The mechanics in 2016 were different from now, I remember having a specific catching pattern that would work for every pokemon. The first mention of a big change I can find is from February 2017.
Definitely possible that the mechanics were a little more consistent back then. That said, most of the demonstration throws shown with these devices in the video aren't that good.
Pokemon go is supposed to encourage exploration. I don’t know anyone who plays the game but whenever there’s a Pokemon I really want I go out on the first day of the event in a populated area and can usually find a people to raid with. Before remotes raids that was the only way. Where I used to live, I ended up meeting people when Azelf raids first dropped and they invited me to their local discord group so we could corroborate future raids. The game is literally called Pokemon “GO”. For people who live in small towns, it’s time to take a trip.
Really glad you mentioned their use as accessibility aids, although it was a brief mention. I feel like they usually were not marketed as such, but its sad when I see tools that could be a gamechanger for someone with a disability get dismissed as completely useless. I know a lot of gamers with disabilities! Guess it's just sad theres no ideal options for curveballing...
Gotta admit I didn't think of it until reading the comments on that Reddit post, so I have that blind spot too. I feel accessibility is very important (always try to include captions on these videos for instance) so I felt I had to mention it once I realized!
@@3_14pie For someone with extremely shaky hands or with some kind of condition that reduces their hand dexterity, those could be the only way to land throws, otherwise their hands are too shaky and they end up missing every single time
@@3_14pie it’s mentioned in the video, someone with bad hand tremors was using it to help keep their and steadier. Hitting a Pokemon isn’t too hard for most people but if you’re hand is shaking you’re much more likely to miss completely Honestly after this video I’m half considering making a diy one for cold days for the same reason
@linneathesystemsdruid308 yes but the guy just used a popsicle stick, which is actually much better than all others, since he can angle it depending o the Pokémon. I was asking if the commercial ones had any accessibility use
Not only was the circle the same for every pokemon back then, there was a bug where you could throw the pokeball when they were zoomed in. If you threw the pokeball at the earliest possible moment, it was an automatic excellent. no aim needed.
@@TheExcellentPokedex I'm surprised there are so many comments on this video with so few talking about how catching pokemon worked in 2016. When Go launched every pokemon was caught by throwing in the same straight line and stopping in the same spot and if timed right would catch the pokemon every time. The 2016 products had a near 100% success rate. You want to know why those products almost immediately disappeared? Because almost immediately after they hit the market Niantic released a patch that added variance to the catching requirements making it no longer possible to catch every single pokemon with the same throw 100% of the time. Despite the products doing exactly what they claimed to do they where still clowned on as scams, primarily because on the games launch it was not that hard to learn the singular throw pattern needed to catch all pokemon 100% of the time. You where paying 15$ to do something you could replicated with a little practice and not waste 15$. Then again, the people I know who got these did so because attaching tools to your phone to accomplish tasks is cool and I can't argue with that logic.
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@TheExcellentPokedex well, it's very unlikely that a pokemon themed channel wouldn't think of something so obvious, haha. Maybe that explains why he thought it was OK to claim that "we all" thought these were a good idea in the title of his video when he knows full well how difficult it is to find people who even are aware that these exist? It's a special kind of accessory where the more into pokemon go you are, the LESS likely you would be to be aware of it since you would either laugh it off or already have an autocatcher. It's just very hard to believe that a channel that's pokemon themed would forget that autocatchers have been around nearly as long as the game itself has been.
Marketing your product as “it works, we swear” is so fucking funny 😭😭 that’s like saying “our restaurant is good because you won’t get severe food poisoning”
The game in 2016 was different from now, the throw mechanics were not the same. Using something designed for essentially a different version of a game, 8 years later is pretty pointless.
I played pretty hardcore for the first few years of the game and I jever saw anyone using one of these. No wonder none of the companies still exist. It was a bad product that no one bought.
@SkilletToast no, when the game first came out everyone was using them cause they had the exact same circle for every pokemon. Then they changed the circles in 2017 making them useless
@sirlordofderp ah yes, back in the good ole days when everyone clicked a pokemon then put their guide on to catch. Then had to take it back off. Yep. Everyone was definitely doing that lmao. The best way to grind for sure.
