Dangit, with all the useless ballslip questions you guys are gonna make Krug answer, I won't be able to trick him into revealing the secret lasagna recipe.
I have been sent a new rabbit hole, which can be applied to the reasons why sometimes something should become a portal but isn't, or why something shouldn't become a portal but is, and simultaneously why both possibilities can both be true and not true at the same time.
Fully agreed here, but this is where Niantic seriously dropped the ball:
Very rarely this overhead view is out of date, or is in the middle of the woods, or is otherwise difficult to see on that map. In that case, you may have to trust your phone's gps receiver. Align the location as best as you can to that blue dot.
There is no blue dot in Prime submissions. And when you zoom in, it's very easy for the pin to get moved from its initial placement (which I guess would have been in the middle of the blue dot, had the blue dot existed). This makes it much harder than it needs to be to accurately place the pin in areas with obstructed visibility.
If you re-tap the GPS location icon it returns your map position to your device's current location. So long as you aren't flipping back and forth between multiple apps, Prime's in-game location will stabilize.
If you are indoors or under tree cover, pin on yourself and say you did so in the submission support box. It might get an extra star for location if the reviewer knows that you cared enough to make to effort.
That's worth a try for sure. Indoors one should have no excuse not to get it mostly right via satellite view, but under tree cover it can be tough. The snap-back-to-position feature, which I hadn't noticed before, will definitely help. Regardless, I try to make photospheres if there's any doubt. They seem to make reviewers happy even though their positions are not reliable.
This thread has over 4,000 views and 700 comments. I would never expect a thread with this many references to dog poop stations to be quite this popular.
People have and love dogs man. Some trainers been dying for local parks to have more things. Even with a curfew local parks are ideal for more common things allowed. Because players would use it. Pokemon and wizards have walking players who love parks with dogs. :)
I don't see why having a pokestop at other places around the park prevents anyone playing at parks. Your park has a lot of things already and walking around it in a loop probably would give everything enough time to restart.
In fact, I have rarely seen anyone just linger around a waste station with their dog at a big park. They're actually, you know... walking it. Having portals AWAY from the waste station actually encourages them to do what they should be doing in a park. Walking their animal and getting it the necessary exercise.
It's the route people can take. Because some enjoy the pier view at night. Having something on the route is important. Nice walk with a great sunrise or sunset. It's important for the community to see when hunting oddities in wizards.
You can still play your game at the park and enjoy a beautiful sunset without cramming a portal in every inch.
A shame your community only has you as a representative though because piers aren't bad candidates they're just not in the guides so it's something you have work hard to sell and you are clearly bad at that.
Long review time doesnt necessarily indicate a long backlog, it can be a long backlog. But likely its a combination of lack of local reviewers doing OPR and a backlong but it could be just lack of reviewers.
I really suggest reading the rules, reading through here on peoples opinions and doing a couple hundred OPR reviews a night to earn those upgrades to get approvals. Or you can just wait?
They will happen when they happen. There is an issue with backlog and time it takes for portals near each other to be released for reviewing. So it will be what it is till it is.
I see you read my theory for when things get released for viewing very nice! Thats fair, waiting is fine too. My ara just lacks reviewers and 6+ months isnt my ideal :)
my problem is it is easier to submit at one park at a time. Going to 14 different parks each time doesn't make too much sense. But it it works faster I am going to start doing it.
For the record. 2 reviews per 1 agreement isn't a bad average.... Even though the rating has been stuck at poor because I disagree with PRP locations like the Little Libraries and statues on PRP.... Swimming pools I reject when others still approve.
In my area, reviews generally take 3-6 days. Lucky us!
And when they take longer than that (some are still waiting after a month), they're universally "controversial" things that apparently require a crapload more reviews in order to reach either a positive or negative overall consensus.
"Controversial" I say, because their biggest faults end up being for reasons such as:
It's a mural painted inside a business. Yes, it's very clearly visible on streetview and from the supporting pictures
It's a trail marker slathered in graffiti
It's a historic artifact (9 out of 11 have been accepted to date, and these last two are taking multiple resubmissions)
It's inside a family/tourist attraction
It's an exercise-inducing activity like paintball
My description or title made a pun
"Generic business" is being constantly misapplied.
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Dangit, with all the useless ballslip questions you guys are gonna make Krug answer, I won't be able to trick him into revealing the secret lasagna recipe.
Musta paid hundreds of dollars for a lvl 12 account just to tank the reviewer rating and make it useless.
Sure you can still submit, but I have a hankering the 14 dog poop stations won't get approved any time soon.
