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So the pkoenon themselves are virtual but superimposed around real life places, and the game uses GPS to see if you're near those places. ONce you're close to a pokemon, the game switches to camera view and you can see the pokemon that're near to you on GPS and try to catch them. Certain pokemon only appear in certain areas so exploring is encouraged.
Oh and someone went to the Westboro Baptist Church which is a 'gym' (preset places you can claim with your pokemon) and claimed it with a fairy type pokemon named 'loveislove' :mrgreen:
This is what its aiming to become, some features (local battles, trading) not yet implemented:
On reddit the #1 article is asking people to not play @ the Holocaust Museum. Also someone named a Hyponotic Pokemon "Bill Cosby"
This is just getting out of hand!
Did you see WBC's response? They tweeted a load of Clefairy's and Pikachu's holding signs which say 'God hates fags' and stuff. So pathetic it's funny lol.
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Finding the virtual images might be fun but what good is throwing a ball at a virtual image?
I really don't understand the video. Finding the virtual images might be fun but what good is throwing a ball at a virtual image?
Once you find it you can catch it by throwing the ball at it (takes a certain degree of skill - if you fail to catch it in a certain timeframe it can run away). Then you can train it and battle it against other people. It's about collecting them all though really, it mirrors the tv show and video games in that regard.
A lot of this taps into millennial nostalgia. These games were huge from 1998 onwards, and a lot of people my age recognize all the pokemon despite not having played the games in a while.
So do you need to buy special Pokemon balls or can you use what you have?
Yeah, I took the kids out on an adventure...I call it fishing....and we caught a couple of large mouth bass pokemon.
And we ate them.
OK. That actually sounds like it might be fun to do with the kids or grandkids some afternoon.
So do you need to buy special Pokemon balls or can you use what you have?
So this has kind of taken the world by storm. I'll walk down the street where I live and you can see maybe 50% of people with their phones out looking for pokemon, it's crazy.
Anyone playing? There's not much in the way of multiplayer collaboration on it yet but I'd still be interested to see if any of you are like me and are walking/driving miles out of your way to get to that pokestop with the lure on it! Team Mystic (blue) here.
I heard about this game for the first time yesterday. And now it's everywhere. WTF?
Offer kids a game where they get to go outdoors, and they are all over it. Perhaps there is hope for today's youth. Provided they don't get run over by a bus. But then there are hazards to stepping out, can't avoid it.
I play this game. Best part is that the bar I like to go to has like 10 Pokestops right around it!
I travel a lot for work, and number of nearby pokestops has become maybe the most important factor in my decision of where I'm going to eat in the evening haha.
The future of real estate listings.
A beautiful 3-bedroom home, large yard, highly rated school district, short driving distance to shopping district and 10 nearby pokestops.
I read that the Holocaust Museum is trying to get their pokestop removed. They don't want people playing games in their memorial, the spoilsports. There was an item about the game on the evening news tonight. Idiots in London are walking into each other, and under buses...!
I play this game. Best part is that the bar I like to go to has like 10 Pokestops right around it!
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