I never heard of them back in 2016. The thought of something like this marketed for ppl blessed with motor control in the normal ranges did not cross my mind
1:55 side note BUT OMG I never thought I’d find this game again. This was one of the first games I played on an iPad. I was visiting my bio dad who’s ~rich~ (compared to my family) and he had one of those new ‘iPads’ and he let me play on it and it had This game! (As well as the classics, angry birds, plants vs zombies etc) but when I got my own iPad many years later, I always wondered what that game was. It was fun from memory.
Yeah, a friend randomly showed me the game 10+ years ago and I played it for a few hours and thought it was amazing. More recently I tried to find it and discovered it just doesn't exist anymore. Super sad.
I'm glad you mentioned accessibility as a good usecase! Often items are aids and they might seem useless to most people, but are vital for a specific group
6:27 the video shows "what exist" but your searches were for "what exists". sadly there's still no results at all for whatexist, and no archives at all for it
True, however the description of that video actually said "WhatExists.ca" twice, and didn't say "WhatExist" at all. So presumably the one in the video was a typo.
I knew someone would point that out. I showed a clip from the video but video had the wrong link. It was correct in the description of that video, and that's what I searched for. We know it's correct because as you pointed out whatexists is the only one that exists in the internet archive.
I played Go very actively from the beginning and never saw anyone use these. So no, I don't think anyone actually thought they were a good idea. They just seem like the kind of useless bootleg product grandparents are tricked into buying for their grandkids because "They like that Pokémon Go stuff, right?"
Ahh, I thought you'd propose something better. I'm so intrigued by this mini game! Solving it would be so awesome! Like knowing the biggest excellent circle for each pokemon and the optimal release points for various throwing speeds, a release curve if you will. It's just so mysterious. I love it! 🔥
No, @@yolobathsalts, this person just doesn't want their favorite youtuber to associate himself with anti-artist technologies, seeing as he has any sort of respect towards human-made art. And considering how said youtuber agreed and did it without a fuss, I'm not sure what the problem here is~
@Mr.Mediackre the issue is the mindless hate any kind of AI use gets. It's the way of the future and many artists use it and nobody says a word. Most AI use you can't even tell. AI is not anti artist lmao, I don't get where you came up with that. It's like saying Google images is anti artist. Also, using that tilde at the end of your comment to seem cute and quirky tells me you have nothing intelligent to say and spend entirely too much time on the internet.
You know, given how much Pokémon GO died off in popularity, I often forget the game is even still around, so it's surprising to suddenly be recommended a TH-camr who exclusively talks about Pokémon GO
@TheExcellentPokedex I'd say my most played genres are action games and RPGs, particular favorites including Devil May Cry, Hi-Fi Rush, Persona, Baldur's Gate 3, and, as you can probably imagine, Pokémon
i do remember these being promoted everywhere back in 2016 and have laughed at these occasionally over the years, especially whenever there is a particularly hard pokemon to throw balls at.
I like the idea of bringing dmax into the games, but it's a whole lot of nodes for a single, isolated game mode filling the map with clutter soon as youre bored of it
Yeah, theoretically you can use assist touch on iPhones. I've seen TH-cam videos suggesting this. That's even closer to the cheating line though, honestly.
I have never seen one of these before! It sucks that they aren't useful, I can't throw with any kind of consistency. I don't play that often, but when I do it's not uncommon for me to just completely whiff 5+ throws in a row.
The pokedex one looked cool and at least allowed you to use your full screen still. Was always a curve ball thrower though since had higher catch rate n bonus xp so none of these would of ever worked n had no idea they even existed until now 😂
I’ve never of these devices, thanks for the discovery. And I love your game! I’ve played a Cargo Masters clone named Plane Control, I’ve spent a bunch of time on it.
