Pokémon Sleep is a game for insane people

who thought it would be a good idea to turn the official Pokémon app about tracking your sleep into an insane idle progression game
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[@yaggo]

i think this is the most deranged video i've ever made, what the hell am i even talking about

[@doofs]

L + ratio + not even a good sleep day + helping speed down + inventory size up s + your friends send you wobbufette candy + you snooze you lose + your daily gifts are dream shard s' + desserts on taupe hollow.

[@blakesummers3764]

Honestly could have been main channel, I loved it

[@internetguy7319]

honestly i love it

[@Dexuz]

​@@doofs On Taupe it's if you doze you necrose.

[@AlphaCoreLatios]

@@doofs perfect answer xD

[@playery2684]

There's a certain irony by the fact that the app that tracks your sleep is so complicated that it keeps you up at night.

[@VelocityRaptor22]

It really does. I've been one of those deranged day 1 players that he talked about in the vid--I've had multiple days where I've stood up for hours to do math to optimize a team build.

[@realcupojoe]

@@VelocityRaptor22 Just setting the phone on my bed to trick the app, doing the opposite of what it's intended for

[@poptartravioli5874]

Even as someone not trying to minmax the game at all the extra like 15 minutes I'd stay up each night to collect berries, cook dinner, and make sure I had the right pokemon picked was enough for me to realize the app was doing the opposite of its job. Also as a free to play kinda guy I just got really bored with how slow the levelling up process was

[@TheReZisTLust]

Pokemon sleep but humans stay up still 😂

[@saphinfection1333]

I was that guy who in 2018 was saying "it's over for y'all once Pokemon sleep comes out". And, uh, yeah. I leave parties at 11 because I can't afford to miss my bedtime. I am a broken human being.

[@iamjustkiwi]

But also well rested!

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

Parties here in Europe usually don't start 'til 11 😂

[@FollowMe4REP]

@@TheItalianoAssassinoDinner in Italy doesn’t even end until 10

[@ZombossLordOfDoom]

I feel like if the app is making you have a consistent sleep schedule it's a good thing

[@rattmcpossum]

@@ZombossLordOfDoomso is socialising and letting off steam plus you’ve gotta make the most of parties, no-one hosts them anymore when u get older lmao

[@Eryncerise]

“It is designed for freaks.” Ah yes, at last, a Pokemon Sleep video that gets me. 😌

[@Allen-qs2xr]

Designed for GAME FREAKS

[@Amanda-zt8et]

seriously tho, its the most fun i've had with a pokemon game in a while

[@MegafanX123]

They don't call themselves game freak for nothing

[@Parappanon]

Never expected to see ya on a pokemon sleep video, thanks a lot for your LLSIF videos back in the day, may that game rest in peace.

[@Eryncerise]

@@Parappanon Thanks! And LOL, Pokemon Sleep has since become my microtransaction-y mobile game of choice, yeah. Beats dealing with gacha at least!

[@Skooch]

The Double XP event is actually pretty important if you want to level your gags, I think the girl could wait.

[@doofs]

bro i've doing full bonus xp teams on good sleep days recently, those numbers are straight dopamine to my brain.

[@jkid1134]

If you don't take a couple days off to grind gags, people really do start to talk shit at some point 😂 like "why aren't your gags maxed" bitch we are in the coin mint you can relax

[@PointsofData]

As an introverted asexual female I highkey would pick the toon town. If she's the one, she'll understand how important double xp days are.

[@XanderIsALoser]

Dude I just opened the video and immediately thought I ended up on a Toontown video

[@Snowstar837]

​@@PointsofDataLmao hello fellow asexual introverted female ToonTown enjoyer. One day I'll get to Donald's Dreamland 😂

[@kierahuskarl]

Between Pokemon Sleep and Pokemon Go they have all your wellness needs covered

[@AndyGarcia-nr8zm]

Don’t forget Pokemon Smile

[@gorillachronicles]

Time for pokemon narcotics

[@Kartanaunfolded]

Now we just need pokemon eats

[@miketheperformer5972]

And Pokémon Snap to document all your goings and sleeping.