I have been sent a new rabbit hole, which can be applied to the reasons why sometimes something should become a portal but isn't, or why something shouldn't become a portal but is, and simultaneously why both possibilities can both be true and not true at the same time.
https://deadspin.com/a-philosophers-definitive-and-slightly-maddening-case-1838637147
Fully agreed here, but this is where Niantic seriously dropped the ball:
Very rarely this overhead view is out of date, or is in the middle of the woods, or is otherwise difficult to see on that map. In that case, you may have to trust your phone's gps receiver. Align the location as best as you can to that blue dot.
There is no blue dot in Prime submissions. And when you zoom in, it's very easy for the pin to get moved from its initial placement (which I guess would have been in the middle of the blue dot, had the blue dot existed). This makes it much harder than it needs to be to accurately place the pin in areas with obstructed visibility.
If you re-tap the GPS location icon it returns your map position to your device's current location. So long as you aren't flipping back and forth between multiple apps, Prime's in-game location will stabilize.
Hey, I just learned something; that works perfectly. Thanks!
@AgentB0ss
A submissions statement right after @TimerCIock‘s heart!
Just going to move it 3 1/2 miles to the nearest sidewalk...
Another @TimerCIock level winning submission statement
If you are indoors or under tree cover, pin on yourself and say you did so in the submission support box. It might get an extra star for location if the reviewer knows that you cared enough to make to effort.
That's worth a try for sure. Indoors one should have no excuse not to get it mostly right via satellite view, but under tree cover it can be tough. The snap-back-to-position feature, which I hadn't noticed before, will definitely help. Regardless, I try to make photospheres if there's any doubt. They seem to make reviewers happy even though their positions are not reliable.
This thread has over 4,000 views and 700 comments. I would never expect a thread with this many references to dog poop stations to be quite this popular.
People have and love dogs man. Some trainers been dying for local parks to have more things. Even with a curfew local parks are ideal for more common things allowed. Because players would use it. Pokemon and wizards have walking players who love parks with dogs. :)
I don't see why having a pokestop at other places around the park prevents anyone playing at parks. Your park has a lot of things already and walking around it in a loop probably would give everything enough time to restart.
In fact, I have rarely seen anyone just linger around a waste station with their dog at a big park. They're actually, you know... walking it. Having portals AWAY from the waste station actually encourages them to do what they should be doing in a park. Walking their animal and getting it the necessary exercise.
It's the route people can take. Because some enjoy the pier view at night. Having something on the route is important. Nice walk with a great sunrise or sunset. It's important for the community to see when hunting oddities in wizards.
You can still play your game at the park and enjoy a beautiful sunset without cramming a portal in every inch.
A shame your community only has you as a representative though because piers aren't bad candidates they're just not in the guides so it's something you have work hard to sell and you are clearly bad at that.
This particular park has numerous valid candidates that haven't been submitted because they don't fit the PoGo cell spacing. Go figure.
He does play Wizards too so I don't know what he's doing.
They are still pending. It's how I know the backlog is long. Satellite can confirm things if seen from them old ones!
Long review time doesnt necessarily indicate a long backlog, it can be a long backlog. But likely its a combination of lack of local reviewers doing OPR and a backlong but it could be just lack of reviewers.
I really suggest reading the rules, reading through here on peoples opinions and doing a couple hundred OPR reviews a night to earn those upgrades to get approvals. Or you can just wait?
It's fun how NIA stopped the thread from bumping but notifications for it still show up in the Most Recent section.
They will happen when they happen. There is an issue with backlog and time it takes for portals near each other to be released for reviewing. So it will be what it is till it is.
I see you read my theory for when things get released for viewing very nice! Thats fair, waiting is fine too. My ara just lacks reviewers and 6+ months isnt my ideal :)
I did and it does make sense from my own experiences.
my problem is it is easier to submit at one park at a time. Going to 14 different parks each time doesn't make too much sense. But it it works faster I am going to start doing it.
For the record. 2 reviews per 1 agreement isn't a bad average.... Even though the rating has been stuck at poor because I disagree with PRP locations like the Little Libraries and statues on PRP.... Swimming pools I reject when others still approve.
In my area, reviews generally take 3-6 days. Lucky us!
And when they take longer than that (some are still waiting after a month), they're universally "controversial" things that apparently require a crapload more reviews in order to reach either a positive or negative overall consensus.
"Controversial" I say, because their biggest faults end up being for reasons such as:
"Generic business" is being constantly misapplied.