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>Be Niantic
>Introduce Dynamax raids
>Only allow obtainable Pokemon from Dynamax raids to be usable
>Players complain that their previous storage is unusable
>Introduce harder Dynamax raids
>Players complain even more
>They still reluctantly choose to invest into their new Dynamax Pokemon so they can beat the harder raids
>Stardust and XL candy down the drain
>Introduce Gigantamax raids
>Skyrocket the difficult so that a minimum of 20 fully prepared players with lvl 40 mons are at the raid in-person
>Create a spoofing haven as a result
>Players complain once again that they can't beat the raids even with 30+ players as over half of them are using Wooloos and Squirtles
>There's a chance the player doesn't catch the raid boss after battling it for 20+ minutes
>Decide to issue false bans on legit players because the code is being held with masking tape
>Hundreds of accounts are now being banned for a month
>Players are seething even more
>Paypiggies are still buying the max dust to enter the raids
Is this blunder, dare I say, a genius move on Niantic's end?