Niantic just lately cancelled a Pokemon Go raid day in Split, Croatia – presumably as a result of it was counting on knowledge from World War 2.
A current Reddit post from “jaleCro” drew consideration to the mishap. “Apparently Niantic thinks that Split belongs to Italy like it did during WW2, and we got our raid day canceled without notification,” the submit reads. “Jokes aside, they seem to be using cells that are too big, since Split is 200km away from Italy. I guess this was the cell, based on reports.”
As you’ll be able to see, the cell in query encompasses each the east coast of Italy and Split, Croatia’s second-biggest metropolis. During World War 2, Split was annexed by Italy, which is probably going why it was excluded from the Croatian raid day. Somewhat equally, a Redditor from Newfoundland named “BananApocalypse” expressed doubts about with the ability to avail of North American regional exclusives, particularly Tauros.
“Kind of related, but I’m in Newfoundland, and apparently we’re not part of North America,” the remark reads. “There has never been a Tauros seen here and we don’t get any of the regional exclusives.”
“95% of Canada isn’t part of North America to Niantic lol,” echoed Redditor Samerz360. “Saskatoon here, we’re too far north for Tauros. At least we got Pachirisu. I think Newfoundland is one of the the last parts of the world without a dedicated regional.”
The subject seems to stem from a mix of outdated mapping and overly massive geographic cells – the above cell actually encompasses the complete width of the Adriatic Sea, after which some.
From the feedback on the submit, it appears Split by no means obtained its raid day. As far as Niantic’s algorithm is worried, it nonetheless belongs to Italy, regardless of being owned by a wide range of completely different international locations since its final Italian occupation (it’s now fully Croatian, correctly).
Here’s hoping Niantic updates its recordsdata on sovereign states from 1943.
