Support NeoGAF

[correojon]

I noticed while coming home on the subway yesterday (I say 'sub'way, but 80% of the ride is above ground, meaning phone signal is fine) that I was getting very consistent monster pops every couple of minutes whenever we stopped at a station, plus every single station has at least one Stop to grab items from. Tempted to experiment with just riding a line back and forth for an hour or two with a podcast, indulge in a form of lazy 'chill at the park' hunting except it's lazy hunting that still spans a broad range of locations.

My best hunts are on the bus to-from work, yesterday I managed to catch 13 Pokemons and use 6 stops in a ~20min. ride. Plus, as the bus goes through the center of the city it doesn´t go very fast, so I also get around 3km deduced from my eggs.

Conversely, when I try to go out and hunt by foot servers crash and I can´t do shit

 

[chrono01]

The thirst is real.

https://twitter.com/sprsk/status/756057795753934849

Here's a link to the stream:

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv270311375

I kind of want to stick around, to see the eventual despair when they finally manage to download/install the app, only to be hit with a connection error.

 

[Rixa]

I kind of want to stick around, to see the eventual despair when they finally manage to download/install the app, only to be hit with a connection error.

After that they get the ball freeze glitch

 

[chrono01]

After that they get the ball freeze glitch

I had that glitch! I walked around forever for Pikachu as a starter and got hit by it. :/

Thankfully, it was still there when I reset the app.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

I had that glitch! I walked around forever for Pikachu as a starter and got hit by it. :/

Thankfully, it was still there when I reset the app.

Funny/annoying thing i have found is that if i get a glitch when trying to capture a mon and am forced to force close the app and its still there once i load it up again it tends to 99% of the time crash the app again if i try to capture it.

Talking of glitches, has anyone else had the void (as i like to call it)? Its when you throw the ball and the background slowly gets consumed by darkness until its just black with the pokemon in the foreground. Had it quite a few times since the game came out but havent seen anyone else mentioned it before.

 

[Mike Works]

Really disappointed to see that people are cheating.

 

[N.Grim]

Funny/annoying thing i have found is that if i get a glitch when trying to capture a mon and am forced to force close the app and its still there once i load it up again it tends to 99% of the time crash the app again if i try to capture it.

Talking of glitches, has anyone else had the void (as i like to call it)? Its when you throw the ball and the background slowly gets consumed by darkness until its just black with the pokemon in the foreground. Had it quite a few times since the game came out but havent seen anyone else mentioned it before.

I got that, the funniest one is when the game crash with the pokemon super close to the camera

 

[chrono01]

Japanese Pokémon fan can't connect to Android store now. :/

Edit: There we go. Still not up.

 

[stargateheaven]

the android phone has been replaced in the stream lol

 

[Par Score]

Really disappointed to see that people are cheating.

People cheat at everything.

Also, just look forward to them all getting banned

 

[Chaos17]

Frenchs on Tweeter think they're going to get the game before Japan with 0 official news. They're hyping for the end of the day, lmao!

The guys who spread those rumors should be perma banned from Pokemon go if ever they play it.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Funny/annoying thing i have found is that if i get a glitch when trying to capture a mon and am forced to force close the app and its still there once i load it up again it tends to 99% of the time crash the app again if i try to capture it.

Talking of glitches, has anyone else had the void (as i like to call it)? Its when you throw the ball and the background slowly gets consumed by darkness until its just black with the pokemon in the foreground. Had it quite a few times since the game came out but havent seen anyone else mentioned it before.

The last glitch is a physics glitch of the pokeball itself, it goes crazy and starts flying to the infinite sky.
The black void you are seeing is actually the shadow of the pokeball.

 

[Anarion07]

Really disappointed to see that people are cheating.

Meh.
It's not like there are leaderboards or anything.
I use the python just to get pokemon which are really really rare in my area 'cause I can't really move around much.

 

[Pachimari]

Hell yeah what a day so far! I caught a Squirtle, Nidorina, Horsea, Clefairy and an egg hatched a Rhyhorn!

[edit] and now a fucking Abra! What a day I'm having oh wow. Although my Abra is a 10cp and Squirtle a 11cp but whatever.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

The last glitch is a physics glitch of the pokeball itself, it goes crazy and starts flying to the infinite sky.
The black void you are seeing is actually the shadow of the pokeball.

Very interesting.

 

[Par Score]

Meh.
It's not like there are leaderboards or anything.
I use the python just to get pokemon which are really really rare in my area 'cause I can't really move around much.

Cheating in a competitive multi-player game is pretty scummy.

Now if you never hit up a Gym or plan to trade or anything that's one thing, but it's not like this is some single player game where your actions have no possible impact on others.