[@ItCantGetAnyWorse]

Pokemon Anonymous for all your group therapy needs

[@negarhythm]

i played pokesleep for over 100 days before i just got bored of staying up like 10 extra minutes before my bed just to collect all my berries. this is kind of vindicating knowing that i was never gonna be insane enough to get far

[@birb6095]

I love the game, but I am getting slowly more and more tired of the excessive loading screens and unskippable cutscenes

[@cassiopeia_mori]

yeah same, felt like it was a waste of time and eventually just stopped...didnt know so many people cared so much abt it

[@jedzenie9770]

I played for wayyy shorter than that, but quit for similar reasons - I hated that you have to cook Snorlax meals at *specific times*. If I wasn't awake at those times/was doing smth else? Too bad! That's three times a day that I have to remember to do stuff in the app, I ain't doing all that!

[@negarhythm]

@@jedzenie9770 OH THIS WAS A HUGE ISSUE WITH ME. BECAUSE OF MY WORK SCHEDULE. SO MISSED LUNCHES WERE A REGULAR OCCURRENCE

[@ErikaCartet]

it’s funny because i’m the opposite - pokemon sleep helped me at least get into bed at a decent time (and put my phone down when i do - i read for the first 30-45 min of “sleep” though lol) and remember to eat regular meals three times a day because i just feed myself when i feed my pokemon. and if i miss a bedtime or meal period throughout the week i don’t sweat - i’m fine going at a steady pace so as much as i AM the type of person who would be down to crunch numbers i just don’t stress about it for this. shinies are not infrequent, that’s all i need to get what i want out of it.

[@jacque6583]

I'm also a Day 1 player and my friends and I use it for language practice - I have the game sent to French, so I always start my day with a little bit of French as I complete the Dododex. I often wake up in the middle of the night, and having PokeSleep take over my phone has been really helpful in forcing me to go back to sleep instead of checking messages at 2am. I've been too busy to minmax my teams (I'm at a cool 6000 power on a good team) so I've just been shiny hunting instead lol. I'm glad I'm not alone in appreciating the massive spreadsheets and tier lists that this community has made. (Side tangent, I've also found it really ironic that PokeSleep is all about good sleep hygiene but forces you to keep your phone next to you so its the last thing before you sleep and the first thing when you wake up... which is one of the most unhelpful and unhygienic things you can do lol.)

[@Snow-Willow]

That is genius! I'll have to see if it has an option for the language I'm learning. Thanks for posting this tip. You're right about the phone by your head too, and that the screens are soooo blue which we know is one of the worst lightwaves for sleeping, is very ironic. I bought the Go Plus+ a month or two in (I'm a day 1 player also) so that helps that a lot.

[@ErikaCartet]

fortunately i’ve worked around that last part by reading for the first 30-45 min of my “sleep” and not “waking up” until i’m into work. so it’s given me at least a buffer of 30 minutes between actually closing my eyes to sleep/waking up and looking at my phone, which was probably better than before

[@MudkipEpicGamer]

sorry but i ain't reading all that 😭

[@MaybeNotARobot]

"I don't know what it is about Pokemon, but it brings out the most insane, math-pilled, number-obsessed spreadsheet programmers I've ever seen." Pokemon is a JRPG where you can customize your party in its entirety and has, ever since its inception, used extremely overcomplicated formulas for most of its systems. It's by design.

[@MD-vs9ff]

If you're referring to the stat and damage formulas, they aren't complicated. They're just basic arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), nothing complicated.

[@YoshiMario69]

@@MD-vs9ff I believe they are referring to the calculations that give way to Effort Valies, Individual Valies, natures, shiny or not, etc. etc. etc.

