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Rare White Ape
July 8th, 2016, 10:56 PM
Anyone playing this? Virtually everyone else is.

Nintendo's new smart phone, augmented reality Poke-addiction.

It's quite good. But it's really bad for when you're driving.

I wasn't driving. I was a passenger. My driver was having a hard time concentrating. Made for an interesting car ride.

I might go outside more often now.

Jason
July 9th, 2016, 05:35 AM
I have it, but I don't understand it. Last Pokemon game I played was for Gameboy :lol:

I was expecting a similar thing, where you use a Pokemon to fight other Pokemon, weakening, then capturing. Instead you just capture? The only way to improve a Pokemon is through microtransactions?

GreatScawt
July 9th, 2016, 06:30 AM
Be wary of any dead bodies you may come across when trying to find them Pokemans.

Rare White Ape
July 9th, 2016, 03:23 PM
Jason, yeah micro transactions are a thing, but they're not the key to progressing. Instead the main 'currency' that you have to put into this is actually travelling in the real world.

There are gyms located around the place where you can train your Pokemon or do battle against other's.

SkylineObsession
July 10th, 2016, 10:34 PM
The phenomenon is so bad that my wife is buying a new phone just so she can play it (well, her current one is one of the last ever Sony Ericsson branded smartphones, but still).

Me; Pokemon/Digimon/DragonBall Z have never interested me. Samurai Pizza Cats was busy occupying my TV time back in the day. Meow!

Rare White Ape
July 11th, 2016, 01:59 AM
I went Poke-hunting down at the local parklands this evening after work. There were about 200-or-so local kids and adults walking around in the twilight doing their Poke-thing (the Poke-prefix is quite useful). One particular area had 30 people milling around between the start of a kids BMX circuit and the ANZAC cenotaph (https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-27.970159,153.4179046,59a,20y,57.56h,65.9t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en), some of who were continually dropping attraction devices to share with the crowd.

We were near water for about two hours. SO many Magicarp. They can fuck right off.

And I tried gyms for the first time. I have no idea how to use them. Apparently you have to battle for a place in the gym, but I'm a level 7 and one young bloke we spoke to is a level 17, and even he didn't have a Pokemon strong enough to have a place.

21Kid
July 11th, 2016, 05:52 AM
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I've been playing a little. Finally reached lv 10. Went for a walk last night and found a group playing near the beach. There were over 20 people there. :lol: It was hilarious.

Kchrpm
July 11th, 2016, 06:46 AM
I'm tempted to start playing just to meet women. And I'm completely serious. I have no interest in Pokemon.

Cam
July 11th, 2016, 06:52 AM
:lol:

I was never interested in Pokemon. I'm still not. :shrug:

21Kid
July 11th, 2016, 09:21 AM
I never was either. I'm sure I'll lose interest in a few days/week. But, it's something fun/different, for now.

Blerpa
July 11th, 2016, 09:33 AM
I played for a total 10 minutes over 2-3 days. Uninstalling it was the most fun thing related to it.

drew
July 11th, 2016, 12:54 PM
I have no fucking idea what this is about. I think I'll keep it that way.

All I do know, is that people are losing their shit about it.

MR2 Fan
July 11th, 2016, 01:03 PM
I have no fucking idea what this is about. I think I'll keep it that way.

All I do know, is that people are losing their shit about it.

same...although I do think it's a good test to see what the average person does when using augmented reality...probably stupid things.

21Kid
July 11th, 2016, 01:18 PM
What Is Pokémon Go and Why Is Everyone Talking About It? (http://lifehacker.com/what-is-pokemon-go-and-why-is-everyone-talking-about-it-1783420761)

Rare White Ape
July 11th, 2016, 01:26 PM
http://kotaku.com/pokemon-go-nudes-are-a-thing-now-1783460692

21Kid
July 11th, 2016, 01:28 PM
:lol: "If it exists, there is porn of it"

Rare White Ape
July 11th, 2016, 01:29 PM
I'm tempted to start playing just to meet women. And I'm completely serious. I have no interest in Pokemon.

