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A user thinks that this would simplify somthing. Umm, it's a new minigame? What does that simplify?

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I'll just bump this for you~
Also, I support the footprint thing! Although, I'm not very familiar with the footprints xD

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@bsop
The foot thing Is in mystery dungeon where u hav to be on sentry duty and you have to make sure by the foot prints that the pokemon coming is a good guy

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BSP_ShayManiac, it simplifies getting GC and makes getting the prizes way too easy. It's incredibly easy for many people to recognize the silhouettes of Pokémon to the point that, while it might take a bit of time, you can, without fail, get as much GC as you want.

In regards to the argument that it's "selfish" to reject a suggestion because it's too easy, it's not at all selfish and it is very different from the example provided.
> Coinflip is luck-based. While it is "easy" to do your part, there is no way to guarantee victory.
> Recognizing silhouettes is skill-based. When it is easy to do something skill-based, it is possible to guarantee victory.
> With Coinflip, you have the potential to lose GC when you lose the game.
> With GUESS THAT POKEMON!!!, you have no potential to lose anything even if you lose the game.
> With GUESS THAT POKEMON!!!, you can easily get infinite GC.
> It does actually negatively affect people by reducing the value of the GC prizes. People who already put in the effort are being undermined by this sudden way to get them with time but almost no effort or luck.

Lastly, for the aforementioned reasons, I also won't support having footprints as an optional "hard mode" if it means having the silhouette mode at all, because the latter is too easy and, as explained above, makes it far too easy to get GC prizes, including the currently valuable Shiny Legendary Beasts and Shiny Manaphy.

In summation:
This does simplify an existing feature in an unnecessary and unfair way (unfair to the people who already did put in the hard work), and I support, as stated previously, exclusively the footprint mode and will not at all support the mode that involves Pokémon silhouettes as a means to obtain GC.

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Glad to hear that my footprint suggestion is so supported! I agree with Carpet monster that GC should not be a _major_ factor in this except perhaps as a rare prize that happens once every 10-50 guesses or so or perhaps when you're on a winning streak after maybe 10 or so guesses.

However, the factor that it is impossible to really lose anything is kind of a bad example against it considering the worst that can happen in Hangman is you lose the progress on the word and have to wait *gasp* 30 seconds before you try again! You could even "cheat" and create a list of words you've seen with a list of pokemon and items and just look for patterns that match what you've guessed so far.

If you ask me, it's harder to learn the footprints (considering there isn't any real easy to access list that has all of the footprints next to the pokemon as far as I know) than to just pull up a list or spam click coinflip until you reach 2mil (I've done it before).

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Title: Okay But Not Okay

I absolutley love your idea except There is already something like that. It's called are you a human? and it shows you a pokemon and 3 pokemon below it. 1 of the pokemon is the same as the chosen pokemon. So yeh Its okey but Not okay

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@Dodadoe
Um,thats not the same as what Golden_Freddy is suggesting at all.

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Quote from Dodadoe

I absolutley love your idea except There is already something like that. It's called are you a human? and it shows you a pokemon and 3 pokemon below it. 1 of the pokemon is the same as the chosen pokemon. So yeh Its okey but Not okay

That's the anti-bot system. This is a new game idea.
The bot-system is meant purely to weed out and halt clickbots.
The game idea would be a fun new addition to the game center.
No similarity in their purpose.

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Thx for clearing that up yeah that isn't a game .___.

It's to catch auto clickers also bump
@carpet It would only give small amounts of game chips an I'm sure riako can use a little of his magic coding to make it harder like making u type it out /and or having timed

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Support.


@Carpet, by your argument, "Recognizing silhouettes is skill-based. When it is easy to do something skill-based, it is possible to guarantee victory." this would put the Royal Tunnel into the same category.

However, your statement is false. Not all silhouettes, nor the royal tunnel, is easy even with tons of practice. (Just look at me. Been here since May 2nd last year, and I STILL haven't been able to make it past the Advanced Path. -_-") It may be skill-based, but as with anything that requires skill, anyone who is able to obtain it should be able to reap the rewards.

Coin-flip may be luck based, but have you ever sat there, watching tv or a movie, constantly flipping for 2 or more hours? Most likely, players would still be able to earn more GCs with coin-flip than with the silhouettes/footprints since there would be more variety and lower quantity in the prizes won.

Footprints. I would wont them as a part of the game, mixed between silhouettes and footprints randomly and not a separate thing to add more of a challenge.

Lastly, about the silhouettes themselves. Who says it has to be official are work? Riako could ask for art submissions of pokemon only, no backgrounds and no items unless a pokemon is normally seen with a certain item with it. Or, if official art is wanted, well, find where you can watch the tv series online, pause there and there, take some screenshots, cutout the pokemon, and we could have that jigglypuff joke!

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Yeah that sums it up some people will be amazing at the game like the royal tunnel and some people will suck at it

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Also, the same argument that Carpet made could be made against hangman as well. If you keep playing it over and over, you could easily get infinite Game Chips.

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The thing is that the hangman is a lot harder and slower than the potential on this suggestion. And you cannot have your brain disconnected, because you constantly have to check for patterns in the words to win constantly. And even if you know every word that is possible the possibility of losing exists, there are too many options and there are unusual words too that would break any pattern.

We need this!

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@gaspoo so why not make it like hangman where you have too spell out the pokemon instead of multiple choice

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