 

[Pachimari]

Also caught a 289cp Eevee. I'm having a blast!

 

[Fox Mulder]

Really disappointed to see that people are cheating.

it's just squeezing fun from a broken game. Tracking pokemon was a huge part of the fun, which they broke like a week ago now.

 

[Dagobert Duck]

Also caught a 289cp Eevee. I'm having a blast!

I need one more eevee to evolve my 363 eevee...

 

[Par Score]

it's just squeezing fun from a broken game. Tracking pokemon was a huge part of the fun, which they broke like a week ago now.

The tracker being broken is no excuse for using man-in-the-middle attacks, location spoofing, etc. to be able to catch any pokemon from anywhere while you sit at your desk.

 

[PSFan]

The tracker being broken is no excuse for using man-in-the-middle attacks, location spoofing, etc. to be able to catch any pokemon from anywhere while you sit at your desk.

Pokeview or the script is not spoofing or attacking. It also doesn't allow you to catch any pokemon from anywhere.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Anyone know how much exp you get from an egg hatching?

 

[Moff]

I need one more eevee to evolve my 363 eevee...

I have a 421 evee and it's going to be my Rainer, I'll evolve it when my next lucky egg batch is ready, a few more weedles and pidgeys to go

 

[Anarion07]

Cheating in a competitive multi-player game is pretty scummy.

Now if you never hit up a Gym or plan to trade or anything that's one thing, but it's not like this is some single player game where your actions have no possible impact on others.

Oh how competitive.
What a difference it makes if I take a gym in 4 attacks or 5 attacks with the magnitude of impossibly strong pokemon i get from the script

 

[Conkerkid11]

Really disappointed to see that people are cheating.

Are you referring to GPS spoofing or using the python code to find Pokémon?

If the Nearby functionality weren't broken and the servers up for more than 4 hours a day, maybe I would agree with you, but with how shitty this launch and the following 2+ weeks have been, this game has no room to be even remotely "competitive".

When being a higher level than someone is based on whoever has evolved the most Pidgies while simultaneously using a lucky egg.

When catching a rare Pokémon relies on living downtown and being capable of tracking it from within 1km+ with no idea of the direction it is.

When having any Pokeballs in your inventory relies on also living downtown in order to have enough Pokestops to visit.

When the most effective way to catch Pokémon is to sit on overlapping lured Pokestops.

Excuse me while I walk down the street to catch this Gengar I wouldn't have known existed otherwise. But of course it doesn't matter, because the strongest Pokémon in gym battles is Vaporeon, so only Eevees matter.

 

[trugs26]

Meh.
It's not like there are leaderboards or anything.
I use the python just to get pokemon which are really really rare in my area 'cause I can't really move around much.

Leaderboards have been teased to be coming, so...

 

[mikemandey]

I'm kinda torn between evolving a Dragonair with 22 CP to a Dragonite or Dratini with 450 CP to a Dragonair and then Dragonite.. I have around 60 Dratini candies.

Is there any chance his CP jump to 1k++ if I choose to evolve the Dragonair?

 

[spekkeh]

I'm wondering if and when this game becomes the most popular game of all time. Research found that in my country already 10% of people above 18 were playing it before the game even released (https://tweakers.net/nieuws/113617/...nt-van-de-nederlanders-speelt-pokemon-go.html), I'm sure that statistic is higher now. Walking around university just now is insane, I think I saw about 10% of people actively playing it. Can't find accurate results for the US, I found 21 Million somewhere, but it was in a news item about Apple, so I don't know if it's across both app stores. Still, even close to ten percent, if that stretches across territories is absolutely bonkers.

I was going to open a thread, but I see Angry Birds boasted 280 million users, so it will probably still take some time (or when it releases in China), to reach that.

 

[Par Score]

Pokeview or the script is not spoofing or attacking. It also doesn't allow you to catch any pokemon from anywhere.

I didn't say it did. I also don't consider PokeVision (or similar) cheating.

Oh how competitive.
What a difference it makes if I take a gym in 4 attacks or 5 attacks with the magnitude of impossibly strong pokemon i get from the script

Like I said. Scummy.

 

[trugs26]

Are you referring to GPS spoofing or using the python code to find Pokémon?

If the Nearby functionality weren't broken and the servers up for more than 4 hours a day, maybe I would agree with you, but with how shitty this launch and the following 2+ weeks have been, this game has no room to be even remotely "competitive".

When being a higher level than someone is based on whoever has evolved the most Pidgies while simultaneously using a lucky egg.

When catching a rare Pokémon relies on living downtown and being capable of tracking it from within 1km+ with no idea of the direction it is.

When having any Pokeballs in your inventory relies on also living downtown in order to have enough Pokestops to visit.

