Daweii Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 It's not that they couldn't support the load. The servers were DDOS'd by a hacking group, they have been taking credit for it online as I suppose hacking high profile YouTubers and the owner of Facebook wasn't a big enough score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 9 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Because when everyone is at work, they're not all on Pokemon.. Not so sure about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 17 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Because when everyone is at work, they're not all on Pokemon.. The popularity has caught them off guard. You don't expect to become the new global fad overnight. I bet you they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Wooooooooooooooohooooooooooo! It's back. Our weekends are saved! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I hope the next time they crash for a long time I'm holding a few gyms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Have been reading some slightly strong rumours that there was a DDOS attack against PG, causing the outage. Which was annoying, as I was strolling around a massive park for 40 minutes unable to catch anything. It was like I was doing exercise for nothing.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Some script kiddies are claiming credit. I find it hard to believe that they have had more of an effect than it going live in 30+ countries today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 1 minute ago, Davkaus said: Some script kiddies are claiming credit. I find it hard to believe that they have had more of an effect than it going live in 30+ countries today. They took advantage of the game going live globally which is all they needed to do in this case. These are same guys that have been taking down accounts left, right and center from YouTubers. Twitch streamers and even the likes of Bill Gates and the owner of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. Sometimes they merely crack passwords, though recently they have been using social engineering to take over the SIM cards of certain people to get into accounts using two-factor-authentication. Not to give these guys credit but they have been insanely effective over the last few months and this is yet another thing for them to add to a list of accomplishments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Back down for me. Annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Probably due to finding next to no Pokemon since I've been home but I'm getting bored of it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I just caught a cp601 Tentacruel. Which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Got Pikachu and Jigglypuff tonight. Have I completed it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Can't seem to catch much other than pidgey and rattata! Do the more interesting Pokemon appear when you level up? e.g: Rizzo's Tentacruel Edited July 17, 2016 by bobzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 It certainly seems to be the case, yes. Although I guess sometimes you can just get really lucky too, regardless of your level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2016 The NEarby panel is still broke. Bit annoying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I've been to 3 places, a park, a town and home and not seen a thing. No gyms, no pokestops. Think mine has broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 The best one I've gotten so far is Haunter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I went yo a different sight fir work today and the office was full of pigeots! Result! Caught three. My egg hatched as well and I got a growlithe makes up for yesterday's crappy server crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Is the hop down for everybody else at the moment? Want to get my gym reward but can't. Also, I seem to have a new item now, "Great Ball" which gives an improved chance of success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Yeah it's been unplayable for most of the day for me. Tbh, I'm not sure I'll keep bothering when it's more stable, unless there's a new feature patch, I feel like I've seen everything the game has to offer in the first few days. It's a blast at first, but it becomes increasingly grindy to level up, the gyms swap teams constantly, but there's no incentive to really hold on to them, and the battles themselves are absolute shit. Edited July 17, 2016 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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