[@ActionGamerAaron]

@@MD-vs9ff "Are you referring to [surface level information]? I'll have you know that it's actually very basic."

[@Okiegamer77]

I glanced at this comment RIGHT as he was saying it!

[@FollowMe4REP]

Pokémon is a little complicated. It seems more complicated than it is because each generation introduces new, time-wasting mechanics that very quickly betray themselves as redundant. On the other hand, other than the whole genre Shin Megami Tensei spawned and Pokémon wildly fertilized, the only other JRPG that comes close in terms of quantity of recruitable party members is Suikoden with its “mind-boggling” array of 107 humans who might join you-a number vastly exceeded by even the first Pokémon game, a glitchy, laggy mess with almost no story and Cocomelon music played on a two-octave Casio keyboard from Ames in 1988.

[@pantslesswrock]

To a math nerd, “deranged” is not an insult, but a mere statement of observable fact

[@EeveeClapp]

this is insane. as a huge pokemon fan who never looked into pokemon sleep, i just can't believe there are micro transactions in a SLEEP TRACKER. I CANNOT.

[@SlimeBlueMS]

As a pokemon fan, you should 100% expect them to jam a sleep tracker with microtransactions

[@EeveeClapp]

@@SlimeBlueMS LMAO true 💀

[@jordanbarton1624]

I haven’t spent a single penny on PokemonSleep and you get plenty of the diamonds (you can buy diamonds for $$) but ya, so long as you’re not a shitty ass gamer , you don’t need micro transactions.

[@Candyy248]

I mean, the game is free to play...

[@Dexuz]

As a deranged maniac who "naps" every day to secure a sleep style by shaking the phone, this is all true.

[@Blazertronics523]

Did you *close your eyes*

[@MarkBonneaux]

i literally busted out laughing at the confetti for "it's about eugenics" dude you're not wrong lmao

[@eugeniavlahovic1988]

i like pokémon sleep because it helps me to stay awake for a critical 5-10 min after my alarm goes off, which is long enough for me to prevent me from inadvertently falling back asleep

[@TiredChilean]

Bro came back to this channel after 7 months to talk about his sleeping schedule, bro's a madman

[@xaf15001]

He grinded Pokemon Sleep for 7 months

[@user-gj7lp5iz6k]

bro bro bro

[@samigonzalez9127]

Yakko, slowly blink three times if green snorlax is appearing in your dreams, or nightmares.

[@qqqqqqqqqqqq121212]

After nearly a year of doing this… I wonder if the rest of my life will see me having my phone face down next to my pillow

[@p1nkapp139]

Also nearly a year into this,,, thinking the same (I am two fucking sleep styles away from unlocking the lakeside and has been like that for like a month I’m gonna scream)

[@qqqqqqqqqqqq121212]

@@p1nkapp139 Events with mixed sleep encounters on Greengrass really helped me - most the time Greengrass feels like waste but it’s often best during an event

[@JJ-ed8wu]

​@@p1nkapp139where you up to now? lmao

[@Miguel_Macias1]

I'm so excited for the new power plant region!!

[@stormwarrior5362]

As a person who has been playing for over 300 days, I find this video interesting. Also I am free to play and actively recoiled when I saw the bonus biscuit give 4 friendship points instead of 3.

[@ZenoSsj4Hero]

I was surprised when I first saw that lol

[@wayIess]

Didn't realize it was set to do that with premium until now.

[@gchungus]

How has it been staying with the game f2p? I just got it, and I'm hoping it will be better than Pokemon Go, which I gave up on after a couple weeks bc I don't work/live near many pokestops and got sad abt not having pokeballs.

[@Pehmokettu]

​@@gchungus One good way to get Pokeballs for free is to just get max number of friends (you can find many online groups for Pokemon GO friend codes) and then opening max number of gifts every day. But you should also try to send gifts as much as possible because many players remove friends who only just open gifts but never sends them.

