Pokémon Go Anyone?
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Software is still glitchy, but I think I figured out how to work around it most of the time.
Caught a Meowth last night on a dog walk. Battery has been keeping up better lately too. Still bemoaning the fact that small towns aren't great places to collect pokemon. I read they recently changed up the spawn points to get different monsters to different areas, but I'm still seeing more Pidgeys, Wheedles and few others mostly. Just about ready to use my egg and level up as soon as I can sit down for a bit and evolve some of them. Need a solid plan to maximize the XP.
Caught a Meowth last night on a dog walk. Battery has been keeping up better lately too. Still bemoaning the fact that small towns aren't great places to collect pokemon. I read they recently changed up the spawn points to get different monsters to different areas, but I'm still seeing more Pidgeys, Wheedles and few others mostly. Just about ready to use my egg and level up as soon as I can sit down for a bit and evolve some of them. Need a solid plan to maximize the XP.
I'm going to stop evolving for a while. Getting better Pokémon at lvl 14. Best to just ride out for a while and see what I have in another few lvls.
hoppyhoppyhippo
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Yeah, knowing what I know now I would have gone back and played the game totally differently in the past.Would have better pokemon now forsure.
Kid practiced driving last night. Afterward as we started for home I loaded up a new app to find Pokemon. It's called Smart Poke 2.
As we pulled down our road I got it loaded and figured out. I had her swing around the block, and then over by her friend's house to get a Gastley and a Tauros. She was excited because she didn't have a Tauros. I didn't get anything new or exciting, but sitting there on the side of the street we got a few Pokemons and I think that is one of them honey holes for pokemon.
As we pulled down our road I got it loaded and figured out. I had her swing around the block, and then over by her friend's house to get a Gastley and a Tauros. She was excited because she didn't have a Tauros. I didn't get anything new or exciting, but sitting there on the side of the street we got a few Pokemons and I think that is one of them honey holes for pokemon.
Teaches kid to drive so she can chaufer him around for Pokémon. Man's got game.
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brewshki
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I love this game so far! I almost posted something when it came out but avoided haha. I'm team instinct so I basically change gyms over by myself and watch my Pokemon come back to me a few hours later. But it's totally cool
They aren't doing a very good job of fixing problems. The solution seems to remove the feature instead.
They killed my latest pokemon finding app. And now there are no steps to even try to follow. It's almost random happenstance to find things now.
Hit 12 last night. I was going to save my spare low level pokemons for when I use a lucky egg so I can level faster, but I ended up just bumping up to level 12 by evolving a couple without an egg.
Need to do more battles. I have way too many healing potions.
They killed my latest pokemon finding app. And now there are no steps to even try to follow. It's almost random happenstance to find things now.
Hit 12 last night. I was going to save my spare low level pokemons for when I use a lucky egg so I can level faster, but I ended up just bumping up to level 12 by evolving a couple without an egg.
Need to do more battles. I have way too many healing potions.
brewshki
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That's what I started doing too and then all of a sudden you get low on healing items. A vicious but fun circle. I do think it is odd they included a feature to help hunt Pokemon and then took it away. I don't think it would have been as big of a deal if they didn't have it originally and we didn't know what we were missing. There was a pikachu and poliwag on my nearby screen and I walked maybe a quarter mile back towards home and they were still on the screen but nowhere to be found. I would definitely like both of them but it would take me forever to find them this way. And they would probably just despawn before I could get there.
I think they just started having problems with the way it worked after an update and then tried to fix it and that failed so they just took it out so people weren't confused by it.
Either that or they will bring a compass into the game later that you can purchase from the store...
My town is so small I have almost no hope of catching them all. I just try to hit a few places when I'm out and about. The location app could have at least helped me know where certain pokemon have been found
brewshki
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I don't know if you care enough to actually do this, but you can ask Niantic to add a poke stop or gym (I think) near you. The idea is that people in small towns or rural places have the potential of adding places so it's better to play. I like in a suburban area that is decent but it was nothing like when I went to DC and there were literally poke stops everywhere.
We have probably 4-5 gyms and a "decent" number of stops, but I haven't seen too many new pokemons. Maybe I will unlock more as I level up?
