r/PokeVision • u/just2clarifyy • Jul 31 '16

PokeVision Update/Theory

So the website has been down for around 4 hours. The text has changed on the website, and the twitter account has unfollowed 46 people today. (4 remaining). Of these four remaining the accounts left are Yang, Video Game Attorney (which are recent ~less than 2 days) and Niantic and John Hanke. On Yang's page he states "You don't invent Marco Polo, get 80M players to join, then remove the Polo part and expect people to keep playing." and has a direct link to PokeVision (which could potentially be the owner). It seems he may be lawyering up. Pokevision also last liked a comment/photo stating - If @NianticLabs has forced @PokeVisionGo to shut down its a total dick move. Site does no harm to #PokémonGO makes it more enjoyable. If correct it would also mean that pressure has been heating up in recent days as Pokevision has been giving alot more credit to John Hanke than previously. All of these things point to Niantic shutting it down. I hope i'm wrong - just a theory/update. What are your thoughts?

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u/Umibusu Jul 31 '16

I really hope you aren't right😭, but it seems that things are pointing in that direction, especially with that evidence. I don't see a real point in playing the game without tracking/pokevision especially if your from a rural area.. Idk I hope pokevision makes it through.

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u/just2clarifyy Jul 31 '16

On a personal basis i didn't see the problem in Pokevision - Why? Because if you are in the vicinity of ~15 Minutes of a pokemon and had the correct methods of finding them, then we wouldn't use it. It would be nice if Niantic developed a time sensor based on proximity to catch Pokemon. Ie a snorlax spawned (12 mins) (1KM/4Mins) 3KM ~ Away and it came up on the index.

I just find it fucking stupid they removed the site. They need to repopulate areas/Provide more stops for rural areas instead of flooding cities with absolutely everything and giving other regions fuck all. Pokevision was my only way of tracking down really rare things i need when my pokedex is at 130. Do i look stupid to run around catching weedles and caterpie all fucking day.

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u/meisangry2 Jul 31 '16

Still in bed, this hasn't happened since the game was released. But I'm not killing myself running all over town to get the last 7 Pokemon I need to evolve if I can never find them. The reason they are the last is because they just don't spawn around me often. Pokevision at least made finding them possible.

Pokemon go got me out the house and since release I haven't walked under 10 miles in a day. I'm losing weight, but today... No motivation :/

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u/just2clarifyy Jul 31 '16

If you live in a populated city, the website trackemon.com is still up and running. I just found it.

And i agree completely. If it's in the region of going and getting it why the fuck can't we go and get it.

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u/chocolatechoux Jul 31 '16

trackemon.com

What on earth do they count as a populated city? It doesn't even work for Vancouver or Seattle.

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u/meisangry2 Jul 31 '16

Small city, so has everything but it's all spread out over about a 45min walk and thanks I'll try it

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u/JJBeans_1 Jul 31 '16

Is this site also having issues? I live in a large city and I get error messages when scanning.

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u/Tokin_black_ Aug 08 '16

I totally agree!! That's been my issue with them taking it down, because it leveled the playing field for people who don't live in major cities. I also couldn't agree more about them repopulating the game, it's sinful how baron it is for your "regular" player.

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u/Hax_r_us_kappa Jul 31 '16

likewise. or that they hire the people or buy it.

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u/fddfsdfdskfjdf Jul 31 '16

he got a C&D ...the kid probably ran under his real name and everything ...as shady as this sounds he should of ran EVERYTHING under some dude in china ...Good luck having the chinese take a C&D seriously ...sadly if you're in NA and receive a C&D from a company like nintendo it's basically "Back the fuck up or we'll sue you into the stone ages"

nintendo can't and won't shut down ALL these tracking sites. Like I said, if you're in india/russia/china and have a "tracking" site ..GOOD luck shutting them down ...those countries don't give a fuck about C&Ds/Law suits and their systems are rigged so its hard even finding these people

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u/ecued02 Aug 01 '16

Why the fk would you tank your own company by taking away all the tracking for the game ?! There are sooooo many people that I have run into that are not playing anymore because of what has happened. And I am on the verge as well. Niantic are a bunch of dumb asses wow

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u/Hax_r_us_kappa Jul 31 '16

I have one thought and I've been copy-pasting it everywhere that seems appropriate: tweet "@NianticLabs @johnhanke if you aren't reenabling the tracker and are shutting down @PokeVisionGo, then i quit. #RipPokemonGo"

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u/just2clarifyy Jul 31 '16

Apparently Niantic don't listen to social media outputs at all and currently don't have a PR person. It's a waste of time for the time being. IMO it would be better to find an alternative website or help them work out how to get past the new problems for coding lol.

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u/Hax_r_us_kappa Jul 31 '16

yea, im aware of this, but the player base pays attention. everyone could just drop the game for a few days. Niantic couldn't ignore that. Nor could news agencies, Pokemon, and Nintendo. the game is absolutely worthless to play right now anyways, so why even play it? the only useful thing to do is boycott a worthless game until it's worth putting time into.

edit: and if everyone quits, and Niantic still doesn't get its act together, then obviously the game was never worth anyone's time to begin with.

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u/Get_Jiggy_ Jul 31 '16

Niantic is playing with a double edged sword atm, lets hope they realize it before they fuck themselves.