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The following is a long-form response to a video on the Trainer Tips YouTube channel between Pokémon GO player/content creator Nick and Mx. Kelsey Danger, community manager for Niantic:

It's interesting to me how the pre-COVID Pokémon GO is described as "legacy" gameplay, whereas what I consider "legacy" PoGO changed quite some time before that already.
The core gameplay difference to me between true legacy and pre-COVID gameplay / current gameplay, is the near-constant stream of events that fuels Fear Of Missing Out and personally burns me out on the game.
When I started playing PoGO I felt like I could play whenever I wanted, without the fear of missing out on some shiny, costume or legacy move Pokémon. I could skip a day if I not felt like it, without ruining my streak, missing a spotlight hour, a raid hour, or one of the constant weekend events, some timed research, or a collection challenge. Spawns, in my memory at least, also felt better/more logically distributed. For example, if I wanted Magikarp, I'd go to the piers. Now it just feels like whichever set of Pokémon of the week are spawning everywhere regardless of location. Sure, my city for some reason had overabundance of Voltorbs and Magnemites, and my sister-in-law's was Drowzee-land, but apart from that it felt a lot more like a world where exploration actually paid off; especially before the footprints radar got replaced by the Nearby and Pokéstop spawn lists.
I think Niantic is actually trying to cater too much to a too wide variety of players. Kelsey said something like "we cannot be everything to everyone but we can still make an excellent product", and I feel like that Niantic is in fact trying to be everything to everyone, and as a result is hurting their game.
Last Community Day was another example in a way of this. On the one hand Niantic seemed to want to focus on making people move, with the walking distance timed research and the incense nerf combined with incense duration extension, but on the other hand the spawn clusters and Lure bonuses made me want to just stay in place to catch and shiny-check as many as I could to benefit from the bonuses and to 'catch them all' rather than explore.

And yes, I know that as a player I don't need to do everything, but knowing that and what FOMO is, and not actually feeling the effects of it, are two different things. I think that if Niantic wants to show that they care about the player-base's well-being by focusing on the exploration and exercise part, they should also put more focus on the mental well-being of their players, and make the effort to stop pushing the FOMO-aspect of the game, even when that is at odds with their financial focus.

#PokémonGO #Pokémon
#PokemonGO #Pokemon
#FOMO #FearOfMissingOut #Niantic #MobileGaming #ARGaming #feedback #CommunityDay #PoGO #FiXatoGames #gaming #blog

The following is a long-form response to a video on the Trainer Tips YouTube channel between Pokémon GO player/content creator Nick and Mx. Kelsey Danger, community manager for Niantic:

It's interesting to me how the pre-COVID Pokémon GO is described as "legacy" gameplay, whereas what I consider "legacy" PoGO changed quite some time before that already.
The core gameplay difference to me between true legacy and pre-COVID gameplay / current gameplay, is the near-constant stream of events that fuels Fear Of Missing Out and personally burns me out on the game.
When I started playing PoGO I felt like I could play whenever I wanted, without the fear of missing out on some shiny, costume or legacy move Pokémon. I could skip a day if I not felt like it, without ruining my streak, missing a spotlight hour, a raid hour, or one of the constant weekend events, some timed research, or a collection challenge. Spawns, in my memory at least, also felt better/more logically distributed. For example, if I wanted Magikarp, I'd go to the piers. Now it just feels like whichever set of Pokémon of the week are spawning everywhere regardless of location. Sure, my city for some reason had overabundance of Voltorbs and Magnemites, and my sister-in-law's was Drowzee-land, but apart from that it felt a lot more like a world where exploration actually paid off; especially before the footprints radar got replaced by the Nearby and Pokéstop spawn lists.
I think Niantic is actually trying to cater too much to a too wide variety of players. Kelsey said something like "we cannot be everything to everyone but we can still make an excellent product", and I feel like that Niantic is in fact trying to be everything to everyone, and as a result is hurting their game.
Last Community Day was another example in a way of this. On the one hand Niantic seemed to want to focus on making people move, with the walking distance timed research and the incense nerf combined with incense duration extension, but on the other hand the spawn clusters and Lure bonuses made me want to just stay in place to catch and shiny-check as many as I could to benefit from the bonuses and to 'catch them all' rather than explore.

And yes, I know that as a player I don't need to do everything, but knowing that and what FOMO is, and not actually feeling the effects of it, are two different things. I think that if Niantic wants to show that they care about the player-base's well-being by focusing on the exploration and exercise part, they should also put more focus on the mental well-being of their players, and make the effort to stop pushing the FOMO-aspect of the game, even when that is at odds with their financial focus.

#PokémonGO #Pokémon
#PokemonGO #Pokemon
#FOMO #FearOfMissingOut #Niantic #MobileGaming #ARGaming #feedback #CommunityDay #PoGO #FiXatoGames #gaming #blog

Watching a YouTube-recommended video about how a 60+ year old woman got into #gaming, is making me wonder what multiplayer #games my #mother and I might've been playing now if she were still alive.

