Last week Pokémon Go hard was pretty much a disaster, with widespread connectivity problems causing a large number of 20,000 fans, to be p...
Last week Pokémon Go hard was pretty much a disaster, with widespread connectivity problems causing a large number of 20,000 fans, to be presented in Grant Park in Chicago, so you can not access the game, who had traveled on the sold event celebrate. The following questions, developers Niantic issued refunds, $ 100 in Pokecoins and worked to fix all day problems.
CEO and founder Niantic John Hanke, who faced his fair share of Boo and criticism when he spoke at the event on July 22, recently released a second statement about the event, both recognition praised shortcomings of the event and some of the most sensitive wizard - not to throw bottles on the stage.
Hanke cited technical problems with the Pokémon Go - software as a cause of the problems they are faced with many players probably try an influx of users in one place to get the game. These problems are composed, he wrote, by network congestion and "oversaturation" of some mobile networks. which solve these problems for some workers, but not all, states during the day Niantic multiple server configuration changes.
"On the issue of access to pure network provides detailed estimates of support and user data transmission requirement of our event partners, who have worked with major operators so that they can plan adequate coverage," Hanke wrote. "Used cell on wheels (COW) to increase their capacity Some airlines. In other cases as unnecessary regarded suppliers based on these and other infrastructure on the site. Users have different levels of success reported with these suppliers. Wifi was made possible by vendors as a solution that some users has helped, but not all. Sprint was the site as an official partner in the insert has a cow and his net was full, but remained good. "
While Hanke recognize the many weaknesses of your company event in his contribution, which makes a point of some of the ways in which to name the participants from their own enjoyment of the event.
As a participant frustrated left event Pokémon Go Festival attended by many in the Chicago area, where there was less cellular congestion to play the game. After Hanke, on the night of the event and the day center -Stadt Chicago players took part in more than 69,000 RAID battles and captured over 7.7 million Pokemon - 440,000 of which were rare, legendary Pokémon.
"It's inspiring to see combine coach with friends and the beautiful night together despite the struggles of the day enjoy" writes Hanke.
Hanke schloss his statement by adding Niantic into account all these problems, learn how to better plan future events. The company currently has about events planned Pokémon Go throughout Europe and in Yokohama, Japan late summer.
"Last Saturday was a bad day for us, but we are determined to hear the comments, although it is difficult to improve what we do, so we create experiences continue to bring people together, technology and innovative real world," wrote Hanke.
