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u/Nd4spd117 Jul 19 '21
See the thing is half these people haven’t hosted a raid, I hosted a mewtwo raid when he dropped last week and I had 80 friend request off of 1 post, you expect me to sit there and scroll through to find your name that you commented on Reddit with about 30+ other people, I recommend not using Reddit to raid.
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Jul 20 '21
Yeah I hosted a few this weekend, it's just as bad for the host. I would add people, invite them all, maybe like 3 or 4 actually joined and then would bail with 2 seconds left on the clock. And THEN I gotta go add everyone, and then remove them from my friends list so I could add them again if need be. Idk it was just a mess. I don't think a single raid that I hosted and posted on this subreddit was successful lol
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u/wwwHttpCom Jul 20 '21
tbh, as someone that missed 2 tickets hosting a raid, it was more frustrating to actually accept someone, send the invitation, and then these people not joining the raid, making the few people that did accept the invitation back out 1 second before it started, making me lose the ticket.
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u/augsome Jul 19 '21
Changed my name from starting with S to starting with A so itd show up closer to the top and started getting a lot more invites. Still not a ton but a lot more than before
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u/Caleb556 Nov 23 '21
It’s been awhile since you posted this but I just wanna say thank you, I did the same thing and now I get into almost every raid
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Jul 19 '21
I've been having a lot of people join the raid and then just wait in the lobby while the rest get murdered by an unforgiving Lugia
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u/TotalSlice6 Jul 19 '21
Nobody promises to invite everyone they add, if I get 20 friend requests I add them all, then invite the first 10 that show they are online.
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Jul 19 '21
This is specifically making fun of the ones that say "IF I add you, you're getting invited" and then don't. Not the same as what you're saying
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u/TotalSlice6 Jul 19 '21
I don’t remember seeing posts making that promise. It’s a gamble
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Jul 19 '21
Yeah there was a lot of em
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u/TotalSlice6 Jul 19 '21
Holding random internet users to their word, it’s a bold strategy Cotton lets see if it pays off for em
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u/Sudden-Analysis-4570 Jul 19 '21
That’s exactly my luck most wait another day or two to add me back and only like 2/3 ever send any invites out of over 50 definitely can’t get anyone to join mine let alone find enough for a 5* this weekend’s event was the first time I’ve played and beat multiple 5* raids and absolutely loved it just wish I could get into more but I’m usually stuck trying to find 1/3* raids to try and beat alone unfortunately
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Jul 19 '21
Same, I've never even done a tier 5 until the event this weekend, had a blast! I feel like the raid system could be worked on and improved by Niantic tbh
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u/Sudden-Analysis-4570 Jul 19 '21
Lol I feel ya there I live in a very rural area and had only done one and caught suicune in 2018 until yesterday and ya kinda wish they would remove the timer and maybe apply a everyone confirm to proceed sort of button with with atleast 4/5 being confirmed minimum or something like that to not let people waste away passes being they’re paid for I especially hate when there’s 5 people but 3 leave last 2/3 seconds wasting my money
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u/Delicious_Note_5817 Jul 19 '21
As one that hosted my bad.
Unfortunately if you wait to try to organize the right people many often leave and you can not have enough.
So the host is kind of time crunched as well. Especially when it’s a lot of people.
There’s no good way to guarantee or force someone to join you and not another host.
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u/jberg7457 Jul 20 '21
Half don’t even join when you send invites also they should have a recent button to organize new friends so much quicker
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u/Constant-Door-8440 Jul 22 '21
You could just go to friendship then sort by low by tapping again if that's possible or by scrolling down
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u/Caleb556 Apr 13 '22
That’s true, but also some people will have added you before from previous raids so it doesn’t always work when you sort that way
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u/Southern-Drama3583 Jul 19 '21
I also feel this, it's happened multiple times in a row and I thought I was the problem lol
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u/nicktocknicktock Jul 19 '21
why would it happen multiple times in a row and you still think you’re the problem? lol
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u/Southern-Drama3583 Jul 20 '21
You tell me why it happens lol, thought it was a lag thing or something like that.
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u/Southern-Drama3583 Jul 20 '21
It's the whole meme from the post
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u/nicktocknicktock Jul 20 '21
it’s the fact that the person will add you and then physically not invite YOU specifically to the raid… so the “if i add you you’re invited” is null and void
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u/Gelato_33 Jul 23 '21
I’ve always assumed either I wasn’t getting the notifications for some reason or people see my trainer level and decide not to invite me.
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u/ZweiNor Jul 24 '21
Yup same here. Only got a single raid during go fest. Now, I get that there were a lot of traffic, but still.
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Jul 19 '21
Fr, it’s even more harder when the selfish people who already have like 20 with 25% being shiny and still request
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u/RaikuFA Jul 19 '21
Yep. These people just want to pad their friends numbers
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u/Caleb556 Apr 13 '22
Personally, as a host of many raids sometimes, I just don’t remember who of the 10 I added. Sometimes they’ve raided with me before so they’re not in the new friends list so I don’t go scrolling through the list. I wish I could remember but there’s only a limited amount of time to search for someone’s name
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u/Cap0verkill Jul 19 '21
Huh… so I wasn’t the only one. Anyone else end up wasting raid passes too because as the raid started everyone left, leaving just you to fight
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u/cozybunnies Jul 19 '21
How many people were in the lobby before they left? May just not have had enough people to beat it, so then people pull out and whoever’s hosting creates a new lobby and reinvites and replaced the people who didn’t show to the first lobby with someone else online.
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Jul 20 '21
Facts.
That or they send you the invite when there is like 6 seconds left on the timer and you miss it because you have to go through all the unzippable animations.
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u/munkywndr Jul 20 '21
I only hosted one raid and got over 150 friend requests in under 5 minutes. Invited as many as I could. I think the 50 or so I tried to get into and never got an invite were the same situation 🤷🏻♂️
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u/pit_of_despair666 Jul 20 '21
I hate this. I think after they accept the friend request, that they are going to possibly invite me to the raid. So I wait there and nothing happens. Stop doing this people. Also, I have not been invited when I was the first, second etc., person to reply.
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u/the_angry_crab Jul 20 '21
I've been on both sides and unless I nickname 1-10, If you are not online I don't know to add you ... I have felt the pain of not being invited as well as inviting 10 only to have 3-4 show up. ... Most of the time, >85%, I end up with enough to take it down so I'm not complaining. You guys are still awesome! I wouldn't have gotten any invites without you not even have enough to take on raids. So I take what I can get. Also thank you to those that have invited me and accepted my invites!
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u/Cocoa-guy034 Level 30-35 Jul 19 '21
I understand your point but it’s cause so many people end up adding you that most people will invite the first few then just accept everyone after the raid cause it’s easier than deleting the invites.