During my childhood she probably was the person I've played the most #videoGames with. From Tetris to card games to Super Mario Kart to Mario 64 to RPGs such as Lufia 2 and Secret of Evermore / Mana to even the occasional fighting game, even though her preference wasn't quite with those. And it wasn't just out of a supervisory point of view either; she thoroughly enjoyed playing games, and did quite a bit of it alone too.

The #MSX2 home computer or #SNES console would often be on with some puzzle, card or role playing game when I came home from school, and if either of us got stuck in some game, we'd usually find a solution together. Probably some of my best childhood memories right there.

She never quite got into PC gaming. Maybe with her dwindling eyesight it was easier to play on a TV than a monitor, or because the PC was upstairs in a bedroom that was crammed with storage stuff rather than a cosy warm livin room, or quite possibly it was the mouse + keyboard controls, or it was the games? She did like some of the PopCap games on it though, as well Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move, and a bunch of flash games on the Bowland Central forums, so I'd say it's more likely a mix of the other reasons.

She passed away before I moved to Norway, so we never really had much or a reason to look into what online multiplayer games we could play together, though we did try out some free to play multiplayer game with fishing mechanics and a SNES Zelds æsthetic once; I remember another player not believing she was my mother.

If she were still alive, I think we might've ended up playing World of Warcraft together, though probably on a free third party server. I briefly played it with the missus (though she's far more dedicated to it than I was), though can't quite remember why I stopped. Probably because my subscription ended? Or due to hardware failure?
Anyway, since my mother liked RPGs, I think that WoW or Diablo 3, or something similar might've been a good fit for us.

Eventually I stopped keeping up with consoles. Didn't get a PS2 till late in its cycle, and I only got a PS3 and 360 just a couple of years ago because I could get them cheap. While I do have a bunch of games for them, and have played quite a bit of some of them, I'm not as much of a console gamer anymore. Most of my gaming is on mobile with #PokémonGO, #MarioKartTour and #Ingress, and part of that is more because I played them extensively when they came out, and don't want to stop playing them because of all the time already put into them, and in part because I play them with the missus and have fond memories of actively playing them with her.

Writing this I wonder now if part of the reason that console gaming took a backseat over the years is not just lack of time and changing interests, but also or more so that I lost my gaming buddy? Games are so much better when shared... Maybe I should play some more console games again, and see if it sparks the same interest in #BeardGrabber.

Love and miss you mum.💚

#personal #parenting #memories #gamingMemories #blog #BlogMe #randomThoughts #MyLifeInGaming #MumAndMe

SlayingFalcon is looking for #PokémonGO raid buddies:

3617 1426 1836

https://toot.cat/media/9Sk1k-8w6DEbnev_cEE

#friendCodes #pokemonGo #Pokémon

SlayingFalcon is looking for #PokémonGO raid buddies:

3617 1426 1836

https://toot.cat/media/9Sk1k-8w6DEbnev_cEE

#friendCodes #pokemonGo #Pokémon

I really dig the look of the shiny #Venonat!

#Lickitung is creepy regardless of its #ShinyPokémon colour...

And that 98% shiny #charmander #LuckyTrade #Pokémon got evolved during the #Kanto Celebration Event week so it now has the #LegacyMove #BlastBurn which was originally available during its first #CommunityDay back in 2018.

#PokémonGO #PokemonGO #KantoCelebrationEvent2021

Hadn't seen yet that this #HoennEvent in #PokémonGO offered another chance to evolve a #Beldum / #Metang up to a #Metagross with #MeteorMash, so I almost missed out on getting the #LegacyMove on this #PerfectIV purified #Pokémon!

#PokemonGO #Pokemon #Hoenn #mobileGaming #AndroidGaming #Niantic #FOMO

Hadn't seen yet that this #HoennEvent in #PokémonGO offered another chance to evolve a #Beldum / #Metang up to a #Metagross with #MeteorMash, so I almost missed out on getting the #LegacyMove on this #PerfectIV purified #Pokémon!

#PokemonGO #Pokemon #Hoenn #mobileGaming #AndroidGaming #Niantic #FOMO

Started an alt for @FiXato here on toot.cat to see if #Glitchsoc is a closer match to what I want out of a #SocialMediaPlatform, feature-wise.
So, it's time for a re-introduction:

Who am I?

-=-
I'm FiXato, a stay-at-home father of a two-year-old I often refer to as #BeardGrabber.
While I was born in the Netherlands, I've been living in northern Norway for quite some time now.

What do I do?

-=-
In day-to-day life I take care of our son while the missus is at work, and when I have some spare time and headspace, I like to tinker on my various coding projects.