[@ErikaCartet]

@@gchungusi play f2p and i like it well enough, but it’s very slow going. i basically only give out my bonus biscuit and maybe one poke biscuit per day so i’m only befriending pokemon every other night, and mainly catching basic pokemon/waiting for good skills to actually invest dream shards/candy into evolving, so it’s definitely a long-term sort of game. not so much something to do to kill time or keep yourself entertained on your phone. but also shiny pokemon aren’t infrequent (and you can max their friendship with just one biscuit) so i’ve liked being able to collect them - i’ve only been playing since the beginning of the year and i have around 7? though honestly i mainly get my pokemon collecting fix from GPX more than any official pokemon mobile game haha

[@felixdaniels37]

I was not ready for whatever the hell this app was, I got totally lost after like a minute of your explanation.

[@Plague_of_Locusts]

ive been replaying ultra moon recently so i recognized serebii immediately pokemon is truly for insane math nerds

[@thebravest1]

How dare you, sir. I had no idea about all of this. I have been trying to stay casual (326 days and counting), but now I NEED to see how my team stacks up. This is not going to end well for me.

[@supermariolover20]

They didn't have to make such great music for Pokémon sleep but I am grateful for it

[@Lulu-xl5cm]

The raikou event music was fire

[@AaelmfaoBDplays]

Fun fact the motif that they added for Raikou and Entei is actually the Ecruteak City theme.

[@MiMi-qb6tk]

@@AaelmfaoBDplays i came to the comments for this haha because i may not know anything beyond what this video told me about pokemon sleep but i know my pokemon gold and silver

[@AaelmfaoBDplays]

@MiMi-qb6tk yeah I actually really love that song to relax to but pokemon sleep kinda went hard with it

[@meta4knight]

Pokémon sleep was so mechanically complicated I was blown away

[@Silverstar114]

People do not realize how absurdly deep mobile games get. The number of hours I spent on discord with people trying to squeeze an extra 5% out of a team is beyond count.

[@13luken]

I miss this game so much. I loved the aesthetic, the gameplay, collecting new mons... But falling asleep and waking up thinking about pokemon, cooking all three meals, it felt like pokemon was consuming my life. Sounds fun, but horrible for my mental health. I hope you keep having fun with it ❤️

[@Lampent12]

Bro same, and it doesn't help the the load times for swapping menus, FREAKING MENUS, is so atrocious! Like, it could take 10 to 15 seconds just to check a single Pokemon's stats and get back to the game.

[@mariajosegarcia9033]

After playing genshin, spending like 20-30 mins per day doing that is nothing. And I the morning I play while I get ready for work

[@ziggmiceter]

This is exactly the amount of depraved I expect from Pokemon

[@dualmo7185]

10:09 CLAIM YOUR FREE GIFT YOU CRIMINAL

[@Mijzelffan]

0:05 I spent a good 20 seconds wondering how pokemon sleep could be construed as an idol progression game like Love Live

[@TRDiscordian]

Idle*

[@kelsirynee53]

@@TRDiscordiandude

[@solofreakk]

honestly the sleep type thing feels like bologna. like they show me that graph every morning and i'm like, "buddy. i know for a fact i did not fall asleep in five minutes, and i know for a fact that i was not going between doze, snooze, and slumber like they're a roller coaster. i laid awake for an hour, passed out, and proceeded to sleep so deeply that the dead are jealous. where are you getting your data from." and yet somehow it still gives me slumbering 90% of the time anyways and i rarely see new pokemon. but like, what am i gonna do? minmax my sleep? i'm not that far gone. ... i'm gonna need that site for plugging pokemon info in though. that'd be useful.

[@ErikaCartet]

i mean… i do agree their sleep data feels pretty bullshit, but do you not have rem cycles? your sleep chart SHOULD look something vaguely like that

[@Tylar122]

That’s actually how your sleep cycle works.

