Pokémon Go |OT| As in "Go Outside"

21XX said:
Doesn't hurt that Zapdos is BY FAR the coolest legendary bird.

So, you know, there's that.
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Uh, Articuno's wings are made of ice. He's literally the coolest.

It's going to be a bad day when city players start claiming rural gyms. We can't compete.
 
commish said:
My office is right on a gym... but the person who owns it is about 900000 times stronger than I am. Looks like they will be holding that for a while.
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Hah, that's my problem. My area is super active, lures all over the place, but the gym leaders are in the 1k CP range. I've got a loooong ways to go, right now just enjoying the collection/leveling aspect, but I fear I'll always be behind.
 
haendeul said:
I hope the bans won't be too aggressive, because I've notices my phone freaking out and having me run across large distances when I'm sitting still inside. But GPS spoofing is bullshit.
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Yup. People already got soft banned if you google for it.

Not sure the distance needed to get banned but at work theres a million things to do but when I get home its almost dead when it comes to pokestops and gyms. :|

RIP
 
haendeul said:
I hope the bans won't be too aggressive, because I've notices my phone freaking out and having me run across large distances when I'm sitting still inside. But GPS spoofing is bullshit.
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I've had this happen to too.

App and/or my phone blows ass at gps positioning sometimes.
 
spyroflame0487 said:
Everyone gets a fancy button!




If you've got any companion apps that might be great to use with GO (like rewards, charity things, etc), let me know and i'll add em.
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There's actually an external site you can go to for Achievement that'll sync your fitbit/fitness tracker data. So if you have an Android, you can't use an app, but you can sync other fitness data. For instance, I believe Achievemint is compatible with MyFitnessPal data, so you could sync your Google Fit steps to MyFitnessPal, which will then go to Achievemint. So there's a workaround.
 
Tecnniqe said:
Yup. People already got soft banned if you google for it.

Not sure the distance needed to get banned but at work theres a million things to do but when I get home its almost dead when it comes to pokestops and gyms. :|

RIP
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Ingress folks surmised that it was a cumulative effect. If you hopped around once or twice it's not a big deal since people do that flying, etc. But if its fast and often it adds up.
 
My job is legit empty. If I set my view to see as far as possible and rotate 360 I see nothing. Not even one pokestop.
 
Biske said:
It's not so much walking, but being near pokestops. I've gone on 5km walks and got nothing cause no spots were near by. Sitting near a poke stop? Popping up all the time. It seems stupid to say but walking, actual moving is really the smallest part of the game. It's based on where you are and where you go, the fact of going doesn't help at all. Far better off camping at a lure spot than walking IMHO. My friends are like 7 levels ahead of me, despite us all playing the game roughly the same amount cause they went to spots with pokestops. This is a wildly different game under those circumstances
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This is not my experience at all. I'm surrounded by PokeStops and, as I said upthread, I haven't encountered a single 'mon without using a lure or incense.
 
UpperCaseN said:
Hey guys, I hit level 5 yesterday. I'll be trying battle soon. I did some googling but want to confirm some questions

If I fight at a gym that is my own color, I'm just training my pokemon. Do they still faint and lose HP?

If I fight at another color's gym, I'm trying to take it down. If I'm successful, I have to leave one of my pokemon to defend it? Like it's gone from my team completely?

Is there really any difference to the different color teams? The leaders introduce themselves as intuition, evolution, and strength. Do they actually affect you in any way other than color?

What is the benefit of holding a gym, do I get anything out of it?

Is there any benefit to "power up" a pokemon from the menu? I did it a few times just learning the game and am bummed that I wasted those candies needed for evolution now, plus I ended up catching stronger versions of the pokemon I powered up anyway
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Check it out! You should be able to see which ones concern your Qs from the Table of Contents easily

Pokémon Go Frequently Asked Questions - Part 1

Pokémon Go Frequently Asked Questions - Part 2
 
Cymbal Head said:
This is not my experience at all. I'm surrounded by PokeStops and, as I said upthread, I haven't encountered a single 'mon without using a lure or incense.
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I think something is wrong with your game. Like it's glitched out or something. Every Insence I've used has gotten me at least 3.
 