Well as android apps can see the screen, technically if an app was optimized enough it could use math and the pokemon name to overlay the correct pattern when combined with other overlay type systems like an IV estimate and maybe even a denial overlay to stop you from leaving a catch on certain pokemon or shinys it would make a decent chunk of money on the market and as looking at the screen doesn't modify the main app it wouldn't be able to be detected
I'm not so interested in an overlay for throwing, but I do appreciate apps like Calcy IV or PokeGenie that help show things like Pokemon stats that I wish the game would show by default.
Summer 2016, the summer I spent walking around with my friends playing the game while I steered them around other people and away from oncoming traffic 😂
Honestly I did think about it but I didn't do it because 1. The best possible outcome is... throwing a straight throw really well. 2. I'd have to modify the models to work with my current phone and I am clueless about 3D printing. But I guess that could make a fun video in itself potentially. I do agree that it would make a better video storyline if I had though! :P
Why am I watching this? I played Pokemon Go for 5 minutes at launch and didn't even know there was ways to throw a Poke ball. Nor did I know people still play this game. Good video on the subject, though. Informative and to the point and well presented.
Why would you even want to lower your chances of catching a pokemon? They are just making regular trows, if u spin the ball you actually get a higher chance 😔
As a thought experiment, why were the Olympic records so much less impressive 80 years ago than where they are now? You seem young, but the principle behind this is an idea very universal to the human experience- we all collectively improve our skillset when we work together en masse.
@@Birdsflight44 AI ahh comment I think the point they're trying to make is that back then people maybe just didn't think that curveball throws are worth it, or even didn't know about their existence or something
Also this kind of thing remonds of people who mark the center of their monitor in hardcore FPS modes... But unlike those this looks nice and does get in the way of gameplay while also not being the type of cheating that makes you wonder why are you playing that mode/game to begin with?
when you've only played a few times it's less clear that it's a highly trainable skill plus straight throws are really frustrating even with a lot of practice. I swear there's auto-aim on curves or something.
Yeah! Planes Control is another similar game that actually exists now (I think it's based on an older game called Flight Control). I don't like them nearly as much as Harbor Master though - somehow the mechanics just aren't as good for me.
You could definitely do that. Though honestly at that point since you're doing nothing yourself you might as well just go all the way and use a hacked client that gets Excellent throws every time.
@@TheExcellentPokedex I felt like the guides were somewhat of a cheat in and of themselves, like as an accessibility tool it makes sense, but other than that it's just the player not wanting to engage with the game's mechanics and wanting to be good at it anyways Speedrunners and esports players don't use physical key locks or something, because those would be treated just like cheating with a script (at least I hope they don't) The point is, external help is external help, no matter if it's a physical 3D printed thing or a computer script
Welp, these games have a possibility of being used to map out the earth, photo by photo, think about it, you got to point the camera to get the critter, hmmm:)
I mean no... Not at all... Like I had no idea outside the acceries you can get so you didn't ne3d to have your phone in front of you to play the game and asseries for pokemon exsited... Which some may consider cheating or cheezy... But I say if in a hardwear locked speed run you can break an official controller on perpise one you can't get anymore numbers matching and it be legel but a 3rd patry controller or any emulator is cheating... Then these passive Pokmon Go cathers you can use while driving are 100% and should be in the game as an safety option... Also it would have prevented all those deaths... Or atleast the ones that wasn't showcasing darwanism at work...
Yeah, I remember those, once I saw it I know it gonna be suck. And yes, curve ball is easier to throw than a straight ball, for me. You kinda just 'flick' it in a natural way.
disliked because it doesnt seem like you actually obtained and used any of these (i only watched 3 mins of the video). Yet another video of someone just talking to a camera about stuff they saw on reddit or whatever. ur game seems neat tho, im surprised we never got more interesting knockoffs in that genre, flight control seemed to be pretty popular.
That title is something else, lol. Yeah, when you make your title to intentionally belittle your audience, that's when I tap out. Not only have most players never even heard of this (because the more you're into the game, the more likely you are to always use curveball throws or use a gotcha) but it's so obvious that this is a silly idea that it's inherently belittling to tell people what you know they already know in that way. And... You know full well how dishonest it is to claim that "we all" thought this was a good idea. Your OWN Video indirectly explains why that's so shameful, so... Yeah.
