In Pokémon GO the big live event for the Hoenn Tour took place in Las Vegas over the weekend. However, a tweet from the developers caused a lot of trouble for the trainers. We explain what happened.
What event is it about? The highlight of February is the big Hoenn Tour. This started on February 18 and 19 with a huge live event in Sunset Park in Las Vegas and will finally be playable worldwide next weekend.
But during the completely sold-out live event in Las Vegas there were problems over the weekend, to which Niantic reacted differently than the trainers would have wished. What exactly happened and what the trainers are so upset about has been summarized for you below.
Niantic asks trainers via tweet to stay away from the event
What problems were there? The Hoenn Tour in Las Vegas was apparently a real magnet for the players of Pokémon GO over the weekend, as alongside the trainers who had an event ticket, an additional 17,000 Pokémon hunters joined on Saturday.
That was too much for the technology, and the game caused errors. Trainers could no longer log into Pokémon GO or participate in raids. This is, of course, particularly annoying for everyone who bought an expensive ticket. Niantic apparently saw it that way too and published a tweet that is now causing a lot of anger.
How did Niantic respond? Niantic was clearly not pleased with the additional surge of visitors at their event. They addressed the trainers without tickets directly via the Twitter account of Pokémon GO.
On the one hand, they stated that they were pleased with the enthusiasm of the trainers regarding the live event, but at the same time asked them not to come to Sunset Park on the second day of the event. They wrote:
Trainers, we are pleased with your enthusiasm today at the Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn – Las Vegas.
Another 17,000 trainers without tickets came to us in the park, which led to connection problems throughout the day. This caused trainers to lose connection to raids, be unable to log in, and encounter other gameplay issues.
We ask trainers who do not have a ticket for the Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn – Las Vegas not to come to the park tomorrow to ensure a smooth flow of the event for Sunday ticket holders and trainers who have the Sunday extra day add-on.
Pokémon GO via Twitter
Tweet causes significant anger among trainers
Choice of venue: Trainers cannot quite understand Niantic’s reaction. This is mainly because Sunset Park is a public park, which is fundamentally accessible to everyone.
For this reason, many players find it incomprehensible that Niantic wanted to exclude other people who do not have a ticket for the event from the park. Some are convinced that there should have been a different plan, whereby the event could have taken place in a kind of private setting. The following comments can be read under the tweet (via twitter.com):
- KageSora: “I have been to places where private events took place in a publicly accessible park area. Either they accept that the public has access, or they work with the park operator to limit the private event. Lmao, you did neither?”
- kindlefoxfire: “Wow, this does not look good: ‘We don’t have enough servers, so you poor people who didn’t pay should stay away from the public, to improve the experience for our PREFERRED players.'”
- StiffMonte: “Las Vegas is not private, it is open to the public. You cannot force anyone not to participate, and the app is about social interaction. What happened to your ideas of ‘Pokemon GO’? You cannot stop people, and it is a family day on Sunday.”
Trainers demand better preparation for such events
Other trainers are upset that players are being blamed for the technical errors and are convinced that Niantic should have anticipated that players without tickets could show up at the event location. They therefore see the fault with Pokémon GO.
The players do not understand why the developers did not sufficiently prepare to ensure a smooth process even with higher demand. Especially since Niantic constantly promotes that trainers should go outside and connect with other players.
The user krato567 summarizes this on Twitter as follows: “Maybe you should work on your servers? You cannot blame the people in the area, who regularly play, for not being able to play during a major event like this, even if they could not get a pass. Maybe plan better next time?”
This is especially emphasized by players who were on-site with a ticket and only report problems with Pokémon GO. Other services reportedly worked flawlessly.
So martycochrane writes on reddit: “I have T-Mobile and also used Niantic’s provided (patchy) Wi-Fi. Neither worked consistently for the game, while every other app and website had no issues for me. I tried switching between LTE and 5G a few times without noticing a significant difference.”
Support for the tweet from Niantic
However, not all players see the fault solely with Niantic. Some trainers can understand the developers that they could not expect an additional surge of 17,000 players, and this multitude of trainers ultimately led to game crashes. They find it incomprehensible why people without tickets simply go to the park and spoil the game for others (via twitter.com).
- TFlareon56: “So all the people commenting that it is a public park and they cannot stop people should read the tweet again and rethink their lives, because they are asking that people who did not buy the ticket should not just go to the park so that people who bought the ticket can play”
- lithium2300: “I do not understand why people are complaining here. No ticket = no playing in the park”
What is your opinion on the topic? Do you also think that Niantic should have planned better? Or do you think it was wrong for players to simply go to the park without a ticket? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers about it.
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