manamongkids
Full House
You in or out on Pokemon Go
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Not playing myself, but some good tips here for anyone interested.
Also I heard it's all a cover for government surveillance, but it's fun, so no big deal, right?
Also I heard it's all a cover for government surveillance, but it's fun, so no big deal, right?
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
In...doors, because it's hot af in AZ during the summer. Oh, but just wait until winter...then it's on.
(I'm in...just dinged lvl 6 this morning during my morning jog, will be going Team Mystic.)
(But seriously, it's too damned hot to hunt during the day right now...after about 6am I'm done)
(I'm in...just dinged lvl 6 this morning during my morning jog, will be going Team Mystic.)
(But seriously, it's too damned hot to hunt during the day right now...after about 6am I'm done)
12thMan
Full House
In, but seeing as how this is the first Pokemon related thing I have ever held in my hand I have no idea how it works. I heard about it last week and thought it was funny so I downloaded the app, no clue how much of a phenomenon it was becoming. Lol
I've only had the so open a couple of times, but when I got to the baseball game I went to on Sunday there was one on my car when we parked ! Got that little fucker... Also the only one I caught.
I've only had the so open a couple of times, but when I got to the baseball game I went to on Sunday there was one on my car when we parked ! Got that little fucker... Also the only one I caught.
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
Between military experience, voter registration, public housing records, previously admitted wire-skimming, etc - if the gov't wanted to surveil me, they already had everything they needed to do so.
manamongkids
Full House
agreed, first pokemon thing ive done. pretty hilarious to argue with your friends over if you caught jigglypuff or not yet
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
Most people don't fully understand it, and even coming out of beta there wasn't anything close to a complete set of instructions about the game from Niantic. Gonna have to go to fansites or blogs for tips.
Mr. Cheese
Full House
I'm out. I remember playing pokemon on nintendo and it was fun but I don't need another battery drain on my phone. Plus I don't feel like discovering any more dead bodies or walking out into traffic lol 
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
I've actually considered putting a generator and phone mount on my bike for this.
Because I'm an idiot.
detroitdad
Royal Flush
nope, and not interested. I'll stick to WWF's and candy crush lol.
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
If charmander is available as your first pokemon when you start out, as is squirtle and (i forget the third). If you *didn't* choose charmander as your starter, then that's a good get - the starter pokemon are someone harder to find out in the wild.
Weddle's are common.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...layers-into-trap/ar-BBu9Kwo?ocid=ansmsnnews11
Armed robbers used the game Pokémon Go to lure victims to an isolated trap in Missouri, police reported on Sunday.
At about 2am in O’Fallon, Missouri, officers responded to a robbery report that led them to four people, all local residents aged 16 to 18, in a black BMW in a CVS parking lot. The occupants tried to discard a handgun out of the car when an officer approached, said Sgt Bill Stringer. The officer then identified the four people as suspects of similar armed robberies described in St Louis and St Charles counties.
Stringer added that police believe the suspects used the phone app, which directs users to capture imaginary creatures superimposed onto the real world, to tempt players into secluded areas where they could be easily robbed. At a certain level in the game, he noted, players can congregate at local landmarks to join teams and battle.
“Using the geolocation feature,” Stringer said, “the robbers were able to anticipate the location and level of seclusion of unwitting victims.”
In a separate statement, a department spokesperson added: “you can add a beacon to a pokestop to lure more players. Apparently they were using the app to locate [people] standing around in the middle of a parking lot or whatever other location they were in.”
A statement from police quoted from a news article to explain the allure of the game: “Seeing a Pikachu on the sidewalk in front of you is a fan’s digital dream come true.”
The department added a warning, however. “If you use this app (or other similar type apps) or have children that do we ask you to please use caution when alerting strangers of your future location.”
Pokémon Go warns players to keep aware of their surroundings during their virtual treasure hunt, but after only a few days since its release it has already led people into a string of bizarre incidents. People have ended up in hospitals after chasing nonexistent animals into hazardous spots, and schools, a state agency and Australian police have warned people not to break the law or endanger themselves while “Pokemoning”. The game has also led wanderers to at least one home misidentified as a church, a venue the app considers a public space.