Yeeeeeeaaaaah good luck with that.

About 90% of the people you see are young males under 25 and the other 10% are either couples, or older single men trying to hide their nerdy shame.

Kchrpm
July 11th, 2016, 01:32 PM
Yeeeeeeaaaaah good luck with that.

About 90% of the people you see are young males under 25 and the other 10% are either couples, or older single men trying to hide their nerdy shame.

The posts I've seen on my Facebook and Instagram have been mostly female. That doesn't mean you aren't right, though.

21Kid
July 11th, 2016, 01:39 PM
I saw a few females at the park last night. Not sure how many were single though...

But, why not. It's a free app. Just look for the lit up beacons. They'll have groups of people hanging out.

Rare White Ape
July 11th, 2016, 10:53 PM
The posts I've seen on my Facebook and Instagram have been mostly female. That doesn't mean you aren't right, though.

It ain't wrong, but it ain't right either.

Instead, why don't you get a puppy from an animal shelter and take it for walks where all the fit chicks go jogging?

So then you can go Pokemon hunting while the dog distracts all teh wimmen.

Kchrpm
July 12th, 2016, 03:29 AM
Can I take it back to the shelter after? I don't really like dogs.

JSGeneral
July 12th, 2016, 04:34 AM
A bit of a click bait title... but the information about what permissions this game has on your mobile is accurate and kind of alarming.

http://blackbag.gawker.com/pokemon-go-is-a-government-surveillance-psyop-conspirac-1783461240

drew
July 12th, 2016, 04:59 AM
Yep, and the three fuckwits from Missouri proves that.

Kchrpm
July 12th, 2016, 05:33 AM
The Missouri guys aren't getting that information about other people, they were likely just hanging out at one of the popular locations and waiting for people to show up alone.

When you submit your app, there are things in the API for Google account access that says what things you need access to. Pokemon Go's developer tagged everything instead of just what they needed (which from what I can tell is just that you have an account and what it is, nothing else is used). Any information they would have accessed (which they and Google have said is none) would just go up to their servers, not be posted publicly for everyone to see unless they purposefully did so, and they'd have no business reason to do so.

drew
July 12th, 2016, 05:38 AM
Either way, they're still fuckwits.

JSGeneral
July 12th, 2016, 05:50 AM
But this data that is stored on an non-Google server now grants access to anyone's email... To even send email as you. Especially in the case where the player was an iPhone user that links their Google account to that mobile device.

There's no reason that iPhones need to grant those kind of permissions. That feels like an unintentional bug, but one with long range consequences. Even if they change the permissions they request, the people who already played have already granted full access.

Kchrpm
July 12th, 2016, 06:09 AM
But this data that is stored on an non-Google server now grants access to anyone's email... To even send email as you.
Nope.

http://gizmodo.com/can-pokemon-go-really-read-all-your-emails-1783479136


Cybersecurity expert and CEO of Trail of Bits Dan Guido has also cast serious doubt on Reeve’s claim, saying Google tech support told him “full account access” does not mean a third party can read or send or send email, access your files or anything else Reeve claimed. It means Niantic can only read biographical information like email address and phone number.

Google tech support sent a statement to Guido, which he provided to Gizmodo:

In this case, we checked that the Full account access permission refers to most of the My account settings. Specific actions such as sending emails, modifying folders, etc, require explicit permissions to that service (the permission will say “Has access to Gmail”)

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Here’s even more confirmation that Pokémon Go never had the ability to access your Gmail or Calendar. A product security developer at Slack tested the token provided by Pokémon Go and found that it was never able to get data from services like Gmail or Calendar.

21Kid
July 12th, 2016, 06:14 AM
also...


Update: Good news! Niantic Labs and The Pokémon Company issued a response to Engadget, confirming that it's not actually reading your emails. Still, it has far more access than is necessary for the game and the company says that while it's working on a fix for the client to only request the correct permission, Google will reduce Pokémon Go's access on its end 'soon.'

