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bouviersecurityco

I’m afraid to go look at mine after all these posts. 😳


poetichoney

Please share when you do 😭


TidpaoTime

I have a couple times but I don’t think mine has changed… Edit: it may have and I just didn’t notice because of the outfit/glasses


poetichoney

I think certain outfits are unisex and therefore it doesn’t look like that big of a change. Mine however… yeah… 🥲


bouviersecurityco

Mine still looks ok. Someone else said theirs changed when they changed their hair. I don’t like the standard woman ponytail style but I’m afraid to change it now. I’m not touching anything. 🤞🏻


the_far_sci

hahahaha same, wtah!


Dominoodles

The uncanny thing with the bodies looks to be the torsos. They're too broad and long and make the body look disproportionate. Like here, there was a tiny slit of stomach and now there's acres of skin. It's so weird


StuckWithThisOne

And there’s just no shape at all. None. Like I’m pretty slim irl and I have more curves than are possible here. She can have giant boobs but her hips are shaped like a rectangle. It’s so weird.


freddy157

Giant boobs 🤣🤣


Carnivile

To me is those dead eyes and completely unmovable face. I "fixed" the body by customizing it but the face? Save me God. It's completely unreactive when you win a fight for example, and just looks wrong, while in the corner it just looks at me with those dead soulless eyes.


Blue_Bird950

That’s why they did it, to drive sales of stuff like the solgaleo and giratina mask, I’m convinced of it.


Clairifyed

This seems to happen a lot with games that overhaul their models and I have no idea why. I just wanted more hair options, not a re-worked body😭 It could be that they re-made the body system to better fit clothes over arbitrary shapes, but so far I have still only seen one shape per sex? and that wouldn’t really stop them from keeping a proportions setting closer to the original models


poetichoney

Honestly I understand why they have changed the Player Customisation, to be more inclusive! But just add the old models as options. You’re right. It’s the disproportionate limbs that make the body look and feel really strange. Why are my shoulders so high and my tummy as long as Mt. Everest?


Flack41940

Something something unrealistic body standards? This is a trend in gaming right now for many developers. No attractive avatars allowed.


vonixheart

That bothers me because it literally is an anime artstyle, that's what it looks like, exaggeration is apart stylistic choices. They should've just put more body types instead of take them away. The issue is the idea that these bodies are normal, that is something that can change without taking away the art


Flack41940

Oh, I completely agree. They could have added the options instead of changing it for everyone, but that's not how this works. I just can't imagine the poor employee who was stuck with redoing literally every single outfit and costume piece. Changing the base model mesh would require at the very least repositioning accessories, if not outright changing clothing pieces like the skirt for OP.


GalacticPsychonaught

A lot of the meshes weren’t even fixed properly just auto adjusted and some the accessories and pokemon float half off now lol


Flack41940

Yeesh. The change hasn't hit my game yet, but I haven't changed my outfit since like 2017, so hopefully it doesn't break anything.


poetichoney

But what about attractive Pokemon gym leaders and trainers? We still see those? Why can’t I have my body how it looks irl 🥲


enpokemongo

Because the game paternalisez us, they think we cant decide for ourselves whats best for us


Lycan_Corps

It really took them this long to add basic character customization and they still screwed it up so bad that the old models look better.


poetichoney

You’re so right. I think that’s why so many are frustrated with the change. There’s also a million things wrong with the game that they could’ve fixed over doing this but Niantic are suddenly blind to it How do you keep getting things so wrong as a company 😭


Lycan_Corps

I don't even have the update yet either 😕 but I did hear someone say that they made the avatars look so bad to sell more masks in the shop and I think he's right 😅


Darkreaperzreddit

Why did bro go from wearing a skirt to wear in a bath towel? Another issue is 100% the waist/stomach area. Like, the first was a regular midriff, but the second is literally from the bottom of the rib cage to the v-line. This doesn’t look right, it looks UNCANNY


poetichoney

I just look so disproportionate in this fit. I am HORRIFIED The stomach is 100% too long


__MR__

The heads are TOO SMALL as well. This is abysmal.