I remember trying to figure out how to make something like this when it came out. Now i look back and wanna smack myself lol. Its so easy for me to hit excellent curves nowadays. Still can’t throw a straight throw for the life of me.
What I always tell people who do a lot of circles when throwing is to imagine drawing the nike symbol. Faster, works with the berry fast catch, accurate, and easy to adjust for distance.
No but printing Pokedex phone covers for aesthetic purposes seems kinda cool
Yeah, I don't mind that one. It's cool!
The mechanics in 2016 were different from now, I remember having a specific catching pattern that would work for every pokemon. The first mention of a big change I can find is from February 2017.
This is how I remember it as well, although it still doesn't make these devices particularly useful
Definitely possible that the mechanics were a little more consistent back then. That said, most of the demonstration throws shown with these devices in the video aren't that good.
It's cause back in 2016 every pokemon had the same circle
Weirdo hahaha
@@TheExcellentPokedex bro you admit up front that you didn't play back then, pipe down.
In 2023, Niantic thought changing remote raids was a good idea. (They were not)
They are to expensive
Remote raids are bad for the game
@JacobFawley-w9z plus you are limited to 5 per day 😂
@@AchillesofOblivionremote raids are literally the only way I’m able to get legendaries. I do not have enough people in my community to take on gyms.
Pokemon go is supposed to encourage exploration. I don’t know anyone who plays the game but whenever there’s a Pokemon I really want I go out on the first day of the event in a populated area and can usually find a people to raid with. Before remotes raids that was the only way. Where I used to live, I ended up meeting people when Azelf raids first dropped and they invited me to their local discord group so we could corroborate future raids. The game is literally called Pokemon “GO”. For people who live in small towns, it’s time to take a trip.
Really glad you mentioned their use as accessibility aids, although it was a brief mention.
I feel like they usually were not marketed as such, but its sad when I see tools that could be a gamechanger for someone with a disability get dismissed as completely useless. I know a lot of gamers with disabilities!
Guess it's just sad theres no ideal options for curveballing...
Gotta admit I didn't think of it until reading the comments on that Reddit post, so I have that blind spot too. I feel accessibility is very important (always try to include captions on these videos for instance) so I felt I had to mention it once I realized!
I'm curious, how could this work for accessibility?
@@3_14pie For someone with extremely shaky hands or with some kind of condition that reduces their hand dexterity, those could be the only way to land throws, otherwise their hands are too shaky and they end up missing every single time
@@3_14pie it’s mentioned in the video, someone with bad hand tremors was using it to help keep their and steadier. Hitting a Pokemon isn’t too hard for most people but if you’re hand is shaking you’re much more likely to miss completely
Honestly after this video I’m half considering making a diy one for cold days for the same reason
@linneathesystemsdruid308 yes but the guy just used a popsicle stick, which is actually much better than all others, since he can angle it depending o the Pokémon. I was asking if the commercial ones had any accessibility use
Not only was the circle the same for every pokemon back then, there was a bug where you could throw the pokeball when they were zoomed in. If you threw the pokeball at the earliest possible moment, it was an automatic excellent. no aim needed.
That's interesting! Thanks for the added context. 😃
@@TheExcellentPokedex I'm surprised there are so many comments on this video with so few talking about how catching pokemon worked in 2016. When Go launched every pokemon was caught by throwing in the same straight line and stopping in the same spot and if timed right would catch the pokemon every time. The 2016 products had a near 100% success rate. You want to know why those products almost immediately disappeared? Because almost immediately after they hit the market Niantic released a patch that added variance to the catching requirements making it no longer possible to catch every single pokemon with the same throw 100% of the time.
Despite the products doing exactly what they claimed to do they where still clowned on as scams, primarily because on the games launch it was not that hard to learn the singular throw pattern needed to catch all pokemon 100% of the time. You where paying 15$ to do something you could replicated with a little practice and not waste 15$. Then again, the people I know who got these did so because attaching tools to your phone to accomplish tasks is cool and I can't argue with that logic.