Rare White Ape
July 12th, 2016, 01:09 PM
This is pretty cool.

One of the most coveted gyms is the White House.

http://kotaku.com/pokemon-go-players-are-waging-war-over-the-white-house-1783516346?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

Tom Servo
July 12th, 2016, 03:25 PM
It's too bad Google doesn't appear to have the same fine-grained permission settings that Facebook does. You can request all the permissions you want, but you can refuse to give any of them except for the basic email address/name/id data.

Kchrpm
July 12th, 2016, 06:56 PM
It does, but the app has to turn them on. I just logged into an app the other day with Google and it told me what info it required (email and name) and what info was optional (my Circles, the Google version of a friend list). I was able to go in and turn that off completely, but I could have just said only certain Circles/groups could be allowed.

Rare White Ape
July 12th, 2016, 11:23 PM
Evolving your Pokemon is the tits. This Dodrio was CP125 as a Doduo, now it's 340, well above my meager Pokemon catching level. I think anything over 300 is maybe strong enough to start challenging some gyms in the area. If I had six Pokemon ranging between 500 and 300, then it'd be a worthy challenge for at least the first few battles.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7551/27997986950_3f17768df8_o.png

XHawkeye
July 13th, 2016, 05:11 AM
We do not consider playing "Pokemon Go" to be appropriate decorum on the grounds of ANC. We ask all visitors to refrain from such activity. (https://twitter.com/ArlingtonNatl/status/752959640816582656)

Rare White Ape
July 13th, 2016, 06:30 AM
I've read the same about Auschwitz.

Someone found a Koffing in the Holocaust Memorial.

Jason
July 13th, 2016, 01:52 PM
This is pretty cool.

One of the most coveted gyms is the White House.

http://kotaku.com/pokemon-go-players-are-waging-war-over-the-white-house-1783516346?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

My goal is to take the Whitehouse, but I don't think I'm going to have enough power to do so anytime soon :lol:

I did turn the tide on a couple more local gyms. :up:

21Kid
July 13th, 2016, 06:59 PM
Pokemon Go: 18 Essential Tips and Tricks (http://www.gamespot.com/gallery/pokemon-go-18-essential-tips-and-tricks/2900-752/1/)

overpowered
July 14th, 2016, 12:06 AM
Two men fall off Encinitas bluff playing Pokémon GO game

http://www.thecoastnews.com/2016/07/13/two-men-fall-off-encinitas-bluff-playing-pokemon-go-game/

Tom Servo
July 14th, 2016, 05:43 AM
I'm trying to figure out how people keep doing this. I haven't played it much, but it seems like it's really easy from the map to figure out where a pokestop is going to be from blocks away, and your phone will buzz to let you know you're close to an actual pokemon. You don't need to stare at it the whole time (though it's annoying that you have to keep the screen on to get the buzz alert).

Kchrpm
July 14th, 2016, 06:45 AM
Because people can be stupid.

Phil_SS
July 14th, 2016, 08:06 AM
They should rename it Darwin GO.

On Jalopnik's front page yesterday there were 3-4 articles about people wrecking their cars trying to catch Pokemon or capturing Pokemon while on the Nurburgring, etc. I have no doubt that within the next few weeks we will see multiple deaths of innocent people due to being hit by cars drivin by morons trying to catch Pokemon.

Kchrpm
July 14th, 2016, 09:16 AM
In the meantime, here's the opposite: Pokemon GO players save overdose victims on freeway.

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/07/14/pokemon-go-players-save-overdose-victims-on-freeway/

Freude am Fahren
July 14th, 2016, 12:52 PM
So strange. It's like 7th or 8th grade all over again. A small amount of people my age, and everyone just younger is playing Pokemon, and I have 0 interest in it.

https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjI1UKMI206qzaW4/giphy.gif

drew
July 14th, 2016, 01:10 PM
Yep. After reading news of people walking off cliffs, into traffic, driving their cars into a tree.....

Seriously, the fuck?!

Tom Servo
July 15th, 2016, 06:05 AM
https://gfycat.com/AnotherGrandAntarcticfurseal

Wish the board could handle inline .webm/.gifv...