Aside from that, I like to play some mobile Android games such as #PokémonGO, #Ingress and #MarioKartTour.

Overview in hashtags:

-=-

• ― #Dutch he/him from the #Netherlands
  Emigrated to #Norway (#northernNorway to be more precise)

• ― I like to do #parenting / #parentsOfMastodon posts about our #2yo.

• ― Grew up with #MSX (a Philips #NMS8250 #MSX2 #homecomputer to be precise).
  Related interest in #retroGaming, #retroComputer , and the #demoscene. Looking forward to attending #demoparties again.

• ― #Development experience primarily with #Ruby, #Python and #Bash, with a general #dev interest in #WebDevelopment, #scripting, #coding

• ― #photography mostly focused on #landscapePhotography using a #MiA1 and #Canon1000D

• ― also like to post about #language / #linguistics, especially about #etymology

• ― #FiXatoDrinks is where I tend to post about the #beers and other beverages I drink.

#music:
↳ #metal
↳ #chiptune
↳ #FiXatoListens

Fan of:
↳ #TerryPratchett's #DiscWorld
↳ #StephenKing's #DarkTower
↳ #StarTrek
↳ #DoctorWho

#introductions #WhoAmI #introduction
#FiXato

Started an alt for @FiXato here on toot.cat to see if #Glitchsoc is a closer match to what I want out of a #SocialMediaPlatform, feature-wise.
So, it's time for a re-introduction:

Who am I?

-=-
I'm FiXato, a stay-at-home father of a two-year-old I often refer to as #BeardGrabber.
While I was born in the Netherlands, I've been living in northern Norway for quite some time now.

What do I do?

-=-
In day-to-day life I take care of our son while the missus is at work, and when I have some spare time and headspace, I like to tinker on my various coding projects.

Aside from that, I like to play some mobile Android games such as #PokémonGO, #Ingress and #MarioKartTour.

Overview in hashtags:

-=-

• ― #Dutch he/him from the #Netherlands
  Emigrated to #Norway (#northernNorway to be more precise)

• ― I like to do #parenting / #parentsOfMastodon posts about our #2yo.

• ― Grew up with #MSX (a Philips #NMS8250 #MSX2 #homecomputer to be precise).
  Related interest in #retroGaming, #retroComputer , and the #demoscene. Looking forward to attending #demoparties again.

• ― #Development experience primarily with #Ruby, #Python and #Bash, with a general #dev interest in #WebDevelopment, #scripting, #coding

• ― #photography mostly focused on #landscapePhotography using a #MiA1 and #Canon1000D

• ― also like to post about #language / #linguistics, especially about #etymology

• ― #FiXatoDrinks is where I tend to post about the #beers and other beverages I drink.

#music:
↳ #metal
↳ #chiptune
↳ #FiXatoListens

Fan of:
↳ #TerryPratchett's #DiscWorld
↳ #StephenKing's #DarkTower
↳ #StarTrek
↳ #DoctorWho

#introductions #WhoAmI #introduction
#FiXato

Started an alt for @FiXato here on toot.cat to see if #Glitchsoc is a closer match to what I want out of a #SocialMediaPlatform, feature-wise.
So, it's time for a re-introduction:

Who am I?

-=-
I'm FiXato, a stay-at-home father of a two-year-old I often refer to as #BeardGrabber.
While I was born in the Netherlands, I've been living in northern Norway for quite some time now.

What do I do?

-=-
In day-to-day life I take care of our son while the missus is at work, and when I have some spare time and headspace, I like to tinker on my various coding projects.

Aside from that, I like to play some mobile Android games such as #PokémonGO, #Ingress and #MarioKartTour.

Overview in hashtags:

-=-

• ― #Dutch he/him from the #Netherlands
  Emigrated to #Norway (#northernNorway to be more precise)

• ― I like to do #parenting / #parentsOfMastodon posts about our #2yo.

• ― Grew up with #MSX (a Philips #NMS8250 #MSX2 #homecomputer to be precise).
  Related interest in #retroGaming, #retroComputer , and the #demoscene. Looking forward to attending #demoparties again.

• ― #Development experience primarily with #Ruby, #Python and #Bash, with a general #dev interest in #WebDevelopment, #scripting, #coding

• ― #photography mostly focused on #landscapePhotography using a #MiA1 and #Canon1000D

• ― also like to post about #language / #linguistics, especially about #etymology

• ― #FiXatoDrinks is where I tend to post about the #beers and other beverages I drink.

#music:
↳ #metal
↳ #chiptune
↳ #FiXatoListens

Fan of:
↳ #TerryPratchett's #DiscWorld
↳ #StephenKing's #DarkTower
↳ #StarTrek
↳ #DoctorWho

#introductions #WhoAmI #introduction
#FiXato

Started an alt for @FiXato here on toot.cat to see if #Glitchsoc is a closer match to what I want out of a #SocialMediaPlatform, feature-wise.
So, it's time for a re-introduction:

Who am I?

