Pokémon Go is live on the Google Play Store
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97-100th largest actually. But no, I wasn't calling my area small.
I worded that kind of poorly. It's not that 400K is small or rural to me, it's that with services or apps like this, you expect only the REALLY big metros to get any proper support, you know? I've lived here most of my life so I'm pretty used to getting passed over cause it's not a "major" area. 400,000 is definitely not small to me, but it's small enough that having this app function like it should feels pretty special.
I was genuinely curious about actual rural or small areas, since it seems like there's gotta be a general population cut-off point where if your city is below this size, you don't really get any landmarks in the app.
I cant log in yet either, still says maintenance for me, using a google account. UK
My google account isn't signing in either.
Google isn't working for me. I just downloaded it about 30 mins ago and I haven't been able to log in once
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Server still down for me.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
lol what? I had to check to be sure, but I live in Atlanta and that has a population of 450k. There is absolutely no shortage of pokestops/gyms. From my apartment, there are 5 gyms within about 5~10 minutes of walking. I imagine yours is fairly similar if you live in a city of 400k.
It's still not up for me yet either. Hopefully, it comes up before I leave work.
Uhh..where are you getting your population numbers from?
Still not working here using Google.
Alec
Member
"Spin" the coin-like picture when you pull the stop up. It will spit out items and stuff.
IrgendwasmitRot
Member
Is someone in europe playing again? It shows just the loading screen for me. Germany
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Google account still down for me too.
I was in Flint, MI earlier walking around and there were plenty of spots to hit up and Pokémon popping out.
I was in Flint, MI earlier walking around and there were plenty of spots to hit up and Pokémon popping out.
Icyflamez96
Member
Haha, apparently not a very reliable source. xD
Karspankey
Banned
I live in a town of 600 people (just moved from a town of 30k) and there are like 7 Pokespots. All of them are exactly in the same spot, so it's not really much when you think about it. My favorite one is the town water tower, haha.
Icyflamez96
Member
Thanks
Alec
Member
You're welcome. I probably went by like 10 stops before I figured it out. I was like WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO and started flailing on the screen before I stumbled upon it.
Sammy Samusu
Member
What a messy launch.
Same for me, I'm in the UK.
JonathanEx
Member
To be fair, it's not really launched, the Aus/NZ availability is more a soft launch presumably to smooth out stuff like this when it actually launches Worldwide.
malboroking
Banned
To be fair, population means nothing. Seattle has 680000 people living in it, but there's almost 5 million people in its metropolitan area. Phoenix has like 1.5 million people. Way bigger than Seattle right? Except it's land area is 5 times what Seattle's is, it has about the same amount of people in its metro area (which is twice the size of Seattle's metro), and it's population density is half of what Seattle's is. You can just look at population, you have to look at density and the population of the metropolitan area. /rant
Ah, I see. I'm in Fargo, ND, not a ton of people and very low density, but there's a ton of landmarks around me. But Fargo also had a very pretty Ingress population, it was kind of weird like that.
Damn. You win the most rural Pokemon hunter award I've seen in here so far. No gyms for you?
Haha, I was just going to make this point, it's really hard to tell anything from listed pop numbers. I live in a suburb of a city with about 175k, and about 45 minutes away from a city with around 400,000. But the dense metro area the two serve is over 6 mil.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Ah that's better then.
Likewise but I'm starting to notice which Pokémon are common and which are uncommon.
Caterpea, pidgey, ratatta, nidoran, drowsee, zubat, sparrow, Shelder, magikarp, bellsprout, eevee, and weedle.
90% of the Pokemon I saw today we're either drowsee and or pidgey.
The biggest problem with this game is that there is no way to know which direction the Pokemon you may be looking for is hiding.
I don't even think incense even works.
Im giving this game a feel more days until I call it quits. The game needs more things worked out.
Maybe the Pokemon change if you go up north while in Michigan XD.
I get what you're saying, but they have like half a decade of Ingress user data collected by Google to pull from. Only the smallest of suburbs aren't going to be represented here.
I might be able to help here. Someone correct me if I'm wrong since there isn't a whole lot of info out yet. You ever see those grass movements on your map? I think that is one of the Pokemon in your tracker in the bottom right corner. You can narrow that down by picking one from that selector, and then the grass movements will only be for that Pokemon... I think.
Incense worked for me last night, server issues are probably interfering now though.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Can't you tell by looking at the rustling grass, and then moving towards it?
Karspankey
Banned
Damn. You win the most rural Pokemon hunter award I've seen in here so far. No gyms for you?
Didn't find any in the small amount of time I played, but I'd imagine that there has to be some since there were Pokespots. And on a side note, off-topic, it's weird hearing the word rural being referred to in relation to where I live. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely true! It's just that I lived in very populated towns/suburbs my whole life (only moved a month ago) so it's still growing on me! I live in Littleton, North Carolina if anyone is wondering
MrChocolate
Member
Is there a list of compatible devices? My S2 doesn't seem to be able to get it
You need Android 4.4.3 at minimum I think.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
You were in Flint too?
Incense worked for me today. It spawned a pokemon at my feet once every 3-5 minutes.
I have been doing that. I see the grass but when I go to it Pokémon not in my tracker pops up? I remember walking around my college campus after seeing there was an Electrabuzz. And all of the sudden the Pokemon Jynx, Goldbat, and Hypno were popping out within that 30 minutes of traveling to those grassy areas.
The grass that is shown ends up being something totally different even though the game tells me something else is closer.
There is no real indicator on which direction to go or if the path of grass is the Pokemon your looking for. Sometimes it says I'm 1 foot away from something but there is no grass to be seen.
Its weird.
You were in Flint too?
Naw. I was in Saint Clair Shores, Warren, Sterling Heights, Frasier, Harrison Township, and Center Line today.
Incense worked for me, but seemed to require me to restart to actually trigger another Pokemon. Idling did nothing. And in the last 10 minutes, the servers crashed, so I can probably say good bye to that time.
my town has about 10k people in it, and it seems to have some spots with in walking distance.
My wife's workplace makes up a huge area though and has full wifi and seems to be loaded, which isn't surprising given it's a place of nerds. so I will likely go there from time to time to catch stuff.
Is there a list of compatible devices? My S2 doesn't seem to be able to get it
working pretty sluggishly on my OG moto x so far (sideloaded)
LordOcidax
Member
At this point is obvious that they are working with the servers. Already at level 6, but i am going to wait for the official release.
It's just that I lived in very populated towns/suburbs my whole life (only moved a month ago) so it's still growing on me! I live in Littleton, North Carolina if anyone is wondering
it's so tiny <3
I used to visit northeastern NC all the time in the summers. lovely homes and forests but I got scared off all the hills driving as a native of flat-or-below-sea-level FL here.
Already Torn
Banned
I'm guessing that's why they're waiting for the main release. It's like how you practice on CPUs before going to a tournament to work out the kinks.
Ginger Hail
Member
The prospects of this game are almost making me consider dropping some cash on a new bike to ride around and find catches.
Got it working but it's not accepting the nickname I put in.
When do you put in a nickname? I never saw that, maybe because I signed up with google.
Robin64
Member
Got it working but it's not accepting the nickname I put in.
Yep, most seem to be taken. I'm wondering if it shares usernames with Ingress, given some obscure variations on my name were already taken even though I download and installed this pretty much when it was available.
Get one because (assuming there are a decent amount of places around you in biking distance anyway) it will also improve your quality of life a lot. making you a more capable pokemon trainer is just a bonus