Rare White Ape
July 15th, 2016, 03:37 PM
You've all probably seen this before but I'm going to repost it anyway


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjqXIoV0tc

Drachen596
July 15th, 2016, 03:40 PM
cant even get this on my Note 2.

I do have a question though, i keep seeing these Teams, do you have to join one to play past whatever level they make you choose at?

Rare White Ape
July 15th, 2016, 03:43 PM
Only if you want to involve yourself with gyms. If you don't want to do that, you can just collect Pokemon on your own.

MR2 Fan
July 16th, 2016, 02:28 PM
so the objective is to throw balls at monsters, from what I'm gathering

Rikadyn
July 16th, 2016, 03:22 PM
cant even get this on my Note 2.

I do have a question though, i keep seeing these Teams, do you have to join one to play past whatever level they make you choose at?

no, but you'll get randomly assigned one at lv10 if you don't choose one between 5 and then.

Tom Servo
July 16th, 2016, 09:16 PM
no, but you'll get randomly assigned one at lv10 if you don't choose one between 5 and then.

Good to know, at level 7 and wasn't sure what would happen next.

Drachen596
July 16th, 2016, 11:57 PM
I think they should give the option for no team if someone wants. a rouge element of sorts.

dodint
July 18th, 2016, 08:50 AM
...overdose victims...


No. Not a thing.

MR2 Fan
July 18th, 2016, 09:46 AM
So I decided to download it, and tried a few things. Honestly I don't think this is true Augmented Reality, it's mostly just an overlay that just happens to use the camera

overpowered
July 18th, 2016, 09:59 AM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnhpC2NWYAAVRAl.jpg

Kchrpm
July 18th, 2016, 10:05 AM
A lot of people turn off the AR, it makes the game easier and easier on your battery.

dodint
July 18th, 2016, 10:23 AM
That guy with the flyer is going to be so pissed, Crystal Pepsi is coming back this summer too.

Rare White Ape
July 18th, 2016, 01:01 PM
The original series of Pokemon is on Netflix.

I watched the first episode for nostalgia's sake.

Fucking thing. I've had the theme song in my head for two days now.

overpowered
July 18th, 2016, 03:16 PM
http://www.snopes.com/man-stops-to-catch-pikachu/

Yw-slayer
July 18th, 2016, 06:00 PM
I did download and try Ingress for 1-2 days, but now can't be bothered.

pl8ster
July 19th, 2016, 03:47 AM
I finally caved last night. There's a Pokestop near my office, but it's probably good that it's just far enough from the building that I can't access it from inside the building.

Tom Servo
July 19th, 2016, 05:39 AM
I still regularly can't log in, capture pokemon only to have them escape when the servers can't be reached, and have found that battery saver mode is just another name for "screen stops responding mode". I have to force kill the app so often that I don't really use it that much now.

I figure the Pokemon franchise has the staying power to live through this, but this is one of the shittiest new game rollouts I've ever been a part of, and it's enough to get me to not bother.

overpowered
July 19th, 2016, 10:27 AM
https://www.facebook.com/photo/download/?fbid=1802214646667453

Tom Servo
July 19th, 2016, 01:23 PM
Tried to use it today on a walk to lunch. Fired it up, buzzes that something is nearby. I tap on it, and it just sits and the spinner just goes.

Force close it, start it again. Comes back online. find another pokemon. Throw the ball, catch it, and it goes through the catching animation. Then it just stops. Sits there. Nothing. Nothing for a minute or so. Force close it.

Try to start again, can't login.

Yeah. I don't have the emotional connection to Pokemon to deal with this shit. I'm very glad they studied up on augmented reality, and and it's a neat idea, but they should have studied exception handling first.

This is bush league shit I'd get fired for.

SkylineObsession
July 19th, 2016, 08:33 PM
Need Cam to review Pokemon Go, even though he said he isn't a fan.

Fallout Go would be friggen awesome! In terms of people watching.

