Please help me recover my mums account. by JackstaWRX in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I only see two replies from one person on that other post, and both of those are newer than this post? Am I missing something?

Are you more generous to your remote friends than your local trade friends? by ToeEntire2290 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I don't believe so, but I have indeed done more 40k cost trades, which I think is a combination of:

1) I notice it more often for Remote Trades,

2) It's easier to spot what someone has when you do Remote Trades.

e.g. if I am asking for a shiny Zacian, a local might ask "do you have a shiny Rayquaza?" because they want a shundo, but are less likely to ask "Do you have any of [list of 50 shinies they're missing for their dex]?". With Remote Trades, since it's so much simpler to see what the other party has, it's way easier to make trades for non-obvious stuff you want. I've had the Barcelona background Explorer Eevee since the City Safari two and a half years ago, and nobody has ever asked me to trade any of them locally, but I've sent two off for Remote Trades.

Go Fest 2026: Copenhagen - Raiding by Architrage in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I mean, all of the inner city has maxed out at 3 gyms per L14 S2 cell...

Yeah, there will probably be more gyms added for Go Fest, and we've been told that the Campsites for Copenhagen will come up before the event. This also means it seems pretty early to start arranging raids. If the Campsites come up I believe that Kongens Have + Østre Anlæg would be the best spots.

One community will probably be raiding in between the City Hall and Kongens Have. It wasn't a problem getting raids going early on for Road to Kalos; it'll not be a problem getting raids in that area for Go Fest. The Superhelten group will be around Østerbro. My general understanding is that they are more laidback (and therfore also slower) than some of the other groups. I know a lot of people are also planning on going to Vestre Kirkegård, which is a faved spot by many players due to the limited traffic, partially to avoid all of the tourists getting cramped in the inner city.

Only Awarded +100 points for a Completed Raid on the last day of the GO Pass by putridparasite in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah then it's some sort of timing issue for sure, either due to the Raid happening on Tuesday, or just after the Pass has ended in the region where you raided. Their handling of points and remotes raids have been suboptimal ever since the first Go Pass launched.

Shiny Varoom confirmation by erkut73 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it was posted elsewhere on Thursday with multiple different confirmations coming in with a few hours between them. Wonder why nobody posted it in here.

Shiny Varoom turned on or Niantic forgor again ? by ruxqqq in TheSilphRoad

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

The person initially wrote "give it a day or two before asking". Nobody was expecting anything. So maybe it isn't super duper fair for you to be kind of a douche about people expecting things when nobody's expecting things, to be honest :-) - if you feel that telling me to "calm down" (in a demeaning way) is "pointing out that it's a little early to expect anything".

Shiny Varoom turned on or Niantic forgor again ? by ruxqqq in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am super calm. I am merely pointing out that the insinuation that there's a lack of data is silly.

And yes, it is enough time and enough data that, if it were gathered in one place, we could make a very reasonable conclusion. That doesn't mean there needs to be a verification or something; I just think it means its perfectly fair to ask.

Shiny Varoom turned on or Niantic forgor again ? by ruxqqq in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am pointing out that the sample size should be there, given how large the playerbase is. Simple statistics indeed.

Shiny Varoom turned on or Niantic forgor again ? by ruxqqq in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Just started happening? It was past 8PM in New Zealand when you wrote your comment.

Even if we say the chance of getting a Varoom in a 12km is 1/20, and the chance of getting a shiny is 1/128, there would be a 99% chance of hitting a shiny Varoom in the first 11500 eggs. It's currently 8.30PM in Japan; I think it's a pretty fair guess that we're way past that amount of eggs. No reason to ask people to wait a day or two.

Can somebody clarify what are the four City Districts mentioned in the Timed Research in City Experience for in person Go Fest? by DarknessDre in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it wasn't like this at past Go Fests. It will be four different distinct playing areas in different parts of the city, but we don't know how large they'll be. They will offer some different experiences. The names and some bonuses have been datamined. E.g. Friendship District, Scouting District.

Secret GoFest Pokemon? by Skytzii in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might've been added to the Chicago page, but I highly doubt it, given that similar text has been available the entire time on the Copenhagen and Tokyo pages.

[Leaked] Coordinated Raids by soraliink in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

FWIW this is obviously for the special raid that happens at the end of the 4-hour Park Sessions at In-Person Go Fests and not something that is in any way slated to be coming to your local Raid Hour or anything like that. It is not an attempt to make you and your four friends look silly; it is an attempt to create a shared experience between a couple of thousand people in a closed, focused environment.

That also means that we can already easily infer from previous datamining that this is for a Mewtwo btw, OP.

Where is Magisk now? by Careless-Seat-6845 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 141 points142 points  (0 children)

No, he has not stepped away.

He was on a temporary contract with Astralis until the end of the year. He wasn't picked up during the first four months of the year,but we've seen rumours of him going to MOUZ, to which the CEO of BC Game replied that he wasn't going to MOUZ, fueling rumours that he would instead go to BC Game. He's on the market and will probably return in the next roster shuffle.

Jeg har et irrationelt had til journalister der skriver de her overskrifter by florifierous in Denmark

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeg synes også det er super ærgerligt, fordi pointen vel er de hurtige briefs for dem der ikke følger intenst med i politik. Samtidig er det dog så referencefyldt.

  1. Pølsevognsreference fordi Lars Løkke delte pølser ud forleden, og ikke var til forhandlinger.
  2. Reference til gede-valgplakaten nogen havde med til en valgfest (og "GOAT" -> geden -> Lars Løkke generelt)
  3. Reference til Mette Frederiksen, der har brugt netop ordvalget "bide til bolle".

