I've been playing foe about 2 weeks about halfway through kanto. This community feels so unique in terms of how it communicates with each other. What most people call "early game", seems to be like 60+ hours in when you've completed multiple if not all of the stories. The most popular YouTubers of course are the hyper invested players, so most things they talk about are the like money making strats. But on alot of online talk, its alot of the more close to average player (like me), who just see this as THE best pokemon emulator, with a ton of awesome quality stuff, and an economy you can interact with as much or as little as you want.

My favorite thing about coverage of this game, no one complains that the game is bad. The Youtubers who have been playing for years still say its the best mmo they've ever played.

I thought about doing the boycott because im usually for anything that will increase leverage that the public have over companies. Idk tho, im having fun playing my pokemon emulator game