Pokemon Go! Are you playing it?

Alright peeps, are u playing the game that’s sweeping the nation? Who’s getting out there in the real world and catching all the cute Pokemon’s? :)

I didn’t have much to do as the work day was winding down last Friday so I downloaded the game to see what all the buzz was about.

And look! Right away I find a Squirtle on my desk!
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And 2 more Pokemon! :O Lol how many are hiding in my desk.
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Leaving work, I find Magikarp. I reached level 3 after this. Lol I’ve only been playing like 30minutes. :gj:
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I went Pokemon hunting during my morning run yesterday. Look Magikarp again!
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I ran to this checkpoint on a lil island:
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Another checkpoint. I was just at the check point on that lil island:
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Found a gym and tried to get in it but I guess I’m not level 5 yet so I can’t. I wasted time here and lost out on that Psyduck. It was gone by the time I gave up on trying to access the gym.
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This mushroom crab thing was hard to catch. I think it took my 4 throws. :rolleyes: (Yeah, my aim is bad lol. Whatever.)
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This was the second Poliwag I caught on my run and my phone immediately died after this. My phone had 46minutes on a 41% charge. :(
http://i.imgur.com/4KDVvsQm.png

At some point after this I charged my phone, caught more Pokemons including my first Eevee (so cute!) and reached Level 5 and joined the Red Team - Valor, took a nap, had lunch and went out again to catch some more lol.

I found this flower Pokemon outside of another gym (a temple IRL).
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The gym was controlled by the yellow team – Instinct.

I don’t’ even know what I’m doing in battle. :P
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I died, lost or whatever. Lmao ZERO points. :mad:
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Here’s one of the Eevee’s I caught. They’re like baby fox Pokemon’s. I caught 4 so far!! :)
http://i.imgur.com/3X66lhtm.png

Here’s my album of pix - http://imgur.com/a/uDr1u that’s not all of my Pokemon’s tho. Imma update this thread and album with more pix as I catch some more.

Add your pix and stories. Go!

Someone is going to get killed playing that game if they haven't already. It appears to be very addictive. I honestly don't get it. I catch real animals. I already had to ban that game in my house and my car.

I have been interested in Pokemon Go because i was really into the cards growing up but idk about walking around playing a game. I found the pictures intriguing. I would like to see more pic and a little about how the game is played...ect

I've got it but haven't got super intrigued in playing it taking care of the wife fresh off surgery, work, and the animals and yard work takes most of my time but the premise of getting kids out of the house and not glued to a tv and getting a little exercise is something I highly promote.


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OMG this is so cool!! I want to play but also kind of afraid that it will be addicting and take up even more of my non-existing time LOL

Look at you catching em all - 3 at your desk eeeek so amaze. lmao...the battle...better luck next time. :P;)

I have been playing the game a lot. I grew up playing it on the gameboy and nintendo and i really like the concept. I think the game is great socially, I have met a few people on my team and I have gone grinding with a bunch of friends to gain levels. I also really like the motivation for walking and exercising it has for people. As a computer engineer i sit at my desk all day so it is nice to get up and walk around capping gyms and pokemon. As a computer engineer i also cringe super hard at their release and the amount of game ending bugs they put it out with (see 1hp gym bug, servers, logging out bug, sound bug, etc.). I also wonder how they will handle things like the learning curve and gyms for new players when people start to have insanely leveled pokemon (around me there are gyms with power level 1200 pokemon and many of my less hardcore friends only have power level 300-400). It will be interesting to see how it develops but for now its been interesting and very fun when it works

Gah haven't yet been able to download it. Going green with envy here.

an example on how much it gets people moving is that my friends and i got 13,000-15,000 steps on sunday because we spent a ton of time playing. This is not including our normal steps for the day on top of that

I was actually a beta tester for the game. You will not believe how crazy evolving was then lol. 314 candies to evolve pidgeotto and you only got one a catch. It's not nearly as good as I'd hoped and they replaced the number of meters a pokemon is from you with those little footsteps, which I find inconvenient. And they don't seem to actually have taken much input from beta testers even though they did ask for suggestions, they could have at least given some indicator of a direction. But overall its not too bad, my boyfriend loves it.
Now, I'm a pretty extreme introvert, I actually may have social anxiety, so I don't really like it too much anymore. I like having walk arounds but I can't really deal with people coming up to me and talking about it or shouting out to me about it. I really preferred when it was in beta and only like three people nearby had it and no one really talked about it. The whole social aspect is kinda ruining it for me.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

Someone is going to get killed playing that game if they haven't already. It appears to be very addictive. I honestly don't get it. I catch real animals. I already had to ban that game in my house and my car.