[@vernonalbayeros4719]

Pokemon sleep is what you get when you finally distill all gameplay from pokemon games and let us math nerds just enjoy the pure joy of min maxing the fk out of some pixels. Also, Raikou's Theme for greengrass somehow has BIG Digimon "brave heart" theme song vibes. It's something about the filter on the guitar i swear.

[@IdentityChrist]

I consider myself to be someone who plays a lot of videogames. I have invested considerable time into practically any genre you can think of. I've played both casually competitively and did so for over 2 decades. Pokemon Sleep, the game intended for 9 year olds to go to sleep earlier was too complicated for me. The insane amount of systems was absurd. There is no way that you can grasp the various systems and currencies while you're getting ready to go to sleep. It's actually anxiety inducing. No idea who this game is for.

[@noob1n8or]

I play it to incentivize myself to get to bed at a reasonable time. The only thing I really care about is not using pokemon that recover more energy because it's the most useless boost you can get assuming you actually want to sleep properly. Other than that I just eyeball what looks good, use my intuition and focus on getting the candy for pokemon I like. I think I'm doing okay.

[@jordanbarton1624]

You’re redarded. It’s so easy.

[@pineconesnowstorm]

​@@jordanbarton1624bro's too scared to say a slur. wimp.

[@jordanbarton1624]

@@pineconesnowstormMore like I know how to get MY POINT across without being muted by the 1st Amendment hating Tech Bros that run this app. Been muted too many times for being real :P

[@ponodude101]

​@@jordanbarton1624 People love throwing out the first amendment without actually knowing what it means. Do you believe you'll be arrested for saying certain things? Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. You can say whatever you want, but moderators of a website can also do whatever they want and we are all still allowed to think less of you because of it.

[@Notester82]

Holy HECK, the way you casually mentioned min-maxing in this game at first (before going deeper into it later) threw me for a loop... ;u; I mean, more power to you and the Pokemon Sleepers, but geez, minmaxing the sleep game... In all seriousness, this was a pretty interesting look at how involved this game's progression can get!

[@mrdewarion]

They were called "GameFreak" for a reason.

[@Dylanlemay]

This was the exact video I wanted to watch about Pokémon sleep. Thank you for popping the bubble in my head that it was gonna be a cute easy game

[@Space_Bones]

I started “playing” not long after launch and I must say the micro transactions they push on this game are nuts. I have grown to ignore most micro transactional sections of games (because I’m frugal as fuck) and I can tell I’m stalling out or lagging behind friends that have paid for bonuses. I knew it was a slow burn game so I let it burn. I treated it as a “powered up sleep tracker” and nothing more. Coming to over 300 nights logged and I have gotten a lot, but man I’m behind my friends who played a similar amount. They have level 40+ Pokemon and I’m rocking 25-30s because I keep swapping my Pokemon for the Berries/Meals. At least I have my favorite Pokemon as a Shiny (Arcanine)!

[@mariajosegarcia9033]

I have paid twice the monthly pass and that's it. I've been playing since day one. And I can tell you I could totally had my pokemon team at level 50 like I have them now without having paid. You just need to focus on some pokemon and stop changing teams so much. Also have 50 active friends is a must

[@zackspangler99]

Arcanine best pokemon

[@SilverSword6]

I had no idea there was such an involved community around this game. I just enjoy tracking my sleep & feeding my lil guy when I remember to use it.

[@zuperrluiis2222]

As a player who is invested in Pokemon sleep since night 1, this video is awesome!!!!

[@RupeeClock]

That one dancing Pikachu GIF that got greenscreened at 12:53 was something I made as a forum avatar back in maybe 2010 and it's wild to see it show up here. I'm pretty sure I captured the frames from the loading screen of PokéPark Wii on a really early version of Dolphin Emulator lol

[@Jordan83709]

This would have been a great segway for a sleep mattress add! lol

[@allfrogsaregay]

the fuck other kind of mattress is there jordan

[@rockheart2002]

The music for the Halloween event was my fav, legit put that thing in my daily playlist it's so good

[@jigglyppuff8]

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has had a absolutely messed up sleep schedule fixed slightly by not wanting to miss snorlax's daily reset at 4am. I've even gone a step further and set my bedtime to 2AM so that I can get those bonus diamonds from meeting my bedtime consistently during the week.

