Pokémon Go |OT| As in "Go Outside"

I've heard about a kilometer. This isn't super daunting though. As long as you can get it down to two steps or one steps then you'll be fine. Usually, it's getting out of 3 steps that's the hardest part about these hunts. Everything else from there is much better.

I thought it was about 1km too, but tonight I had a 3 foot Rhyhorn pop up on my radar. Went about a block and there it was. Quarter of a mile, tops (So more like .5 km).
 
First the Mystic graffiti now this. How long till Valor fucks up?

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Tall4Life said:
If there are people playing around you, it can also be extremely helpful to just ask if they know where a certain Pokemon is
I have experienced this many times and seen it described in stories, but never seen it just written as a tip like this. So I am going to write it three more times.

If there are people playing around you, it can also be extremely helpful to just ask if they know where a certain Pokemon is
If there are people playing around you, it can also be extremely helpful to just ask if they know where a certain Pokemon is
If there are people playing around you, it can also be extremely helpful to just ask if they know where a certain Pokemon is

how cool is that.
 
what is the rarest pokemon you guys got from an egg? mine was a 301 Magmar. It even had fireblast as its special so it was like Blaine
 
I thought it was about 1km too, but tonight I had a 3 foot Rhyhorn pop up on my radar. Went about a block and there it was. Quarter of a mile, tops (So more like .5 km).

I don't know if it is still relevant, but during beta the max distance was 200m and the shortest was 20m.

Tonight a Dratini popped up on radar on our way back from the lure-enduced park. My spouse was able to catch it, but I was standing on its location and it never popped up; not even after reopening the app. Next time, I guess.
 
The coolest thing about this game for me is just the little thing that happened to me today as an example.

Me and my wife went to the park with our dog and hung out outdoors all together for an hour or 2 instead of just sitting at home. I actually talked to some random strangers and found out what Pokémon they like and what team they are part of.

The game is helping us get out into our community and say hi and learn a little bit about total strangers. That's pretty damn cool in my book
 
Fought my first gym, the Pokemon there were waaaay over-leveled but I managed to take 2 down thanks to the dodging mechanic.

Are potions the only way to heal Pokemon?
 
I was in the gas station just now and some guy ran in and yelled "Pokemon people we got a pikachu across the street" and 4-5 adults dropped their shit and ran across the street"

What is this game?
 
I was in the gas station just now and some guy ran in and yelled "Pokemon people we got a pikachu across the street" and 4-5 adults dropped their shit and ran across the street"

What is this game?
Yeah, haha

I was at a field yesterday with my dog. There was about seven people on their mobiles walking in different directions.
 
I was on my way home from work and saw a bunch of people sitting around in fold out chairs playing the game and when I got home I decided to go across he street to a park where there is a sign that's a pokestop and two people came over and were doing the same so we chatted a bit. More people must be figuring out how to get it in Canada.
 
I was in the gas station just now and some guy ran in and yelled "Pokemon people we got a pikachu across the street" and 4-5 adults dropped their shit and ran across the street"

What is this game?

My friend and I were sitting at a Pokestop across the street from a police station and watching a gym being constantly fought over. No one but us outside, so the players had to have been in the police station lol
 
Planned to go out for half an hour around the block but ran into some friends and ended up being out for two hours and a half. It was a nice time. :3

If there are people playing around you, it can also be extremely helpful to just ask if they know where a certain Pokemon is
I'm still too shy to do this! Need to get over that. D:

what is the rarest pokemon you guys got from an egg? mine was a 301 Magmar. It even had fireblast as its special so it was like Blaine
Magmar here too. I also got a Jynx but that isn't rare for me considering I've caught like five.
 
Evolved my Magikarp to a Gyarados after lots of farming:

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i'm over one quarter there....

So good man. grats

Tagyhag said:
Fought my first gym, the Pokemon there were waaaay over-leveled but I managed to take 2 down thanks to the dodging mechanic.
I can't believe there's even a tiny bit more depth than it seemed at first. I have yet to practice this, but with perfect play can you basically beat anything regardless of CP as long as you can do damage?

Didn't get to battle at all today.
Are potions the only way to heal Pokemon?
Yeah, and revives for fainted ones. You start getting Super Potions pretty early on too.
 
