Pokemon GO Discussion Thread for Non-Haters

[Izret101]

Squirtle

[Wempster]

Caught a Butterfree tonight while walking outside.  This is the first one I've seen in the wild!

[Izret101]

Took my son out for a short walk(1-2miles) after work. He caught some new ones and was pretty pumped about it.

I hatched an Electabuzz from a 10k egg, a Horsea from a 5k egg (already had one), and knocked off ~1km on my next 2 eggs.

Caught a few more Eevees. I only need Jolteon evolution but i will likely keep catching Eevees after i get the final one anyways.

As we got home a Bulbasaur popped up on the step radar but since it is still showing everything as 3 steps away i didn't bother hunting for it after putting him to bed.

[Fleach]

Track the pokemon in your area in real-time with Pokevision!

https://pokevision.com/

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Eevee, Weedle, and Zubat nearby. Woo?

[Zagnorch]

Sigh... if there's any solid evidence that humanity is too far gone to be saved, it's the runaway popularity of this unholy abomination. Sadly, the sickness is terminal. Time to let the nukes fly...

[singlebanana]

Yeah, definitely not a game for cool people. Sorry you don't fit it the demographic of our sadness, but hey, thanks for stopping by to share your YouTube comments. 

Seeing that it wasn't clear from the beginning that this was a thread for people who are "actually playing" the app and enjoying it, I decided to change the name of the thread to clarify and help guide you.  It's really sad to me that some feel the need to tear down something other people enjoy for what ever reason. If you don't like it fine, (whether you actually tried it or not) just do your fellow members a favor and keep it to yourself and move on.

One thing that I mentioned while recording the other night is how nice it has been to see the joy on peoples' faces (people from all races, sexes, creeds, and ages) in light off the horrible social climate that has more recently risen in our nation.  I'm not saying that this app is somehow saving our country (that is ridiculous of course), I'm just saying that it's nice to see people out with something in common enjoying time together and talking.   

[Fleach]

I hatched an egg yesterday and got a Cubone. There's very little to do before level 5 and being in a very suburban area doesn't really help. Hopefully this weekend I can go downtown and see what Pokestops and critters I can find.

I've tried to cheat the game a few times by driving my car to hatch that egg faster, but that doesn't work. The game knows can track your speed and if it's over 20mph it won't increase your distance for egg hatching.

Maybe Rich has mentioned something about already but there's a special Pokemon Go surprise coming soon!

[singlebanana]

Yeah Floyd, as you and I discussed privately, I feel your pain in terms of living in a suburb.  My great reprieve is that I work in the big city and that is truly where all of the fun is with this game.  I do hope that you make this trip into the city and get the full experience with this app.  I think you will have a little bit better understanding of what a lot of the buzz is about.

[GrayGhost81]

I leave it on when I'm driving anyway. You do get some mileage, just not a lot.

Having said that, don't Pokemon and drive!

Spent some time by a lure last night, the guy who dropped it was playing music and trying to create a party atmosphere. It was really awesome, although it was over 100 degrees yesterday and my phone was overheating so I couldn't see shit.

Plus, there was a Ponyta on my radar for quite a while but it never popped up.

Plus it dawned on me last night that Ekans is Snake backwards. LOL 🐍

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Just think - its evolution Arbok is Kobra spelled backwards.
It's actually Arbo and Arbok in Japanese, but seems like NoA had some fun with it.

[singlebanana]

I can confirm that the evvee evolution works. Got my Vaporeon today

[Izret101]

I've evolved 2 without changing names and got Vaporeon the first time and Flareon the second.


Depending on how bad work is today i might make it out tonight for some more hunting.

[singlebanana]

I've evolved 2 without changing names and got Vaporeon the first time and Flareon the second.


Depending on how bad work is today i might make it out tonight for some more hunting.

Name that last one Sparky and you're golden to get your set.

[GrayGhost81]

Finally got to spend a little time downtown with the game, where of course there are way more Pokestops and Pokemon in general. I was at a party at a bar that was across the street from a Pokestop, but close enough to access it, and it was lured for a good amount of the time that I was there. Then we went to dinner at a restaurant that was a Pokestop itself, and it was lured much of the time we were there as well.

My wife and I finally caught Ponytas, and she hatched a Magmar, which I'm pretty jealous of.

I ended up hitting my item capacity and had to discard 30 Razz Berries (I had over 60).

I forgot to post this but last weekend was the first time I actually ran out of Pokeballs. It was the worst feeling, don't let it happen to you! Now, when I'm getting low, I don't even try for the low level guys like Ratatas etc.

Last thing I'll say here, has anyone else noticed that Pokemon will escape the ball more often? I have no evidence for this, but I wonder if the game has been adjusted so that more balls are used as a way to encourage the microtransactions.