[randomh3r0]

Any idea how long the signup page is down? I made my account yesterday and, when forced between using my google auth and making some pokemon.com account, it was a no brainer to not use my google account. It took me a few tries but since this is a game and not something in the realm of life-and-death, I found it wasn't horrible to actually wait. And try again.

The entire issue is predicated on using your google account credentials which isn't really mandatory. Maybe I'm overly cautious but I don't use my google account to auth anywhere. If that's the only option, and it's not a google product.. then it looks like I'm not using that service.

[arielweisberg]

It's been down since at least last Thursday. The way I hear it it's been much longer.

[randomh3r0]

But, again, I made an account yesterday. <24h ago. So, is it _actually_ offline, or are people hitting the friendly little google button instead of just waiting? If it's the latter, then while I don't disagree about the gravity of requiring "All Perms" for a stupid game, I kind of feel like people deserve whatever happens for their impatience.

Don't just throw around account access, no matter how pervasive, in the name of impatience. Ever.

[MBCook]

The game never asks for access, it's not clear in any way how much information you're giving them.

In the past I've tried to use Google to sign in to some games and been given a screen that I noped out of because of what it was asking for. That didn't happen here. I assumed they only got my email address (if that), not full email/contact/calendar history.

I checked my Google permissions. iOS has a fair amount, Mac OS X has a fair amount, Pokémon GO has more than both put together. Without asking. That's crazy.

[arielweisberg]

That's great news. I can't do it, but the error message has changed from 504 to try again.

[cocotino]

Keep hitting F5, and you'll eventually be able to register.