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just set parameters for kids, where and when it's appropriate to play. combine that with some supervision when out in public and reinforce safety rules like look both ways before crossing the street, don't talk to strangers, etc. and it will be fine and fun.

(on a separate note, a teen girl in Wisconsin did find a body while playing the game and hunting Pokemon along a river but that was unrelated to the game.)

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Originally Posted by Ba11er

I have been interested in Pokemon Go because i was really into the cards growing up but idk about walking around playing a game. I found the pictures intriguing. I would like to see more pic and a little about how the game is played...ect

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basically the game uses a map and GSP. u search for and catch Pokemon's around u. it encourages peeps to go outside, explore and look for them. u might find Pokemon at the park, the store, downtown, etc. u might meet other peeps along the way. when u are near or discover a Pokemon, u tap in on the map and u see Pokemon imposed on the landscape on your phone. throw balls to catch'em. there are stops along the way (i.e landmarks) to resupply and gyms (more landmarks or prominent buildings) to train your Pokemon and battle other teams. it's really cool and fun.

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Originally Posted by BMorrison

I've got it but haven't got super intrigued in playing it taking care of the wife fresh off surgery, work, and the animals and yard work takes most of my time but the premise of getting kids out of the house and not glued to a tv and getting a little exercise is something I highly promote.

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yep, go outside kids. it's summer and full of Pokemon's. :)

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Originally Posted by Snoopyslim

OMG this is so cool!! I want to play but also kind of afraid that it will be addicting and take up even more of my non-existing time LOL

Look at you catching em all - 3 at your desk eeeek so amaze. lmao...the battle...better luck next time. :P;)

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just play at your own pace. u don't even have to battle and get your butt kicked like me. u can just have fun collecting. the game encourages peeps to go outside, but u don't have to for the purpose of playing. play when u are on a run, walking the dog, grocery shopping, before u meet up with friends and u don't want them to know that u collect virtual Pokemon's. :)

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Originally Posted by Soord

I have been playing the game a lot. I grew up playing it on the gameboy and nintendo and i really like the concept. I think the game is great socially, I have met a few people on my team and I have gone grinding with a bunch of friends to gain levels. I also really like the motivation for walking and exercising it has for people. As a computer engineer i sit at my desk all day so it is nice to get up and walk around capping gyms and pokemon. As a computer engineer i also cringe super hard at their release and the amount of game ending bugs they put it out with (see 1hp gym bug, servers, logging out bug, sound bug, etc.). I also wonder how they will handle things like the learning curve and gyms for new players when people start to have insanely leveled pokemon (around me there are gyms with power level 1200 pokemon and many of my less hardcore friends only have power level 300-400). It will be interesting to see how it develops but for now its been interesting and very fun when it works

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it is buggy. OMG i open the game last night before bed to admire all the Pokemon i caught and my inventory was empty.

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i was SOOO MAD!! :mad: but i closed the game and went back on 5 minutes later and everything was cool. :oops: :)

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Originally Posted by Vipera Berus

Gah haven't yet been able to download it. Going green with envy here.

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get it and catch all before they're gone. :P

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Originally Posted by Soord

an example on how much it gets people moving is that my friends and i got 13,000-15,000 steps on sunday because we spent a ton of time playing. This is not including our normal steps for the day on top of that

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stopping to catch Pokemon whenever my phone vibrated and beeped did get in the way of my run. but anyway, alotta peeps on twitter and stuff are remarking how sore their legs have been lol.

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Originally Posted by TurkeyPython

I was actually a beta tester for the game. You will not believe how crazy evolving was then lol. 314 candies to evolve pidgeotto and you only got one a catch. It's not nearly as good as I'd hoped and they replaced the number of meters a pokemon is from you with those little footsteps, which I find inconvenient. And they don't seem to actually have taken much input from beta testers even though they did ask for suggestions, they could have at least given some indicator of a direction. But overall its not too bad, my boyfriend loves it.
Now, I'm a pretty extreme introvert, I actually may have social anxiety, so I don't really like it too much anymore. I like having walk arounds but I can't really deal with people coming up to me and talking about it or shouting out to me about it. I really preferred when it was in beta and only like three people nearby had it and no one really talked about it. The whole social aspect is kinda ruining it for me.

