Pokemon Go
- Started 9 years ago
- Last post 2 years ago
- 215 Responses
- Bennn0
thats really crazy how much press that game got in the last 2 days. Summer news are always slow, it was the perfect time i guess.
- wont hear about it anymore come augustCygnusZero4
- wanna bet?pango
- of course. the press will move. but for now LOTS of people are attracted by the hype the press is creating. people want to be part of the party.Bennn
- Summer news slow? Come visit the UK!
Thought shit was going down over there as well?fadein11
- true_cut2
Although strangely addictive it's a bit limited at the moment, almost a bit like an open beta, at least in London anyway. However the potential is massive, and I can see once it rolls out globally there being huge opportunities to do lots of cool shit with it, such as special events, competitions, battles, trading, etc.
At the moment it seems like they're almost testing the water (probably wise given the server teething problems) but as it's an app they can of course add features and improvements to it indefinitely. I'm enjoying it purely for the nostalgia value and the fact it encourages you to wander around and find interesting new spots in town, haven't yet done any battles but they sound pretty limited, requiring little to no skill/tactics to win. If they can bring in the strategic elements that made the original games so popular, combined with the AR/GPS stuff that already works well, it could be an awful lot of fun. As it stands it seems like a bit of a glorified tech demo in its current form, albeit a strangely addictive one.
- also, absolutely kicking myself for not exploring the possibility of buying nintendo shares, this will be a phenomenon, just watchtrue_cut
- where did you download from? it's not out in UK yet is it?fadein11
- http://www.macworld.…true_cut
- ^ pretty simple, took 10 mins tops, just find a random AU/NZ/US address to use.true_cut
- having said that, a friend tried and failed to get this to work, either he missed a step or they've taken action to close the workaround somehowtrue_cut
- amazed that many people in London are playing having done thatfadein11
- thanks - I think I will wait - potential for phone virus too highfadein11
- phone virus? presume you must be an android user. agreed RE those third party APKs, look sketchy as shit, the iOS method is just a simple loophole thoughtrue_cut
- yep Android - already hearing there are nasties out therefadein11
- UK release imminent anyway apparently, so definitely not worth the risktrue_cut
- monospaced2
It's getting hard to walk down the street at a decent pace in Manhattan because everyone's staring at their damn phones. Still seeing people wander into intersections without even looking. It's only a matter of time before serious accidents happen.
- and yes, they are playing Pokemon Go, not just checking emailmonospaced
- this is very true, sadly the zombie smartphone user apocalypse started a long time ago though, this app is just another nail in that coffintrue_cut
- though i can foresee problems with the 'luring' aspect to it, especially in the US. people are already using it as bait to commit crimetrue_cut
- I'm no better. I know if I open the app I'll do teh same damn thing. Walking in Manhattan is like driving as it takes almost all your attention just to navigatemonospaced
- Same shit in central London. Always used to bitch about the smartphone drones lacking any sort of spacial awareness but slowly becoming one myself now!true_cut
- ^ it's not out in UK yet?fadein11
- ^ see note on post abovetrue_cut
- pablo2810
- LOLKrassy
- Cygnus?true_cut
- Haha********
- ++moldero
- hehePonyBoy
- get off my laaawwwwwn!Ianbolton
- my dad is totally this guy. right down to the expressions...exador1
- • not racist though, and has an awesome sense of humour... aside from that tho...carbon copy....exador1
- was watching that movie with my wife a while back, and she was the one to spot it...
'holy fuck....thats your dad!'...lol....exador1
- GeorgesII-3
Dusseldorf
- trooperbill0
would be awesome... if it worked
half the time it wont even connect
you capture a pokemon and it sits in the ball and locks up the app
points of interest fail because it takes too long to download the imagery
ar is fun but not when the playing field isnt a table top, then you just loose all your pokeballs
gps is shit and your man keeps leaping all over the place
huge tracks of land where theres no pokemon or points of interest
5/10
- sounds like you have serious data speed and gps issues and that your complaints should be to your service provider insteadmonospaced
- nah, i think this is server/client side. I had no issues on monday but trying to use it today was an exercise in futility, they're getting hammered atmtrue_cut
- FWIW i have an unlimited 4G data plan and nearly always have a strong signal, so I think the issue is on their side, many people reporting issues it seemstrue_cut
- yeah, these problems are nearly universal. will be fixed eventually either through updates or more/better servers.sarahfailin
- imbecile0
- lol********
- how'd pikachu get all the way up in there?!********
- It's like anus hamster fetish... But now with electricity...pango
- looks fairly healthysarahfailin
- lol
- ********0
Holocaust Museum Tells Visitors: Stop Playing Pokemon Go
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech…
- sarahfailin0
hey pockets, what happened to that pic of Mew you posted? Is this a QBN Mod coverup?
- it was photoshopped.. all lies..********
- can you re-post it? i want to juke my friends.sarahfailin
- it was photoshopped.. all lies..
- ********2
duct taped my phone to a ceiling fan to hatch eggs....works like a champ
- Bennn0
can pokemons appears at dangerous or hazardous places? who chose where they appears? a computer?
- googlemonospaced
- so pokemons will eventually appears at dangerous placesBennn
- an app called ingress made previously by niantic, had ppl taking pictures of landmarks and naming them. they used that datasarahfailin
- Bennn-1
- "what have you achieved in the last year that you're very proud of Bobby?"
- "i've found 459 pokemons!"
- utopian-1
FUCK ME!
- PonyBoy1
won't DL for me :(
- trying for 3+ hours... barely halfway DLed from app store... I want to sniffler some balls too :(PonyBoy
- Now we're talking.monospaced
- lolmoldero
- HijoDMaite5
- singular of illuminati would be "illuminato'?sarahfailin
- aviatofeel
- AviatoBennn
