Pokemon - anyone else catching them?
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The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.0
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The pokestops are where they are. You can't move them or make new ones.
So for a creeper to use it as a way to get at people isn't so much "luring" them.
So unless hanging out at the local playground, ice cream stand or casino (places where a perp knows they will gain access to victims) also counts as luring, it would be more accurate to say that "creeps have been hanging out around pokestops because they know people will show up" than to say that they're luring people.
To me, luring people signifies having control of where and when the bait is presented which is not the case here.
So maybe instead of scaremongering by throwing out statements like "oh my word, freaks are using it to lure victims!" it might be better to say "hey, just because there's a pokestop at the bar across town doesn't mean it's a good place to hang out at night" or "even though there's a pokestop in the local park, that doesn't work as a security feature so you should probably still not let your small kids go there alone because pervs hang out at parks."5 -
Not a fan of it, not a fan of people crashing into me while walking or crashing into my car while they are preoccupied with Pokeman and many other things on the cellphone. Someone will soon be killed.0
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Carlos_421 wrote: »The pokestops are where they are. You can't move them or make new ones.
So for a creeper to use it as a way to get at people isn't so much "luring" them.
So unless hanging out at the local playground, ice cream stand or casino (places where a perp knows they will gain access to victims) also counts as luring, it would be more accurate to say that "creeps have been hanging out around pokestops because they know people will show up" than to say that they're luring people.
To me, luring people signifies having control of where and when the bait is presented which is not the case here.
So maybe instead of scaremongering by throwing out statements like "oh my word, freaks are using it to lure victims!" it might be better to say "hey, just because there's a pokestop at the bar across town doesn't mean it's a good place to hang out at night" or "even though there's a pokestop in the local park, that doesn't work as a security feature so you should probably still not let your small kids go there alone because pervs hang out at parks."
Seriously. A new game comes out and everyone loses their mind. Common sense has nothing to do with Pokemon, nor does pedophiles and all the other random scaremongering that seems to have come out with the game. People act like no one has ever driven and texted, or ran into crap while changing their playlist on their phone. Pokemon has nothing to do with stupidity, people do.4 -
How about thugs also luring people to commit robbery on them?Packerjohn wrote: »The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.
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cwolfman13 wrote: »Don't pokemon and drive...I have an acquaintance who is a cyclist and she was hit by a car Tuesday...the driver was playing pokemon and basically blasted right through her. She is in critical condition and may lose a leg.
Play the little game if you like, but use some friggin' common sense...I swear, stuff like this comes out and people turn into complete morons.
omg yes! Who the hells bells would drive and play!!! For goodness sake, what an idiot!!! I'll be praying for your friend.0 -
RachelElser wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »Don't pokemon and drive...I have an acquaintance who is a cyclist and she was hit by a car Tuesday...the driver was playing pokemon and basically blasted right through her. She is in critical condition and may lose a leg.
Play the little game if you like, but use some friggin' common sense...I swear, stuff like this comes out and people turn into complete morons.
omg yes! Who the hells bells would drive and play!!! For goodness sake, what an idiot!!! I'll be praying for your friend.
The same people that would text and drive, or FB and drive, or Instagram and drive.... etc.1 -
Packerjohn wrote: »The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.
Business are saying that you can 'enter' as a paying Pokemon customer only too.. This eliminates those just going in to the store to catch Pokemon and taking up space in their business and not there to be a real consumer.
I am seeing some really stupid things come about from this new craze. For example, our local weather (that I watch everyday) always give a morning joggers forecast. Today the forecast was for Pokemon Go. I think this sort of did it for me on this for a while!!0 -
I keep hearing about this. Seems like a fun game for kids, but I am not interested. Is it really that fun lol?0
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How about thugs also luring people to commit robbery on them?Packerjohn wrote: »The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.
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A Pokemon GO armed robbery happened in my town of O'Fallon, Missouri, on Sunday morning. In that case it was 2:00 a.m. on a weekend, and everyone involved was 18 years old or younger. In my opinion, rules of common sense apply; why are 18-year-olds driving to poorly-lit places at 2:00 a.m., where they know they'll run into strangers?
But, being 5 days ago, at that point the game was too new for the potential dangers of it to be abundantly clear. Now that news stories are starting to appear, make sure your kids and anyone else playing the game know the risks--and how to avoid them.
The bottom line is that the fitness and social aspects of the game make it a net positive--provided the risks involved are properly mitigated.1 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »I keep hearing about this. Seems like a fun game for kids, but I am not interested. Is it really that fun lol?
If you like video games, walking around with your phone for hours (which most people alreayd do so it should not be any different) and constantly running into people or things, tripping, falling, bruising yourself, breaking your toe if you do run into something or fall, or do not mind being run into by kids not paying attention, or grown up adults for that matter, then yeah its that fun!
I will stick to my gaming console at home!0 -
How about thugs also luring people to commit robbery on them?Packerjohn wrote: »The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.
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A Pokemon GO armed robbery happened in my town of O'Fallon, Missouri, on Sunday morning. In that case it was 2:00 a.m. on a weekend, and everyone involved was 18 years old or younger. In my opinion, rules of common sense apply; why are 18-year-olds driving to poorly-lit places at 2:00 a.m., where they know they'll run into strangers?
But, being 5 days ago, at that point the game was too new for the potential dangers of it to be abundantly clear. Now that news stories are starting to appear, make sure your kids and anyone else playing the game know the risks--and how to avoid them.
The bottom line is that the fitness and social aspects of the game make it a net positive--provided the risks involved are properly mitigated.