Instead of 'players' running towards creatures they'd be running away (and/or screaming/in hysterics if a Deathclaw or Mirelurk is involved) and the average joe not playing it would initially be frightened too and maybe start to run, but then try find what it is the people are running from. When they still see nothing chasing them they'll stop and start to scratch their head in confusion, all the while the players have been caught up to by a virtual deathclaw and are now getting limbs torn off at a rapid rate, and blood and guts will be strewn everywhere from this invisible source, then the players will be immobile, the spectators will either call the ambulance or carry on walking and Donald Trump wins again.

Not sure if Fallout Go is such a good idea anymore, sounds dangerous. :/

Kchrpm
July 20th, 2016, 05:18 AM
Dark Souls Go. All the NOPEs.

Freude am Fahren
July 20th, 2016, 11:05 AM
http://www.snopes.com/man-stops-to-catch-pikachu/

That would also require people to ignore the Snow in July.

pl8ster
July 21st, 2016, 03:20 AM
I couldn't help but notice that the servers crashed yesterday evening. Seems to be working okay now.

Rikadyn
July 21st, 2016, 08:13 AM
Japan launched yesterday.

GreatScawt
July 21st, 2016, 09:46 AM
All this "Go" parody reminds me how I feel bad because I feel like it over-shadows the excellent Hitman Go and Laura Croft Go games.

Rare White Ape
July 21st, 2016, 12:49 PM
I play Leisure Suit Larry GO errrrrrry day

pl8ster
July 22nd, 2016, 07:39 AM
Japan launched yesterday.

Japan didn't launch first? What crazy world are we living in??

21Kid
July 22nd, 2016, 07:44 AM
MERICA!!!

Kchrpm
July 22nd, 2016, 10:31 AM
Niantic is an American company, and they wanted to try and get as much fixed as they could before releasing in Japan because they knew it would be incredibly popular there.

Rare White Ape
July 22nd, 2016, 01:33 PM
It was a big old crapshoot last night. The housemate and I made off-the-cuff plans to go to a popular Poke-spot and grab some pizzas for dinner on the way. As we left the house we tried logging in… no good. It seems the Japanese launch killed the servers as soon as everyone in that country finished work on their Friday night.

I was then told that Dreamworld (local theme park) was holding a Pokemon Go event but it looks like that was all a waste of time!

An hour or two after we got home the servers were back. But hey, at least we got some pizzas.

overpowered
July 23rd, 2016, 08:49 PM
https://www.facebook.com/photo/download/?fbid=10210263997742636

MR2 Fan
July 23rd, 2016, 09:46 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea4DnzvTA1c

Rare White Ape
July 23rd, 2016, 11:05 PM
Last night we went walking around the local parks and it was fantastic.

SATURDAY NIGHT - WOOOO!

We stood among a crowd of about 150 people in between three Poke Stops and a gym. It was going off. I used a lucky egg to boost my XP, and an incense to attract even more critters into my vicinity. During this time, I caught five Pokemon that I had never seen before (The first one was an Onyx - you could hear people on the large group progressively saying "Ooonyyyyyx!" among their friends as it spread to them via the server), and evolved two more into new Pokemon to add to the Pokedex. In a span of about 1.5 hours I increased my level from 10 right up to 14.

My housemate who I go Poke-hunting with, can never take advantage of lures or incense, and her modifiers only last 20 mins instead of 30. It's really weird, but then she'll catch a few more Pokemon than me in-between stops and normal walking around.

You know what? It's healthier than getting on the booze like we normally do.

Kchrpm
July 24th, 2016, 03:18 AM
You know what? It's healthier than getting on the booze like we normally do.

:up:

Rare White Ape
July 24th, 2016, 06:29 PM
Figured out my housemate's problems with lures, incense, etc. She's one of those people who's always late for things, so has her clock set a few minutes early to compensate (it doesn't work). This put her phone time out of sync with the Poke-server time, so it couldn't serve up what she was asking for.