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To Jeremy the Sponsor: You chose an excellent channel to sponsor! I hope your new game gets an audience.
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Fun throwback! Autocatchers really makes these things completely obsolete.
Good point! I didn't think of that connection.
@TheExcellentPokedex well, it's very unlikely that a pokemon themed channel wouldn't think of something so obvious, haha. Maybe that explains why he thought it was OK to claim that "we all" thought these were a good idea in the title of his video when he knows full well how difficult it is to find people who even are aware that these exist? It's a special kind of accessory where the more into pokemon go you are, the LESS likely you would be to be aware of it since you would either laugh it off or already have an autocatcher. It's just very hard to believe that a channel that's pokemon themed would forget that autocatchers have been around nearly as long as the game itself has been.
@@awesomeferret what is bro wafflin bout
At the start of pokemon go every single throw distance was the same and in the later updates it was changed to what it is now
Except they did work cause when the game came out the circles were the same for every pokemon
You expect people to actually remember details from 2016? I'd love to live in the same fantasy world as you.
@sleepy-emerald I expect people to remember a fundamentally change to the game yes.
@@sleepy-emeraldwouldn’t knowing this info be mandatory and kind of common sense when making a video about the topic?
@@PompeiSurvivor you‘d think so
they are still bad in every video dude, they are useless
Marketing your product as “it works, we swear” is so fucking funny 😭😭 that’s like saying “our restaurant is good because you won’t get severe food poisoning”
yeah, you know you're in a crowded field of slop when you have to advertise that way
The game in 2016 was different from now, the throw mechanics were not the same. Using something designed for essentially a different version of a game, 8 years later is pretty pointless.
I played pretty hardcore for the first few years of the game and I jever saw anyone using one of these. No wonder none of the companies still exist. It was a bad product that no one bought.
@SkilletToast no, when the game first came out everyone was using them cause they had the exact same circle for every pokemon. Then they changed the circles in 2017 making them useless
@sirlordofderp ah yes, back in the good ole days when everyone clicked a pokemon then put their guide on to catch. Then had to take it back off. Yep. Everyone was definitely doing that lmao. The best way to grind for sure.
I never heard of them back in 2016. The thought of something like this marketed for ppl blessed with motor control in the normal ranges did not cross my mind
1:55 side note BUT OMG I never thought I’d find this game again. This was one of the first games I played on an iPad. I was visiting my bio dad who’s ~rich~ (compared to my family) and he had one of those new ‘iPads’ and he let me play on it and it had This game! (As well as the classics, angry birds, plants vs zombies etc) but when I got my own iPad many years later, I always wondered what that game was. It was fun from memory.
Yeah, a friend randomly showed me the game 10+ years ago and I played it for a few hours and thought it was amazing. More recently I tried to find it and discovered it just doesn't exist anymore. Super sad.
Neat, I'll add it to my wishlist.
I'm glad you mentioned accessibility as a good usecase! Often items are aids and they might seem useless to most people, but are vital for a specific group
Weird
@@Eggzy-b7fImagine being ableist in 2024.
6:27 the video shows "what exist" but your searches were for "what exists". sadly there's still no results at all for whatexist, and no archives at all for it
True, however the description of that video actually said "WhatExists.ca" twice, and didn't say "WhatExist" at all. So presumably the one in the video was a typo.
I knew someone would point that out. I showed a clip from the video but video had the wrong link. It was correct in the description of that video, and that's what I searched for. We know it's correct because as you pointed out whatexists is the only one that exists in the internet archive.
I played Go very actively from the beginning and never saw anyone use these. So no, I don't think anyone actually thought they were a good idea. They just seem like the kind of useless bootleg product grandparents are tricked into buying for their grandkids because "They like that Pokémon Go stuff, right?"
Ahh, I thought you'd propose something better. I'm so intrigued by this mini game! Solving it would be so awesome! Like knowing the biggest excellent circle for each pokemon and the optimal release points for various throwing speeds, a release curve if you will. It's just so mysterious. I love it! 🔥
Nah that's way too much work.
