By Hugh Langley
In the instant-verification, instant-gratification era of the internet, it feels like nothing can go unchecked. And yet we find ourselves here, in 2016, discussing whether or not a Pokémon Go player in Ohio was in fact gifted a Legendary Pokemon by Niantic.
It all started this week when Kaitlyn Covey uploaded a video to the Dayton Area Pokémon Go Facebook group showing an Articuno in one of the gyms. The Pokémon, she claimed, was given to her after she complained to Niantic about one of her monsters being erased by mistake. People immediately called bulls**t.
It was the modern day “My dad works at Nintendo and said he’ll get me a MewThree”.
But then things got weirder. Kaitlyn did a livestream on Twitch, where her friend held up the phone and showed that the Legendary was indeed in her list of Pokémon, complete with an appropriate moveset. The aforementioned Niantic email was also shown:
“Hi Trainer,
We are sorry about your Pigeot!
We thought by now you might have another so we gave you an Articundo.
Go Team Mystic,
Rep the squad,
Niantic”
Eh?
Firstly, yes the email did misspell Articuno as Articundo, just another hint that the whole thing was a hoax.
Second, not long after the stream ended …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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