Pokémon Go |OT| As in "Go Outside"

Thank our Pokemon Lord that it's finally out here in the UK, can get some more egg incubators, got a bit more bag space too.
 
Does anyone know if that Pokewalker thing will count toward egg hatching? Could be more useful than a fitness band lol

I know they want to sell their own but they should totally tie Pokemon go into the popular fitness band apps somehow, that would be an awesome feature to have even if it was just for egg hatching.
 
Figured it'll officially come out in the UK today after it came out in Germany yesterday, good to see my guess was right!

Can now just update it from the store. \o/

That all said, you wouldn't know it wasn't out with how many gyms around here having relatively high Pokemon.
 
Immediately celebrating UK launch by hosting a Lure at my workspace Pokéspot:

Screenshots like this make me sad. Where I live in the UK there's absolutely bugger all near me. The game is completely barren, and it ruins it. It seems like a pretty major flaw that should be addressed imo, as clearly what they use to determine pokestops and gyms only really works in cities.
 
Screenshots like this make me sad. Where I live in the UK there's absolutely bugger all near me. The game is completely barren, and it ruins it. It seems like a pretty major flaw that should be addressed imo, as clearly what they use to determine pokestops and gyms only really works in cities.

Yeah, there's a few pokespots around, and about three gyms fairly spread out in my area. Which is better than some, but compared to people from big cities, it's pretty barren.

I'm hoping they open submissions after they've properly released it everywhere.
 
Managed to capture this guy for the first time just now:

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Grrr, I really really want this to be released in France. They should have done it today, it's Bastille Day, our national day!
 
Level 11 and still getting shitty Pokemon. Gonna go into Wimbledon and see what's up. Maybe it'll get better now its officially out here.

Also, tracked a Haunter for 15 mins and it disappeared. This really needs to give you a sense of what direction to go in.
 
Not out in Ireland yet? For shame :(


Yeah :(

It's been the top trend on Twitter here for days, I caught it being the top trending search on the Irish app store (seemingly removed since) ... there are even Pokemon-themed club nights happening! But no Pokemon Go, officially anyway.
 
Been playing since launch day, just haven't been very talkative.

Caught hundreds of pokemon so far and taken a few gyms (not that i've been able to hold them very long). Gym competition is pretty intense right now in my area. But there are pokestops EVERYWHERE and people using lots of lures. It's really satisfying.

I find myself actually not dreading my commute as much because i have a fun activity to do along the way.

The popularity of this thing is outmatched. Seen nothing like it. I was walking around downtown Berkeley and two people asked me if I was using GO randomly without even seeing my phone screen. And i'd say about 75% of EVERYONE i saw that had a phone out was playing the game. About 100 people in my 30 minute walk.

Groups of people congregating around pokestops using lures all over the place.

It. is. insane.
 
fuck, it is getting harder and harder to get pokemons even if they are low level weedle or caterpies. now most of the times I need to use 2-3 pokeballs. the fuck? I am level 9. have they updated the servers?

You'll have to use stronger pokeballs, which can't be bought and only come from leveling up or pokestops. I'm hitting that as well at lvl 15 and only have like 20 great balls.


Thanks, when ever I get the egg I need to plug phone to car and set screensaver timing to one hour or so. Driving over 40km twice a day :P.


Doesn't work in a car unless you're going slow or stopped. Driving goes too fast for pokemon to spawn in, probably deliberately. It also doesn't track distance at that speed either so you can't hatch eggs faster.
 
I think this game is a lot of fun, part of which comes from the fact that everybody is playing at the moment. I just love walking through the streets and seeing other people playing and then you just smile at the strangers because they are doing the same silly thing as you are.

And I actually quite like the descriptions for the Pokéstops. Quite interesting which places they've chose here in Berlin.
 
Could an iPhone user in the UK who downloaded it from the US via a US Apple ID please confirm that if I can delete the app, redownload it with my UK Apple ID, I can simply log in with my Gmail account and not lose anything?
 
wont work, needs to be at walking speed, so enjoy driving home at 10 kph :P

It doesn't work in a car or anything going over 20 km an hour. Or that's what I've been told.

Doesn't work in a car unless you're going slow or stopped. Driving goes too fast for pokemon to spawn in, probably deliberately. It also doesn't track distance at that speed either so you can't hatch eggs faster.

Bang goes the theory :(.

Oh well walking it is then, but it is ok. Living in small town with very nice scenery to walk so it will make good to my health too :P.
 
Been playing the apk since Sunday in the UK. Is it still ok to use that or won't it get updated like the official release?

There's just 2 feeble stops on my map and they're right off in the distance so I'm only about half way through level 4 thanks to capturing fecking Weedles and Pidgeys.
 
Screenshots like this make me sad. Where I live in the UK there's absolutely bugger all near me. The game is completely barren, and it ruins it. It seems like a pretty major flaw that should be addressed imo, as clearly what they use to determine pokestops and gyms only really works in cities.

I live in a place that's apparently a town but its more the size of a big village, there's at least 7 pokestops and at least 2 gyms here
 
Could an iPhone user in the UK who downloaded it from the US via a US Apple ID please confirm that if I can delete the app, redownload it with my UK Apple ID, I can simply log in with my Gmail account and not lose anything?

Yea it's fine, it's all attached to your account log in and not the app or device you use it on.
 
So who's dropped coins on upgrades yet? Bought my first bag upgrade tonight when I couldn't use anymore Pokestops... Have a feeling I'll be following it up with a Pokemon upgrade soon too.
 
Man, I've been watching this one gym for the last couple hours, I don't think any team has held it longer than 20 minutes. They pump it up to level 3, maybe 4 and then another team takes it over. It's like it's on rotation.
 
Next time pull over and if you log back in quick enough it'll still be there, sometimes takes a min. Helped a kid get a Nidoking that way group of us were trying to catch it and his game froze and got super depressed logged back in and it was gone. He was about to walk away in defeat but told him to wait a couple minutes and sure enough it reappeared for him.

I got off the bus as soon as I could and ran back down the road but it had disappeared by then unfortunately! Great advice though for folks who didn't know/give up after a glitch like that. Just seeing it in the wild has spurred me on to keep an open mind and continue exploring.
 
Finally took down the gym down the street. The dodge mechanic makes taking down Pokemon twice your level trivial. Most abilities are easy to dodge. Once I knocked out the 1980 CP Vaporeon, it was a breeze to take out the Exeggutor.

One of the guys took the gym back within 20 minutes though. At 4AM, wtf? I took it back, lol.
 
So I got a snorlax from my 10km egg and couldnt be more happy until i saw that his base move is "Lick"... Am i fucked? Against normal pokemon that is.

Id like to know before boosting him.
 
Wandered out for some breakfast and got a couple on the way. Nothing interesting. Then I get home, go all the way upstairs with my coffee, and a Hypno appears outside. That's the moment I realised this game could be trouble.
 
I'm really glad level up speed takes a nose dive after 20, pseudo soft cap. I was worried people ahead would stay far ahead indefinitely.

I'm still struggling to reach 10 D: praying my mass evolution/xp potion strat will help. I don't live or work near areas with easily evolved pokemon tho. I've got 1 pidgey and 1 weedle.
 
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