Gaming Pokémon Go (Android, iOS)

Razvan

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My job is a postman. I walk 3/4 miles a day but often up and down the same 8/9 streets. Should i do quite well if i keep an eye out for pokemons. No idea why im so up for this game. Ive never liked pokemon.
Yes. You can find eggs that only hatch once you walk a certain distance (2/5/10km), so that's not going to be a problem for you.
 

TheSamulator

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Can someone explain why this is so popular?

My natural reaction is to shit all over it because, lads, it's Pokemon. And as far as I was aware, Pokemon was a game for teenage Japanese girls.
I was wondering the same thing. I get why school kids might be interested, but my Facebook stream has grown men posting about searching for and finding Pokemon.
Did either of you play these when you were kids? Big part of growing up was playing Pokemon games for me, some great memories and this takes me right back tbh. Bit of a shame that it bothers people so much really.
 

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Coins are fine, use them on lucky eggs when you have lots of pokemon to evolve or lots of new pokemon to catch (incense).

I wouldnt buy balls either. I live in the middle of nowehere and havent run out yet by stopping off at random pokestops on the way to work :D
Thanks for the tips.

Any reason I cant exchange for poke balls? Keeps repeating "something went wrong"?
 

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As funny as it sounds, it can actually serve its purpose for exercise too. Went for my usual run but decided I would use an incense and keep my phone on the whole time. Had 5 minutes left on it by the time I got back home so I kept going to finish the incense when normally I would stop :lol:
Hatched 2 eggs on that run too. Only problem is slowing down to a walk whenever a pokemon popped up and then running when I caught it
 

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As funny as it sounds, it can actually serve its purpose for exercise too. Went for my usual run but decided I would use an incense and keep my phone on the whole time. Had 5 minutes left on it by the time I got back home so I kept going to finish the incense when normally I would stop :lol:
Hatched 2 eggs on that run too. Only problem is slowing down to a walk whenever a pokemon popped up and then running when I caught it
(HIIT)
 

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Okay guys, I need your help!

These are the gyms that I lost. I need to raise them both up about 1000 points for me to be able to put a 4th pokemon in them. To do that, I need to beat the lowest pokemon (I think) which are these:

Gym 1


Gym 2
Unfortunately, my roster isnt anywhere near as impressive

Roster

Obviously I'm going to power my best ones up before I try... what should I go with
 

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Am I better off transfer a Drowzee CP ~169 and powering up my Hypno CP ~120 or transferring my Hypno and trying to evolve the Drowzee?
 

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Drove around for 15 minutes in my locality to catch some pokemons. I am truly addicted to this. :nervous:

Anyone knows when the gyms appear and when you get asked to join a team? I am on level 6 but can't see any gyms and can't join any team either.
 

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Did either of you play these when you were kids? Big part of growing up was playing Pokemon games for me, some great memories and this takes me right back tbh. Bit of a shame that it bothers people so much really.
Sadly nope, I was at uni by time they were released so never caught the bug first time round. So is it basically a nostalgia trip, or something more to it? I'll give it a download, my kids are 7 and 5 so will probably want it anyway.
 

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Drove around for 15 minutes in my locality to catch some pokemons. I am truly addicted to this. :nervous:

Anyone knows when the gyms appear and when you get asked to join a team? I am on level 6 but can't see any gyms and can't join any team either.
Gyms always appear but you need to be level 5 to fight and join a team. You will be prompted to join one when you visit your first gym after level 5.
 

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Gyms always appear but you need to be level 5 to fight and join a team. You will be prompted to join one when you visit your first gym after level 5.
Thanks. I will have to go for a gym search then. Pretty sure that it will be unoccupied. Hardly anyone plays the game in my city which has over a million inhabitants. :lol:
 

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Thanks. I will have to go for a gym search then. Pretty sure that it will be unoccupied. Hardly anyone plays the game in my city which has over a million inhabitants. :lol:
Every gym here in Mumbai is taken already. I found one empty spot today but was thrown out just 30 mins later :mad:
 

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As funny as it sounds, it can actually serve its purpose for exercise too. Went for my usual run but decided I would use an incense and keep my phone on the whole time. Had 5 minutes left on it by the time I got back home so I kept going to finish the incense when normally I would stop :lol:
Hatched 2 eggs on that run too. Only problem is slowing down to a walk whenever a pokemon popped up and then running when I caught it
I'd so do this if I could get Pokemon Go to work when the screen's off.
 