So, last night she was eager to test out her fixed app, so after going to a bar to celebrate a friend's birthday we walked to the popular spot again to hunt Pokemans. I caught a Pikachu! Happy days. She finally got to experience the manic delight of a constant flow of Pokemon that only three Poke Stops with lures surrounding a gym can provide.

Once our phone batteries died we went home via the bottle shop, bought a nice bottle of scotch, smashed a third of it, she threw up and I went to bed well after midnight on a school night.

21Kid
July 25th, 2016, 05:00 AM
There's a stop like that by our house. There were 50 people there when we stopped by after our date night on Friday. It's funny hearing people call out when an important Pokemon is nearby.
You should save up a bunch of Pigeys and Rattatas to evolve while you are using a lucky ball. You get a lot of extra XP for evolving them, even if you sell them later.

21Kid
July 25th, 2016, 06:50 AM
More Pokemon, trading, Pokemon Centers, and PokeStop customization are all being explored for Pokemon Go, Niantic's John Hanke revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con Pokemon Go panel. Don't know if it will be enough to keep my interest... I'm already getting bored. Collecting Pokemon that I very rarely do anything with is already wearing really thin.

Kchrpm
July 25th, 2016, 06:54 AM
Sounds like you need to spend a day taking over all the gyms in your zipcode.

21Kid
July 25th, 2016, 07:15 AM
If you take them over, you have to put one of your own Pokemon in the gym to hold it. Then you can't use that one again until it's defeated.

Kchrpm
July 25th, 2016, 07:27 AM
Exactly. Then you need to collect more. This isn't supposed to be like the normal Pokemon series where you build up a set of your favorites and use only them forever. They want you to churn through them so that you always have a reason to go out and find more. You have your heaviest hitters to defeat gyms, and then an army of strong secondary ones that you leave at the gyms.

novicius
July 25th, 2016, 07:38 AM
Remember the days of complaining about the grind in Destiny? :lol: #nostalgia

dodint
July 25th, 2016, 12:15 PM
Nintendo's stock price just tumbled back to normal when they pointed out that they don't actually own Pokemon Go.

21Kid
July 25th, 2016, 12:24 PM
:lol:

pl8ster
July 25th, 2016, 12:35 PM
I wandered around Portland for about 45 minutes on Sunday morning and ended up with over 100 Pokeballs and a number of Pokemon creatures I'd never seen before. Back at the house, I never see anything interesting.

Yw-slayer
July 26th, 2016, 11:43 AM
I caught a few just off Sloane Street. Yay?

dodint
July 26th, 2016, 11:50 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7jXmrFVmw

Rare White Ape
August 1st, 2016, 12:59 AM
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/08/a-requiem-for-rhodes-australias-strangest-pokemon-go-spot/


"We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . . and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”

overpowered
August 25th, 2016, 12:41 PM
Japan's first Pokemon Go fatality:

http://fortune.com/2016/08/25/pokemon-go-death/

Rare White Ape
December 13th, 2016, 01:15 AM
Believe it or not I'm still playing this on-and-off. As they work on it it's slowly becoming the game it should have been at launch.

And today, new Pokemans are coming!

http://www.vooks.net/pokemon-go-gen-2-rollout-begins-baby-pokemon-santa-hat-pikachu-spotted/

Jason
December 13th, 2016, 03:53 AM
Just when I collected everything I could in the US, they launch more of the damned things :lol:

Rare White Ape
February 3rd, 2017, 12:21 AM
*Dr Evil face*

https://www.nintendoprime.net/pokemon-go-has-passed-1-billion-dollars-in-gross-revenue-is-the-fastest-app-to-reach-that-mileston/

Rare White Ape
August 14th, 2017, 11:49 PM
Yes I still play Pokemon Go.

And today we bumped into a random group who'd organised on Facebook to join a raid against a legendary, only minutes before they were due to start. Two teams of about 12 players each. And…

BOOM

I have an Articuno :cool:

http://scontent.fbne3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/20841047_10155416974295792_2982858038771717389_n.j pg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=0b9238f5b73c7348b0abacf026c67a07&oe=5A34712C

Rare White Ape
May 20th, 2018, 12:25 AM
I only caught one shiny Charmander yesterday, and I got it while navigating the chaos of Brisbane public transport while the trains were closed for track maintenance. But among the 50 other Charmanders that I caught, I quickly gained enough candies to evolve it up to level 3.

