Pokemon TCG Pocket desperately needs a report button

I'm obsessed with Pokemon TCG Pocket at the moment. While I've exhausted all the official content currently available in the mobile game, I've yet to complete the Pokédex and get my hands on that gorgeous full art Mew card. Fortunately, I've got a few months before the next expansion goes live and as my interest in Genetic Apex is waning I want PSA 10 Moonbrain worth.

For the moment, I'm opening my two daily packs and battling other players. I'm not too worried about winning, so I usually show my best cards. However, between my love for Lightning-types (the card version always called Electric-types) and the immersive rare Pikachu X I just pulled, I find myself playing a little too much meta for my liking.

Immersive Art Pikachu X Pokemon TCG Pocket Card Art.

At least I'm not a Mewtwo player.

Pokemon TCG Pocket has a nickname problem

Battle against Pokemon Blastoise, nicknamed Blaster, not missing

However, after playing several battles, I noticed a problem. While I love the introduction of Marvel Swap-esque emotes in TCG Pocket, this issue is more pressing and more serious. I'm talking about all the offensive names allowed in the game.

Now, the vast majority of opponents have names in foreign languages. I've seen Thai abugida, Japanese kanji and more. It's a testament to the universal appeal of collecting small cards with pretty pictures, and I enjoy imagining the look of dismay on a stranger's face on the other side of the world when I hit my fourth head in a row. Zapdos.

Rainbow Border Zapdos Pre Pokemon TCG Pocket Card Art.

These names can mean anything. I don't read Thai or Japanese, and of the languages ​​I know, I only play Russian, Spanish, or German. I'm not sure my elementary German will be enough to understand every name, but between Glürak, Turtok, Scaraborn, and the swear words I picked up from meeting my brother, I think I can get by. But this problem is not a foreign name.

I don't know who is on my friends list. Although everyone knows what I'm adding, my friends aren't called 'kitsch', 'daddy', or 'notgiovanni'. But having a display name is part of the fun of online gaming; Like displaying your favorite cards in a frame, or choosing your deck based on the best full arts. But usually there is some moderation.

I'm surprised Pokemon allows this

I have fought players with obscene names. Not just swear words, which don't bother me, but names that involve sexual abuse of minors and other heinous acts. I quit these battles immediately, denying my opponent the satisfaction of playing the game, but I also needed the option to report them.

I know it's probably a tempting way to make free winnings, but I can't stand a name like that on my screen.

Players behind these accounts are not eligible to play this game. This is a game that children enjoy, and they should not be exposed to this obscenity. Yes, I was there in the funky Call of Duty lobbies of the '00s, but that's not a badge of honor, it's a future to ignore. My three-year-old daughter enjoys unpacking for me, and I'm glad she can't read while watching the fight over my shoulder.

Crown Rare Mewtwo Ex from Pokemon Pocket.

I wonder if this is an issue. Pokemon games usually have such a strong automoderation system that you can't name your Froslas Froslas or your Cofagrigus Cofagrigus, but this allows a third party developer to have free reign? For a company so protective of its IP and child-friendly image, this feels like a major oversight.

The best time to fix this problem was before Pokemon TCG Pocket was released, but the second best time is now.

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