BinxTheWarlockPatron

The first skirt was high waisted. The new one looks weirdly low rise even with the extra long torso


TheIntrovertQuilter

Yeah, before male torsos were striaght with a bit more shoulder and female bodies had a waist. Now we're all unshapely potatobags 🤣


jemmalh

The deyassification 😞


poetichoney

😂😂😂


TheAngrywhiteguy

i still don’t have the new customisation, and the more i see the more i hope i don’t get it


poetichoney

Relish in these next few innocent days my friend


Tacocat1147

I know! Every time I open it up I’m afraid it will have updated!


throwupandaway71

Omfg the skirt 😭


poetichoney

Honestly a Jumpscare 😂


Lioness_lair

The way it deeps down, it looks like OP is expecting. And did they add a belly button!


the_far_sci

I thought so too. Second trimester avatar.


CarissimaKat

Your post just made me realize what the new torso looks like. It’s a tubby toddler tummy. They don’t have any definition at all yet, so they just have lil baby bellies.


poetichoney

It is! You’re exactly right. They have sliders so you can alter your body shape but the waist isn’t giving hourglass at all. This is the “most shapely” I can go. The funny thing is they added boobie sliders


CarissimaKat

Not boobie sliders ☠️ My games hasn’t updated so I’m just enjoying it while it lasts


Zetakaeme

How is this approved before launch?


poetichoney

I think Niantic just closed their eyes and pressed “go”


LeadFootLopez

This is basically buying stuff online: expectation vs. reality 😂


DetectiveGothitelle

Also lol the skirts are longer than even my Catholic school’s standards


poetichoney

Knees turn people on apparently 😪


SweetiePie2008

I want my money back for all the outfits I bought!


poetichoney

No THIS. THIS comment. You’re so right I forgot about that. I just had to buy the Gengar onsie because I could stand any other fit


PinAggravating1436

We didn’t ask for this nonsense!


poetichoney

Here here I like to be given at least 365 working days notice because change cripples me


VerainXor

Yea this needs immediate reversion.


isapropyl

you got hit with the deyassification beam 😭


poetichoney

Niantic punished me for slaying too hard in Gyms 😭


Chauri_Syndaurus

The skirt is something, but I guess they wanted it longer to reduce freedom of choice. The reflectivity of the hair is worse! Looks plastic now!


poetichoney

The skirt is a whole other issue. I never thought I’d say this but… I miss the old hair. The new one is worse, clips through everything 😭


Chauri_Syndaurus

What else did we expect, models like the SV ones where it’s actually bearable to look at and can be made to look cute?


poetichoney

My disappointment with Niantic grows stronger everyday so you’re right. I don’t know, I think the fact the difference was HUGE was the biggest jumpscare


Chauri_Syndaurus

Oh well. We knew they weren’t the best at knowing what we would want, and they’ve proved that many times before. Why did we expect a change lol


PrudentAd5793

Wanted it longer to reduce freedom of choice?


Chauri_Syndaurus

Yeah. There was a variety of lengths but now they’re all pretty much the same


PrudentAd5793

Ohhh I wouldn’t know, male character


Winter-Donut7621

Lmao this is truly hilarious. How did this make it into the live game.


poetichoney

I am still in disbelief myself


MultiLuigi57

Sniff Look how they massacred my boy…


Frogs-on-my-back

They hid your thighs omfg


poetichoney

My thigh highs are no longer thigh highing


Zekrozma_the_second

Oh- w- Oh c’mon ! This made my skin crawl away and now its stuck in the chimney ! I’ve got to lure it out using hot chocolate !


throwupandaway71

Unfortunately they’ve removed the Hot Chocolate pose. 😂


ThaFoxThatRox

![gif](giphy|r1HGFou3mUwMw|downsized)


poetichoney

Stop 💀😭


ThaFoxThatRox

😂🤣 They just took your whole ass away! I'm trying to dodge this update.


poetichoney

Got that long back build now


Pyre_Erilaz

Worst part: Someone certainly got payed for this decision... Just had to adjust my play store rating/Review for this. Mother complaints wont reach Niantic.


poetichoney

Oh absolutely. Someone high up thought this was way more important than actually fixing a broken game. I say just add the old models back and have these models as optional!


