For the Sake of Consistency

To be consistent - in other words, to have consistency - is to expect to have something remain the same for good intentions, such as for a common understanding. This is something that may be desired for a lot of different things, which include Pokémon in different guises. It is easy to say that this is the way things should be, but the reality is that things may be difficult, as is true of some other things. I can already point out three Pokémon things in regard to their relation to the above.

One of those things is a facet of Pokémon Go, specifically in relation to raids. There doesn't seem to be a consistent way to refer to the differentiation of raid difficulty from one another. In the Field Research tasks obtained from PokéStops, they are referred to as "levels", but in the posts on its official blog, they are referred to as "stars", while a popular reference for them refers them as "tiers". They are different names for the same concept, leading to inconsistency; "levels" are used for a few other things, "stars" are used in yet other facets, and "tiers" are a thing for that popular external reference. Still, even with this inconsistency, things seem to be understood just fine. There is no consistency to the name, but the differentiation is consistently known and understood among them all.

There is another consistency related to Pokémon Go as well as this blog, but is inconsistent between each other. It concerns the title of the game itself, particularly its orthography. The game is officially referred to in all capitals ("GO"), while on this blog, I've only used initial capitals ("Go"). The latter particularly hasn't changed, except in reference to the GO Battle League a while back. This is particularly reminiscent of a similar inconsistency regarding EX Raids that happened a long time ago and I changed at that point. Similar to that, I may just reform for consistency, though there is no plan for this as yet.

Speaking of this blog, I've been very consistent with its posts even up to today. That's not to say that there have been threats to this consistency, though I can't really detail them here. I consider this consistency incredible, and for now it's worth continuing that consistency even in the face of those threats. I'm also consistent in believing that this will somehow lead to an opportunity to become further involved with Pokémon, particularly on a greater level. I have to be consistently certain that this effort will somehow pay off.

There's a certain value for consistency, in that while it may lead to things looking the same, it also leads to things looking good as well. It's something that has not been present in some ways with some Pokémon things and yet present in other ways. It may be a hard reality to deal with in some ways, and yet it's the one that I, Pokémon, and this blog are present in right now. There may be some hope later on for consistency to further thrive, and I and others may have to see that it does happen for the good of things.

One year ago: Pokémon Go Event Rollup, 2/19/2019
Two years ago: Pokémon Go Team Leader Stickers
Three years ago: Let's Get Ready to Rumble