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Protoman Blues · **Reply #175 on:** July 22, 2016, 10:09:31 AM

Just hatched an Aerodactyl out of a 10K! Wooooooooo!!

Sakura Leic · **Reply #176 on:** July 22, 2016, 10:14:21 AM

Hope I get something awesome when my 10K hatches.

Protoman Blues · **Reply #177 on:** July 22, 2016, 11:08:49 AM

I'd still really love a Snorlax & Lapras

Sakura Leic · **Reply #178 on:** July 25, 2016, 03:30:26 AM

The Leader's official art was revealed at Comic Con. Nintanic also says they will have a bigger role in future updates.

Police Girl · **Reply #179 on:** July 25, 2016, 10:50:42 AM

A bigger role? As in when they reveal their heinous plots, obviously.

Amatiramisu · **Reply #180 on:** July 28, 2016, 01:25:10 AM

Candela is too cute to be evil.

Waifu · **Reply #181 on:** July 31, 2016, 09:35:41 PM

Good News: I got my phone restored and working.
Bad News: My phone doesn't support this app and it takes more data than my phone would allow.

Phi · **Reply #182 on:** August 13, 2016, 05:53:35 AM

http://comicbook.com/2016/08/12/rikers-island-reportedly-home-to-rare-pokemon-go-characters-2

Happy hunting~

Protoman Blues · **Reply #183 on:** August 13, 2016, 06:06:51 AM

I'm not that far from there...

Amatiramisu · **Reply #184 on:** August 18, 2016, 08:53:26 PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4vj0ir/niantics_refusal_to_accept_support_emails_is_a/d5z37lz

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This game would be [tornado fang]ing marvelous if it had a stronger company backing it.

Would it? I really don't think it would. I think we're blinded by the branding. I think it has potential. I think it's a really bad game in terms of design.

The Pokemon brand is fundamentally about exploration, growing, and battling. People love taking a creature, building it up, evolving it, and fighting a strategic game. They love catching rare and powerful Pokemon.
What about in Pokemon Go?

Exploration is bad. Your best bet is to sit as close as possible to high-traffic areas because Pokemon will spawn there the most often. Basically you just want to sit in an airport all day with your phone out.

You can't grow your Pokemon. What's the point? Dust is a limited resource, and it's the only way to level, so you're better off just throwing all of your Pokemon in the blender because you'll just catch a better one tomorrow.

Battling in this is an orgy of tapping with little feedback and little strategy. You have two moves, and you use them by tapping as fast as you [tornado fang]ing can. I was sick of that within about two minutes of trying to beat my first gym. They've downplayed type weaknesses/strengths. They've crushed everything that was good about Pokemon combat and replaced it with brain-dead Candy Crush.

Rare Pokemon? They're only good to check off an item on a list. If you don't live or work near a Dratini or Eevee spawn, you're never going to build up a rare Pokemon into something worth fighting with. You're better off just going to the Park, dropping a lure, and catching 20 Pidgeys.

I don't think this is a good game. I think this is a catastrophically bad game that lost my interest almost immediately despite my interest in the subject matter, that is redeemed by two cool features: eggs and geolocation gameplay.
If it were me, I'd implement several ways to upgrade Pokemon: walking, fighting, and catching more. This would incentivize all sorts of gameplay styles, and allow people to make the experience their own. It would make it possible to keep Pokemon that you liked from early on to level them up.
I'd replace the combat system with the traditional system, while allowing you to obtain TM and HM at really special places, like the White House, Ground Zero, the Grand Canyon, the Coliseum, the Taj Mahal, etc.
And I'd fix the spawns so that there was at least some variety in rural places, though I'd still like them to be somewhat more common in cities.

This basically is my entire issue with the game. I live in a suburban neighborhood in Las Vegas about 20-30 minutes - by car - away from any busy areas. Sure there's the odd shopping center but the spawns are only marginally better than they are here. If I walk outside for twenty minutes I guarantee your I will get one, MAYBE two spawns, TOPS, and that's if I'm lucky. (I've had outings where nothing popped at all.) I've been waiting for the school semester to start so I can play on-campus which is far more populated. And the spawn locales? I'm getting friends catching craptons of Eevees in other cities while I've only ever SEEN four (two of which ran away from me.) It's not "fun" or "interesting" for me to play, and honestly it bums me out more than I enjoy it because I see all these people having fun with the game while I'm having a horrible time with it. The only reason my parents have fun with it is because they're willing to literally drive away from home to go catch Pokemon. I'm not. I'm not gonna pay for gas to catch Pokemon.[/list]

Quickman · **Reply #185 on:** August 27, 2016, 09:11:19 PM

I got a new phone, got Pokemon GO, and I am happy to announce that I am part of the Pokemon GO family. I walked around the neighborhood in a heat wave, sweat to death, and caught Pokemon!

At lvl 3 currently, but I can finally play! Already got a medal for catching five Pokemon.

Can't wait for cooler weather so I don't die while playing.

Protoman Blues · **Reply #186 on:** August 27, 2016, 11:40:48 PM

Woooo! Welcome aboard!

Quickman · **Reply #187 on:** August 27, 2016, 11:47:55 PM

I found a Nidoran M at my front door!

Dr. Wily II · **Reply #188 on:** August 28, 2016, 04:02:47 AM

Glad that you can finally enjoy the game.

Quickman · **Reply #189 on:** August 28, 2016, 05:04:28 AM

So, I went out for a hunt, caught forty Pokemon, found a PokeStop (one. At the electric company), and am at lvl 6. There are no Gyms here, so I haven't joined a team yet. I'll probably find one in town, but it's too hot to walk in and between me and the PokeStop, there's a stretch of nothing.

I also can't throw a PokeBall for crap.

A Drowzee did appear RIGHT BESIDE ME. I caught her and named her Lavvy~

Dr. Wily II · **Reply #190 on:** August 28, 2016, 06:11:44 AM

SHE WAS EATING YOUR DREAMS

Quickman · **Reply #191 on:** August 28, 2016, 07:12:02 AM

Took my garbage out. Found two Gastly.

Dr. Wily II · **Reply #192 on:** August 28, 2016, 07:38:28 AM

...Dead... Garbage?

Quickman · **Reply #193 on:** August 28, 2016, 07:39:52 AM

One of them was right outside my apartment. D:

Dr. Wily II · **Reply #194 on:** August 28, 2016, 07:43:41 AM

D:
WHO YA GONNA CALL!?

Quickman · **Reply #195 on:** August 28, 2016, 07:46:50 AM

The Fearow I found in my living room.

Dr. Wily II · **Reply #196 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:01:04 AM

That works.

Quickman · **Reply #197 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:16:12 PM

Gonna soon head to my only PokeStop, stock up on Balls (I evolved a bunch of extras so I could level up for Balls) and head out to some rich neighborhoods.

Aside from the rich neighborhood between me and the PokeStop that has NOTHING aside from ONE WEEDLE.

Protoman Blues · **Reply #198 on:** August 28, 2016, 10:52:21 PM

Hopefully the Pokestops give you an egg as well

Quickman · **Reply #199 on:** August 29, 2016, 01:00:59 AM

Couldn't find another PokeStop. There's only that one, so I'm gonna Stop scum for Balls and stuff.

Seriously, there's only one in about a mile radius of me. One PokeStop.

ONE

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