This presupposes, as previously stated (several times) that life is fair. It isn't, and by golly, if this video game and being deprived of a small packet of images and mathematical data are the only ways in your life you ever encounter that fact, you are among the truly blessed.
Of course I'll NEVER argue that this "issue" is in any way more important than some of the other major problems in this world, or that it truly matters at all. And I'll also never argue that life is fair at all. After all, millions are starving in Africa and Asia, and even quite a few in my own country. And here we are arguing whether or not data and pixels should be more available.
You do have every right to obtain the Pokémon. No one is stopping you. If you don't live near one of the stores where the event is being given away, that's unfortunate, and if you don't have access to Wi-Fi, that too is unfortunate. But that's all that it is - unfortunate.
As much as I do agree with you, and given there are plenty of people that don't have this problem at all, this doesn't mean that we cannot fix the situation to where more people can get it. Not that gamefreak really cares about this minority's opinions. They've done a more than adequate job supplying and providing events, I am just saying that there is potential to do better. This is unlikely to happen, though, given that the current system works perfectly fine.
That you, personally - you not necessarily being you to whom I am responding, but rather "you" in the sense of anyone making this complaint (new and original one that it is...) - are unable to access events despite them being split between the two methods these days is not an indictment of the distribution means. No one would claim that the purpose of events is to give these Pokémon to everyone - that, obviously, is patently impossible.
No, the purpose of events is to get these Pokémon to as many people as possible. And between the number of people who live near a Toys 'R Us (or a GameStop, on occasion) and the number of people who are able to do at least one or the other is considerable. If that were not the case, they would no longer do the events that way.
True. I agree.
All of the arguments against events in this thread run afoul of these very simple facts - that life is not fair, and you are not being deprived of any essential material for not being able to obtain the events. If one's desire is to respond with an impassioned argument about "striving to make everyone's situation better" - through children's video games and the monsters within, no less - or whatever you prefer, then by all means, do so. I'm simply pointing out that these are the realities of the matter, and if the reality doesn't suit you personally, that's unfortunate, but the fact is that the reality suits the majority, which is what matters in the end.
First off, I'd like to start with a question. And this is serious, and in no way mocking whatsoever. Can you really say impassioned? I've always heard it said passionate, but given the meaning of the prefix, I see no reason it can't be. Please inform me. And now onto my point. You really overestimate how much I care about this issue. In fact, it doesn't matter to me at all, given that I have plenty of ways to get these events. It just took a long time to type, and that's about as much as I've put forth emotionally into this. And the "striving to improve the situation" thing. Sure, I will most definitely give it to you that this thing truly and really has, at absolute most, a very minimal effect on a very small group's lives, and therefore will more than likely not be changed, given that the situation works for the majority, and that it can be said that it is ideal for most. However, given my current situation, I do not have any options to improve the true issues of the world, and as such am working to where I can do some good in the future, I have instead decided to see if I can find or propose a situation that could work for the slight few that would like to have an opportunity to have these pokemon, but can't. Not that I truly matter in the long run.
And as for completing the Pokédex, it will register as complete if you obtain every critter save for the event giveaways. So there's that.
Confirmed, event exclusive pokemon do not affect the in-game pokedex completion.
