Pokemon Go

jm216 wrote: »

shadow2soul wrote: »

I love playing it. Be careful though. My mom informed me last night that people are putting lures on pokestops to attract pokemon go players and then robbing them at gun point (my mom is a dispatcher and has apparently had a lot of calls about it).

So sad... And pathetic!

But true. Adults should know better, I am concerned about the distracted children. Kids get too distracted, I saw a child run right into the pond in our local park, Looking for Pokemon.

And why the emphasis on battles etc. Don't we have enough battles on TV news between the cops and civilians right now?

Adults should know better,they are targets. It has been reported that adults have fallen from cliffs already. And finding dead bodies is not my idea of a fun time.

I do see that organizations could get kids and parents to parks, etc. for events with this. But using it like it currently used? Not so good.

If I want to take a long walk with my phone, I will use geocaching or simply listen to podcasts while walking. Not nearly as distracting.

So far, and I am in the UK, I have seen what can only be described as dangerous behavior. I've seen people do an emergency stop in their cars as they "spotted" a pokemon, blocking roads, pavements, cycle paths (pedestrians that is - super irritating when you're trying to cycle), getting in the way of others who are trying to get somewhere, walking into trees/lamp-posts/getting really close to the edge of water (I thought that the players were supposed to be able to see their surroundings through their cameras?), neglecting their children (to a point whereby earlier today we saw two children (probably about 5 or six years old) almost fall into a lake - their parents were playing the game and let the children wander off so they decided to play by the side of and in the lake.

Absolute madness. I cannot get over the idiocy of people.

I love the game so far. And there are always good and bad with anything, especially something newer to the general population. A personal reason why I continue to use it besides it being fun, is that my husband is also starting to pick it up and do a bit of walking finally. And he's even asked to get our mountain bikes repaired.

I love it!

I downloaded it for nostalgia's sake and seeing what used to be tiny grey pixels on a green screen suddenly become fully rendered 3D animations in the "real world"!

I went out and played it properly on Sunday and it was amazing I had no idea that there were so many points of interest in my town. It's definitely making me look for excuses to walk to the shop or have a walk outside on my lunch break. It eats a lot of battery life, but I suppose it depends how long you use it for.

You also get eggs that hatch when you walk a certain distance so you can set yourself goals. I think if it was integrated into the MyFitnessPal app, that would be amazing!

I think zombiesRun! should be integrated as well.

I play it. My kids are really young so we do play together on my phone. But, to be honest, I love it myself haha. I've never played Pokemon, this is the first time ever, and I'm 30 haha but I really like it. I just play it here and there when I'm out and about. As long as everyone is responsible, I think it's great in getting everyone to move and have fun

My 19 year old suffers with anxiety and depression and it gets her out of the house a lot more. I have a 22 and a 24 yr old who play it too. It's great x

jm216 wrote: »

I waste so many Pokeballs trying to catch guys that keep jumping out. Any secrets?

turn off of the AR
hold the ball until the circle is kinda small. if it disappears, they can block it.
green is easy yellow in between orange is hard red is HARD-

all of these are "typical" and there are exceptions