>What is it? Pokemon Go can be described simply as the Geocaching of Pokemon. Grab your smartphone, get some exercise, catch some mons, battle some people - the usual Pokemon gig.
Basic info: As you traverse the real world, as represented on the in-game map, you'll occasionally run into tufts of rustling grass. Approaching these will end with a Pokémon appearing on the map, and clicking on it will initiate a battle.
Battles aren't between two Pokémon, though. They're between a Pokémon and your ability to swipe a Poké Ball in their direction. When you engage a Poké Ball, a colored ring will appear around the opponent. These change in size after each capture attempt. Throwing a Ball during a smaller window seems to be more effective, based on our time with the game, but that's a part we're still trying to figure out. Going near water will attract water Pokémon. Playing at night brings out more nocturnal creatures, like Clefairy and Gastly. Hatching Eggs: Each Egg displays the number of kilometers you must walk for the Egg to hatch. In general, the more kilometers required, the rarer the Pokémon that will hatch. A notification will appear when the Egg has hatched. Make sure you have the Pokémon GO app open while you walk. Kilometers walked when the Pokémon GO app is closed won’t count toward hatching your Eggs. Gyms: Fight at your team's gym to train and increase it's reputation. Fight at other team's to decrease their reputation. Tap your opponent to hit them, swipe left or right to dodge attacks, once one or more blue bars are filled, tap and hold to power up your secondary attack, release when the smaller blue bar fills up. Take over other teams' gyms and put your mons in to defend them.
/pgg/, since so many normies play this, will I get a gf from playing it? I got something in common with them now, and I can probably hold of on the spaghetti for some time
Zachary Nelson
How can I catch pokemon without leaving my house?
Robert Powell
>tfw most of the gyms in this area are untouched
Luis Long
Buy a ds
Bentley Thompson
If pokemon go is the only thing you have in common with them then they'll just get bored of you
Isaac Campbell
go is a decent casus bellis to use to initiate conversations with people for autists like me who literally cannot talk to people unless they feel like they have some sort of justification for it
Christopher Scott
Fuck Nintendo not fixing this Trainer Club shit sooner.
On the first day I caught a bunch of stuff I liked, got a name I liked and now I can't log on due to Trainer Club servers being fucked. I ain't fucking switching to Google.
Austin Edwards
throw a pidgey in there for free coins replace them later
Juan Sullivan
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Jordan Russell
>you know, there ain't no rest for the servers >bandwidth don't grow on trees >too many cucks playin' >instead of waitin' >for the game's official release >you know they cant slow down >they cant hold back >although everyone wishes they could >oh, there ain't no rest for the servers >until they shut it down for good
Landon Sullivan
>Live in a town with 1400 pop >Some fuck threw a pigdey in the single gym in town >It's yellow >Bout to go throw a 300cp exeggcute in there for red I'm in Canada, felt lucky having a gym and pokestop not just in my town but 1 and 2 blocks down the street from me
Luke Cruz
How do I interpret that white arc? Height/weight has no influence, I assume? How do I know what a good moveset is? Just go for the higher number? Can 2 pokemons have the same moves with different damage? Can you use more than 1 pokemon in a gym fight? If so, how? It seems to default to my strongest.
Camden Ortiz
let's spread the word that you need to throw the phone to catch a pokemon
Hudson Barnes
I got a load of these, if anyone is interested I'll dump on on mega later today.
Bentley Morris
Shit, I just remembered I live not too far from a nuclear power plant. I must break in to get my Electabuzz
Caleb Hall
kek
Landon Edwards
What does it mean?
Also something interesting >Servers go down earlier when I encountered a Paras >Didn't even get a chance to throw a pokeball >When servers are back up I have a Paras already in my party This seems exploitable
Juan Turner
I swear i must live in Pallet town or something. Only Pidgy, Rattata, Spearrow around me. It's nice that I've got plenty of pidgy/rattata candy so they can be maxed out but trashmon < cool shit you guys post.
Ian Harris
>300 cp
Might as well throw a turd on there
Luis Sanchez
>just started and barely level three >find and catch this motherfucker
Charles Martinez
Why would I report 3 (three) easy defends for myself? The only people I have to worry about are my coworkers, and since I run a later shift I always end the day with them under my control.