It looks so badass.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/948/41504783204_75ed7bca4b_o_d.jpg

Fiat500
June 28th, 2018, 11:27 AM
Heh, I spotted RWA in the comments section of Eurogamer today. Small world. 🙂

That being said-

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Rare White Ape
June 28th, 2018, 01:52 PM
Heck yeah

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DelSolMan
June 28th, 2018, 04:04 PM
I stopped playing a long time ago. I wonder what I missed. I just re-downloaded the app and I see there's a new gen of pokemon released.

Might start playing again since that Switch tie-in game looks pretty good.

Rare White Ape
July 6th, 2018, 10:38 PM
Boooooooom

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/916/43201639882_26bf666996_o_d.png

Rare White Ape
July 8th, 2018, 01:23 AM
Big weekend of PoGO for me. It started on Friday when I went to a local hotspot at the Broadwater Parklands to complete a few of the final special research quests. On that day I levelled up to 29 and only needed two more raids to get to 7/8 in the Mew quest.

Saturday was Articuno day, where I went to the Arts Centre (another hotspot) and Broadwater and did 10 raids but didn’t get a shiny :thppt: At the time I equipped a few lucky eggs which, when combined with the current bonuses, gave me a 4x boost in raid XP, and so got me up to lvl 30. I also completed the Mew quest, as seen above.

And today was Squirtle day, and boy did I catch a lot of Squirtles. At the moment they’re pumping out the same research task at almost every gym during the three hour Squirtle event, where catching five Squirtles will land you an encounter with glasses-wearing Squirtle. So I got a bunch of them including two shinies.

It’s Squirtles all the way down.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/837/28402776927_d9d24871a7_o_d.png

Now I’m only a few thousand XP away from 31 and I have a bunch of Squirtles to sort through and cash-in.

Next Friday I’ve got an invite to a Mewtwo raid. I’ve never done one before and I’m told that if I’m not there at exactly 1pm then the other invitees wil jump in right away. I’m slightly nervous about that.

Fiat500
August 19th, 2018, 07:03 AM
Did you get your Mewtwo?
They're usually not that tricky if you're in a decent size group.

You guys will already know that if you hatch an Alolan egg and then trade the resulting Pokemon, this will count towards getting the Pilot medal (which unfortunately does fuck all, you just get the medal. But it's one of those things...).
So if you trade, say, a norwegian pokemon for an australian one, both traders wil get some 14 - 15 000 kilometers on your medal.

And the friendship levels yield huge xp. Ultra Friends is 50 000, so time for a lucky egg if you're about to hit that.

Rare White Ape
August 19th, 2018, 06:26 PM
Yeah I got my Mewtwo, the battle was easy peasy. Catching it was harder though. I had a measly 6 balls (poor team contribution, which I always get, being part of the red team) and got it on the last one! Thanks for the tip regarding the pilot medal. I had no idea that the distance counted! I’ve got heaps of eggs from USA, Europe and Asia, so it’ll come in handy.

And yeah, going best friends yields huuuuuuge XP, but it’s just too hard and annoying to line up a bunch of people and exchange gifts all at the same time. I’ve seen people posting screenshots where they went up two levels by dropping a lucky egg and doing a heap of friends at once.

Fiat500
August 29th, 2018, 06:09 AM
Mr. Ape, when I next open a gift from you, we will be Ultra friends. Want a heads up in case you want to apply a lucky egg for an extra 50 000 xp?

Rare White Ape
August 29th, 2018, 06:21 AM
Thanks but nah, don’t wait for me, you go right ahead. I’ve got, like, 80 friends, so I’ll gain plenty of XP as I go along.