But the only places where people are actually going to gather would be pokestops and gyms, and all those are at famous places, like monuments, town hall, historical buildings etc. not like dark alleys or whatever people seem to imagine.1 -
A lot of my friends are either super into it or really against it. But, really, whatever gets you moving. I personally enjoy listening to music and enjoying the sights of the city, rather than looking at a screen, but that's a matter of preference. I mean, you know what I listen to music on? My phone. I don't like walking without my phone either because I like music.
My only issue is when people playing stop on the sidewalk and interrupt my pace!0 -
How about thugs also luring people to commit robbery on them?Packerjohn wrote: »The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.
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Lol the thugs got that figured out the day after it came out. Took the chamber of commerce 4-5 days.0 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »The pokestops are where they are. You can't move them or make new ones.
So for a creeper to use it as a way to get at people isn't so much "luring" them.
So unless hanging out at the local playground, ice cream stand or casino (places where a perp knows they will gain access to victims) also counts as luring, it would be more accurate to say that "creeps have been hanging out around pokestops because they know people will show up" than to say that they're luring people.
To me, luring people signifies having control of where and when the bait is presented which is not the case here.
So maybe instead of scaremongering by throwing out statements like "oh my word, freaks are using it to lure victims!" it might be better to say "hey, just because there's a pokestop at the bar across town doesn't mean it's a good place to hang out at night" or "even though there's a pokestop in the local park, that doesn't work as a security feature so you should probably still not let your small kids go there alone because pervs hang out at parks."
That's not quite accurate - you can control when the bait is presented. A Pokestop will bring people in, yes, but what people are doing is putting lures on the Pokestops - it's a half hour chance to catch more/rarer Pokemon for anyone in the vicinity, signified on the map by pink flower petals swirling around the Pokestop. I don't know about anyone else but if I'm out exploring and see a Pokestop with a lure on it, I beeline towards it.
@stevencloser - also not entirely accurate as I've seen some sketchy ones. There's a water tower near me in a somewhat abandoned place, and a Pokestop in the back parking lot of a rec center that is quite empty and creepy and off the beaten path at night. A bench outside my office, certainly not a monument or a town hall, is one. I can easily imagine half a dozen Pokestops within walking distance of my apartment that I wouldn't visit alone at night.
I still love the game and I agree that people are overreacting and blaming the game for something that's not its fault, I just wanted to clear up a few misconceptions
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stevencloser wrote: »
How about thugs also luring people to commit robbery on them?Packerjohn wrote: »The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.
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A Pokemon GO armed robbery happened in my town of O'Fallon, Missouri, on Sunday morning. In that case it was 2:00 a.m. on a weekend, and everyone involved was 18 years old or younger. In my opinion, rules of common sense apply; why are 18-year-olds driving to poorly-lit places at 2:00 a.m., where they know they'll run into strangers?
But, being 5 days ago, at that point the game was too new for the potential dangers of it to be abundantly clear. Now that news stories are starting to appear, make sure your kids and anyone else playing the game know the risks--and how to avoid them.
The bottom line is that the fitness and social aspects of the game make it a net positive--provided the risks involved are properly mitigated.
But the only places where people are actually going to gather would be pokestops and gyms, and all those are at famous places, like monuments, town hall, historical buildings etc. not like dark alleys or whatever people seem to imagine.
My son showed me this when it first came out and before he deleted it due to data security risks. We live in a subdivision built on a public golf course. Not a dangerous area but isolated especially at night. There was a Pokemon on the 15th tee at 10 PM. Nice place for someone wanting to ambush a Pokemon hunter.0 -
Here's a question I've been thinking about since this came out - for all of the people saying this game is exercise, do you think this would count more as deliberate exercise, or would it just be part of your overall NEAT for the day?0
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Packerjohn wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »
How about thugs also luring people to commit robbery on them?Packerjohn wrote: »The local Chamber of Commerce has just posted instructions on how business can use the game to lure people to their locations.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
A Pokemon GO armed robbery happened in my town of O'Fallon, Missouri, on Sunday morning. In that case it was 2:00 a.m. on a weekend, and everyone involved was 18 years old or younger. In my opinion, rules of common sense apply; why are 18-year-olds driving to poorly-lit places at 2:00 a.m., where they know they'll run into strangers?
But, being 5 days ago, at that point the game was too new for the potential dangers of it to be abundantly clear. Now that news stories are starting to appear, make sure your kids and anyone else playing the game know the risks--and how to avoid them.
The bottom line is that the fitness and social aspects of the game make it a net positive--provided the risks involved are properly mitigated.
But the only places where people are actually going to gather would be pokestops and gyms, and all those are at famous places, like monuments, town hall, historical buildings etc. not like dark alleys or whatever people seem to imagine.
My son showed me this when it first came out and before he deleted it due to data security risks. We live in a subdivision built on a public golf course. Not a dangerous area but isolated especially at night. There was a Pokemon on the 15th tee at 10 PM. Nice place for someone wanting to ambush a Pokemon hunter.
The pokemon themselves are anywhere and everywhere. It's the pokestops that can be used to draw people in.0 -
dragon_girl26 wrote: »Here's a question I've been thinking about since this came out - for all of the people saying this game is exercise, do you think this would count more as deliberate exercise, or would it just be part of your overall NEAT for the day?
If you're just putting around a park or mall or something, it wouldn't count for exercise.0 -
PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »dragon_girl26 wrote: »Here's a question I've been thinking about since this came out - for all of the people saying this game is exercise, do you think this would count more as deliberate exercise, or would it just be part of your overall NEAT for the day?
If you're just putting around a park or mall or something, it wouldn't count for exercise.
It could be counted as exercise, if it's meant as an exercise. Even if you are just putting around a park. NEAT is any activity that is not a deliberate exercise. I think if you are out for the purpose of playing not for the purpose of being active it's NEAT, if you are out to get your steps but use it as an opportunity to catch pokemon, it's exercise.0
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