Gamers of Pokémon Go Furious at Las Vegas Event Due to Connectivity Problems

Thousands of people that purchased tickets arrived in Las Vegas for a Pokémon Go Live! this past weekend, they discovered that they were battling connectivity challenges rather than one another. Both on Saturday and Sunday, glitches in the game led to angry tweets from the players, and the event’s organizer was forced to issue an embarrassing apology.

When the live event devolved into a blazing hot mess, tweeted @InstinctAvenger. I observed a considerable number of individuals departing, and deservedly so.

On Saturday, the majority of players (or “trainers,” as they refer to themselves) experienced connectivity issues that lasted for at least two hours.

On Sunday, @AngelShTuSabes tweeted, “The event was a complete mess yesterday, and I couldn’t log in.”

Pokémon halt
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go and the event’s organizer, said that even though 50,000 tickets for the Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn – Las Vegas were sold, a “huge volume of nonticketed trainers arrived” and overloaded the system.

Niantic apologized for the gaming troubles in a Saturday update to pokemongolive.com. We thank you for your patience while we try to fix the problem.

Twitter user @mewing gum said, “Niantic is taunting people at this point by ignoring people’s calls. “Their words never become deeds.”

As payment, the corporation added three extra hours to their Saturday performance beginning at 7 p.m. Additional Primal Pokémon encounters and a free bundle of raid permits were provided from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. They enable Pokémon trainers (players) to engage in combat with one another in Pokémon gyms, virtual arenas.

A mobile augmented reality game called Pokémon Go was developed in 2016 and allows users to collect and fight Pokémon creatures as well as other trainers they spot in real-world locations. A dozen or more people slowly strolling in circles in a park or parking lot while staring at their smartphones as if they were videotaping something is usually the telltale sign of a live Pokémon game.

Issues Persisted
Even though Niantic asserted on Twitter that it had “taken steps to assure connectivity for Sunday’s session,” connectivity issues also interfered with Sunday’s games.

If the raids were successful, Rayquaza raid hour in Las Vegas would be nice, tweeted @Home SliceHenry on Sunday. Fix your game, I say.

Niantic asserted to have fixed the problem and increased the event’s duration on the second day.

I’m actually curious: “Is there ever a Niantic representation at these events?” tweeted @RTG Dallas. At either the previous or current GO Fest Seattle, I don’t recall seeing or hearing one. The players would definitely assault them, but I think that would be an excellent place to start if you wanted to show that you care.

To be honest, several participants praised the event organizers and said they had no connectivity issues.

It was a blast playing Pokemon GO Tour: Hoenn in Las Vegas!

@PeteZaStromboli tweeted, “I hauled 45 shinies, met several renowned content creators, and created many wonderful memories! ”