Fiat500
August 29th, 2018, 10:21 AM
:up:

Well, it's opened.
If you set the egg as you open the game, it should be good. If you're so inclined.
🙂

Rare White Ape
August 29th, 2018, 12:40 PM
Oh sweet, done! I didn't think it was that easy to coordinate.

So that method works as long as I use the egg before the notification pops up, yeah?

Fiat500
August 29th, 2018, 01:06 PM
Yeah, you first get the notifications about items received etc, then the bigger one a while after about the new friendship level. As long as the lucky egg is on before that one, you should be good.

Kind of a big deal with the local gamers, with much messaging on Discord!

And it is more lucrative than evolving Pidgeys for half an hour. 🙂

Fiat500
September 14th, 2018, 09:44 AM
Mr. Ape, when I next open a gift from you, we will be Ultra friends. Want a heads up in case you want to apply a lucky egg for an extra 50 000 xp?

Yobbo, ditto. Any preferences?

...

Also, pretty big stuff happening right now.


First, starting September 13 at 1:00 P.M. (PDT), Trainers all over the world will be able to encounter three Legendary Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region! Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres will appear in Raid Battles until September 20. And if you’re lucky, you may be able to encounter their Shiny forms! Also, Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region will appear more frequently all over the world and show up more frequently in Raid Battles until September 30!

And there’s more! On September 20 at 1:00 P.M. (PDT), Mewtwo will come to Raid Battles for the first time ever! Mewtwo has previously only been available to Trainers invited to EX Raids, but now all Trainers will be able to challenge the Legendary Psychic-type Pokémon until October 23 at 1:00 P.M. (PDT). So prepare yourself, and don’t miss your opportunity to encounter this powerful Pokémon before it disappears!

Finally, there is one more special surprise: Farfetch’d, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mime, and Tauros will be joining the Alolan Pokémon in 7 km Eggs through the end of September! These Pokémon have not migrated to many parts of the world, so don’t miss this unique opportunity to send Gifts to friends and finally achieve a complete Kanto Pokédex!

https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/globalchallenge-ultrabonus/

Yobbo NZ
September 14th, 2018, 02:12 PM
I'm happy with whatever you want to throw my way.

Fiat500
September 15th, 2018, 05:29 AM
Gift is opened, you should get an additional 50 000 xp if you activate a lucky egg once you open the game next. 🙂

Rare White Ape
September 15th, 2018, 12:58 PM
I went in a mad goose chase to find a Lapras yesterday.

Twice :lol:

They ran off just before I arrived at the promised locations. The first one caused me to divert my planned walking path across three city blocks, but the second one was on my way home so I just pulled over hoping it was still there when I arrived. Nope, the spawns refreshed just at the wrong time!

Luckily, a third one spawned about 100 meters away while I was loitering around that second stop, so I put on an incense and quickly ran across the road. And there it was! I hit it with my only silver pinap berry and got it with my first curve ball :D

Now I only need Mr Mime and Tauros to complete my Kanto dex. I’ve got two eggs incubating right now from gift boxes that were sent to me yesterday, so fingers crossed!

Rare White Ape
September 22nd, 2018, 07:59 AM
Did anyone else get flooded with the mysterious new ‘nut’ Pokémon after today’s Community Day, only to discover nothing but Ditto once caught?

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1938/44794922042_80cefab06a_o_d.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1841/44794919872_8d24ca1f16_o_d.jpg

There’s a theory that it’s Ditto trying to mimic an unreleased mon but failing.

It’s in the game data as #891, which is Gen 8, but no mainline Pokémon games have gone that far yet - Sun/Moon is up to Gen 7. It even has a shiny version.

30 minutes later it was gone.

Rare White Ape
September 28th, 2018, 08:14 PM
I’m bracing in preparation for I will soon be showered with nekkid bitches:

I’ve just completed by Kanto Dex!

Rare White Ape
October 8th, 2018, 09:40 PM
Does anyone here happen to know a player by the name Liamster?

I’ve got two accounts by the name; Liamster2010 and liamster2. Both are less that 14 days away from going best friend with me, and I was hoping it’s someone here. They appear to be from California.