Pokemon Go! Are you playing it?

They must have upped the probability of a common Pokemon being a ditto, because I was actively nabbing Pidgey and Rattata since they first started appearing with no luck, then caught three the weekend that all the Johto Pokemon dropped. Of course, that's fine by me, as I play pretty casually and I'm all about things that make it easier for me to progress at the game :D

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I'm not quite 25 but I am 22 and I still love Pokemon. I actually went to the midnight release of sun and moon although I haven't beat moon yet and I haven't even played sun [emoji21]


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i had moon pre-ordered as soon as i could! still haven't beaten in tho... 😢 too much adulting.

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i had moon pre-ordered as soon as i could! still haven't beaten in tho... [emoji22] too much adulting.

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Right? Lol


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Happie Belated Pokemon Day!

Pokemon turned 21 on Monday, Feb. 27th!

i caught my first party hat Pikachu yesterday after work. :)

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Happie Belated Pokemon Day!

Pokemon turned 21 on Monday, Feb. 27th!

i caught my first party hat Pikachu yesterday after work. :)

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i still haven't found one. );

ok i put away Pokemon Go for awhile but started playing a bit again when i was outta town this weekend. i learned there's a water festival event going on where water Pokemons are more plentiful. using the Pineapple, i have gained at least 250 Magikarp candies! w00t w00t!!


and oh yas, i got a Shiny Magikarp!


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soooo yay! i'm well over 400 Magikarp candies now. SO HAPPIE ME!! and with my Shiny Yellow Magikarp i can evolve it into a Shiny Red Gyarados!! YAYAAYA!!!11 SO EXCITED esp. after my previous Magikarp-Gyarados EPIC FAIL: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...=1#post2475478 LOL sad but now i'm happy about it again!

Now I really want to go out and play lol Is it only for the event? If it is I'll probably end up missing out on a shiny :(


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No way that's got to be photoshoped lol will it evolve into a red garydose

retro gaming pokemon for gbc/gba p.s. I've never played go nor shall i !!!!!

I still play occasionally... since I'm dataless, I just open the game up every now and then and usually catch a Pokemon or two right here at home. Lol

To be honest, I wouldn't be able to play this game often even if I had data. I leveled up just now and got some incense, so I used it and in that half hour it has used 30% of my battery, it's ridiculous!

I did manage to get a party hat pikachu during that event, surprisingly. Haha https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0aa94e7c11.jpg

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ok i forgot to post this but last Friday before i left my bday weekend i caught a Mew! w00t w00t!!

quick update before i go to lunch: u see the game introduced a new feature that includes field research (tasks and challenges) such as hatching a 10k egg or make 3 excellent throws in a row. it was like one of the second to last challenge set of challenges was to evolve a Magikarp into a Gyarados (u need 400 candies!) and then another set of challenge. well i completed it last Friday eve and here's the exciting stuff that happened!

first - it's only in AR mode for the catch. and u can only use the regular red pokeball, no berries to help.

the Mew is nearly invisible! can u see it?
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it appears when u hit it with a ball and for a split second as it escapes.
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gotcha! after like 9 tries and pretty good throws!
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reward!
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registered!
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my Mew and it's stats
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appraisal: it's AMAZE!
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u get 3 candies for catching it, no berries/pinapp berries allowed but u also get 20 extra candies for completing/beating the research missions. i was gonna walk w/ it to get more candies but it's 20k for 1 candy and that's like 4 times the walking of most other Pokemons. um no - i need more Beldum candy.
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Team Valor represent!!! :)

i still play, too! i completed the first research field and caught Moltres. i'm stuck on the research that makes you participate in raids, tho. currently have 2 10K eggs for the other research field.

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Team Valor represent!!! :)

i still play, too! i completed the first research field and caught Moltres. i'm stuck on the research that makes you participate in raids, tho. currently have 2 10K eggs for the other research field.

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start catching and saving up your Magikarp candies. evolving to get a Gyarados will be one of the challenges. i've been on the hunt for a shiny Sableye. gawd i want one SOOO bad! i also want a shiny Wailmer/Wailord and a shiny Vaporeon. (i want all the shinies actually. :) ) also i hope they bring back some of the legendaries b/c i missed out on some. and yep, Team Valor runs this world!

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start catching and saving up your Magikarp candies. evolving to get a Gyarados will be one of the challenges. i've been on the hunt for a shiny Sableye. gawd i want one SOOO bad! i also want a shiny Wailmer/Wailord and a shiny Vaporeon. (i want all the shinies actually. :) ) also i hope they bring back some of the legendaries b/c i missed out on some. and yep, Team Valor runs this world!

