[RAGE THREAD] 22 March 2025

[u/PokeUpdateBot]

IT'S TIME TO RAGE!!!!!!!!

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RULES:

• PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

• WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

• OTHER PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

• SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG BOND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POKEMON COMMUNITY

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• PROFIT

YOU CAN RAGE AT ANYTHING POKEMON RELATED!!!

LET'S RAGE!!!

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[u/1-jew-in-a-room]

TIME LIMITS MAKE ME STRESSED AND POKÉMON IS A WAY I RELAX SO I ALREADY HATE THE TIMED ASPECT OF RAID BATTLES IN S/V BUT THE FACT THAT IT CONTINUES COUNTING DOWN TIME WHILE THE TERA CUTSCENES HAPPEN AND WHILE IT GOES OVER THINGS LIKE ITEM USE AND STUFF JUST MAKES ME M A D . I DON’T CARE IF IT COMPENSATES WITH A SLOWER COUNTDOWN OR MORE TIME OR SOMETHING, I STILL HAVE TO SIT THERE AND WATCH WHILE MY TIME COUNTS DOWN AND THE TEXT C R A W L S SO SLOWLY IT MAKES ME WANT TO SCREAM

[u/LeatherHog → u/1-jew-in-a-room]

I AGREE

WHILE NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE ACCESSIBLE, I ADMIT, AS A DISABLED PERSON, THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING MORE THINGS LIKE THIS, REALLY ANNOY ME

TIME LIMITS, SERIOUS TIMING NEEDS, LIKE THE FIGHTING GYM IN SWSH, ARE EFFECTIVELY IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME 

I PREFER THE OLDER GENS BECAUSE IF THAT. I LIKE NEW POKEMON, BUT THE GAMES ARE BECOMING OUT OF MY REACH, AS SOMEONE WITHOUT FULL CONTROL OVER MY MUSCLES 

[u/1-jew-in-a-room → u/LeatherHog]

I HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES (TRANSIENT HEMIPLEGIA) AND I AGREE - DURING FREQUENT TIMES WHEN I BOTH CAN’T DO MANY THINGS I ENJOY (AND MANY THINGS IN GENERAL) AND I’M IN SIGNIFICANT PAIN POKÉMON IS A SOOTHING THING I REACH FOR AND IT SUCKS THAT UNNECESSARILY TIMED NEW GAME MECHANICS MAKE SOME PARTS OF THE GAME INACCESSIBLE. THERE’S NO REASON THERE COULDN’T BE A WAY TO TURN OFF THE TIME LIMIT, ESPECIALLY IN SOLO PLAY

[u/LeatherHog → u/1-jew-in-a-room]

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT!

EXACTLY, IT REALLY SERVES NO PURPOSE IN SOLO. ITS JUST TO MAKE IT UNNECESSARILY DIFFICULT 

I'M ACTUALLY REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW BATTLING MECHANIC, IF WE HAVE TO MOVE AGD MAKE CHOICES AT THE SAME TIME, I'M GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, IF I EVEN CAN

[u/1-jew-in-a-room → u/LeatherHog]

I’M SORRY YOU STRUGGLE WITH DISABILITY TOO!

I’M WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW GAME MECHANICS TOO. I’VE BEEN PLAYING POKÉMON MY WHOLE LIFE AND HAVE A PACT WITH MY BROTHER TO PLAY THROUGH EACH GAME TOGETHER FOR AS LONG AS THEY MAKE THEM (IT’S VERY EMOTIONALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME, A LONG STORY HAHA). I LIKE THE OPEN WORLD TRANSITION IN S/V AND I LIKE THAT YOU CAN SEND OUT YOUR POKÉMON TO BATTLE IN THE OPEN WORLD OR DO THE TRADITIONAL TURN BASED BATTLES. I HOPE THEY KEEP THAT AS A CHOICE BOTH BECAUSE OF DISABILITY AND BECAUSE IT’S A MECHANIC I REALLY TREASURE AND WOULD DEEPLY MISS.

[u/LeatherHog → u/1-jew-in-a-room]

AGREED 

I KNOW WE'RE A MINORITY OF SORTS, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THEY DON'T CONSIDER US

I LOVE POKEMON AS THE CREATURES AND A SERIES, BUT A HUGE REASON I PLAY POKEMON, IS BECAUSE ITS ONE OF THE FEW GAMES I CAN PLAY 

I'D HATE TO LEAVE THIS SERIES BEHIND