Yea where I live everyone is eager to share information on rare Pokemon. People form into herds on my college campus and work together when something rare like an scyther pops up.

this game is the perfect ice breaker for strangers
 
I can't believe there's even a tiny bit more depth than it seemed at first. I have yet to practice this, but with perfect play can you basically beat anything regardless of CP as long as you can do damage?

I think if you get the timing down to a T, you could walk out unscathed.

However, that's just assuming, maybe the game has a mechanic where you will get hit if you haven't got hit in a long while.
 
Just came across this, no idea if it was posted yet:

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straight baller move

I want neighborhoods to be happy to see pokemon trainers rolling around town, lol. Anything nice you can do while you're out, if you're playing this, you're sort of part of a gaming community that participates more in the real world than on forums or a screen. We are NOT anonymous in person talking to one another, even without introducing ourselves. I hope especially as time goes on, the people who keep playing will try to maintain a reputation for people who play the game being pretty respectful type persons on the whole.
 
Just got back from a pretty cool experience. I live in a small town, there are very few Pokespots here, I see a Lured spot at the local gym that was closed with an outside track and go there and one by one more and more people start showing up until there was around 30 of us. It was really cool seeing people come together like that.

ALSO GOT A SNORLAX FUCK YEAAAAAH!
 
I hope they add the option to battle other players soon.
The battle mechanic is so simple yet fun. Plus the animation is amazing to watch
 
How can you predict when a pokemon will run away and how can you prevent that? I ran into a beedrill and put it in the ball twice, but it still ran away. Was kinda bummed about that!
 
How can you predict when a pokemon will run away and how can you prevent that? I ran into a beedrill and put it in the ball twice, but it still ran away. Was kinda bummed about that!
If it's an Abra I just assume I got one shot and that's it. Honestly I think it really depends on the species. I haven't noticed any warning signs.
 
Kicked off my first time with Pokemon GO tonight during my regular two hour + walking route, already almost at level 4 and hit up four Pokestops, great fun so far!
 
So what's the stategy for evolving pokemon? boost them to the curve limit then evolve? or evolve them straight away?
Evolve them..

basically if you're trying to be as efficient as possible, what you actually want to do is stockpile your Stardust until you REALLY catch something you want to raise up.

The best catches are ones that already have their CP bar close to filled in, because they won't take as much stardust to level.

But evolving before or after powering up doesn't really matter.

edit: Yeah their attacks change too, make sure you check it before powering up something you don't want!
 
So what's the stategy for evolving pokemon? boost them to the curve limit then evolve? or evolve them straight away?

Ultimately doesn't really matter. Wherever the CP is on the curve is (% wise) is where it will be when it evolves (or that's what people are saying anyway). I guess it would be marginally better to boost them before evolving, since the Stardust cost increases with CP. But then you're wasting candies you could be saving for the evolution which gives a CP boost ANYWAY, so unless you're talking about super common stuff like Weedle, Pidgey, Rattata etc it might be best to save it for the evo.

basically if you're trying to be as efficient as possible, what you actually want to do is stockpile your Stardust until you REALLY catch something you want to raise up.
This is a really good point. As powering up starts to cost 1000 stardust or more a piece, stardust becomes a more and more valuable currency. Probably not wise to throw it around on low-tier Pokemon.
 
There's no way they will be able to manufacture enough Pokemon Go Plus devices to keep up with demand. I wouldn't be surprised if they will go for over $100 a pop on the secondary market for many months
 
So what's the stategy for evolving pokemon? boost them to the curve limit then evolve? or evolve them straight away?
Evolve straight away. You might not get the attack combinations you want (they change with evolution) so it might be a waste of stardust and candies.
 
There's no way they will be able to manufacture enough Pokemon Go Plus devices to keep up with demand. I wouldn't be surprised if they will go for over $100 a pop on the secondary market for many months
funny you should mention that. Been thinking a lot about the role the go plus is going to play in all this, lol
 
There's no way they will be able to manufacture enough Pokemon Go Plus devices to keep up with demand. I wouldn't be surprised if they will go for over $100 a pop on the secondary market for many months
This is why I'm kind of (but not really) hoping it goes down in popularity. :P
 
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