Pokémon Go!

[Lex]

Guys, you can play this where it's not released on pretty much any phone. On both iOS and Android anyway.

It's not out in the UK yet but I'm playing it on my iPhone. I just changed my phone's region settings to US, used a fake US address to create an Apple account, then logged in with that and downloaded it. After that you can log in to your normal account and play. Trust and believe, it works (and will work for any other country too, i.e. Canada @Channy ).

If you have an Android phone you can just download the .apk from t'internet and install it. Not 100% sure on the process but it should be easier than making a fake account on iOS to access the US app store XD.

Anyway, I evolved my Pidgey to a Pidgeotto and I'm finding more Pidgey's by the minute. It's amazing how high the CP goes. I'll probably take my dog a long walk later

OOOO JUST CAUGHT A VENONAT

anyway yeah @Joe I've had an Eevee nearby for quite some time but I can't find it ;-;

 

[JechtShotMK9]

As much as this game is pretty cool to play with(along with the new Sailor Moon Drops IOS game), I hate to break it to you guys, but I heard in reports that four teenagers got robbed by thieves after being lured with Pokemon GO itself since they were lead to strangers' houses.

Not to mention that it's not a good idea to play the game while crossing the road.

Just thought I'd give you guys out there who have the game some warning.

God Dammit, it's Team Rocket.

 

[ForceStealer]

It really is the most surreal thing, seeing all the people playing it everywhere. On the one hand, it's pretty cool seeing so many people you might not have assumed were "nerds" playing, but the anti-social part of me feels kind of uncomfortable knowing that it's so obvious to others what it is I'm doing.

But the huge crowd of people in the park yesterday afternoon sitting around the fountain, and shouting whatever pokemon they found in one corner or another. Like I said, surreal.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I heard about that robbery thing, though the accurate details are that it was four teenagers (the perpetrators rather than the victims) utilizing a PokéStop (which are public sites) as an ambush point to rob people.

I suppose it's still a valid point to advise folks to be cautious, though, if a particular PokéStop is in a particularly tucked away location.

In more humorous news:
-Sore Legs Become Pandemic As Pokémon Go Players Accidentally Get Exercise

-The Strangest Places Pokémon Go Is Sending Its Players

 

[X-SOLDIER]

It's exceptionally amusing to see everyone experiencing what people felt playing Ingress and meeting up with big groups of people and whatnot, but multiplied significantly.

Also, the people in that crime were "using" Pokémon GO about as much as anyone can "use" a public location that people are going to, so while it worked because people would be there for the game, if that hadn't been the case, they'd've just picked another location. GO didn't really have a key role in that crime beyond C of them choosing a location.




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[Tennyo]

Am I the only one who never heard of Ingress?

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Probably not if you haven't looked in AR gaming before. When it comes to AR gaming Ingress was... pretty huge. For their Anomaly events, I've been to ones just in Utah with higher ends of several hundred people, but I wasn't even really involved in the bigger side of things that had globally coordinated interactions between various team members.

When Pokémon GO starts doing big Legendary Pokémon events like they teased, it is gonna be MADNESS in an absolutely extraordinary way. I can't wait until you guys get to experience whatever it is that they have in store that's the Anomaly-equivalent.



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[lithiumkatana17]

Just ran into FOUR people here at school on my way to the vending machine to get a Mountain Dew.

Seriously thinking about downloading this. I feel as if there's something inexplicably great that I'm missing out on.

 

[Jason Tandro]

DO IT. So last night my friend Brendan and I were hanging out in downtown Harrisonburg well after dark (it was like between midnight and 1 AM). And you know what? I walked a little more than 4 km (I know cause one of my eggs hatched) and enjoyed every second of it. Not only was the night scenery of the city beautiful, but along with catching Pokemon (I got myself a Likitung!) and hitting a TON of Pokestops, I found myself learning more about the city. Like there were things there I didn't know existed.

And you know what? My fat ass is gonna go out walking tonight too! And tomorrow night. And during the day on Wednesday. It's a great game.

Spoiler: Photos

That's Brendan in the photo.

Also I found a Meowth earlier in the day, just chillin' on my dash.

 

[lithiumkatana17]

I just caught a Weedle right here in my office. Goddangit. This is gonna take over my life.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Oh man. There is a Snorlax somewhere around my office and EVERYONE is losing their minds trying to concentrate on work, because it's 3 footprints away, but we all want to go looking for it. (Working in an industry made up completely of nerds is kinda awesome).




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[Flare]

It's threads like these that shows how many nerds exist on this forum.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Update: I went out for lunch, and found it – but it vanished on my screen just before I could initiate a battle with it.


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[Cthulhu]

In my old age, I had been considering getting into Geocaching.

But then this came out, and it's basically the same thing, but with Pokemon.

Why couldn't this have come out 4 years ago when I was in college, and travelling a lot more often lol.

4 years ago there was Ingress, which is basically the same game but with an original (attempt at) world building thing and shit

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Bulbasaur to start. Weedle in my office. Rattata and Golbat in the hallway. Kakuna, Spearow, and Pidgey in the parking lot.

KRABBY IN MY CAR.

I am powerless to stop myself in pursuit of these wretched creatures.

 

[Shademp]

A way to play with less data consumption?

 

[Tennyo]

Zubat in my gym locker. D:

 

[X-SOLDIER]

A way to play with less data consumption?

Yup. That is true from what I understand.




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[Marcus]

I love living and working near the city center, Pokéstops for days. Sick of freaking Zubats though like seriously fuck them.

 

[AvecAloes]

Its gotten to the point that I come here to TLS to see if this thread has been updated and ignore all others

If SE drops some huge info on the remake I'm not even going to see it
On an FFVII fan website
I have a problem

 

[JechtShotMK9]

Bulbasaur to start. Weedle in my office. Rattata and Golbat in the hallway. Kakuna, Spearow, and Pidgey in the parking lot.

KRABBY IN MY CAR.

I am powerless to stop myself in pursuit of these wretched creatures.

I found a Tangela in my shower. No wonder the drain's been clogged up.

 

[Strangelove]

i want to play this now but i already have two different region accounts on my phone and i cba making another

 

[Cthulhu]

So how does that work? The map gives a rough location of the pokemanz, then the AR finds some convenient spot to render the dude on?

 

[tangerine]

RELEASE IN CANADA ALREADY. :[

 

[Lex]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Guys, you can play this where it's not released on pretty much any phone. On both iOS and Android anyway.

It's not out in the UK yet but I'm playing it on my iPhone. I just changed my phone's region settings to US, used a fake US address to create an Apple account, then logged in with that and downloaded it. After that you can log in to your normal account and play. Trust and believe, it works (and will work for any other country too, i.e. Canada @Channy ).

If you have an Android phone you can just download the .apk from t'internet and install it. Not 100% sure on the process but it should be easier than making a fake account on iOS to access the US app store XD.

Anyway, I evolved my Pidgey to a Pidgeotto and I'm finding more Pidgey's by the minute. It's amazing how high the CP goes. I'll probably take my dog a long walk later

OOOO JUST CAUGHT A VENONAT

anyway yeah @Joe I've had an Eevee nearby for quite some time but I can't find it ;-;