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Pokemon Gohas been on a downward spiral since the pandemic.
Before lockdowns forced everyone indoors, there were thriving communities of players all over the world.
Nowadays, it seems like I have to fight to find just one person to raid with.
Im not even a rural player, who generallyhave it much worsethan us suburban or city centre-dwelling folk.
Rural players do haveone advantageIm envious of.
Since remote raids were reduced, player counts fell further still.
After failing in the late teens numerous times, I finally completed the task.
Changes that I didnt like all that much.
This is a free-to-play game, it needs to make money.
However, I first got annoyed when you couldnt buy an event pass with coins.
Worse,Unova Tourwas the first Pokemon Go event to add a battle pass.
Were talking 15 here, for an event which lasts a week.
You cant do that with these new paid research tasks.
And lets just say that the developerdoesnt have the best track recordwhen it comes to healthy monetisation.
Pokemon Go was already turning into a pay-to-fun game, but it could get far worse, quickly.
It feels like the beginning of the end for Pokemon Go, and my doommongering certainly isnt helping.
So are there any positives to take away from the aggressive monetisation of this sale?
The Scopely sale could make remote raiding a more exciting prospect.
Remote raid passes may no longer be limited to three per day.
Is it your maxed out Level 50 Rayquaza?
Is it your Lucha Libre Pikachu?
Is it theshundo Kyogreyou got moments after complaining that youd never found a shundo?
Okay, maybe a little.
But thats only great because of the memories surrounding it.
The group of friends I was raiding with.
Players make Pokemon Go great, and we can continue to do so.
Whoever owns the game, whatever monetisation is put in place, we can engage on our own terms.
We can form our own communities, we can be there for each other and make our own fun.
Thats been the way this game has worked since 2016, but its more important now than ever before.
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