@TheExcellentPokedex Oh, I know! I was just wondering 😁
Definitely remember these back in 2016/17. They were the biggest example of a dumb cash grab for a skill issue that barely worked at all.
Can you PLEASE get rid of the ai profile picture? I see you're working on a game? Just commission an artist, please
Ok.
I'm not sure if it will show up immediately but I changed it to something better.
@@TheExcellentPokedexI saw the profile pic change in real time
"I hate AI because the popular opinion tells me to" lmao grow up and think for yourself.
No, @@yolobathsalts, this person just doesn't want their favorite youtuber to associate himself with anti-artist technologies, seeing as he has any sort of respect towards human-made art. And considering how said youtuber agreed and did it without a fuss, I'm not sure what the problem here is~
@Mr.Mediackre the issue is the mindless hate any kind of AI use gets. It's the way of the future and many artists use it and nobody says a word. Most AI use you can't even tell. AI is not anti artist lmao, I don't get where you came up with that. It's like saying Google images is anti artist. Also, using that tilde at the end of your comment to seem cute and quirky tells me you have nothing intelligent to say and spend entirely too much time on the internet.
I like that you point out how these can be a great accessibility aid. I always love seeing creative solutions to problems presented by handicaps.
I love how your game looks, thanks for including it in the vid!
Thanks for checking it out. :)
You know, given how much Pokémon GO died off in popularity, I often forget the game is even still around, so it's surprising to suddenly be recommended a TH-camr who exclusively talks about Pokémon GO
Haha yeah. May not be the wisest career choice. 😅
What games are you into these days?
@TheExcellentPokedex I'd say my most played genres are action games and RPGs, particular favorites including Devil May Cry, Hi-Fi Rush, Persona, Baldur's Gate 3, and, as you can probably imagine, Pokémon
I don't remember these; just that I found a perfect rhythm for an excellent curved throw every single time until an update about a week later.
DAMN HARBOR MASTER BROUGHT ME BACK
Love that game
i do remember these being promoted everywhere back in 2016 and have laughed at these occasionally over the years, especially whenever there is a particularly hard pokemon to throw balls at.
In 2024 niantic added gigantamax raids. They thought it would be a good addition for rural and city players alike (it was not)
I like the idea of bringing dmax into the games, but it's a whole lot of nodes for a single, isolated game mode filling the map with clutter soon as youre bored of it
@ real
@@Fractvred i love attacking for 3 minutes only to see I've done like zero damage for a pokemon that ultimately will have like 300 cp
@@sirlordofderp legit too accurate to the D-GMAX battle experience
The only catch to these physical products is that they’re all made pretty much obsolete the second assist touch on the iPhone is enabled
Yeah, theoretically you can use assist touch on iPhones. I've seen TH-cam videos suggesting this. That's even closer to the cheating line though, honestly.
you missed the biggest aimer of them all: skill
the world was at peace for a brief moment
Didnt mention how that green curveball case had 2 sharp triangles that could stab your fingers if you slightly miss.
Good reinforcement training for throwing correctly, I guess!
Speak for yourself this is the first I have have heard of these
I also never heard about pokemon go aimers ... First time seeing this😅
I kind of love the Amazing Launcher honestly..
same
They used to work back when the throw distance was the same for every pokemon
Thanks for the context. Got a few comments about that and it definitely makes this phenomenon make a lot more sense.
I have never seen one of these before! It sucks that they aren't useful, I can't throw with any kind of consistency. I don't play that often, but when I do it's not uncommon for me to just completely whiff 5+ throws in a row.
i didn't know these existed..... didn't play pokemon go either but yea
Omg I want the Pokédex case
Me too
After finishing the hit 999 excellent research task and hitting L50 I don’t need these its 3d printed in my brain 😂😂😂
yeah, exactly. With a decent amount of practice these are really redundant, and probably even counter-productive.
The pokedex one looked cool and at least allowed you to use your full screen still. Was always a curve ball thrower though since had higher catch rate n bonus xp so none of these would of ever worked n had no idea they even existed until now 😂
Yeah, I'm glad curveballs exist in the game. Much more interesting than straight throws, and prevent cheap hacks like this.
