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[Vincent Alexander]

Illinois here. Can't login either.

 

[eaise]

Southeast US. Still can't connect

 

[beanman25]

Hadn't played this yet, but then last night I started to while I was downtown with my dad. Took him to a baseball game, but in between I probably caught 30 or 40 monsters. INsane the amount of stuff that was going on pokestop wise.

Got Lickitung too (he popped up along with 3 others all at once while I was in a parking garage). hah

 

[dripdripsplash]

No catching Pokemon for me today I guess. Server problems all the way...

 

[Soul Beat]

It's dead Jim.

I guess I'll just play Star Ocean then.

 

[Fbh]

Lol.... I just finished work and on the way out my boss tells me "hey did you hear that Pokemon go is now officially out here too?".

So on my way to the bus I download it. Can't connect because of server issues at the moment. But I look around and literally half of the people on the bus are trying to play

 

[darksagus]

Guess I'll just play some fire red, the best version of pokemon.

 

[Chaos17]

Some kind of "update"

ASM ‏@Artfor 8 minil y a 8 minutes

@GrahamStanier1 If U try to register now, U might get this notification due to the popularity of #PokemonGO

https://twitter.com/Artfor/status/754337460100956160

 

[Soul Beat]

Guess I'll just play some fire red, the best version of pokemon.

That's not how you spell Soul Silver.

 

[Tom Nook]

This is starting to tick me off!

Nice day for walk/job at a park WITH a lake.......

 

[BlueTsunami]

Why would you roll out to all those new countries and willingly bring on server issues?

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Guess I'll go rent Uncharted 4 and finally play it for the weekend . . . I never thought that prospect would make me so sad.

 

[gutshot]

Finally some official communication:

 

[Tecnniqe]

Good thing the servers are dead. It helps me overcome my compulsion playing detoxing as I'm in the middle of nowhere and there's nothing around for miles.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

I'm assuming people saw this already? This legit?

https://www.twitter.com/PokemonGoNews/status/754339195280236545?s=07

Pokémon GO News‏ @PokemonGoNews

SERVER UPDATE: According to @Independent, #PokemonGO servers have been taken down in a DDOS attack. We will update when we have more info.

Jul 16, 2016, 10:37 AM

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Still can't get on in Brooklyn.

 

[Chaos17]

Finally some official communication:

Pokémon GO
@PokemonGoApp
Trainers! We've been working to fix server issues. Thank you for your patience. We'll continue rolling out #PokemonGO to new countries soon.

Better late than never

 

[Jawbreaker]

I hope this gets sorted soon. I made plans with my cousins to play around Central Park today.

 

[Khoryos]

I'm assuming people saw this already? This legit?

https://www.twitter.com/PokemonGoNews/status/754339195280236545?s=07

Must be hard for them to tell the difference between ddos and global phenomenon...

 

[Hawkian]

This is starting to tick me off!

Nice day for walk/job at a park WITH a lake.......

Still go!

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Must be hard for them to tell the difference between ddos and global phenomenon...

LOL, I figured.

 

[Hystzen]

Finally some official communication:

Servers are fucked but don't worry we will let more counties buckle the servers soon

 

[ymgve]

It's funny how these DDOS groups only claim that they're attacking and winning when the systems are normally under a heavy load, like the xmas "attacks".

 

[kami_sama]

Finally some official communication:

LIES! I can't log in!

 

[Gaming Truth]

Finally some official communication:

No! I'm near a PokeStop. I need ma bawls!

 

[psynergylover]

Pokemon Go |OT2| As in "Severs are GOne"

can't get in, Stamford CT

 

[AnythingBut]

Pokemon Go |OT2| Servers...gotta crash 'em all!

Apt i think after today.

 

[MisterHero]

SERVERS OR THE FUTURE IF HUMANITY

YOU MUST CHOOSE

=(

 

[Tecnniqe]

Servers are fucked but don't worry we will let more counties buckle the servers soon

They probably took lessons from EA Sports regarding servers.

You'd think they'd get it stable before rolling it out even further, officially.

 

[victreeb3l]

Pikachu looks like the friend who never left their hometown and got knocked up in high school

 

[Chaos17]

Oh for once it's the twitter account that get updated before the facebook page

 

[Busaiku]

And one of the kids refuses to grow up still. Goddamit Pikachu

That is Pikachu's evolution.
She even had a kid.

 

[Bishop89]

So why can't I use lures? Do they only work at Pokéstops?

 

[udivision]

They call them servers but who are they really serving? Think about that, Trainers.

 

[Hawkian]

Heyy look what showed up in time for this meetup (even if no one is able to play)

 

[Chumly]

Midwest can't log in either I had all morning free to play!!

 

[DrM]

I hope that they fix it in several hours, so I can go and raid those Pokestops

 

[Cheeseman Battitude]

It's more like Pokemon Stop at the moment :'(

 

[Nintendoga]

So why can't I use lures? Do they only work at Pokéstops?

Lures you can only use at Pokestops
Incense is what you use anywhere you want to make Pokemon come to you

 

[Busaiku]

So why can't I use lures? Do they only work at Pokéstops?

Yes.

 

[Chaos17]

I'm amazed that people instead of checking official source (twitter or facebook page) prefer to check other websites so now some think it's because of DDos attack because they don't know about the release of today. I know that because when I told them about it they're like "oh I didnt knew about it!"

/facepalm

 

[Oersted]

Finally some official communication:

Tweet is saying

Trainers! We have been working to fix the #PokemonGO server issues. Thank you for your patience. We'll post an update soon.

Where is your screenshot from?

 

[Finale Fireworker]

How can neither the Niantic and Pokémon Go App Twitter accounts be verified? These guys need help with their PR.

 

[Mpl90]

Tweet is saying



Where is your screenshot from?

They changed it, earlier it stated what's in the screen.

 

[King Al B]

Got my phone charged, my 10,000mah battery pack, and my good sneaks. Now just need to freaking log in!

 

[Vanillalite]

Side note discussion, but while I get it my brain has trouble associating Pokemon the game with the 90s.

I think it's the fact that it didn't release in NA till 98 and EU in 99. Plus I'm slightly older than the OG Poke crowd.

 

[taco543]

Pokemon Go |OT2| Servers...gotta crash 'em all!

Apt i think after today.

This. Definitely this

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Really hope they fix the 3 steps bug (probably also a server issue) when the servers come back up.

 

[El_Chino]

Got my phone charged, my 10,000mah battery pack, and my good sneaks. Now just need to freaking log in!

20,100mah here

 

[Undefined]

Why would it be hard to believe that its a DDoS attack?
For something as huge as this game and at this current time would be a perfect victim of DDoS.

Wouldn't you love to take down something this big to cause some impact?