{"id":29927,"date":"2022-04-11T20:21:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T12:47:41","slug":"pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes","title":{"rendered":"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Niantic announced changes to the Pokemon GO Rare Candy system on the Niantic Support Twitter account on 8th April 2022. With the changes, players will receive less Rare Candy from raids and more from Battle League battles.<\/p>\n<p>Many players immediately expressed their discontent with the changes, since most players believe they will receive less Rare Candy overall after the change. Other players believe that Niantic is pushing too hard for players to play PvP.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the changes to Rare Candy in Pokemon GO and exactly what players are saying.<\/p>\n<h2>Pokemon GO Rare Candy changes<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/dfu08z_0u45q2oFgeF0FWmz0RPhsQqTn37VslXy0BDU\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9Qb2slQzMlQTltb25fR08vcy1sNDAwX18xXy5qcGc\" alt=\"s-l400__1_.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">Pokemon GO&#8217;s changes to Rare Candy will allow players to receive Rare Candy through gifts. (Image: Niantic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Niantic first announced the change to Rare Candy on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NianticHelp\/status\/1512478433250578435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1512478433250578435%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdotesports.com%2Fnews%2Fniantic-updates-ways-to-obtain-rare-candy-in-pokemon-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">their Twitter account,<\/a> and, unsurprisingly, Twitter is also where many users came to express their frustration with the changes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trainers, we&#8217;re tuning the opportunities to obtain Rare Candy in the game,&#8221; Niantic&#8217;s announcement post read. &#8220;Rare Candy chances will be slightly decreased in Raiding and slightly increased in GO Battle League, and you can now obtain Rare Candies in Gifts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though Rare Candy is now available in Gifts, players can only receive one Rare Candy per ten gifts, and even then, it&#8217;s not certain to appear.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-fest-2022-dates-cities-events-more\">Pok&eacute;mon GO Fest 2022 &#8211; Dates, cities, events, and more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-stufful-community-day-schedule-bonuses\">Pokemon GO Stufful Community Day &#8211; Schedule, bonuses, more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/how-to-get-lillie-polteageist-pokemon-masters-ex\">How to get Lillie Special Costume &amp; Polteageist &#8211; Pokemon Masters EX<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/how-to-evolve-tangela-pokemon-legends-arceus\"><strong>How to evolve Tangela In Pokemon Legends Arceus<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many trainers found the changes to be unfair and inconvenient. While Niantic referred to the process as &#8220;tuning in&#8230;opportunities to obtain Rare Candy,&#8221; most saw it as a major nerf rather than a positive change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It honestly doesn&rsquo;t surprise me at this point, but it still utterly disgusts me and fills me with concern for the player base as it seems like Niantic truly doesn&rsquo;t care what the community thinks despite their empty statements and promises in the past,&#8221; content creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCpc6byxiNgFyXMgGIE_m7BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CrasherTalks&amp;More<\/a> said on YouTube. &#8220;We have Rare Candies now being nerfed regarding how you obtain them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/VWdvMcASOGUcZGgi7esJK3rHmrlyhgnvv7I0JjpTXzo\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9Qb2slQzMlQTltb25fR08vcG9rZW1vbi1nby1iYXR0bGUtbGVhZ3VlLWFubm91bmNlbWVudC0yX18xXy5qcGc\" alt=\"pokemon-go-battle-league-announcement-2__1_.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">While Rare Candies will be less common in raids, they&#8217;ll be more common in the Battle League. (Image: Niantic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another player pointed out that PvP is on the decline in Pokemon GO, and Niantic&#8217;s push to get players to participate in PvP may contribute to trainers&#8217; discontent with the change.<\/p>\n<p>Some are chiming in suggesting it was an unnecessary change as most don&#8217;t play PvP enough to justify the move, and that rares were some of the only worthwhile rewards from raids. We&#8217;ll keep monitoring the situation but the early returns certainly don&#8217;t look promising.<\/p>\n<p>For more updates on Pokemon and Pokemon GO, including guides, tips, and news, check out our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\">Pokemon<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image courtesy of Niantic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niantic announced changes to the Pokemon GO Rare Candy system on the Niantic Support Twitter account on 8th April 2022. With the changes, players will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12834,"featured_media":29928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pokemon","genre-action-adventure","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy - GINX TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pokemon GO has made some changes to the way it distributes Rare Candy, and players aren&#039;t happy with the results thus far.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy - GINX TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pokemon GO has made some changes to the way it distributes Rare Candy, and players aren&#039;t happy with the results thus far.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GINX TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-11T20:21:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-19T12:47:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cole Podany\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColePodany\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cole Podany\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cole Podany\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/487fdee4917a99a94ae59dcd52bfe04c\"},\"headline\":\"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-11T20:21:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-19T12:47:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes\"},\"wordCount\":489,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Pok\u00e9mon\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes\",\"name\":\"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy - GINX TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-11T20:21:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-19T12:47:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"Pokemon GO has made some changes to the way it distributes Rare Candy, and players aren't happy with the results thus far.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/\",\"name\":\"GINX TV\",\"description\":\"GINX TV\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GINX TV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":40,\"caption\":\"GINX TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/487fdee4917a99a94ae59dcd52bfe04c\",\"name\":\"Cole Podany\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/temp_Cole-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/temp_Cole-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Cole Podany\"},\"description\":\"Cole is a Staff Writer at GINX Esports TV based in the United States. He's a lover of all things horror and particularly loves old horror games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil. You can also find him writing about Dead by Daylight and a slew of other games. Outside of writing for GINX, Cole loves cooking and his two cats.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/colepodany\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColePodany\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/author\/cole-podany\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy - GINX TV","description":"Pokemon GO has made some changes to the way it distributes Rare Candy, and players aren't happy with the results thus far.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy - GINX TV","og_description":"Pokemon GO has made some changes to the way it distributes Rare Candy, and players aren't happy with the results thus far.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes","og_site_name":"GINX TV","article_published_time":"2022-04-11T20:21:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-19T12:47:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cole Podany","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColePodany","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cole Podany","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes"},"author":{"name":"Cole Podany","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/487fdee4917a99a94ae59dcd52bfe04c"},"headline":"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy","datePublished":"2022-04-11T20:21:22+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-19T12:47:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes"},"wordCount":489,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg","articleSection":["Pok\u00e9mon"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes","name":"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy - GINX TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-11T20:21:22+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-19T12:47:41+00:00","description":"Pokemon GO has made some changes to the way it distributes Rare Candy, and players aren't happy with the results thus far.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/pokemon-go-caramelos-raros.jpg","caption":"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-go-rare-candy-changes#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Players unhappy with Pok\u00e9mon GO changes to Rare Candy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/","name":"GINX TV","description":"GINX TV","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#organization","name":"GINX TV","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/header-new-logo1.svg","width":200,"height":40,"caption":"GINX TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/487fdee4917a99a94ae59dcd52bfe04c","name":"Cole Podany","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/temp_Cole-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/temp_Cole-96x96.jpg","caption":"Cole Podany"},"description":"Cole is a Staff Writer at GINX Esports TV based in the United States. He's a lover of all things horror and particularly loves old horror games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil. You can also find him writing about Dead by Daylight and a slew of other games. Outside of writing for GINX, Cole loves cooking and his two cats.","sameAs":["https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/colepodany","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColePodany"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/author\/cole-podany"}]}},"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12834"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}