"Constant raids ruined my rural pokemon community"

#PokemonGO: This is kind of a rant I guess, but I wonder if anyone else has a similar experience. I've played since launch in isolation in my community, rarely running into the local people who played. Then, once raids happened, the community was everywhere. Initially, it was unorganized. We'd run around looking for raids and talking and catching. But it was FUN. I think this is exactly what Niantic had in mind when raids were released.Eventually, we organized. WhatsApp and Discord and Facebook and everything else. Raids started to feel more like a chore; something you jumped out of the house to do instead of raiding while playing to ensure you don't miss the set time. It was no longer organic.A few weeks/months of this, and things got a little weird - people showing up with five devices and different accounts. Catching TONS of legendaries on each account. I became the weird one who needed to specify that I could join the raid with "my one account".Now, it's even worse. The discord/WhatsApp raid notifications are filled with the same people saying they will "poof" or "spirit" to the raid. With their multiple accounts. This doesn't allow people like me, who actually play the game, enough time to get ready and leave the house and drive to a raid. I'm not sure how this happened. It may be an overabundance of raids, but I can sincerely say I'm not in the minority of people in my town who actually play the game without breaking the TOS. I don't want to come off as elitist, but I don't understand the fun of "poofing" or magically appearing places - and I especially don't understand the usage of multiple accounts. I don't have a solution, but just wanted to express my disappointment with the way things have gone down the past few months. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2CGJ1fa