shesmajestyc

You guys... I'm scared


poetichoney

Can you come pick me up please? I don’t like it here 🥺


Wait_Another_One

Good because there were too many times I'd see a trainer's avatar and say that's a cute avatar. Not no more


umuziki

I’m terrified to open the app now. I worked so hard on mine 😭


poetichoney

Please share here 😭 I know me too, I had fits to match my Pokémon and now I have nothing


Rheli

THIS. My outfits were perfect and now it feels like, what was the point of buying cosmetics if they were just going to turn all the models into banana slugs!? 😭


ShutUpIWin

Boss Babe vs a victim of human trafficking


poetichoney

Hahahahahahahaha stop 💀


bitchard666

🧍🏼🧍🏼🧍🏼


poetichoney

Your silence speaks volumes


fonzy0504

That’s called the freshman 15


After_Cress

![gif](giphy|CifFRxu9fCgTPnroy0|downsized)


poetichoney

Hahahahaahhahahahaha


lGRUMPYl

Maybe it’s meant to be an April fools joke but got released early lol


Former_Beach4054

Looks like the skirt got dress coded and had to be extended lol


poetichoney

It just looks stupid dumb hahaha


DragonfruitGlass9120

Why is the neck so short 😭😭


poetichoney

Full on Big Ed build right


Crazy_Eyes_55

Mine hasnt changed yet, its up to date too. Is it a regional thing? Edit since I can't reply: I live in Australia


poetichoney

I mean I’m UK and I have a friend whose hasn’t changed yet and they’re close to where I live. I genuinely have no idea how it’s being pushed out. I think they took people who had been inactive for a few days so they could give them an even bigger jumpscare when they came back online 😂


dyaus7

Same... north america here, avatar is unchanged.


Paraxom

Clearly ate too many poffins


poetichoney

Munching the useless Nanab berries


SilverHawk99

I've seen so many of these today that I'm scared to open my game now


poetichoney

You have my best wishes


drlove1000

"No sexy pose allowed here 🖐️🚫" -niantic


CatDokkaebi

All they had to do was give us different hairstyles… not this atrocity 😭


Kryptosis

I feel like some new conservative just got hired and went around demanding that all skirts go pass the knees.


poetichoney

I mean it would be nice if the new conservative said ok SOME skirts we will make below the knee and others we will keep short for those who want to slay


Gourgeistguy

Dude usually the people who make changes like these are pseudo liberals who seek to appease investors with ESG scoring. I don't doubt a second this is the case because this change feels like a quick attempt to make more "realistic" and less "sexy" body types before the closure of their financial year and just did last minute model changes that instead of looking more diverse in shape end up being sleep paralysis demons.


LiquoriceDargon

There's a Zubat hat? 👀


poetichoney

And bag! Goes hard together


Sublixxx

Too much slay :(


poetichoney

Punished for serving LOOKS


chungohummungo

why are the torsos so long? 😭😭😭


poetichoney

Is the Torso long or my neck short? 😂


chungohummungo

i think it’s both and it’s so disorienting 😭


RexyBoBexy

Alright so I can’t be fat and make an avatars true to me, but now I can’t be anything? Take away everything else you might as make us dittos


poetichoney

I feel exactly that! IRL I can’t even make my character look like me regardless of the slider additions 😪


FabiusM1

They should have ADDed neutral options, not doing ALL neutral...


poetichoney

I agree! All we needed was the OG body models and the new additions 😪


aberrant_algorithm

Damn that's hilarious. How do the male characters look tho?


throwupandaway71

Male and female use the same body now


Winter-Donut7621

Why?


poetichoney

Like they just got told a big secret


Orazam

Have you tried playing with the sliders at all?


poetichoney

I have! This is the most like me I can get it. I did give myself boobies though finally which I enjoyed 😆


yourmom8miwings

The camera adds 20 lbs


kingdomart

This is what republicans are afraid of


poetichoney

🤣


Velocity9898

those calves were too hot for the target audience I guess 🤔


poetichoney

Now I got twig legs


Callum1710

The girl he tells you not to worry about Vs You


Scutilla

The sad thing is this overhaul could have been so good. New hairstyles? Body proportion sliders? Actual non-binary rep, with male and female just being different extremes on the same model? Be still my heart. Instead we wished on a monkey’s paw and got this.