I feel bad for folks in rural areas out there. I can cash 8-10 balls every five minutes from the couch here.

I finally hit level 8 today when running an errand into the city by bike.

Caught me a Raticate, Bellsprout, some Gastlys, some Eevees, a Squirtle and a Jigglypuff.

I'm finally getting the hang of this powering up and evolving thing. But i'm not really diving deep into it yet, got to hang on to that dust. My most powerful Poke is a CP254 Raticate.

I love that they give you a lure at level 8. I'll be sitting on my balcony pulling in Pokemons from up high. Maybe it'll gather some folks.
 
The gym in reach of my office has gone back and forth all day, going to leave it for now until I feel I can keep it for a bit with something good and powerful, right now it's just a waste of revives/potions.
 
lt519 said:
Ingress folks surmised that it was a cumulative effect. If you hopped around once or twice it's not a big deal since people do that flying, etc. But if its fast and often it adds up.
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Ray Wonder said:
My job is legit empty. If I set my view to see as far as possible and rotate 360 I see nothing. Not even one pokestop.
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At work I cant collect pokemons and such but there's tons around but just out of reach for me to click them and at home its literally NOTHING for miles cause im outside the city. Cant even see a Pokestop.

Sucks. Cant play them game unless i either leave work, spoof or travel to town, have a hard time to find parking and just walk around with a battery eating application.

Seems like chore to me. :|



Found like 6 pokemons around my house but once im out of balls theres no way for me to get it without commuting which is a big problem imo.
 
xBladeM6x said:
Spend real money.
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Running around and losing money: Nintendo 2016
 
I have quite the mix- at my house there isn't a pokestop within walking distance. At work (downtown at a state capital) I can hit one from my desk and there are like 10 within 2 blocks.
 
Not sure what's happening, but my character keeps walking on his own back and forth between two short areas. My phone isn't moving, as I'm sitting. But my eggs are developing...
 
Took my first Gym as a Bluebro from a Red team. Felt fantastic. I had like 4 pokemon die just to do it, but no regrets. Held it until I woke up this morning and saw someone had dethroned me, ah well. Got my sweet 10 coins.

Got a Poke-stop that I can continually hit from my seat at work. Got 4 stops and 2 Gyms on my usual daily walking route. I am totally set.

The thing killing me is that I see all these pokemon that I don't already have, but I'm at work so I can't go out and chase them.
 
Ruff said:
Everyone I know is already resorting to GPS spoofing on Android emulators to get shit tons of items and pokemon. I hope they can detect and ban these people or the idea of this game is going to get flushed down the toilet real bad. This is why we can't have nice things.
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i hate all kinds of cheating/exploiting in videogames (outside of like, singleplayer built-in cheat codes) to some extent but this is the least tolerant I have ever been of people doing so.

It is so, so fucking contrary to the spirit of the game to do that. They should simply be unable to ever install this app again.

Our team put in a bunch of effort in the middle of the night last night to grab and fortify a bunch of Gyms which are crazy contested. Seeing them still standing hours later is so goddamn satisfying. The idea that somebody could just spoof their location and take them back without even covering the same 8 mile radius we did is infuriating.
 
I shit you not, 9/10 people at my local park (Fontana Park, Fontana, California) were playing Pokemon Go. My wife dragged me out there because that's where a Gym was. This App/game thing is nuts.
 
So I saw someone report that if you miss the pokemon you can pick your ball up off the ground by tapping it. Can anyone confirm? because I've been whiffing pokemon so hard and lost so many balls.
 
Oh shit, the Gym in front of my house just went from yellow to blue.

My mystic brothers are rolling deep with a CP720 Aerodactyl. Go blue.

spyroflame0487 said:
So I saw someone report that if you miss the pokemon you can pick your ball up off the ground by tapping it. Can anyone confirm? because I've been whiffing pokemon so hard and lost so many balls.
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It's not true.
 
