Last night I rode my bike past the Lustgarten in the center of Berlin. I estimate about 250-300 people hanging out playing pokemon. In the dark. At five past midnight. Sure, I've seen loads of people playing around Berlin so far, but not the hoards I've heard about in other places.
Last night there were some pretty severe thunderstorms that ripped through our area. Many trees down blocking roads, but it was all over and clear skies at 9:00. It was a rare night where the kid was sleeping over w/ grandparents, so we decided to make the most of it and go for a late walk around one of the local waterfront towns. Figured everyone would have called it an early night due to the weather, but nope... easily 50 people walking around.
Kinda? I mean, it's a micro-transaction based grinding game with pretty limited player interaction at the moment. It's almost a solo game or a zero interaction game if it wasn't for the relatively unimportant gyms.
Edit, got cut short a bit: Some of the cheating could be self-depriving. Like, if reading the prima official strategy guide to a game or whatever ruined the game for you. And some people who are "legitimately" doing things without hints or tips might feel cheated when they interact with you. Similarly, dudes running fake gps are probably one more degree removed. And then you can go past that into botters, which are even further removed.
Personally I've gone only as far as running my own scripts that worked like pokevision and now I'm trying out Pokenotify which is kinda convenient for work or home sitting around.
I suddenly wish I had not joined a team. To be level 20, 30, whatever and without having chosen a side...
Yeah, I wonder if it enforces membership. When I hit a gym at L5 it prompted me, and I had to restart the app to avoid a decision at the time, but I wonder if it kicks in as a requirement later?
I regret joining team Red every single day I play this game. Blue was the clear choice based on the language, but Red had a very high level gym right next to my house on day 2. This was... day 2 though. I thought it'd be more like Ingress where portals were extremely hard to take down. However, high-traffic areas seem to switch Pokemon gym colors many times per day. So picking against my gut was worthless.
I think giving the teams mission statements was a bad idea. Because nerds playing of course want to be on the science team. It should have just been "which color do you like?"
I think giving the teams mission statements was a bad idea. Because nerds playing of course want to be on the science team. It should have just been "which color do you like?"
Lack of green is another great reason to not play.
Kinda like what they did to yellow. Zapdos is my favourite of the 3 birds, but their idiotic message makes them just objectively the worst team unless you're evil.
Kinda like what they did to yellow. Zapdos is my favourite of the 3 birds, but their idiotic message makes them just objectively the worst team unless you're evil.
Hence why giving the teams mission statements was a bad idea IMO.
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I need moar candy and dust.
Edit, got cut short a bit: Some of the cheating could be self-depriving. Like, if reading the prima official strategy guide to a game or whatever ruined the game for you. And some people who are "legitimately" doing things without hints or tips might feel cheated when they interact with you. Similarly, dudes running fake gps are probably one more degree removed. And then you can go past that into botters, which are even further removed.
Personally I've gone only as far as running my own scripts that worked like pokevision and now I'm trying out Pokenotify which is kinda convenient for work or home sitting around.
RINO... You're secretly a yellow.
And that's was at the airport waiting to go home. Got my fire Pokemon, snakes, a few ground, fighting, and what not. Good times.
Snorlax is a beast. I just tried to roll a gym with a 2020 Snorlax on the top, and I timed out of the fucker 6 times in a row.
Course, then I just actually like tried with Vaporeon, and did just fine.