I’ve never of these devices, thanks for the discovery.
And I love your game! I’ve played a Cargo Masters clone named Plane Control, I’ve spent a bunch of time on it.
Well as android apps can see the screen, technically if an app was optimized enough it could use math and the pokemon name to overlay the correct pattern when combined with other overlay type systems like an IV estimate and maybe even a denial overlay to stop you from leaving a catch on certain pokemon or shinys it would make a decent chunk of money on the market and as looking at the screen doesn't modify the main app it wouldn't be able to be detected
I'm not so interested in an overlay for throwing, but I do appreciate apps like Calcy IV or PokeGenie that help show things like Pokemon stats that I wish the game would show by default.
TIL that companies thought our phones needed skimpy underpants.
I have no damn idea what the hell I'm looking at or why this was recommended to me.
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No I don’t remember these, nobody normal remembers these. Normal people did not play Pokemon go after like the first week.
Summer 2016, the summer I spent walking around with my friends playing the game while I steered them around other people and away from oncoming traffic 😂
I can’t imagine my muscle memory letting me throw a non-curve throw…
Really disappointed that you didn’t 3d print one and try it for yourself
Honestly I did think about it but I didn't do it because
1. The best possible outcome is... throwing a straight throw really well.
2. I'd have to modify the models to work with my current phone and I am clueless about 3D printing. But I guess that could make a fun video in itself potentially.
I do agree that it would make a better video storyline if I had though! :P
i never thought phone underwear was a thing but its so delightfully tacky.
Been playing Pokemon Go since launch, ain't never seen/heard these abominations until now.
Why am I watching this? I played Pokemon Go for 5 minutes at launch and didn't even know there was ways to throw a Poke ball. Nor did I know people still play this game.
Good video on the subject, though. Informative and to the point and well presented.
Hope you're enjoying your time in the woods!
Heck yeah. The woods are great.
This feels like its fully AI generated content
I got a pokemon go ad while watching this
Who is we? I and nobody I play with has ever seen these
title might be hyperbole lol
I still don’t understand how anyone would put themselves in mortal danger because they were playing a Pokémon game.
Why would you even want to lower your chances of catching a pokemon? They are just making regular trows, if u spin the ball you actually get a higher chance 😔
As a thought experiment, why were the Olympic records so much less impressive 80 years ago than where they are now?
You seem young, but the principle behind this is an idea very universal to the human experience- we all collectively improve our skillset when we work together en masse.
@@Birdsflight44 what
@@Birdsflight44not even actually related
@@Birdsflight44 AI ahh comment
I think the point they're trying to make is that back then people maybe just didn't think that curveball throws are worth it, or even didn't know about their existence or something
@@Birdsflight44 🤨🤨🤨
I miss the early days of Pokémon go
I didn't even know that thing existed
such a good video! underrated channel!
Thank you 😊
This hit
I have played since release, never saw these in my life
I got a Pokémon tcg ad before this video. Is that a sign?
Also this kind of thing remonds of people who mark the center of their monitor in hardcore FPS modes... But unlike those this looks nice and does get in the way of gameplay while also not being the type of cheating that makes you wonder why are you playing that mode/game to begin with?
Who ever had problems throwing the balls are most likely just kids.
Its just too easy
when you've only played a few times it's less clear that it's a highly trainable skill
plus straight throws are really frustrating even with a lot of practice. I swear there's auto-aim on curves or something.
Right before watching this vid I got a ad for the new Pokemon card game
If you had an iPhone all you needed was assistive touch and preload the perfect throw with only one tap
i remember seeing these online but i never saw anyone using them
Your game reminds me of the air traffic control game. Good times.
Yeah! Planes Control is another similar game that actually exists now (I think it's based on an older game called Flight Control). I don't like them nearly as much as Harbor Master though - somehow the mechanics just aren't as good for me.