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i caught a shiny Swablu! i can't wait until i have enough candies for a shiny Altaria!!! one of my favorites from that gen. i think i have over 300 Magikarp candies; i'll be sure to save them.

have you done any raids? i've never done one, tho i have a gym within a 5min. walk from my house.

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i caught a shiny Swablu! i can't wait until i have enough candies for a shiny Altaria!!! one of my favorites from that gen. i think i have over 300 Magikarp candies; i'll be sure to save them.

have you done any raids? i've never done one, tho i have a gym within a 5min. walk from my house.

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awww i want a shiny Altaria. yes, i've done a buncha raids for rare or strong pokemons or legendaries. if u battle a basic pokemon like a Swablu or Magikarp or Snorunt or whatever, the prize is more likely to be a shiny version of that pokemon as opposed to finding one in the wild but it hasn't happened to me yet in a raid. imma boss. i have like over 5700 pokecoins lol. i don't have all the legendaries tho and i hope they cycle through the gyms again. :)

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awww i want a shiny Altaria. yes, i've done a buncha raids for rare or strong pokemons or legendaries. if u battle a basic pokemon like a Swablu or Magikarp or Snorunt or whatever, the prize is more likely to be a shiny version of that pokemon as opposed to finding one in the wild but it hasn't happened to me yet in a raid. imma boss. i have like over 5700 pokecoins lol. i don't have all the legendaries tho and i hope they cycle through the gyms again. :)

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DANG! i've probably earned around 3K in coins. i spend them all on incubators hahaha.

the only legendary i have is Moltres. [emoji36] i don't do the raids that much, but i should start. i practically run the gym closest to me lol. my backyard also butts up to a middle school so i kick those punk kids out on the weekly. [emoji41]

have you gotten Kangaskhan or Farfetch'd? i hatched out a Farfetch'd but still haven't got Kangaskhan.

Wh-what?!?!?! Pokemon Go is still a thing?!?!?!?

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it is for the nerds [emoji41]

I started it just a few weeks ago. There’s two gyms that can be reached from my desk at work. Unfortunately they’re highly contested so my Pokémon never stay there too long. Have beaten a couple raids tho - just need the easy ones. Irritatingly, Pokémon go rarely registers my steps so hatching things takes forever. Also only have moltres for legendaries. I do want the mew - don’t care much about the rest.

Pokemon Go is right up there with eating Tide Pods. Further proof of Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection in a digital age

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Pokemon Go is right up there with eating Tide Pods. Further proof of Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection in a digital age

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Pokemon Go is right up there with eating Tide Pods. Further proof of Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection in a digital age

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And yet I have a well paid job that I am very good at and am starting my masters while working full time. I also have a boyfriend that I’ve lived with for four years. I don’t believe that occasionally throwing digital poke balls at digital Pokémon for free is affecting my reproductive fitness. My reproductive fitness may be zero, but that’s solely because I choose not to have children.

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DANG! i've probably earned around 3K in coins. i spend them all on incubators hahaha.

the only legendary i have is Moltres. [emoji36] i don't do the raids that much, but i should start. i practically run the gym closest to me lol. my backyard also butts up to a middle school so i kick those punk kids out on the weekly. [emoji41]

have you gotten Kangaskhan or Farfetch'd? i hatched out a Farfetch'd but still haven't got Kangaskhan.

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yeah i've used the coins to max out my storage and upgrade my backpack and lotsa raid passes. :) once i put my Slaking at a gym in a part of town i don't frequent often and someone kept feeding it berries so it was gone for like 3weeks lol. i thought i would never see it again.

anyways i had like a dozen Farfetch'ed - all wild caught recently - just late Nov 2017. i didn't realize it was a continent specific Pokemon. i only have like 4 now after trading in most.

i still have like 13 Kangaskhan. i caught them all in Anaheim, CA last summer. i was there on vacay and there happened to be a World Pokemon Championship Tournament at the convention center. lol whatta coinicidence! anyways they released the Australia-exclusive Kangaskhan locally over there just for the weekend. i' give u one if he game ever allows trading/selling/gifting. i really want a Mr. Mime, but probably not traveling to Europe anytime soon to catch one. anyways here's some pix of my Kangaskhan i've seen and caught.
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it is for the nerds [emoji41]

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and hipsters.

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sure it is. negg'ed!


Edit: hmm i kinda feel like updating this thread more often. #Pokebamps

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Wow, I may not get the hype, but at least I don't insult those who enjoy it...