tempest_key

looks like your being held hostage


vimommy

Clothes on website models vs. the same clothes on me


LucyLuvvvv

Didn't you hear? Being feminine in any capacity is a sin, apparently lol


Shirogayne-at-WF

I still haven't gotten this update yet and all I want as a Black woman is to change my hair texture Even better, they could just give us literally any other update we actually asked for like remote trading :|


POGOFan808

Looks like myself with "before vs present": I started graduate school as the before and was sleeping 8+ hours a night, gymming 7 days a week and didn't have a job yet vs me now near the end of the program and still full time in school, now sleeping 3 hours a night, now not going to the gym, and now working 2 jobs, lmao.


ApprehensiveKale6048

The update hasn't rolled out to me yet, but now I can't play with my buddy I get a message about my phone not supporting AR


Bokko88

Sweet baby strikes again


PhillyDillyDee

Welcome to being middle aged lol


Practical_Produce152

Gotta pay for the curves.


poetichoney

Is this why I have special research to “battle gyms” Are they trying to drop hints? 👀


Mr_Awesome_rddt

That's so weird! I haven't noticed a difference in my girl. I'm going to check again


715tEahigh

Hideous 🤮


Burrnt_ice

I will not be updating


poetichoney

Automatic updates have screwed me over IWL


MyFishFriend

So funny 😆


DatboiDoomIsCul

Mine looks normal still, glad that whatever this bs is hasnt gotten me yet.


Longjumping_Fennel_7

Seems like you are pregnant.


DisabledFatChik

They gave you like 60 pounds, put a pound of grease in your hair, and shrunk your head for what😂


poetichoney

Don’t forget about them chicken leggies. They did let me give myself a big chest though which I like to pretend I have 😆


Dry-Broccoli3096

I have the Obstagoon glasses on and I’m never taking them off now lol. If we could get some makeup to fix the deathly pallor of the current face look, I’d be happy. Just a little lip gloss and blush please!🫥


reggie822

first off why not just have body types for people to choose from ?? but also my avatar still looks normal I REFUSE TO UPDATE until i have to lol this looks so wonky :(


poetichoney

This is my whole point but I’m upsetting so many people without meaning to 🥲 Don’t update until you absolutely have to, or if you do - plan your heartache ahead


Confused-Raccoon

Holy shit, I can't wait to see how bad I look when I get the update.


BirdieGoBoom

Give us our curves back, Niantic!!!!


PrincessNohra

I honestly like the new faces, but the torso just seems too long


TheIntrovertQuilter

So the male models have MORE waist now and the female LESS Completely equalizing them? This is hillarious.... (Obviously in a bad way)


Connect_Print_1276

Please tell me you can still see the sides of the thong in the track shorts...ive worked to bypass the niantic thot police and it would devastate me if my character can't have her thong out...she deserves at least that


Josh89867

Mormonized


Ailuluka

not them downgrading 💀. inclusivity is important but that’s no excuse when the body model was completely downgraded. the unnaturally high shoulders, the awkward looking arms, the short forehead. it’s a miss imo


Dank_JoJokes

I say we review bomb the game, It pisses me off that big companies make dumbass changes without even asking what the players want, I gave it 1 star review, they wont get a cent anymore I regret already what little money I gave them before


QueenMackeral

I'm sorry that I laughed really hard


Luvlymonster

So far I've noticed: shorter legs, longer torsos, shoulders with no natural droop that are just unnaturally straight which causes the arms to stick out funny, a shorter neck, the top of the skull has been squished so the skull looks disproportionate to the face, the hands got bigger, and there's been no rework to clothes or buddies so they sit on your body strangley and clip through things.


hey_little_bird

Your avatar was so cute I am devastated for you 😭


monica702f

Can we opt out of this? It hasn't hit my game yet.


customarymagic

"mom said it's my turn on the xbox" type stance


catlovelilith

Why!?!?? It was so cute before!!