[@funnysillyclown]

I mostly use Pokemon Sleep as a motivator to keep a consistent schedule. I have like a huge backlog of pokemon that I need to check the stats of but don’t care enough to lol. Completely f2p for me. I love it, totally agree with everything said here lol

[@BroseidonLive]

you did not miss with this video! I've spent a lot of money on this game already compared to a lot of people probably, but the way I think about it is that it totally fixed my sleep schedule. I used to go to bed at 1 or 2 in the morning and then wake up tired the next day. Now that I set my bedtime at 10:30, I actually go to bed around that time and I'm able to start the next day earlier and less tired! I love spending hours thinking about which of 2 Charmanders I will choose to raise where the difference between them will probably be around 2% or less. This game is weird and I'm weird and I love it!

[@Murphy-ip3is]

me too

[@gammaseer]

Yaggo: The channel that dies for many months until he has something he wants to ramble about

[@HeyLizardLeigh]

Played this game every night for about two months and I always mean to pick it back up. I just wish the morning sleep study went a little faster... like I'm cool with the meals throughout the day but sometimes I wake up and don't want to slowly tap pokémon again and again. but I loved the complexity, great video seeing it all broken down!

[@sakarain]

Genuinely did not expect it to have any depth at all lol

[@BlackWizardClub]

That Entei mix is sweet,it's actually giving Sonic to me. Another property known for a specific type of "super" fan and good music. Love that. I personally opt out of both manic and casual levels of fan in both fandoms by choosing one aspect of each game in the franchises to be weird about. In pokemon, it's usually food and side quests, and in Sonic, it's chao and whatever the hell Tails is doing in any given game. I'm not good at math or speedruns, so one could say I didn't have a choice.😂 Great video!

[@CommanderWiggins]

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who plays this game because I find it genuinely comforting and because it has actually helped me improve my sleep schedule. I have literally no interest in min-maxing, I just use what knowledge I have to pick the little guys I feel will work best. I make progress at a snail's pace which can be annoying, but I also don't feel like paying to advance quicker. It's definitely far more enjoyable than Pokemon Go, which was a constant source of stress when I played because I never had enough bag space or Pokemon storage, so it became less of a Pokemon game and more of a resource management game.

[@UnexploredBlue]

A bit late to warn me when I'm 315 days into the game and just as susceptible to the propaganda, but this is a good and honest video on the game!

[@cortster12]

Pokemon Sleep actually got me to wake up at a reasonable time consistently, and go to bed somewhat consistently.

[@umi2751]

Never having played pokemon sleep and hearing you talk about it makes me think if that's how i sound to my no pokemon-fans friends

[@EpicDonutDudeMemes]

you know it will be a good day when you get a pokemon with berry finding or helping bonus in the morning B)

[@chryco4]

I've played since Day 1, but haven't gone off the deep end with trying to min-max everything and I mostly enjoy the casual shiny hunting part of it. Compared to other gacha/mobile games I used to play like Mario Kart Tour, Pokemon Go, etc. I enjoy Sleep so much even as a mostly F2P player. The devs are so much more communicative and the free daily gifts and occasional gift box stuff has helped keep my spending to a minimum, definitely like less than 20 bucks and I've never felt bad about spending that money on the game because it genuinely helped me fix my years of horrendous sleep schedules. I feel like I get enough progress without the premium pass so I don't feel the pressure to buy it which is super nice too. It was lowkey the most impactful game on me in 2023 even with me playing both Zelda TotK and Mario Wonder lol

[@MateusSFigueiredo]

I hated the gane for two reasons. 1. It requires wifi on all night. 2. You cant record many nights in a row, you have to play for like 10 minutes every day before recording an additional night.