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Every gym here in Mumbai is taken already. I found one empty spot today but was thrown out just 30 mins later :mad:
Guess I am underestimating India then. I haven't seen anyone from my city playing or liking, sharing, or commenting on anything pokemonGo-related on facebook.
 

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I'd so do this if I could get Pokemon Go to work when the screen's off.
Just set your phone to shut the screen off after 10 minutes or whatever, that way it stays on. Its not bad on data at all and the battery wasnt terrible either
 

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Just been on a 10 mile walk with my 4 brothers and sisters. This game is bloody good to get people exercising.

Theres a gym 1 minute from my home that I took over. 10 minutes later its occupied by a level 752 Hypno ffs. Best I have is a 392 golbat
 

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Just set your phone to shut the screen off after 10 minutes or whatever, that way it stays on. Its not bad on data at all and the battery wasnt terrible either
It rinses my battery, I think between GO!, Nike Running and Spotify my phone will die before I get out the door I think.
 

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Am I better off transfer a Drowzee CP ~169 and powering up my Hypno CP ~120 or transferring my Hypno and trying to evolve the Drowzee?
I am not 100% sure on this but I think getting rid of the Hypno and ranking the Drowzee is the best way to do it.
As for powering up Pokemon, I am not sure yet, but personally, being low rank, you are always finding stronger pokemon, so pumping loads of stardust into a pokemon and then finding the same one a few hours later but much stronger would be a sickner

Just my opinion though
 

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Westboro baptist church getting involved :lol:

I've got it, walked around, got loads of gnats in my face, got a few odd looks, caught a bat, no idea what to do with the fecking creature, game crashed. 4/10, better than Rooney and got me out on a day off, which wouldn't have happened.

Also, go to gmail and change yr privacy settings if yr playing this.
 

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Woo hoo! Just captured a gym. It was the first one I've found which wasn't stupidly overpowered. Doubt I'll be able to keep it though, I don't even come here often.
 

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Just effectively carried out a drive by on a gym whilst jogging. :lol:

Two kids were loitering outside one of the ones that had pokemon of CP1000+ guarding it earlier today, fired up the app and noticed that it had changed to yellow and had a shitty Bedrill guarding it with the kids walking off. Slowed down my jog, smashed it in seconds and put my own Pokemon in as I jogged off. Reckon they can only have had it five minutes.

It's one of the University's science buildings, so I have no illusion I'm going to keep it past 9AM tomorrow morning, but still, its my first gym.
 

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How are people catching things sat at home. I've tried a couple of times today and can't find anything here.
Depends on location. I find nothing at my house unless I put down incense...
I had one today which I just binned instead of clicking use apparently!
 

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There's basically nothing for me to do when I try and play at home. Put an incense down and got 3 fights in half an hour, a couple of Pidgeys and a Rattata. Other than that there's a couple of stops about a mile away.
 

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I saw two guys today on a highway stopped in the emergency lane and going around with their phones probably playing this. Someone is going to be killed sooner or later.
 

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Yeah I just realised I had incense. Got like 5 pokemon in the half an hour with the first being a pidgeotto which is now my strongest pokemon and has got me to a level 5. After only starting today I'm quite happy with that.

People seem to have got to like 700cp pokemon already which is crazy 178 is as far as I've got today. Can see me being on this for quite a while tomorrow!
 

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feck me, someone just took my gym. It's midnight for god's sake!
 

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I have a day off tomorrow. I've noticed that an old, unused railway line by my house is classed as a road, so I think I'll go for a ride up and down it and keep stopping every time I feel my phone go... I'm hooked aren't I? :(