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awww. maybe u can play super early in the morning or really late at night or very deep in the woods or something. or have your BF be a buffer between your Pokemon catching and other players.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

Someone is going to get killed playing that game if they haven't already. It appears to be very addictive. I honestly don't get it. I catch real animals. I already had to ban that game in my house and my car.

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Close enough and I am sure it will happen.

http://www.10news.com/news/chase-sus...mon-go-players

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I wanna play, but I don't have a data plan... shucks

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Because I only have .25 GB of data a month, I've been limiting my Pokemon catching to Wal-Mart, since they have free wifi. Spent 2-3 hours total there catching Pokemon and caught probably over 100 before transferring them to gain candies. I've only evolved 3 Pokemon so far because there isn't a lot of repeats. I did, however, decide to say screw it to my data today and spent a good 30-40 minutes walking back and forth getting pokeballs from all the pokestops on my local Main Street (there's like 10 of them there, it's great). Went from 0 to 100 pokeballs and used just a couple since. The worst part about the game right now is how often the servers are down, but if you go out at night the servers are almost always up. Unfortunately, I can't do a lot of walking around looking for Pokemon because I have such an insignificant amount of data. I'm hoping to get an unlimited data plan when my phone is paid off in August. I'm not brave enough to try battling the gyms, I'm not a competitive person in the least.

I know a lot of people get stuck in the game, so I really hope they make the game so that it vibrates even when you've got the phone locked. If you leave the app at all, it doesn't track your walking (doesn't use a pedometer, uses a GPS signal) and won't vibrate if you happen upon the Pokemon. So you have to leave the phone unlocked and the app open, which absolutely sucks the data and battery. So yeah, hopefully they improve on that. I know it'd be way easier to take your eyes off the phone if that wasn't the case, too.

I've been playing Pokemon since I was nine so my excitement for the game was through the roof. To be quite honest, i've been walking and playing the game since it came out on gameboy all those years ago. My nose always to the screen. Lol I guess I have developed a 'sixth sense' for avoiding traffic. That or I just frequent places that rarely gets any. The walking aspect was pretty nice. It led me to places I haven't really discovered about in my own city. Which I've lived in for YEARS!

I am currently a level 7. Beat a gym over the weekend for team Mystic only to come back on Monday to have it taken over again. *sigh* So just catching the little buggers for now.

I am looking forward to the pokemon go plus which would be a wearable for the app but I am a little skeptical about it.

If I can get past the servers crashing, battery soul sucking, restarting my phone to play, and the competitive bone crushing aspects of the game Pokemongo has brought me back to a time in my childhood I enjoyed. I still play the old games, it's just that after I beat them...I don't want to start over again. Lol

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I'm still using my old flip phone. Yup, I'm that fella. :P

darn you people, I'm trying to resist the temptation but this doesn't help. Makes it sound fun. I know my daughter tried it but it wouldn't run right on her tablet. I have too many time sinks already. No no no no no, hmmm, might not hurt to just download it for a bit..............

I have the game on my phone bit since it doesn't have a gyroscope i cant really enjoy what the game has to offer, but from what ive seen with my friends it lookslike a great idea.... Now that being said the affect its having on people with a basic lack of common sense is hilarios and scary at the same time, ive already had a kid walk out into traffic infront of me and stop in the toad trying to catch one. And yesterday while out fishing i saw a few grouos of people walking around looking for them and they just looked like little zombie hords.

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I'm still using my old flip phone. Yup, I'm that fella. :P

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Ditto. Mine is the Samsung indestructible/military model, and it's only $40/month so I'm keeping it. I only use it for emergency calls anyway. I got it in 2004 and it still works.

Definitely a game making the news and not in the best way http://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-n...tims/396504387

I've played this game a bit but the fact that all I've found are weedle, pidgey, spearow, one psyduck and one paras is a little discouraging.

Well, for those who play...

My fire dog cat LOL. I'm going to my local hiking trail to add him to the red gym right now. TEAM VALOR!

I also have a gym inside my gated community that I have with a pinsir. :B It's a level 4 gym now and three other people added in their pokemon. Nobody will ever take it back. Eheheh.

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I've played this game a bit but the fact that all I've found are weedle, pidgey, spearow, one psyduck and one paras is a little discouraging.

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The pokemon you find and it's combat power depends on your user level! We all started at the zubats and pidgeys. :P I played for 8 hours straight before catching a strong pinsir and a parasect.