Zachary Jenkins
>haven't been able to log on all day Help
Isaiah Johnson
Probably just because people were complaining about losing progress or having characters wiped entirely that they are safeguarded against it now. Client is probably being given extra leniency over server until things get more stability.
Who /Worriedaboutdata/ here? I got a 500 mb plan and while it seems fine so far, I still worry.
Bentley Edwards
GIVE SERVERS BACK
Justin Mitchell
What all do you guys carry around on your expeditions?
I usually carry just the basics in my red rock pack >nalgeen filled half with ice, half water >some nutrigrain bars >2 12000ma battery banks >the regular shit I keep in my range/go bag that I never take out like a box of ammo, spare mags, surefire ep6 plugs >flash light for late night catching >Walther PPQ in 9mm in my aegies armory holster >keys >hat >sunglasses
Anthony Adams
I believe it, but what are those black dots that pulse and I've seen all over the place?
Daniel Barnes
>tfw city wide wifi
feels good man
Matthew Cruz
>YFW THE PRESIDENT IS THE CHAMPION BATTLE AND GEN 2 POKEMON UNLOCK AFTER SOMEONE BEATS HIM
Caleb Gomez
>tfw I can't play >tfw I need to verify my account >tfw I can't because its still on maintenance
Now, if I could play I would have my 10,000ma/H battery bank, I literally lost 20% of my battery in one hour just ot try to log in. Probably bottle of water or sweet black tea.
TWC in my are has city wide wifi, but my roommates dont know their accoutn info for me to access it. But with so much open wifi in my town I guess it could still be considered city wide wifi.
Daniel Baker
We better do this before Trump gets sworn in, I'd hate to fight a wall team. None of my pokemon even know toxic
Anthony Taylor
.40 Shield Flashlight Water Bike with generator attached I stop to get food somewhere in town Moto 360(can reply to messages without closing app)
Colton Turner
>I'm in Canada What. Am I retarded or how are you able to download this already?
Jason Robinson
These server issues are bullshit.
Justin Young
you are retarded
Gavin Martin
APKs m8
Jackson Martin
>battery pack >water >snacks >tools
i stuck a ram mount on my dirt bike, this has just given me another excuse to go innawoods
Carter Carter
>servers are dead >again
James Martin
I just take water with me. If I ever get hungry there'll be a fast food place nearby
Camden Bell
Is the game just going to remain unplayable during USA midday until the hype dies down?
Christopher Collins
nigger you're defeating the purpose of going out and walking around
Justin Campbell
I weigh 120 pounds, I'm not getting overweight until my 30s. Besides, I haven't actually eaten anywhere yet
Carson Sanchez
APKs are ruining the experience for the rest of the world, stop mentioning them pls
There's more to walking around than getting exercise
Wyatt Bailey
anyone has already modded the apk for 4.2.2 devices? is it possible tho?
Ethan Campbell
>cargo shorts >longboard >fanny pack with small water bottle and battery pack >clip on speaker blasting 2 B A Master and various eurobeats
I like to travel lightly. When it gets stupidly hot out I may consider going shirtless.
Henry Torres
Then what are you complaining about? I'll just be going on my regular jogging route and places I normally drive to like the beach and walk around until I get a friend to go to the desert or one of the mountains near me
Adrian Lopez
yaaaaaaaaaaawn This game is boring. And shit.
PLAY
INGRESS
Colton Collins
no
Landon Ward
Lmaooo, nice counterargument
William White
k
Blake Robinson
people who type like you are playing ingress
ergo, ingress is for faggots and nobody is going to play it
checkmate
Jose Adams
>been trying to workout >too fat >started biking to lose weight, do 11 miles every other day >Pokemon Go comes out AH yeah. Now to bike around and make a route that takes me through the most pokestops and maybe gyms through downtown LA.
as for gear >2, 1 liter thermos with cold water >some fruit (banana or an apple) >reflective jacket, flashlight, light gear on my bike >small bike pump >boonie hat for hot/sun >helmet for high traffic areas
To be honest, I might start making my routes longer or maybe just bike every day. The game is shit, but it gives me something to plan around now.