I must be a barbarian since I play hockey. Only a barbarian would carry a stick around and hit people with it...
I also must have served time in prison since I have tattoos...
I listen to hard rock/heavy metal sometimes too, I must worship the devil...

Different strokes for different folks, people.

I don't think it's a good enough game that I would pay for it personally (maybe ~$1-2?), but pokemon were a big deal when I was a kid and free nostalgia with no commitment is nice. It's also not too bad about the microtransactions either and generally doesn't try to annoy you into opening your wallet.

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I don't think it's a good enough game that I would pay for it personally (maybe ~$1-2?), but pokemon were a big deal when I was a kid and free nostalgia with no commitment is nice. It's also not too bad about the microtransactions either and generally doesn't try to annoy you into opening your wallet.

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that's the beauty with most Nintendo games (this isn't exactly Nintendo but you get what i'm saying); they generally give you the currency needed in game just by simply playing often enough.

i haven't spent a dime of real money and i can still upgrade stuff and buy the things i want fairly regularly, because i battle the gyms.

the nostalgia is mainly what keeps me around. tho i still play the pokemon handheld games, it's nice to open the app and play some quick pokemon on my lunch break at work.

ima try my first raid this weekend, if i can find a low-level one [emoji14]

I started playing when it first came out. I played for a few months and then quit till this February. Downloaded the game again, and got pretty big into Raiding.

so sorry PoGo playas! i forgot to bamp this thread and remind everyone that Saturday was a Community Day w/ an abundance of Charmanders to catch. and if u evolve it fully during the 3 hour hunt, it gets a special edition move - Blast Burn! i hope peeps go out there anyway.

here's me evolving a Shiny i caught. i love the fully evolved shiny, black Charizard!
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lol i lost GPS signal and thought the game might crash and i might lose my Shiny!

Ended up with 8 shinies. It was a good community day! Also found a 96%(non) shiny that I was happy about. I ended up evolving a 93, 96, and a low IV shiny for the special move. Saved the rest of my candy to power them up in the future. Been working on solo/duo raid teams so my dust has been non existent for a while.

awe, shoot! i missed this community day.

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Ended up with 8 shinies. It was a good community day! Also found a 96%(non) shiny that I was happy about. I ended up evolving a 93, 96, and a low IV shiny for the special move. Saved the rest of my candy to power them up in the future. Been working on solo/duo raid teams so my dust has been non existent for a while.

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hey how do you check IVs?

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Ended up with 8 shinies. It was a good community day! Also found a 96%(non) shiny that I was happy about. I ended up evolving a 93, 96, and a low IV shiny for the special move. Saved the rest of my candy to power them up in the future. Been working on solo/duo raid teams so my dust has been non existent for a while.

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wow! i only got 2 Shinies! i dunno, i kinda felt like there were less Charmanders and Shinies this community day. at least in the park we were in. i usually catch 4 or 5. just asking random peeps, the most Shinies found was only like 4.

the two Shinies i caught don't have good IV's but hey, don't they look great?! i got a 98% Charmander tho. i only knew that b/c a guy in the group ahead of us shouted very loudly several times to everyone - "Hey there's a 98% Charmander at this stop!!":
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also i got my first Ho-Oh in a legendary raid. i really want a Shiny Ho-Oh w/ rainbow wings. :) we beat a Latias in another raid, but i failed to catch it. :mad: i already have 1 tho. ;)

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awe, shoot! i missed this community day.

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awww mah bad! forgot to bamp. i only missed 1 community day i think - the Pikachu one in January b/c i was sick. i still got lucky and caught a 0.1 Shiny Pikachu around the house lol.

FYI Alola forms/morphs are coming soon! i can't wait to catch/evolve a tall goofy Exeggutor.

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there's a way to manually calculate it. it's based on a scale of 0-15 for attack, defense and stamina. so u give your Pokemon a max of 15 points for each of those things during it's appraisal, add it up and divide by 45. or just use an app or online calculator like this: https://pokemon.gameinfo.io/en/tools/iv-calculator

but personally i don't use IV's to judge my monstars - i just use the basic appraisal of Amazing, Strong, Decent and Not Great (Team Valor's assessment). i keep Amazing and Strong and lesser ones if they are kool, unique, Shinies or i caught them in a city i visited while traveling.

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awe, shoot! i missed this community day.hey how do you check IVs?

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I use pokegenie for IPhone. Dunno if it works on android or not. I start with the in game appraisal. It my trainer says its a wounder then I know its 81 or better and then ill check the IV.