I love that game and I don't even play. My son has aspbergers mixed with severe anxiety and depressions issues, he rarely even leaves his room much less going outside. Lately he has been asking me to go on walks with him so he can catch more pokemon. This is the most exercise he's gotten in years.

Man, all we have to talk about today is Pokemon? Can't we argue about the spider gene, tanks vs tubs, how much we all hate petco? Anything but Pokemon.

I play it all the time when I go out! I love it because I can see wildlife In the act! Last time I saw some Green Knight Anoles, It was so awesome!

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I play it all the time when I go out! I love it because I can see wildlife In the act! Last time I saw some Green Knight Anoles, It was so awesome!

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I saw a cool skink sunbathing out on a walkway by my mall on one of my Pokemon hunts! Lol

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Awesome!:gj:

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I'm on Team Instinct (Yellow). I made up a cool catch phrase..

When thunder rolls, remember Team Instinct!

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I play it all the time when I go out! I love it because I can see wildlife In the act! Last time I saw some Green Knight Anoles, It was so awesome!

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Yeah! And seriously, it's a game that gets gamers throughout the nation exercising multiple kilometers per day. Starting an era of telling gamers to "go in more" instead of "go out more". Suddenly every kid becomes a jogger/walker. Pokemon gamers are noted for their shirt tans instead of their greasy hair and pale skin. Sounds good to me LOL.

Hey If my son can get out of that xbox more often then I'm happy! Haha :gj:

Ok, I give up. Here is my contribution to this thread. My other part, who is younger than me by quite a bit, was obsessively playing this game for a couple hours over the weekend and I got a little irritated with the waste of time. I said, "let's play this game for real". I pointed at a bin and said "there is your pokeball". your challenge is to get the "pokemon" out of the "ball", clean the "ball", then recapture the pokemon and put it back in the ball all without the pokemon biting you. This particular pokemon's name is Snow White (named by my daughter) and she is really the wicked queen.

I am proud to say that my version of pokemon was "exciting" and she managed to pull the task off without any blood being shed. Reality can be so much more entertaining and productive.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

Someone is going to get killed playing that game if they haven't already. It appears to be very addictive. I honestly don't get it. I catch real animals. I already had to ban that game in my house and my car.

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If you didn't grow up with Pokemon games, it's probably hard to understand. But just think of it as a videogame that includes exercise and going out to explore tourist attractions and local points of interest for 6 hours, instead of sitting on a couch playing videogame consoles for 6 hours. It's just as addictive as any old well-designed Pokemon game, except that we have to go outside. :rolleyes:

I drove around with 4 friends every night catching Pokemon. It's so much fun.

That's a night well spent!

YAY this Friday my bestie and I are going to play! We're going to a club to see Stickybuds and on our "smoke breaks" we're going to wander the city and try to catch em all woooot so excited. Everyone is talking about this now - even our Loomis Express driver said he had 2 people walk into him! LOL

Herping= real life Pokemon

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I'm still using my old flip phone. Yup, I'm that fella. :P

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Ditto. Mine is the Samsung indestructible/military model, and it's only $40/month so I'm keeping it. I only use it for emergency calls anyway. I got it in 2004 and it still works.

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^ u two sound like some hipsters. lol too cool for skool with your retro phones. :cool:

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Originally Posted by Snoopyslim

YAY this Friday my bestie and I are going to play! We're going to a club to see Stickybuds and on our "smoke breaks" we're going to wander the city and try to catch em all woooot so excited. Everyone is talking about this now - even our Loomis Express driver said he had 2 people walk into him! LOL

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sounds like u two will have alotta fun. have a blast, be safe. ;)

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Herping= real life Pokemon

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i need more herping in my life. all i find are lake and pond turtles. even then i can't catch them, they're all lounging in water.

anyway...

we Team Valor captured our 1st gym this morning and i ran late for work lol. yay!
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OMG it was literally right behind me. lol
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oh look! Charmander!! found it an hour ago while walking back from lunch. i caught it on my second throw but it escaped and disappeared is a poof of smoke. super bummed...
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i collected some supplies along the way after losing the Charmander.
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i found this mushroom-ear crab thing before i go back inside. i caught it, but the game ball froze or whatever and i had to close out the game. but i find it again inside the kitchen and caught it real good this time.
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Ahhh love your re-caps <3 friggin lil bugger that charmander, next time next time

omg I remember that mushroom crab thing but forget the name... So funny and entertaining... My co-worker got it!! Excited to see what she caught and if she's addicted tomorrow.