Has anybody hit a bug when trying to challenge a gym where after the word "GO" appears, it resets back to the gym roster view? Earlier I was caught in an endless loop of hit battle-round1-GO-back to gym screen.

Ray Wonder said:
I think something is wrong with your game. Like it's glitched out or something. Every Insence I've used has gotten me at least 3.
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Without a lure or incense. I do ok when one of those is active. But that's a little bit bullshit as even at my extremely rural home, I at least get a few nearby at a time.
 
I finally turned off AR mode for my catches. Saves battery, and makes catching pokemon a good bit easier now that I can see a sense of depth. Esp useful for flying Pokemon.
 
Cymbal Head said:
Has anybody hit a bug when trying to challenge a gym where after the word "GO" appears, it resets back to the gym roster view? Earlier I was caught in an endless loop of hit battle-round1-GO-back to gym screen.
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Yes, I usually get this immediately after encountering the 1HP bug. It's supper frustrating, most of the gyms I encounter are bugged out.
 
Red said:
Welcome to my hell.
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It's probably a good thing, I'd be getting even less work done here.

Cymbal Head said:
Has anybody hit a bug when trying to challenge a gym where after the word "GO" appears, it resets back to the gym roster view? Earlier I was caught in an endless loop of hit battle-round1-GO-back to gym screen.
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Yes, what you're going to have to do is wait about the time it takes to reset a pokestop, go in the gym by yourself, not with a teammate, and take it out by yourself without spamming attack. It's happened to me 5 or so times.
 
effingvic said:
Finally lvl 5. Which team should I join GAF

Which house do I swear fealty to?
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Well that depends a bit, if you want to make the correct choice that would be Team Mystic. If you want to just kind of be a jerk in your daily life that's Team Valor, and if you just sort of mildly dislike yourself in general that would be Team Instinct.

Up to you!
 
effingvic said:
Finally lvl 5. Which team should I join GAF

Which house do I swear fealty to?
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Take a look at the gyms around your city, and go based off of that. I would recommend choosing the 2nd most popular team (if you can tell that based on how many gyms each team holds), since you'll have some backup that way. Plus, you get a ton of exp (300+) exp for each victory over an opposing gym. It's a great way to level up!
 
commish said:
Not sure what's happening, but my character keeps walking on his own back and forth between two short areas. My phone isn't moving, as I'm sitting. But my eggs are developing...
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Enjoy!

Montrealer here, all the gyms are populated withat least 3-4 600 to a 1000 CP Pokémons :(

I love the game, but please, let me have one gym fellow goers :D
 
Diablohead said:
Anyone else having trouble logging in right now? it's the first time i've had an issue with it in the last two days.
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Yeah, I'm in the UK, trying to sign in using PGL account but keep getting an "Unable to authenticate" error. It's the first time I've not been able to sign in since installing the APK on Saturday :(
 
Qwark said:
Yes, I usually get this immediately after encountering the 1HP bug. It's supper frustrating, most of the gyms I encounter are bugged out.
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Ray Wonder said:
Yes, what you're going to have to do is wait about the time it takes to reset a pokestop, go in the gym by yourself, not with a teammate, and take it out by yourself without spamming attack. It's happened to me 5 or so times.
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Guess I'll give it another try later.
 
DrWong said:
My company's office (Paris) is a gym!

Anyway, Pokemon GO made Pokemon Stadium a realitiy ^^
http://www.wral.com/durham-bulls-to-open-ballpark-for-pok-mon-go-players/15843536/
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"Over our last homestand we found that the DBAP proved to be a hotspot for Pokémon, with characters popping up in all areas of the stadium," said Bulls General Manager Mike Birling. "The problem was, many of the Pokémon were on the field, and our fans weren't able to catch them."
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From 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., gamers can purchase a $5 ticket to enter the ballpark's stands and field to search for, and capture, their favorite Pokémon characters. All of the proceeds earned from the event will benefit Second Chance Pet Adoptions.
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Man I want to know, when all is said and done, how much money will have changed hands around the world. Not to Niantic/TPC from players through the shop, but from local communities to their local businesses and organizations. This is unprecedented stuff.
 
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