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This is the buggiest game client I have ever used. New and fun errors every 5th game.

I had a near-unbeatable start, and of course the game client decides to bug in about the 100th different manner I've encountered so badly that I had to quit. This one was far worse than any other I've encountered. On turn 2, my opponent knocked out my Comfey. I played my Giratina V to the active spot, and it looked visually correct, but my timer kept ticking. My time apparently ran out, and it then put my Radiant Greninja in the active spot. I saw Radiant Greninja's type and HP, but the Giratina V card. It was the worst of both worlds, as I couldn't use either Giratina V or Radiant Greninja. It was as if my opponent played "permanently disable 2 pokemon, and your opponent cannot have any pokemon in the active spot". I could do absolutely nothing. Will any bug ever be fixed?

Setup
nibiyabi chose tails for the opening coin flip.
Mingosaurio won the coin toss.
Mingosaurio decided to go second.
nibiyabi drew 7 cards for the opening hand.

  • 7 drawn cards.
    • Comfey, Nest Ball, Basic Psychic Energy, Super Rod, Radiant Greninja, Giratina VSTAR, Nest Ball
    Mingosaurio drew 7 cards for the opening hand.
  • 7 drawn cards.
    nibiyabi played Comfey to the Active Spot.
    nibiyabi played Radiant Greninja to the Bench.
    Mingosaurio played Entei V to the Active Spot.
    Mingosaurio played Rotom V to the Bench.

Turn # 1 - nibiyabi's Turn
nibiyabi drew Comfey.
nibiyabi played Nest Ball.

  • nibiyabi drew Spiritomb and played it to the Bench.
  • nibiyabi shuffled their deck.
    nibiyabi played Nest Ball.
  • nibiyabi drew Giratina V and played it to the Bench.
  • nibiyabi shuffled their deck.
    nibiyabi's Comfey used Flower Selecting.
  • nibiyabi drew Basic Grass Energy.
  • nibiyabi moved nibiyabi's Buddy-Buddy Poffin to the Lost Zone.
    nibiyabi played Comfey to the Bench.
    nibiyabi's Radiant Greninja used Concealed Cards.
  • nibiyabi discarded Basic Grass Energy.
  • nibiyabi drew 2 cards.
    • Pokégear 3.0, Giratina VSTAR
    nibiyabi played Pokégear 3.0.
  • nibiyabi shuffled their deck.
    nibiyabi attached Basic Psychic Energy to Giratina V on the Bench.
    nibiyabi ended their turn.

Turn # 1 - Mingosaurio's Turn
Mingosaurio drew a card.
Mingosaurio attached Basic Fire Energy to Entei V in the Active Spot.
Mingosaurio played Arven.

  • Mingosaurio drew 2 cards.
    • Capturing Aroma, Choice Belt
  • Mingosaurio shuffled their deck.
    Mingosaurio played Capturing Aroma.
  • Mingosaurio flipped a coin and it landed on tails.
  • Mingosaurio drew Growlithe.
  • Mingosaurio shuffled their deck.
    Mingosaurio played Growlithe to the Bench.
    Mingosaurio attached Powerglass to Growlithe on the Bench.
    Mingosaurio ended their turn.

Turn # 2 - nibiyabi's Turn
nibiyabi drew Colress's Experiment.
nibiyabi's Comfey used Flower Selecting.

  • nibiyabi drew Colress's Experiment.
  • nibiyabi moved nibiyabi's Jet Energy to the Lost Zone.
    nibiyabi played Colress's Experiment.
  • nibiyabi drew 3 cards.
    • Basic Grass Energy, Sableye, Pokégear 3.0
  • nibiyabi moved nibiyabi's 2 cards to the Lost Zone.
    • Nest Ball, Roxanne
    nibiyabi attached Basic Grass Energy to Giratina V on the Bench.
    nibiyabi ended their turn.

Turn # 2 - Mingosaurio's Turn
Mingosaurio drew a card.
Mingosaurio evolved Growlithe to Arcanine ex on the Bench.
Mingosaurio attached Basic Fire Energy to Entei V in the Active Spot.
Mingosaurio's Entei V used Burning Rondo on nibiyabi’s Comfey for 140 damage.
nibiyabi's Comfey was Knocked Out!
nibiyabi's Radiant Greninja is now in the Active Spot.
Mingosaurio took a Prize card.
A card was added to Mingosaurio's hand.

Turn # 3 - nibiyabi's Turn
nibiyabi drew Basic Psychic Energy.
nibiyabi played Colress's Experiment.

  • nibiyabi drew 3 cards.
    • Colress's Experiment, Colress's Experiment, Basic Grass Energy
  • nibiyabi moved nibiyabi's 2 cards to the Lost Zone.
    • Cramorant, Basic Water Energy
    nibiyabi played Pokégear 3.0.
  • nibiyabi shuffled their deck.
    You conceded. Mingosaurio wins.

Comments

  • Pokémon342548
    Pokémon342548 Member Posts: 171 ✭✭
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    First things first — do not concede (give up). Keep playing until that game ends. You will be able to report bugs later.

  • nibiyabi
    nibiyabi Member Posts: 10
    First Comment

    I literally couldn't do anything. It would have just been 2 more turns of hitting the inactive time limit. In terms of account discipline, I'd assume it's worse to afk timeout than concede.

  • Mod_Bee
    Mod_Bee Moderator Posts: 455 mod
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    Hello @nibiyabi. Thank you for your detailed report! For troubleshooting, we’d like for you to submit this log directly to support so they can investigate further. Please include as much detail as you’ve shared here, as well as screenshots. To do that, go to support.pokemon.com, click on the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live link, and then hit "Contact Us" they'll be able to help!

  • OlderAngel11
    OlderAngel11 Member Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭✭
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    This is absolutely incorrect. If the game is bugging out wildly, my first advice would be to scoop and then shut down the game. If you really want to, come back another time. As someone who frequently experiences maddening glitches, I understand that feeling of come on, I just want to play this game! And I have scooped every time. There is nothing wrong with conceding when the game is too buggy to play.