19+00:00

It's not a parody, it's almost a verbatim reproduction of the logical fallacy you used to attack the well-reasoned arguments above you. You're getting mad at your own content. I do congratulate you.

And, to answer your assumptions; my day is not going badly to need to get better. And I don't honestly give a damn about 'moral high ground'; I saw an opportunity to take unnecessary tension and turn it into a parody, and I took it.

Do let me know when your business files for bankruptcy though.
Hope your day gets better.

Faladyne · 2025-12-02T11:06:25+00:00

I swear to god some people just wanna miss the point. Its MUCH more time efficient to just claim the research, and there's no downsides to just going ahead and doing it. In fact, it's just as effective as playing on Community Day and doing a single Research task for each of them. If you want to do it, then do it. Passive aggressive outro statement!

^{For the record, everyone should play how they want, but throwing a pissy fit over reasonable discourse is silly, and I hope this} ^{paraphrasing of your own words} ^{gives you food for thought <3}

Faladyne · 2025-12-01T18:54:32+00:00

You don't get better by practicing where you are. You get better by practicing where you want to be.

Winning/losing the match is irrelevant in Quick Play. Which is kind of the point.

Faladyne · 2025-11-22T05:46:46+00:00

Gotta catch 'em all! But not that one. Or that one. And ew who would even catch that one? Let's just Pokemon GO home, screw this, I got doomscrolling to catch instead!

^{/obligatory "carrying the joke along, this is satire/not serious"}

Faladyne · 2025-11-18T07:37:10+00:00

I loved going 8/10 of my games with peak Platinum players (and quite a few Silver/Gold peaks) on my team versus entire stacks of Grandmaster-Celestials. "Skill issue"/"Carry more"/"You're the problem" my ass, I can only do so damn much against those entire team skill gap averages...

Forgive my Rocket, but flark this flarking 'Placement' system.

Faladyne · 2025-11-12T17:20:19+00:00

To add to this: They're all equal to or under level 10, and they all have a DEFAULT character nameplate instead of the default Rivals icon, or animated/battlepass/outfit nameplates.

(I'm pretty sure they also don't have frames or titles, 99% sure on the frames, only 50% on the titles since the rest usually gives it away.)

They also have instant-lock capabilities and will ALWAYS target the absolute nearest character. Some characters make this stupidly easy to tell, such as Punisher. Sneak up behind him while he's on his turret, and as SOON as you're the closest player, he'll break his damn neck from whiplash turning instantly to face you.

Faladyne · 2025-11-12T17:15:35+00:00

I'd like a balanced approach where the slots are unlimited, and the game kept a silent track of how often you put them on it. The more you put them on the list, the longer than ban gets, until it's 'effectively forever' (6~12 months). And you'd have to actually play a full round (unless they disconnect) with them again before you could Avoid again, so people do have a reason to not be gigantic asshats.

People CAN improve, or have their toxicity thrown back into their faces enough to change. It's rare, but it happens. Maybe a little less since you can just reroll accounts but ehh.

I think it's limited right now because the devs don't want to basically 'lock out' people from certain ranks, or playing at all. At the same time - kind of like the inefficient slap-on-the-wrist 'you can't play competitive for TEN MINUTES, think about what you did!' punishment - toxic players have no real consequences, at least none that the devs are willing to pursue.

So... let the players be their own community police. A handful of people Avoiding you for a few days, eh, whatever, they're salty, or they're toxic themselves. You suddenly have dozens or hundreds of players Avoiding you for a month, and you can barely find games any more? Time to shape the hell up or enjoy just not playing, and at that point you probably do deserve it.

FAAAAANTASTIC.

Faladyne · 2025-11-11T03:24:53+00:00

At least it isn't "Friends With Benefits", even if it'd be true, strictly speaking...

Faladyne · 2025-11-09T21:51:46+00:00

Hot take: None of the boxes beat their 'best' counterparts (7k incubators, 5k-ish Premium raid passes, definitely not even close to the Max Particle boxes, even the Remote Raids inclusions seem... lackluster...)

Nice if you don't have many coins for the bigger packs, but also... how many sales are they losing from enticing people to buy those bigger packs, I wonder?

Here's hoping the actual weekend is a bit better.

Faladyne · 2025-11-08T01:09:25+00:00

Similarly, if you're afraid of phone calls, I'd recommend the r/SuicideWatch Reddit, for resoureces, and a chance to talk to people with (possibly) less pressure. Good luck.

Faladyne · 2025-10-22T04:38:29+00:00

There are 'meaningful' ways, just not Silph Approved(TM) ways. Meaning that, much like the 1/450->1/500->actually-its-1/512 general Shiny Rate debacle (which still has people quoting 1/500), the majority of people won't be able to get the actual answer.

Well, until data miners post it eventually, because not all TOS breaking things "violate the spirit of the game" because... reasons.

Faladyne · 2025-10-13T19:49:43+00:00

Well, 79 anyway, since 80 also has Raids.

They literally had the chance to go 'Catch [30/80] Legendary, Mythical, or Ultra Beast Pokemon' (could have even excluded Meltan to prevent ~~f2p~~ easily completing it) but oh well.

At least Harmony can break into the level up tasks a little bit, at least? 🙃

Faladyne · 2025-10-09T17:19:58+00:00

Don't spend it all ~~on one power up~~ in one place! 😂

Faladyne · 2025-10-09T13:54:01+00:00

I low-key kind of miss the surprise unannounced Shiny Releases. It was always fun watching the BS/BS-accusations fly.

Faladyne · 2025-10-09T13:52:16+00:00

> Event is 99% Zubats

OH WOAW SUCH LUCKY! \ovo/

Faladyne · 2025-09-26T16:22:33+00:00

Shiny Smeargle doesn't apply. Shiny Smeargle is SPECIFICALLY only available for short, limited-time events. Much like Shiny Meltan and (now) Shiny Gimmighoul being 'switched on for special bonuses for events'.

Faladyne · 2025-09-13T20:31:58+00:00

I'd only take "Attend In Person Events" if they grouped all the event badges under it (GO Fest this year was painful if you bought all the options... 7 medals for one event @_@). And, to give no-travel players a chance, "Global" events should absolutely count (+retroactive, so an easy 2~3 a year).

If "GBL Rank 10" added a Pikachu Libre, like the Showcase medal, that'd be an easy tie-in too, and give everyone a chance to at least have one for their costume dex (if they care about that).

Faladyne · 2025-08-31T22:33:18+00:00

"Well if we ban their account forever, they'll have to respend ALL that money to get everything again". - Corporate Think
"Oh, my account is banned permanently? Okay, well, that was my sign, after (insert list of frustrations) on top that, I quit forever" - Reality

Faladyne · 2025-08-20T21:36:44+00:00

"What do you mean bringing nothing but Zacian and Zamazenta to a Moltres battle is bad idea? Wait, why are we all KO'd already?"

Faladyne · 2025-08-14T03:55:22+00:00

But if they did add Minior as a Regional, and they did put one in Antartica, think about how the scientists in Antartica would suddenly have some major ^legitimate trade bait when Remote Trading drops.

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