In Wyoming on Friday, the game led a teenager to a dead body in a river. “I just got up and went for my little walk, a walk to catch Pokémon,” 19-year-old Shayla Wiggens told local KCWY news. The pursuit led her to a highway bridge over the river, where she jumped a fence to approach the water. She spotted two deer near the water’s edge, and then a black shirt and pants – a corpse lying prone in the water, 6ft to her left.
The Fremont County sheriff’s office said in a statement that it was investigating the death, but that they do not suspect homicide. “The death appears to be accidental in nature,” said undersheriff Ryan Lee. Though the water is only 3ft deep where the body was found, investigators said the man possibly drowned.
Wiggins said the discovery of a corpse would not deter her from returning to the game. “I might go get a water Pokémon,” she told CNN. “I’m going to try.”
Armed robbers used the game Pokémon Go to lure victims to an isolated trap in Missouri, police reported on Sunday.
At about 2am in O’Fallon, Missouri, officers responded to a robbery report that led them to four people, all local residents aged 16 to 18, in a black BMW in a CVS parking lot. The occupants tried to discard a handgun out of the car when an officer approached, said Sgt Bill Stringer. The officer then identified the four people as suspects of similar armed robberies described in St Louis and St Charles counties.
Stringer added that police believe the suspects used the phone app, which directs users to capture imaginary creatures superimposed onto the real world, to tempt players into secluded areas where they could be easily robbed. At a certain level in the game, he noted, players can congregate at local landmarks to join teams and battle.
“Using the geolocation feature,” Stringer said, “the robbers were able to anticipate the location and level of seclusion of unwitting victims.”
In a separate statement, a department spokesperson added: “you can add a beacon to a pokestop to lure more players. Apparently they were using the app to locate [people] standing around in the middle of a parking lot or whatever other location they were in.”
A statement from police quoted from a news article to explain the allure of the game: “Seeing a Pikachu on the sidewalk in front of you is a fan’s digital dream come true.”
The department added a warning, however. “If you use this app (or other similar type apps) or have children that do we ask you to please use caution when alerting strangers of your future location.”
Pokémon Go warns players to keep aware of their surroundings during their virtual treasure hunt, but after only a few days since its release it has already led people into a string of bizarre incidents. People have ended up in hospitals after chasing nonexistent animals into hazardous spots, and schools, a state agency and Australian police have warned people not to break the law or endanger themselves while “Pokemoning”. The game has also led wanderers to at least one home misidentified as a church, a venue the app considers a public space.
In Wyoming on Friday, the game led a teenager to a dead body in a river. “I just got up and went for my little walk, a walk to catch Pokémon,” 19-year-old Shayla Wiggens told local KCWY news. The pursuit led her to a highway bridge over the river, where she jumped a fence to approach the water. She spotted two deer near the water’s edge, and then a black shirt and pants – a corpse lying prone in the water, 6ft to her left.
The Fremont County sheriff’s office said in a statement that it was investigating the death, but that they do not suspect homicide. “The death appears to be accidental in nature,” said undersheriff Ryan Lee. Though the water is only 3ft deep where the body was found, investigators said the man possibly drowned.
Wiggins said the discovery of a corpse would not deter her from returning to the game. “I might go get a water Pokémon,” she told CNN. “I’m going to try.”
DJ Mack
Flush
No thanks. It was amusing to go for a run Sunday evening. Over the span of a seven mile run I probably encountered no fewer than 15 groups of teenagers, almost always in threes, staring at their bright phones oblivious to the world around them. But on the plus side I'm hearing that kids are complaining of "injury" from this game. Sore legs, hips, backs as they wander around outside for hours. Something kids haven't done in ages. That's great!
I can't claim credit for this quip but Pokemon Go has done more for youth exercise in two weeks than Michelle Obama has done in almost eight years.
