Pokémon Go changes gym, Pokéstop distances after fan protest

Pokémon Go Niantic developers recently decided to remember In-game social distancing requirements for players in the United States and New Zealand, Devotion No it’s going well with the fans.

While Niantic’s reasoning was, “Welcome to these two countries, the pandemic is largely over, isn’t it?” Fans were absolutely right to point out that the pandemic was definitely over. No More, and it forces players to collect more Closely around gyms and Pokéstops was a bad and reckless thing. The hashtag association #BoycottNiantic is created for users to express their displeasure.

TVolume Threats prompted developers to act, and In answer, Earlier this month, Niantic decided to create a “task force”:

…We have listened to your input loud and clear, and therefore to address the concerns you raised, we are taking the following steps: We are assembling an internal cross-functional team to develop proposals designed to support our mission to inspire people to explore the world together, while addressing specific concerns raised regarding interaction distance. We will share the conclusions of this working group during the next game season change (September 1). As part of this process, we will also be reaching out to community leaders in the coming days to join us in this conversation.

Although this “working group” has not yet shared its “full conclusions”, it has already made a change, announce On Twitter early today, remote file transfer Pokéstop and Gym go from 80m to 40m, now back to 80m for all:

Coaches – We can’t wait to share our plans after the September 1 task force meeting, but there’s one thing not to look forward to! Now 80 yards will be the primary reaction radius for PokéStops and Gyms around the world.

Thank you to everyone who made your voice heard. We heard you and understood that this was a welcome feature for many gamers. We’ll share more next week.

That’s good news, especially given the context of what happened in the weeks following the initial change in distance. Take New Zealand for example: Chosen as one of only two countries to have seen a change in distance, given the excellent Covid in the country balance sheet, Last week witnessed the biggest outbreak since the outbreak began, causing a nationwide blockage and everyone We play hard, not to mention the 40-meter rallies.