When the most effective way to catch Pokémon is to sit on overlapping lured Pokestops.

Excuse me while I walk down the street to catch this Gengar I wouldn't have known existed otherwise. But of course it doesn't matter, because the strongest Pokémon in gym battles is Vaporeon, so only Eevees matter.

Let's be real here, a lot of people using this map stuff are gonna still use it even when they fix the Nearby functionality.

 

[PSFan]

Leaderboards have been teased to be coming, so...

Leaderboards for what exactly? There's no kind of score to keep track of or anything like that.

 

[LuvOfThaGame]

I don't get why absolutely 0 pokemon will spawn around my block. I could walk circles all day and nothing.

 

[Anarion07]

Like I said. Scummy.

There was a slight note of sarcasm in my post.

 

[mugwhump]

There are now 120k people watching some japanese person refresh the app store

 

[Forkball]

There are now 120k people watching some japanese person refresh the app store

But the game's not coming to Japan. Ever.

EVER

 

[trugs26]

Leaderboards for what exactly? There's no kind of score to keep track of or anything like that.

Dunno. Probably number of gyms beaten, defended, etc.. Maybe total combined CP of each unique Pokemon. Maybe they're planning to release something to score you in some way. Point is, it's planned, so they do have something in mind.

 

[lt519]

People cheat at everything.

Also, just look forward to them all getting banned

Nobody is getting banned they use fake accounts.

I used the scripts to scout out my trip to Chicago tomorrow. Can't wait to hit up the park and get my diglett. Also used it to see what I can expect when I travel to New Mexico. Did not use it last night when I wandered around but when I got home I saw I missed out on a voltorb, bummer.

 

[Deleted member 98878]

The tracker being broken is no excuse for using man-in-the-middle attacks, location spoofing, etc. to be able to catch any pokemon from anywhere while you sit at your desk.

I can understand people who use location spoofing when they live on the countryside. I live in a 16k suburb and even there it's quite annoying when I compare my level, Pokemon, etc. to my friends who live in the city (150k). Luckily it's only 8km and I'm in the city every other day (at least).

 

[haendeul]

It's the hottest day of the year so far, and a Magmar spawned in my house. That can't be a coincidence.

 

[Midas]

It takes forever to level up, and I'm not even 20. Can't imagine the grind after that.

 

[Cudder]

Are the servers down in Canada for anyone else? Ever since last night I'm greeted by "Failed to login" Gyarados screen. Websites say the server status is fine though..

 

[Toma]

Grinding 400 Magikarp Candies only to get a 6 attack Gyarados... DAMNIT.

 

[Davey Cakes]

By some miracle I was able to catch a Cloyster yesterday. And I only JUST got some great balls, too.

Funny thing is, I haven't even caught Shellder yet, though I've seen its silhouette several times.

Similar to how I randomly caught a Dragonair a couple of weeks ago but still don't have a Dratini.

 

[Xion_Stellar]

Nobody is getting banned they use fake accounts.

I used the scripts to scout out my trip to Chicago tomorrow. Can't wait to hit up the park and get my diglett. Also used it to see what I can expect when I travel to New Mexico. Did not use it last night when I wandered around but when I got home I saw I missed out on a voltorb, bummer.

We have quite a few people gather at the Millennium Park so if you can maybe head that way and you will almost be guaranteed to see some lures.

 

[Rellik]

By some miracle I was able to catch a Cloyster yesterday. And I only JUST got some great balls, too.

Funny thing is, I haven't even caught Shellder yet, though I've seen its silhouette several times.

Similar to how I caught a Dragonair but still don't have a Dratini.

I didn't see a Shelder for ages and then one randomly appeared at a river.

 

[Hystzen]

Woke up opened app and was greeting by a Ryhorn which never seen since launch. It turned out be 500cp don't even need leave my house anymore.

 

[Anarion07]

Woke up opened app and was greeting by a Ryhorn which never seen since launch. It turned out be 500cp don't even need leave my house anymore.

Had the same happen with a chansey yesterday

 

[Crescende]

Cheating in a competitive multi-player game is pretty scummy.

Now if you never hit up a Gym or plan to trade or anything that's one thing, but it's not like this is some single player game where your actions have no possible impact on others.

Well, the ones scripting and spoofing around will be long gone due to boredom before any of the cool multiplayer features roll out.

 

[PSFan]

Well, the ones scripting and spoofing around will be long gone due to boredom before any of the cool multiplayer features roll out.

How do you know they will be cool? Have you tried them already or something?

 

[Pachimari]

Woke up opened app and was greeting by a Ryhorn which never seen since launch. It turned out be 500cp don't even need leave my house anymore.

And here I only got a 154cp Rhyhorn from a 5km egg.