I can't claim credit for this quip but Pokemon Go has done more for youth exercise in two weeks than Michelle Obama has done in almost eight years.
SixSpeedFury
Full House
Think of the potential it can accomplish if it incorporates exercising as well. "Do 50 jumping jacks to catch Mewtwo! 80 pushups to catch so and so!" Fat America would be fit again!
The opposite effect could also happen,
Buy a McKids Meal and get Fatazor* when you scan the inside of the wrapper
*disclaimer - that is not a real pokemon or promotion, just a play on the word fat, don't flame me for using a non-character, it is a joke, get a sense of humor with your walk outside.
Buy a McKids Meal and get Fatazor* when you scan the inside of the wrapper
*disclaimer - that is not a real pokemon or promotion, just a play on the word fat, don't flame me for using a non-character, it is a joke, get a sense of humor with your walk outside.
atomiktoaster
Full House
I'm in. I picked red and I'm up to level 7. I ran out of pokeballs though, which is slowing me down. There's not a ton of stops near me.
Fixed your post....
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
Yes. Each one you catch gives you 3 candy for that specific type of Pokemon. Each Pokemon requires their specific candy to evolve and/or power up (one to power up, 12-50+ to evolve). Evolving pokemon gives you 500xp each time you do it, or 1k XP if you are using an XP buff. Evolving them also makes them stronger.
When choosing which version to evolve, you typically want to pick whichever one has the highest CP (combat power). The higher level trainer you are, the higher the CP will be for the pokemon that you catch. The lower-CP variants - or any unwanted pokemon - can be "Transferred" in exchange for one candy of their type. So turning in three nets you the same amount of pokemon candy as catching one.
What I typically do is catch around 13 of the same type and choose the highest CP to keep. Then I'll power it up so that it's CP is maxed. Then I'll transfer all the others to get the candies, then evolve it. This model will theoretically net you the highest possible CP when it evolves. Note that the max CP of Pokemon is also increased as you level up, so I could have a max-CP Pidgeotto at level 6 that suddenly sucks at level 12 (but hey, I still had a level-6 capable pokemon, and I still got the XP for evolving it).
Note that when you evolve a Pokemon in this game its abilities also change, and overall combat effectiveness is a result of the pokemon's CP, abilties, and type of pokemon it faces. So having max CP is always a good thing, but it's not the be-all, end-all. A weaker pokemon that has abilties that are effective against your pokemon can still kick the shit out of you.
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
Pidgeys are ultimately going to be your primary XP engine. They only take 12 candies to evolve, which means you can evolve one after catching only four of them.
DJ Mack
Flush
This is hysterical. I'm in my 30s but I've never felt so....old.
I just evolved a Pidgey. Those are not words I expect many 36 year olds to say, but here I am nonetheless.
detroitdad
Royal Flush
I didn't read the article because I don't plan on playing the game. Just posted it here to see if it would help any of you guys out.
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/1533410/how-to-make-your-battery-last-longer-in-pokemon-go
If you've been playing Pokemon Go through the weekend, you may have noticed that the smash-hit mobile app has a nasty habit of chewing through your device's battery life. While there isn't a fix available just yet, you might be surprised to know that the game offers a couple of options to make your time with those pocket-sized monsters last a little bit longer.
Over the past several days, folks have been reporting that, not only is Pokemon Go draining batteries like there's no tomorrow, but some devices are getting super hot from having the app running too long.
The developers have already stated that they're working on a fix to address the battery draining issue, but that will probably come secondary to bringing the servers up to speed and then actually launching the game in additional territories. Still, at least it's being looked into and, hopefully, we shouldn't have much longer to wait before catching Pokemon means you're stranded in the middle of nowhere with no charge.
If you've been too busy playing Pokemon Go to fiddle with the settings, you may have missed the fact that the game offers a "Battery Saver" option tucked away in its menus. You'll want to make sure vibration is on, obviously, but this feature makes it so that, when your phone is turned upside-down (like when it's in your pocket), it automatically dims the screen in order to use less power.