Winter is coming! Go Team Mystic! I was finally able to capture a gym for my team around my area. A little happy. Hopefully I can keep it up.

I've been having trouble controlling myself to get the lucky eggs to level up my player. I have to argue with myself to not spend the extra cash an d just pokehunt for awhile. It's a slow process but it works for me. I mean its a FREE game that I should enjoy without having to spend money. My better half usually wins the argument since she has a strong argument. Either new hognose or by virtual pixels.

Hognose used adorable face!

It's super effective! Lol

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The game is still super glitchy, but I've found when catching Pokemon, if it freezes on a close up of the pokeball, like it goes in the ball but doesn't move, them just wait for the loading icon in the upper left corner to finish and go away. Restart the app, and the Pokemon should be there! If it freezes with the pokeball far away from you and the background moving around, then I don't generally retain the Pokemon. I think sometimes the level of the Pokemon also has a part to play. I was trying to catch a Clefable with a red ring, and that was the only time that trick hasn't worked for me. (Ranges from green for easiest to catch and red for hardest.). I have yet to try to capture a gym but i have a lv 532 Vaporeon so if I'm in town I may give it a try.


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Omg Ax, congrats capturing your gym!!

The two gyms I captured are still going strong on the 5th day and more valors are training and adding their pokemon. I'm so glad. STARDUST AND MONEY YESS.

Cloud, same, it's been super glitchy the past couple days for me in particular! When I tried playing yesterday afternoon, it froze at the pokeball (after throwing at a pokemon) almost 9/10 times. It was bad. I restart, but sometimes the pokemon is just still in the field and I have to try again. And sometimes the pokemon flees my second try. I wasted so many pokeballs and razz berries with the glitching. :bow:

Me pokemangs.

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OK, Well this isn't going to be popular (and I haven't read thru the whole thread)...

Never heard of the damn thing until a week ago, and now ref.'s to it are everywhere!
I'm not sure the term strictly applies, but somehow the word, "transhumanism" comes to mind.

Just be careful.
Please.

My friend just *broke* her toe playing Pokemon Go. The doctor was actually oddly excited to be treating the ER's first 'Pokemon related injury'...that phrase is now in her medical chart. She is also oddly proud. She was trying to catch one and stepped off the curb wrong. Sigh.

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Never heard of the damn thing until a week ago, and now ref.'s to it are everywhere!
I'm not sure the term strictly applies, but somehow the word, "transhumanism" comes to mind.

Just be careful.
Please.

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As reddit says, natural selection... LOL.

Here is an article with a slightly take on it, apart from my specific concern, and also that of physical safety.
Worth a read.

https://www.corbettreport.com/the-ci...riot-act-cant/

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Originally Posted by distaff

Here is an article with a slightly take on it, apart from my specific concern, and also that of physical safety.
Worth a read.

https://www.corbettreport.com/the-ci...riot-act-cant/

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Lol I just explained the game and concept to my pops who is completely against technology in general besides television haha he gets super worked up and it was really funny for me. Especially because I was explaining how my co-worker was wandering all around the office/yard/pit looking for Pokemon today hahah I'll never actually download it myself but I still think it's hilarious and fun. I just like it because it's getting everyone all riled up. Hopefully no one is seriously injured playing this but people need to be responsible for their actions.


Piedlover - SUCH a funny/weird story - this is what I'm talking about though people are just entertained by the thought of this game, brilliant idea whoever came up with it. Pokemon make a mass comeback, still cute and still addicting!

I just want non gen 1 pokes :(


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I just want non gen 1 pokes :(


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I'm guessing the later gens will come as expansions.

DARN YOU PEOPLE!! Lol, I couldn't help myself. Can't hurt to try it I said. Might get the family some exercise, I said. Where's the harm? I thought to myself. Well in less than 2 days I had to shut the whole family down as we had just about blown out our data plan. I have no clue how anyone has the data to play this game all that much. Burned a little over a gig and a half in that time. Granted, wife and kid were playing a bit obsessively, but since it got them moving, I wasn't gonna gripe. Now I'm being bombarded with requests for a new phone from the kid as hers is too old to be able to run the game (she was helping mom play and stealing my phone every chance she had), and the wife is talking about looking into more data, as if our phone bill isn't high enough. I guess I should have known..

I love the original gen crew, so I had to start playing a little. I'm a filthy casual, but it's fun!

This has been the story of my life so far with it, though. [emoji20]

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It's so crazy how this has taken off. I am hooked as well.


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