-=-
I'm FiXato, a stay-at-home father of a two-year-old I often refer to as #BeardGrabber.
While I was born in the Netherlands, I've been living in northern Norway for quite some time now.

What do I do?

-=-
In day-to-day life I take care of our son while the missus is at work, and when I have some spare time and headspace, I like to tinker on my various coding projects.

Aside from that, I like to play some mobile Android games such as #PokémonGO, #Ingress and #MarioKartTour.

Overview in hashtags:

-=-

• ― #Dutch he/him from the #Netherlands
  Emigrated to #Norway (#northernNorway to be more precise)

• ― I like to do #parenting / #parentsOfMastodon posts about our #2yo.

• ― Grew up with #MSX (a Philips #NMS8250 #MSX2 #homecomputer to be precise).
  Related interest in #retroGaming, #retroComputer , and the #demoscene. Looking forward to attending #demoparties again.

• ― #Development experience primarily with #Ruby, #Python and #Bash, with a general #dev interest in #WebDevelopment, #scripting, #coding

• ― #photography mostly focused on #landscapePhotography using a #MiA1 and #Canon1000D

• ― also like to post about #language / #linguistics, especially about #etymology

• ― #FiXatoDrinks is where I tend to post about the #beers and other beverages I drink.

#music:
↳ #metal
↳ #chiptune
↳ #FiXatoListens

Fan of:
↳ #TerryPratchett's #DiscWorld
↳ #StephenKing's #DarkTower
↳ #StarTrek
↳ #DoctorWho

#introductions #WhoAmI #introduction
#FiXato

4-6,13-15,63-65,92-94,111-112,125,126,129-130,137,158-160,220-221,233,239-240,252-260,273-275,280-282,287-289,328-330,371-373,387-395,464,466-467,473-475

+totodile,+swinub,+treecko,+bagon,+torchic,+slakoth,+mudkip,+ralts,+turtwig,+trapinch,+chimchar,+piplup,+rhyhorn,+abra,+seedot,+weedle,+gastly,+magikarp,+porygon,+charmander,+electabuzz,+magmar & evolve

(repost because #treecko was missing a c)
#PokémonGO #PokemonGO #SearchString #SearchStrings

I did just two #PokémonRaids today.
The result? 2 #ShinyPokémon 🙀
Happily surprised, even though their IVs are rather crap.

Didn't have a shiny #Terrakion nor shiny #Cobalion yet, so they are more than welcome in my #Pokédex!

#PokémonGO #shiny #Pokémon
#PokemonGO #shinies #Pokemon
#MobileGaming #AndroidGaming #Gaming #ARGaming #screenshots #RaidHour

I did just two #PokémonRaids today.
The result? 2 #ShinyPokémon 🙀
Happily surprised, even though their IVs are rather crap.

Didn't have a shiny #Terrakion nor shiny #Cobalion yet, so they are more than welcome in my #Pokédex!

#PokémonGO #shiny #Pokémon
#PokemonGO #shinies #Pokemon
#MobileGaming #AndroidGaming #Gaming #ARGaming #screenshots #RaidHour

These kinds of #PerfectIV #LuckyTrades make the tedious #trading process in #PokémonGO worth it :)

(Would've been nice to have had this during #CommunityDay though... but I'll save it in case we can evolve it into #Charizard with the #legacyMove during the end-of-the-year-event again like last year. :)

https://mastodon.social/media/0TYVRnxkAc-hioTk3JM

#PokemonGO #Pokémon #Pokemon #mobileGaming #gaming #AndroidGaming #games #ARGaming #FOMO

These kinds of #PerfectIV #LuckyTrades make the tedious #trading process in #PokémonGO worth it :)

(Would've been nice to have had this during #CommunityDay though... but I'll save it in case we can evolve it into #Charizard with the #legacyMove during the end-of-the-year-event again like last year. :)

https://mastodon.social/media/0TYVRnxkAc-hioTk3JM

#PokemonGO #Pokémon #Pokemon #mobileGaming #gaming #AndroidGaming #games #ARGaming #FOMO

#TIL you can actually unequip a #RocketRadar in #PokémonGO by clicking on it in your inventory!
Why you are forced to equip it as soon as you find it, and why you can't do it from the radar view by clicking on the world map icon, is beyond me.
I also never read about it in-game, but it's quite possible I clicked through the text message it was mentioned in.

@ljwrites surely you mean my dicklett?

#Pokémon #PokémonGO #diglett #lewd

While I like playing #PokémonGO, it can be such a big source of #FOMO i.e. #FearOfMissingOut, especially with the current increased number of events...

#mobileGaming #gaming #anxiety #personal #Niantic #PokemonGO #AndroidGaming #mentalHealth