'Pokemon Go' Encouraged Players To Go Outside During Hurricane Irma
As it turns out, push notifications imploring players to go outside during a hurricane might not [...]
Some of the Best Responses
Here's a few other classic responses to Pokemon Go's unfortunate notification:
Currently the west coast is getting a lot of fire types
— Sam Reid (@RowingBuddha) September 11, 2017
"Yo Jimmy! yea it was a Vaporeon!" pic.twitter.com/Ka7dTrUnxd
— رضى (@med_reda_dsm) September 10, 2017
How else are you gonna snag that Rain Form Castform? pic.twitter.com/ByYy8Ca5Ew
— InquisitiveRavenclaw (@InquisitiveRav) September 10, 2017
Better alternative: "Hey, Florida! Look at all these great Pokémon in Georgia right now! You should go there."
— Greg Parker (@gparker) September 10, 2017
Tornadus confirmed for Pokemon Go pic.twitter.com/A7quxL09H3
— Atrus (@Atrus_) September 10, 2017
It seems that people will at least retain their sense of Pokemon humor in the middle of giant natural disasters.
prevnextWhat the Notification Was Trying to Say
The notification was supposed to remind players about a "nest migration," a phenomena in Pokemon Go that occurs every couple of weeks. Many parks and other public locations are home to Pokemon nests, where specific species of Pokemon spawn in greater numbers. Pokemon Go rotates what species appears at these locations every couple of weeks, and has recently sent out reminders to players to let them know when a migration has occurred.
The notification was sent to every player in the game, so the developers clearly didn't have any malice intended. Still, as we saw last summer, people will be more than happy to blame Pokemon Go for stupid behavior. Hopefully Niantic figures out a way to "localize" notifications so that people living in the middle of high-risk areas aren't encouraged to go out and catch Pokemon.
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