I checked for any new maps, and there are a couple online maps, but they are only really active for larger cities.
I'm not going to worry too much about it. I still think it's fun to go for a walk in the evening and hit a few stops and see what pops up. The dog has been liking the walks too. She likes to walk, but she's kind of nervous about noises. I think going out more often will help her get over this.
I'd take both dogs, but I don't think I could handle them both and nobody else wants to walk them. At least they calm down enough after a block or two to stop and wait for me to throw a few pokeballs.
I took over a gym! It only had two Pokémon in it, but I took over a gym. 
brewshki
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I took over a gym! It only had two Pokémon in it, but I took over a gym.
Good work. Is your Pokemon already back with you? Mine never stay very long haha.
Yeah. That didn't last long.
brewshki
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I honestly don't understand why you can only collect the defender bonus once a day. There is no way my Pokemon can stay in a gym that long. And it just discourages me from going to more gyms.
I have barely touched the gym thing. A friend and his kid and ex downed a gym so I could get my pokemon in there and collect the prizes. I had to sneak one in later and pull out the stuff. I saw a single low-level pokemon at a gym yesterday, but the kid was practice driving and I didn't feel like stopping long enough to take it down and insert my own in there.
I think I've powered-up a pokemon once. I have 46436 stardust. I should read up on how to make it most effective and power up some of these guys.
Funny story. I walk over to a client's house to fix their gmail login and end up walking past the Post Office on the way home. There is this young lady sitting there on the grass with her feet in the street. She's been there often during the past several days. Even my wife noticed it. I think she is strategically located between two Pokestops and a Gym.
Anyway, I'm walking past and I ask, "What's your trainer name?" and she said, "I don't play the game." mumbled something about her phone.
And I am wondering, if she doesn't play the game, why the hell does she sit there day after day with her feet in the street??
I think I've powered-up a pokemon once. I have 46436 stardust. I should read up on how to make it most effective and power up some of these guys.
Funny story. I walk over to a client's house to fix their gmail login and end up walking past the Post Office on the way home. There is this young lady sitting there on the grass with her feet in the street. She's been there often during the past several days. Even my wife noticed it. I think she is strategically located between two Pokestops and a Gym.
Anyway, I'm walking past and I ask, "What's your trainer name?" and she said, "I don't play the game." mumbled something about her phone.
And I am wondering, if she doesn't play the game, why the hell does she sit there day after day with her feet in the street??
Oh boy Homer. You have a lot to learn. Was there also a guy on the corner with a funny hat, cane and technicolor dream coat?
YEAH! I saw him last night, but I was afraid to approach the creepy bugger!
Got him on camera, though:
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I seem to have gotten the update. I will give a test tonight after work to see if I got all the features I have seen on line.
brewshki
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I have the new trailer and it's pretty cool to look at. Unfortunately, it's still relatively difficult to track anything down. Reddit thinks that Pokemon come off the sightings page when you are more than 200 meters away. There is conjecture that the top left is the closest but it's hard to tell. It's better than nothing as now there is at least a way to know if something cool is nearby but it's nowhere near as easy/accurate as the old three steps in terms of tracking down a specific Pokemon.
BlkWater_brewer
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Personally I'd rather slam my fingers in a car door, before playing it. But to each their own.
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Thanks for the words of wisdom
brewshki
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^^lolololol
brewshki
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Totally wrong, I do not have the beta sightings thing. Oops haha
Everybody is supposed to get the new sightings update. There is another tracker being sent to people in the San Fran area, from what I hear.
I think the new tracker works better, but I didn't have a chance to really test it out.
Last night must have been a full moon because I heard of a BUNCH of people seeing scads of rare pokemons. There was something near me that I hadn't gotten yet, but I was in the middle of a brew club meeting, so it went uncaptured.
I think the new tracker works better, but I didn't have a chance to really test it out.
Last night must have been a full moon because I heard of a BUNCH of people seeing scads of rare pokemons. There was something near me that I hadn't gotten yet, but I was in the middle of a brew club meeting, so it went uncaptured.