Jason Powell
Late night GO is comfy as fuck. I took a 2 hour long walk after midnight and capped 8 gyms with no errors from the game.
Woke up in the morning and collected my 100 coins/5000 dust
Jose Barnes
any1? i just want to play some pokego
Dylan Barnes
Reminder to keep your AR on so you don't pass up the chance to meme
Henry King
Reminder to throw curveballs when catching mon for that extra XP
Dylan Bell
Are there immunities in this game?
How closely does this game follow typing and weaknesses?
Lucas Cooper
These are only mildly amusing
Lincoln Gomez
>5000 dust I think I might be taking a stroll tonight
Kayden Powell
Anyone able to play?
Brandon Diaz
Think I'll do this tonight Too bad most gyms here are filled with 500 cp while I'm at 300 cp
Camden Roberts
Has anyone figured out how to switch between google accounts to buy stuff?
I have a bunch of google rewards money, but it's not letting me select that account (which is the one I signed up with)
Jacob Robinson
Literally no one
Cooper Wilson
Be honest, how much real money have you spent on this already?
Chase Flores
0, eu here, waiting patiently. In the future, 0.
Liam Evans
None because there's no need to pay for anything when pokestops are around
Jordan Martinez
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ SERVERS TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
John Brown
40 for incense
Landon Rivera
>40 for incense
You can get 386 hours worth for $19.99
I spent $5 for incubators so far.
Grayson Phillips
>tfw i can't get ar to work anyone else having this problem?
Brandon Long
6 and the servers go back up
Logan Thompson
Same, I spent $5 on incubators to get things moving but now that I have 10 gyms on lockdown I have no reason to buy coins since I get a free 100 coins/5000 dust every morning.
Benjamin Thomas
>Use an incense >Server immediately shits itself, as always >Get back on >Incense isn't doing anything
Every
Ryan Nelson
buy a new phone
Jeremiah Murphy
Dubs and servers start working again
Elijah Moore
I'm trying to spend money, but the game isn't connecting to the right google account where all my rewards money is :(
Gabriel Flores
>decide to go outside >can't connect to servers
Nice game you have there
Elijah Bennett
Can't The Pokemon company put their names on this trash. It's like playing an alpha.
Nathaniel Gutierrez
curveballs are so hard to hit though
Noah Anderson
I throw curveballs but they don't do anything. I got excellent once.
Jayden Turner
Once you claim a gym, can you claim the rewards right away? And how many gyms at a time can you claim?
Julian Gonzalez
if it was a true curveball it would give you extra XP
Hudson Long
The fuck is a true curveball?
Aaron Thomas
ive gotten curveball every single catch, i dont know what it means
Henry Gutierrez
the 2 gyms near me are blue. should i join blue or should i join yellow?
Benjamin Wilson
Caught a Golbat today first time playing. Haven't even got a Zubat which everyone seems to crying about to catch, though I must of wasted 30+ pokeballs on that Golbat. Now I have 1 pokeball left... And servers are down.
William Watson
Is there a way to see an entire city's map with gym and pokestop locations?
Lincoln Barnes
blame the people in non-supported areas cheating the system and overloading the servers
Carter Diaz
Pokemon go? More like Pokemon go offline
Parker Sanchez
>actually want to go outside to play pokemon >no servers
Hopefully later
Grayson Anderson
Anyone in the Vegas area? I'm here for 3 weeks but can't catch pokemon in my area because military. Gotta find a decent place to walk around and catch shit.
Owen Murphy
Is the game up for anyone?
Gabriel Cook
No, I blame the creators for using it as a cheap cash cow. This shit isn't exactly hard to predict.
Cameron Gutierrez
Don't know what you're all bitching about, I haven't had one single problem connecting
Luke White
Canada here.
Downloaded apk and had server issues as soon as i finished creating my avatar. So i'm guessing i got immediately banned. Hopefully my google account hasn't been permanently blacklisted :(
Andrew King
>on a bus to Ohio >about to pass through Indiana >servers are down
Hope I'm not missing out on any region exclusive mons.