[@froxy_ef-em]

it needs the wifi on???? wow thanks, i'm definitely never using this lmao. i was already not planning to because i have a sleep app that works for waking me up and that's enough for me, but i would absolutely despise having to leave the wifi all night

[@stillred]

@@froxy_ef-emalso you need to keep the display on the whole time, yes it has a special feature that "turns it darker" or something, but still... Idk if they fixed it, but I didn't want to have my display on and have a burnt in image after a few days....

[@wolfkitten7446]

​@@stillredIt entirely turns your screen off after a couple seconds

[@ErikaCartet]

wow i forget that some people turn their wifi off at night

[@sofiavaz5842]

the fact that pokemon sleep often died on me in the middle of the night, thus losing my alarm clock, is ... embarassing

[@SleepyZoop]

i was never aware that people minmaxed this game 😭 I collect my silly creatures, keep one of each and try to evolve the little ones :> that's it. to each their own tho, if you're having fun like this, I'm happy for you!

[@jamesgriebler]

the raikou song SLAPS. The Christmas song slapped too

[@lukecwolf]

Wow those are crazy spreadsheets and dedication. Props to you for getting through

[@Samp98518]

I've been playing daily since launch, if you don't play you have no idea of the rush you feel when you find a Berry Finding + Helping Bonus Pokemon. Plugging that bad boy into the rating website and seeing 99th or 100th percentile, that's what we play Pokemon Sleep for. Oh and to see cute Pokemon.

[@Murkus]

I get mad that the day turns over the exact minute I've went to bed for decade at least once a week

[@Qril]

10/10 video my man, great synopsis of the game I've spent too much brainpower on

[@Bladeninja76]

'This is not a song! This is a cry for help!"

[@mageyplss]

this is the most random yet detailed video ive seen all year and i'm here for it

[@FishyFishy_]

I played it for a bit when it came out and thought it was neat. But the absolute rabbithole of what the experience can be, holy moly This is kind of surreal, but really funny to watch

[@CopperAirplane]

I downloaded this app when it came out in hopes of fixing my sleep, but beyond going to bed no later than 4am, it did not help. If anything it started making me feel even worse because my nightly 5-6 hours of sleep meant I was missing out on 25-37.5% of the experience points for my Pokémon. Starting every day with disappointment was not for me

[@jamie1602]

It keeps me from playing my phone when I can't sleep and I am forced to do other things. I guess that helps my pain induced insomnia? I guess?

[@boolan4927]

I got freaked out and quit over the noises made while I’m asleep. I live alone, and that’s not my voice.

[@NekoCatt]

im also still playing it since the playtest time, and as much as i respect the insane people doing the math for it, i still just go with what i think its better and its been working just fine, its fun and makes me happy to wake up in the morning and see a shiny pokemon!

[@dankdankeryetdanker2726]

If we ever get an Island that has Dragon Berry snorlax my 2 Altarias with Berry Finder S will make it big (probably)

[@shrubninja6444]

I'm sorry, but the "weird noises I make while asleep" section absolutely annihilated me. I'm sure I make equally silly sounds while sleeping, but I was not ready for that.

[@doofs]

fr pokemon's innovating something nasty bro, the only game where people sleeping on it is ACTUALLY good thing may your snoozy studies be plentiful and your pokemon be hungry 😤🤘

[@ImmacHn]

Can I just have this as a Pokemon sleep tracker and forget about the min maxxing?

[@EliasMorals]

I think its partially worth noting, that since Sleep has a "sleep on time" mechanic for a daily log in, and weekly rewards, often you wont find yourself NEEDING to buy diamonds. I dont think ive ever bought diamonds, but then again im just a casual player

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

Ironically, it kinda motivates me to sleep on time. But I will obsess over it if I wake up too early and can't fall back to sleep.