1:50 There are a few games like that on iOS, like 'Planes Control'.
who the hell is "we"
who's we 😭😭
DUDEEEEEE THAT GUY GOING INTO THE WATER HAPPENED IN MY COUNTRY. PERU PERU PERU. We weird.
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Ironically I tried making my own pokedex one, {failing at it because I had lil skills with 3D design, using mostly sketchup}
Why is pokemon go wearing a body harness
3:39 this one but but a charger do hickey on the end so it stays in the phone
I remember myself wanting one of those,glad I didn't
Bring out Old School Pokemon Go
Bro, just curveball it, it’s piss easy
I wonder if anybody has created a 3d printed thing to flip heads 100% of the time in Pokemon tcg pocket
things like this makes me mad, imagine all the plastic wasted and waste made for useless trinkets like this
Wouldnt it be easier to use automatic gestures with preprogrmmed throw for an specific pokemon? The Timing would be the only Problem i see
You could definitely do that. Though honestly at that point since you're doing nothing yourself you might as well just go all the way and use a hacked client that gets Excellent throws every time.
@@TheExcellentPokedex I felt like the guides were somewhat of a cheat in and of themselves, like as an accessibility tool it makes sense, but other than that it's just the player not wanting to engage with the game's mechanics and wanting to be good at it anyways
Speedrunners and esports players don't use physical key locks or something, because those would be treated just like cheating with a script (at least I hope they don't)
The point is, external help is external help, no matter if it's a physical 3D printed thing or a computer script
Playing since the game first came out and this is the first time seeing about these "tossing aids" lol
Welp, these games have a possibility of being used to map out the earth, photo by photo, think about it, you got to point the camera to get the critter, hmmm:)
I remember these devices.....I got gud
I mean no... Not at all... Like I had no idea outside the acceries you can get so you didn't ne3d to have your phone in front of you to play the game and asseries for pokemon exsited... Which some may consider cheating or cheezy... But I say if in a hardwear locked speed run you can break an official controller on perpise one you can't get anymore numbers matching and it be legel but a 3rd patry controller or any emulator is cheating... Then these passive Pokmon Go cathers you can use while driving are 100% and should be in the game as an safety option... Also it would have prevented all those deaths... Or atleast the ones that wasn't showcasing darwanism at work...
"we all" okay
Yeah, I remember those, once I saw it I know it gonna be suck. And yes, curve ball is easier to throw than a straight ball, for me. You kinda just 'flick' it in a natural way.
Those never made it to germany it seems. never saw anyone use them, let alone talk about them
disliked because it doesnt seem like you actually obtained and used any of these (i only watched 3 mins of the video). Yet another video of someone just talking to a camera about stuff they saw on reddit or whatever. ur game seems neat tho, im surprised we never got more interesting knockoffs in that genre, flight control seemed to be pretty popular.
Fair enough. 😎
My excellent throw guide would be a membership to your channel!
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I heard throat guid
I used to use 2 rubber bands and my tiny iPhone 5
Ive never seen one of those ever LOL
title might be hyperbole
You had me fooled for a second. About to click off till you said the sponsor was yourself
That title is something else, lol. Yeah, when you make your title to intentionally belittle your audience, that's when I tap out. Not only have most players never even heard of this (because the more you're into the game, the more likely you are to always use curveball throws or use a gotcha) but it's so obvious that this is a silly idea that it's inherently belittling to tell people what you know they already know in that way. And... You know full well how dishonest it is to claim that "we all" thought this was a good idea. Your OWN Video indirectly explains why that's so shameful, so... Yeah.
I remember trying to figure out how to make something like this when it came out. Now i look back and wanna smack myself lol. Its so easy for me to hit excellent curves nowadays. Still can’t throw a straight throw for the life of me.
What I always tell people who do a lot of circles when throwing is to imagine drawing the nike symbol. Faster, works with the berry fast catch, accurate, and easy to adjust for distance.
Wishlisted! And so I just need to custom make a different one for every single pokemon eh? That does sound a bit awkward
No tenia ni idea de que esto existia
i need one for coin toss in tcg pocket
I swear it's 90% tails and 10% head chances