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wow! i only got 2 Shinies! i dunno, i kinda felt like there were less Charmanders and Shinies this community day. at least in the park we were in. i usually catch 4 or 5. just asking random peeps, the most Shinies found was only like 4.

the two Shinies i caught don't have good IV's but hey, don't they look great?! i got a 98% Charmander tho. i only knew that b/c a guy in the group ahead of us shouted very loudly several times to everyone - "Hey there's a 98% Charmander at this stop!!":
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also i got my first Ho-Oh in a legendary raid. i really want a Shiny Ho-Oh w/ rainbow wings. :) we beat a Latias in another raid, but i failed to catch it. :mad: i already have 1 tho. ;)


awww mah bad! forgot to bamp. i only missed 1 community day i think - the Pikachu one in January b/c i was sick. i still got lucky and caught a 0.1 Shiny Pikachu around the house lol.

FYI Alola forms/morphs are coming soon! i can't wait to catch/evolve a tall goofy Exeggutor.


there's a way to manually calculate it. it's based on a scale of 0-15 for attack, defense and stamina. so u give your Pokemon a max of 15 points for each of those things during it's appraisal, add it up and divide by 45. or just use an app or online calculator like this: https://pokemon.gameinfo.io/en/tools/iv-calculator

but personally i don't use IV's to judge my monstars - i just use the basic appraisal of Amazing, Strong, Decent and Not Great (Team Valor's assessment). i keep Amazing and Strong and lesser ones if they are kool, unique, Shinies or i caught them in a city i visited while traveling.

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None of my shinies had good IVs. I still evolved one just for a shiny charizard. Congratulations on Ho-oh! Latias and Latios have been a struggle for a lot of people to catch. Ive been real lucky on them tho. Currently I'm at like 38/44 Latias. Got a handful of Ho-ohs, but no shinies yet.

hello, Alola!!!

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just got this notty tonight! [emoji3]

^ dat's right!

so i was walking back to the train after dinner last night and turned on the game. look what's on the radar!
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my first one, an Alolan-type Exeggutor! lol i cant even see the heads! AR mode:
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non-AR mode:
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uses the same candies. i checked the registry. it's not a separate monster but is listed under the same ol' Kanto region Exeggutor. it's kinda like how the Shiny's register.
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here's another one!
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and another! i wanna get the top in this pix lol:
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here's one next to a park entrance. it's SO TALL!!
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so i caught a few but none of them were really good. i think 2 were Strong (like 80-90%) and none were Amazing (90-plus %).
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lol i found one in my office hallway today. it's head was way past the ceiling tiles!
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in other Poke news:
-- Let's Go Pikachu! and Let's Go Eevee! RPG's will be coming to the Nintendo Switch.
-- Next community Day is Sat, June 16th w/ Larvitar!! i can't wait! i really, really want an Amazing Shiny XXL Larvitar/Tryanizilla. :)

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hahaha!!! that was my first question when i saw your post: can you look up and see their heads???? i wasn't able to take my lunch today and catch one so hopefully omw home i finally catch one! they were everywhere this am!

what's the longest u guys had a pkm gone for?

my strongest pkm has been gone for 5 days now from a place that's an hr away and i'm kinda mad bc i want them at other places now lol. 0 VICTORIES.

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I currently have an unknown in a gym out in the woods that's been there for about 8 days now. I had 2 or 3 pokemon in a park down in SC for like 13 days I believe.

here's 1 of the 2 Dittos i caught while in Chicago/Illinoise!
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ok after a few disappointing community days where i got next to no Shiny's, the one this past weekend was successful! look got 2 Shiny Eevee's in a row!
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thought i would lsoe it b/c i lost GPS signal!
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yep, im at the Sub-Pop festival! crazy weather! we've had 80-90degree temps and no rain for a month. now it's overcast, flashes of sun and rain. such bad luck!
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here's another!
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i got this right at 1:59pm PST. i caught i at 2pm and i realized later it reverted back to a normal Eevee!! it's the 604 CP one in the 2nd pix.
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i played for like only 90minutes on day 2 and caught 2 more Shiny's!
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so i got 6 Shiy's overal. i changed their names to Rainier, Sparky, Pyro, Tamao and Sakura hoping i would still get one of each. but i knew that trick only works once and in the end got 3 Shiny Vaporeon's, 1 Shiny Jolteon, 1 Shiny Flareon. and i still get to keep 1 un-evolved shiny Eevee. pretty good!
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