[@mxcreant]

getting jumpscared by smt dx2 bgm making me have flashbacks out of nowhere

[@litjell]

Just downloaded Pokémon sleep yesterday and I’m so happy to hear I get to overthink about it too!

[@StevenSenile]

Pokemon sleep is the reason my sleep schedule is fixed... And on the same time got me insane for doing all the maths to plan my day. If a "Pokemon to-do" game existed, I'd literally be a billionaire for the dedication 💀

[@rosalindcormier4384]

So……..in conclusion, they made sleep pay to win.

[@doncalipso6007]

Nintendo just invented competitive sleeping

[@justadude450]

The title says Sleep is for insane people, and he spends the whole video why he was one of them.

[@abbybrock6531]

i played pokemon sleep for four months and had to stop because i didn’t like having to do a job immediately in the morning (making breakfast and checking sleep reports) and also i found out i scream in my sleep through the recordings

[@ahzobeats]

yo 💀

[@tmntleo]

I just catch shinies in my sleep, I don't care about all the stats and such XD

[@ZenoSsj4Hero]

Same lol. But when I encounter a shiny, even one I already have, my mind go “Mine!” 😂

[@DoubLL]

“Given the opportunity, players will optimize the fun out of a game.” - Soren Johnson, Designer of Civ3. Probably the most important insight into gaming culture.

[@dozzy9984]

My personal issue with Pokemon Sleep is (or was?) that it punishes me for my sleeping habits. Not only it doesn't like when you don't go to sleep on time, it also hates if you go to sleep near 1-2 am, because it can randomly decide that your night of sleeping starts in current or next day, leading to stuff like double counting your sleep one day (which easily maxes out your already almost maxed out daily exp, wasting so much of it and then pretty much leaving you with a day you won't get anything unless you'll idle your phone for few hours).

[@DKTrue]

Shoutout to McMomo, Abunzu, ev, Wa3v, RedPandersBear, Qril and the rest of the Sleep mathcord. Absolute Beasts!

[@blivveries]

"Pokémon Sleep is a game-" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

[@SuspiciousOwlbear]

The only game where if someone mentions rare things happening only on a full moon they are actually not joking.

[@_talouf]

I also played this game on launch! and then my phone nearly overheated and died during the night. I Love seeing people get into it tho

[@TheDBPhantom]

That toontown bit is so me core. Also, as someone who was a hardcore pokemon go player up until a few months ago, I unfortunately did know about this game and when it released bc of the sleeping snorlax event thing haha. I imagine there's a bit of overlap between the communities because pokemon go players are similarly mathematically deranged. I love it

[@AustinIsTheGreatests]

Thanks for letting me know. Glad I didn't get sucked in

[@heibytime1803]

can agree, our community is insane

[@Kranitoko]

Me: *has played Pokémon Sleep casually for the last year* This video: "did you know there's a min maxing community out there" 😵

[@Bronzelizard02]

I was watching this video before bed and got most of the way through then went to redownload the app, woke up and did everything in the game and then I go back to KZbin and the first thing I hear is “but before you go and redownload the app”

[@doglover427]

I downloaded the game like 3 weeks ago and here I am now, regularly checking on my lil guys every night and recording my own sleep lmao

[@rexzs794]

I’ve been playing this hell game for a whole goddamn year and I adore it, but I am also criminally insane.

[@thanyou]

i love this game and you're not even wrong about any of this

[@PKMNRangerDenton]

And here I am just using basically the same 6 Pokémon every week while just feeding Snorlax and sleeping

[@slowbrodragon6951]

I guess I'm insane, but my psychologist knew that already

[@miketheperformer5972]

I'm glad to see it's not just the Pokemon Unite community that creates pages of Excel sheets to calculate stats.

[@neganlanciani2941]

If the shinies were transferable to the main game I’d still be playing

[@rachelmayes3064]

The microtransactions are so expensive and useless I can't imagine they sell that much. I think the premium pass is worth it if you pay in yen though.