It worked. Inside the park, things got much better as people left.

Whatever are you talking about?!?

This is cringy on the level of that Sonic event a while back.

As is being an asshole

The bugger here is that they knew years ago. Their first Ingress anomalies at the beginning of 2013 in Cross Plains, TX and Cahokia, IL showed them the impact that network problems had in their system/events, and as their Ingress events grew in scale those of us that helped organize them gave them feedback on all of…

They start setting up a few months in advance for Lolla and the event planners have a long standing permit with the city of Chicago. Plus they spend a lot of money to get that put in there, I think last year Comcast was a sponsor so they were the ones who did it.

Money, and the ability to put your acting skills on your resume with Niantic as a reference. Trust me, those two things have a lot of power over people.

Damn, I feel sorry for every person involved, but I don’t know why anyone’s surprised. Calling the game’s first year rocky would be a compliment, there was so much potential for this game but it has been plagued with technical issues and lack of clear direction, and imo I never liked most of the game’s mechanics to…

Fyre Festival had sandwiches. This had John Hanke looking like a kid living in his parents basement while pretending his game didn’t have the cash flow to prevent network issues.

I doubt most of the issues here were because of cell phone networks. Really after Niantic has dropped the ball on every single aspect of this game, I can not in anyway blame the cell phone carriers. And trust me, I would love to blame the carriers for something. But I have so little faith in Niantic actually pulling…

Isn’t that the same park where Lollapalooza is held? Couldn’t they build on that temporary wireless infrastructure?

It would have been too expensive and taken too long to get through all the red tape. Chicago is notorious for being a pain in the ass when it comes to events which is way we have lost so many conventions to places like Vegas and other places because its cheaper for them to do business there.

Bummer for the families that flew from out of state, I sadly didn’t expect much from this event. After the entire “tracking bug” I decided this game and the company behind it wasn’t for me.

$100.00 free Pokecoins, an Articuno, and a full refund is good for the locals. For those that came from out of town they have a right to be pissed for sure.

That MVP award was such a crime, even underachieving Curry averaged 26, 5, and 6 and was still top performer on the winner but instead of giving it to him or LeBron, the overall top performer, the voters make it about themselves and make it the Unexpected Narrative Award, “Let’s give it to a gritty bench guy who…

Whether you agree with what he’s saying or not, reducing his quote to a sound bite about “avocado toast” and then mocking it is misrepresenting the original statement and missing the point about people having continual patterns of irresponsible spending. He was not talking about the purchase of a single item twice a…

“$500?? For a shoe?”

I’m not saying both scenarios make the same amount of money. Just that one is a hell of a lot easier to do for some bozo who doesn’t know shit about large scale manufacturing or distribution of shoes.

Before leaving my townhouse, the old neighbors were indoor chain-smokers. When they mentioned their furnace fan wasn’t working on a particularly hot day and they didn’t have the dough to get a repair man out, I told them I’d take a look (they sadly weren’t doing so great while we were neighbors).

I agree. That said, a hopeful and fierce 9-yo is a good thing, because naiveté is normal among the young, but ignorant “adults” swallowing a narrative that isn’t really there should be flogged for stupidity.