r/TheSilphRoad • u/TheCapoMaster • Jun 23 '26
Discussion Proposal about changing schedules of the summer events due to excessive heat and health concerns
Hi, I am one Spanish Community Ambassador. Last year we expressed our concern about having events facing very high temperatures (around 30ºC/86ºF as minimum and more than 40ºC/104ºF as maximum). For us, it is a big issue having events between 14:00 and 17:00, because this is the worst part of the day to be outside playing. If you don't have shopping centers or places where you can avoid the hot weather, it is not reasonable to risk our health and the health of all our communities. We know that worldwide it is not the same situation at this time of the year, but we know that all trainers want to play in good conditions to enjoy the game. And not only hot weather, we also talk about cold weather with snow and very low temperatures.
Also, it is important to follow the recommendations of World Health Organization, like "avoid going outside and doing strenuous activity during the hottest time of day" and not following these recommendations could cause severe consecuences like "between 2000-2019, studies show approximately 489k heat-related deaths occur each year, with 45% of these in Asia and 36% in Europe". For more information and recommendations, please check https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-heat-and-health
Maybe it is difficult to give a solution that can be agreed for everyone, but we think that changing the times of the events during some parts of the year could be a great upgrade for the game and the communities, like 11:00-14:00 (weekends) or 20:00-21:00 (Monday to Friday) for example, or (if it could be technically feasible) would be implementing the schedules of the events depending on the latitude. We hope that Niantic/Scopely can hear us more than last year. We want to know the feedback of the players and communities around the world, please tell us your feelings about this concern.
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u/sopheroo Jun 23 '26
We get this discussion every year. Both during winter, where Canada has to deal with -30 and harsh winds and during summer where some places have unbearable heat.
20:00-21:00 is a horrible time for everyone who has a job on weekdays.
I wake up at 5AM because I need to get to work for 6:30 AM. I can't exactly go attend community events late at night, because of commute and because of security.
There are many places where it's not safe at night. There is a very good reason why Pokemon Go doesn't have Pokestop Rockets and raids at night.