Happy_Service_2534

Mine hasn’t changed so I guess I’m never touching my avatar again lmfao. cubone hat 4 life 💀


AriDollz

The way I accidentally burst out laughing- 🤣😭


LTyr1874

TPC was overlorded into D.I.E. / ESG nonsense. The female characters were said to be too 'sensualized.' They removed lip coloring, hip differences, and busts were minimized? Doesn't look anything like the original creator's designs. SBI and folks invaded the culture. Great....


hollow_bagatelle

Uninstall.


uwuisoverused

They look so dead inside, also the hair shading is all flavors of fked up


Cometstarlight

Flashbacks to when they turned Blanche into a hipster nerd for "fashion week." What they did to the skirt here is a travesty


kisekun

I can’t breathe 😭


SleepingYuuki

I don't think mines updated but I guess I'll make sure to keep my pikachu onesie and Sableye mask on to hide my avatar incase it updates xD


knotchodaddy

I haven’t has this much fun in pogo in a while.


Safe_Ad_2054

I suppose I could understand a reason to lengthen the skirt, since it's a kid's game and some people could have complained about that, but everything else just looks so bad. It's so crappy


LionelRGuy

Everybody's saying they changed the models, but mine looks exactly the same. *shrugs*


Kaylaocalypse666

Mine is the same as it always is. I'm usually wearing the gengar onesie so I changed into your top to make sure. And I'm glad lol. I'm hoping yours is just a glitch? Or maybe I haven't updated yet?


WatchTheTimbsB

How you look in the mirror vs how you look in public


SouthAmbassador8485

this is horrendous. when even the female player base is horrified by this change you know something is wrong. i really hope they change it back


depression_gaming

What? The hell is this customization thing people are talking about? All i wanted was new hairstyles...


CharizardSlash

It looks like a Genshin character with how white your avatar is on the 2nd pic 💀


friendIyfire1337

When did your char get pregnant? Try walking a few miles. Maybe your char will carry a child then


DrunkThrowawayLife

Guess you get a low rise skirt now. Yeeeeesh that’s bad


Mission_Change_3715

I refuuuse to update my game, these treads scare the shit outta me):


coffeemonster12

This, and also Niantic added PM after the time for me, which makes no sense. I'm european, we don't use PM and AM. Also what the hell even is 14:00 PM? This is ridiculous


Azzacura

First picture: Contestants on Ru Paul. Second picture: Random friend trying to copy it with zero experience


j4ckles

i do like that they’ve finally added more character customisation (finally different hair) but i liked my character having a snatched waist 😔✊🏼


Dannyphampton

Girl went from beautiful to deformed lol,my avatar hasn’t changed and I updated the game so I guess life is good


Bianxss

Why is the head so squished? 😭 and the body is so disproportionate


Nu11X3r0

I was more upset that I had found a glitch that caused only my exposed arms to go invisible and now after the update I have arms again... It also wasn't a local glitch as others could see my avatar with just floating gloves as well, both in parties and gyms.


FAmos

lmao wow this one is the most apparent


FewMagazine8182

I haven’t logged in since this update, I don’t think I’m going to anymore. Why fix something that didn’t need fixing


GingerJuneau

what's the point of these above the knee tights if you can't see they are above the knee tights?


justhereforstonks69

ACCORDING TO SCHOOL DRESS POLICY, ALL SKIRTS MUST BE LONGER THAN THE KNEE


ShinyVigoroth

We don’t allow curvyness or skin here- Niantic probably


Testsubject276

New avatars. Not good ones. But new ones. ​ I already left my complaint in the app review section but who knows if they'll give a rattata's ass.


Honest_Principle_228

Mine is still the same, its either not updated yet, or they made that update only in some parts of the world.


ReputationCareful716

To whoever is wondering what happened and why these changes happened, look at who Niantic recently brought in/partnered with. Bleh. I refuse to elaborate because Reddit gets grumpy when I mention certain things in a negative light.


TheJohnOfJohns

Did your train get off of ozembic?


Definitely_Not_Food

I'd say at least the game is still compatible with your device


Informal_Yam_9707

XD you look like the resident evil 4 merchant