Unfortunately, Pokemon Go has to be running in order for the vast majority of its functionality to be working. That means your phone is going to be chewing through the battery while you're wandering around, looking for a Pokemon to catch. With this feature active, you should be able to put your phone in your pocket and be notified via vibration that a Pokemon is nearby. While in your pocket, the phone should be using less battery.
Hopefully there will be some sort of widget functionality to make Pokemon Go drain even less of your battery in the future but, for now, that's about all the game can offer.
Of course, as The Daily Dot points out, there are other ways to save your precious battery life while playing Pokemon Go.
For starters, your phone already offers its own battery-saving features, which you can activate in order to help the cause. On top of that, dimming your screen manually should help make things less costly for your battery. Folks are also updating their map data through Google Maps before playing the game, which should keep Pokemon Go from having to do the heavy lifting while in-game.
We would, of course, be open to hearing any other suggestions to prolong battery life while playing Pokemon Go if you readers have any good ideas. Fill us in in the comments section below.
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/1533410/how-to-make-your-battery-last-longer-in-pokemon-go
If you've been playing Pokemon Go through the weekend, you may have noticed that the smash-hit mobile app has a nasty habit of chewing through your device's battery life. While there isn't a fix available just yet, you might be surprised to know that the game offers a couple of options to make your time with those pocket-sized monsters last a little bit longer.
Over the past several days, folks have been reporting that, not only is Pokemon Go draining batteries like there's no tomorrow, but some devices are getting super hot from having the app running too long.
The developers have already stated that they're working on a fix to address the battery draining issue, but that will probably come secondary to bringing the servers up to speed and then actually launching the game in additional territories. Still, at least it's being looked into and, hopefully, we shouldn't have much longer to wait before catching Pokemon means you're stranded in the middle of nowhere with no charge.
If you've been too busy playing Pokemon Go to fiddle with the settings, you may have missed the fact that the game offers a "Battery Saver" option tucked away in its menus. You'll want to make sure vibration is on, obviously, but this feature makes it so that, when your phone is turned upside-down (like when it's in your pocket), it automatically dims the screen in order to use less power.
Unfortunately, Pokemon Go has to be running in order for the vast majority of its functionality to be working. That means your phone is going to be chewing through the battery while you're wandering around, looking for a Pokemon to catch. With this feature active, you should be able to put your phone in your pocket and be notified via vibration that a Pokemon is nearby. While in your pocket, the phone should be using less battery.
Hopefully there will be some sort of widget functionality to make Pokemon Go drain even less of your battery in the future but, for now, that's about all the game can offer.
Of course, as The Daily Dot points out, there are other ways to save your precious battery life while playing Pokemon Go.
For starters, your phone already offers its own battery-saving features, which you can activate in order to help the cause. On top of that, dimming your screen manually should help make things less costly for your battery. Folks are also updating their map data through Google Maps before playing the game, which should keep Pokemon Go from having to do the heavy lifting while in-game.
We would, of course, be open to hearing any other suggestions to prolong battery life while playing Pokemon Go if you readers have any good ideas. Fill us in in the comments section below.
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
Meh. The original game came out about 20 years ago. The world is full of people in their mid 30's who grew up loving the game and stick with it to his day. My neighbors are in their late 40's/early 50's and she plays while taking her grandkids for walks. Not her grandkids playing...*she* plays. I play on my morning jogs and when I arrive at a destination. It's a time-filler that costs little/no money and brings folks together. Nothin' wrong or weird about that, other than the fact that people are exercising more and actually talking more.
In fact, their might not have been another time in my lifetime where so many people around the world are interacting together in a positive manner at the same time over the same thing.
dbh1793
Sitting Out
Driving for players ads are popping up. The rich kids can go back to being fat.
http://gizmodo.com/entrepreneurs-are-offering-uber-style-rides-for-pokemon-1783453321
http://gizmodo.com/entrepreneurs-are-offering-uber-style-rides-for-pokemon-1783453321
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