Commonwealth Stadium opened it’s doors Wednesday to Pokémon Go players hoping the newly renovated field would finally get to experience the joy of having fans rush the field.  The event was initially considered by everyone to be a smash hit after it was reported that the 1,366 fans that showed up helped set the new Commonwealth Stadium Attendance record. “It’s nice that they’ve finally just accepted that everyone just comes to this place to stare at their phone the whole time,” some nerd that attended the event told us.

Pokémon enthusiasts jumped at the chance to get out into the real world by trying to catch imaginary monsters hiding in-between blades of fake grass. While they were excited for the chance to ‘catch ’em all’, long-time football fans knew that would be an ambitious goal. One season ticket holder said, “I’d be happy if players were able to just catch a few in here.” Fans that had not seen a game in Commonwealth before found this to be true as they immediately reported that it was very difficult to catch the animated creatures, especially near the goal line. Towards the middle of the day, one guy believed he’d pulled off an astonishing catch by reeling in a rare Raikou, however his fellow Go players poured some of the complimentary Gatorade on him before he was able to actually secure the creature resulting in nothing but a ruined iPhone.

There were other hiccups throughout the day as tensions began to run high in the parking lot before the gates opened. Another one of those Pokémon nerds complained, “We got to the stadium at 4:25 to chow down on some veggie burgers like my dad does during football season, but we were all pretty badly sunburned by the time the gates opened at 4:30.” Ultimately the sunburns, empty stomachs and the unreliability of the game servers led to frustrations from many players and gave Pokémon Go users a very realistic UK Football fan experience by forcing them spend the afternoon irritated and leave the stadium in disappointment.