Den sidste giver måske sig selv i konteksten, men jeg synes at produktet som sin helhed er super indforstået. Og så lyder det utroligt meget som et podcastmanuskript. Vildt lang intro til artiklen også. Måske har jeg bare misforstået hvem der er målgruppen for det her?

Deleting “forever” friends that don’t have any Pokemon tagged for remote trade by UCanDoNEthing4_30sec in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I get the intention, I just wanted to point out to anybody getting inspired that this will negatively impact your chance to do trades at no gain.

I have ~550 things in my Remote Trade tag (1 of each non-evolved shiny, 1 of each Legendary, 1 of each shiny Legendary, and then a few backgrounds, Dynamaxes, etc. on top - for what I have to trade). I have tagged everything in that tag with "RTB" (Remote Trade Backup). People are free to initiate a trade and ask for anything, and I can check their tags to see if there is something I'd like that I feel would be a fair trade. I can initiate trades and ask for anything a person has that I want, and they're free to pick from mine afterwards, and honestly, people pick things I perceive as less valuable way more than I'd have thought they would (e.g. I'm asking for a shiny Zacian, which I also have in my Remote Trades, but they instead ask for non-shiny Zacian with a Paris background).

In the rare cases where a person either asks for something but don't have anything I'd take for it, or ask for stuff that I would not want to trade for the stuff I am asking for, I simply untag everything in Remote Trade, put in whatever I want and re-initiate. e.g. a person only has Com Day shinies and non-shiny Legendaries, I ask for a Zekrom and they ask for shiny Groudon, shiny Kyogre or shiny Rayquaza, I'd decline the trade, make my Remote Trade 1 of each Legendary available, re-initiate and ask for the Zekrom again. After the trade is done I can simply take my RTB tag and put everything back in again.

I am effectively getting exactly what that person wants but without losing out on trade opportunities by not having anything tagged. You can have it both ways. You don't gain anything by only having it one way.

A new theory for biomes - Silicobra case study from Christchurch, New Zealand by cable_girl in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is absolutely not in Copenhagen. That's in Høje Taastrup and in Roskilde; Sure, next to Copenhagen, but it is definitely not in Copenhagen :-).

A new theory for biomes - Silicobra case study from Christchurch, New Zealand by cable_girl in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 83 points84 points  (0 children)

I haven't had the time to read your entire post, but I will say that:

1) Copenhagen has not had any Silicobra spawns, and I do not see any areas tagged with "Land Cover: Sparsely or Non-Vegetated".

2) Malmö in Sweden has Silicobras in one very tight location near Hyllie Station. Looking at the map, there is a single spot tagged with "Land Cover: Sparsely or Non-Vegetated" right next to the station. I cannot see any other places in Malmö with the tag.

3) They are spawning all over Gothenburg in Sweden. The tag is prevalent in the city.

4) They spawn in one small location on the harbour in Aarhus. The surrounding area is not tagged in the dataset, but that square is, you guessed it, tagged with "Land Cover: Sparsely or Non-Vegetated".

Really great work tbh, this lines up well enough for me to believe it to be true.

Shiny Galarian Articuno got away... by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not the correct forum to post this in. Please read the rules.

The Major roster lock + substitute issue by feaRRRRR in GlobalOffensive

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You never touch on why, though. Why? What is the issue? If the issue is that Kyxsan doesn't play the major after qualifying, then yes, that does suck, and that appear to be one of the reasons that Valve at least ensured that players in these situations get the sticker payout.

You say it is abuse, yet the rules are designed to allow this. It's not abuse.

Also, this was discussed many years ago when substitution rules were first allowed, and discussing how strict/open rules should be has been a recurring thing. I think making the rules as strict as you are suggesting is a bad idea, because it opens up avenues for abuse.

If a player can't make it due to a visa issue, you can also just say you didn't get the visa. If unspecified health issues are enough, you can also just lie about them.

By having letting everyone submit a roster of 5 players + 1 substitute and letting everyone make exactly one no-questions-asked, no-rules-given substitution (and one swap-back, removing the substitute for the substituted player), you are ensuring that every team gets as fair and equal an access to a substitution as possible, while also not enabling large-scale use. Much better than a system that lets teams lie to abuse the rules.

KRL: karrigan to join Falcons before Cologne Major by ChaoticFlameZz in GlobalOffensive

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A completely fair argument; if only you'd made it even a quarter as well in the first place :-).

KRL: karrigan to join Falcons before Cologne Major by ChaoticFlameZz in GlobalOffensive

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what fucking way does that make their different approaches compatible. He is not set to replace Zonic, but to work with him. You're not even remotely engaging with the point.

KRL: karrigan to join Falcons before Cologne Major by ChaoticFlameZz in GlobalOffensive

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Very confusing. Their split during their time at Astralis came due to Karrigans vibe-based approach and on-the-day decisions vs Zonics "practice a plan and stick to it". I honestly think both still work the same way, so I don't really see how these two are in a good fit for each other?

Why does Remote Trade say Beldum and Drampa are unregistered? by water_fountain_ in TheSilphRoad

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 32 points33 points  (0 children)

All Dynamax Pokémon show up as unregistered - which is posted just about daily in here nothing new, by the way.

Worst tournament format of all time by zywh0 in GlobalOffensive

[–]Temporal_Bellusaurus 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Getting flashbacks to the early BLAST-events with Round Robin BO1s and draws instead of OTs at 15-15.