The Pokémon Company cuts raid activities during the COVID-19 period. The decision has been made after heated criticism.
Niantic has stopped the activity of the Hours of Raids in Pokémon GO. The Pokémon Company, after announcing measures to extend the range of wild creatures in an attempt to keep its community from leaving home in the coronavirus period, is now acting by temporarily suspending the Raid Hours, not raids on its whole.
Difference between Raid Time and Raid as such: not everything stops
The brief statement, published in all languages from the official Pokémon GO blog, is clear: "This event has been canceled", in relation to the Raid Time. No further details have emerged; but we must make one thing clear so that there is no room for misunderstanding: the raids are still active, what has been canceled are the Special Hours; those that affect those Pokémon that only appear for an hour (such as Legendary Snacks) or those in which we find unique species with exclusive movements.
We stick to the official description, for more signs.
Raid Hours are hour-long global events during which a particular Pokémon or group of Pokémon appears more frequently on raids. Raid hours typically include new, rare, legendary, or unique Pokémon as raid bosses, sometimes with exclusive moves. ”
In this way, the activity of the rest of Incursions in the Poképaradas, including also the photo discs and gyms, have not ceased their activity at the time of writing this article, when in Spain the state of alert is still decreed, which calls for responsibility of all citizens only to leave home to go and return from work, buy food, go to the doctor or other needs such as taking a dog for a walk or throwing out the garbage.
In fact, the community has been very critical – especially from Europe – on social media in recent days. The official Pokémon GO Twitter account has continued to publish messages encouraging people to participate in these events, which has caused heated responses and a lack of responsibility on their part.
