>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.
>>implying it's possible to hold a gym for more than 15 minutes unless you live in the sticks git gud and be way ahead of everyone else. Everyone is maxing at 800 CP near me and almost everything I have is 1.2k or higher. My shit is secure.
Austin Mitchell
>be me >with about 4 other friends finding pokemon >after about 1 hour we see a lure module go up >we go to it and find another small group of people in a car >we chat >one friend is an absolute madman and puts more modules down >15 minutes later there are about 25 other people >we all have a good time finding pidgeys, rattatas, and a few other common pokemon
pic was the stupidity that my friends and I made. How’s your night going guys?
Justin Myers
>Everyone is maxing at 800 CP near me and almost everything I have is 1.2k or higher lol meanwhile at my ~500 cp suburb
Jose Scott
It's OK
Caleb Stewart
Shit
James Rivera
Who here /havingagoodtime/?
Angel Peterson
I've only taken 1 gym, but instantly got 10 coins. Is that not how it works? (Not the guy you're replying to)
Josiah Harris
>Bill Cosby
Carson Martinez
>almost everything I have is 1.2k or higher post pics
Blake Foster
Just had that shit happen to me!
>Live in small town >Have 4 gyms, about 10 pokestops in total >Some madmen light up 2 pokestops with 2 lures at the same time >About 20 or so people come over there
>Me and my friend are the only ones that try to make conversation with others >Some people creepily sit in their car for 5 minutes and then leave again >Some are nice and walk by >Some sit down and have a conversation >Mostly, worth it
Carson Moore
I work in the city and held 10 gyms for roughly 20 hours... ???
Jayden Martin
i dont have any friends
Adrian Sanchez
AAAAHHH I HATE MY IPHONE 4S
Jayden Stewart
stop showing off you dickhead :(
>that name absolute madman. What do you say when you talk to other players IRL? I don't have the stones for that. Was gonna name myself Nuck Figgers but decided against it. Have run into a shit ton of people face to face, would be really embarrassing to explain such a name
Asher Hill
Doing okay, could be better. Really need to get another Eevee, have a 309 ready to evolve.
Charles Foster
Save up those GBPs
Kayden Ortiz
>this sheer level of diversity nice
what does favoriting do btw?
Gavin Reyes
I tell people that i didnt think i would actually play this game seriously when i first started out, hence why im a girl that my name is gasse fucking kikes. the few people that did ask me in the park just laughed it off though
Charles Robinson
I pity anyone missing out on the 24/7 pokemon block party experience
Dominic Gomez
I wan't an Arcanine so bad, my favourite Pokemon. I have only seen three Growlithes and caught two.
Trading when?
Samuel Jones
has anyones pokemon started to pop out of their balls when trying to capture them today?
I'm higher level than yesterday and the same level pokemon that I was catching yesterday are suddenly not cooperating and breaking out frequently
Adrian Garcia
Nothing in particular, it just lets you check only those via the menu.
Julian Mitchell
Can you get the bonus from a gym multiples times a day if you retake it over and over again?
Jeremiah Diaz
>24/7 block party >still only level 12 pls user try harder
Hudson Hill
you get a general defender bonus once per day. if you have one gym when you activate your bonus, you get one bonus. if you belong to 5 gyms when you activate your bonus you get 5 bonuses.
Kevin Brown
r8 muh main, I need some more of that sweet, sweet stardust
Gabriel Walker
Haha, yea. I caught the 806 one, then evolved a 432 Growlithe for the other later that day. Feelsgoodman.
Christopher Cooper
Has anyone seen a Ditto??
Blake Roberts
>fucking fags spending money on this game >how am i supposed to compete with people who buy an advantage? >these people are so high leveled this isnt fair >this is bullshit i get nothing and everyone else is getting shit like its christmas >this game is so pay to win
Brandon Morales
>Always wanted to live in a city since I was a kid >Various reason, places open late to eat, lively community >This just becomes another reason Fuck im so jelly
Mason Sanders
whatever lad I'll be 17 before I go to bed tonight
I'm deep in lucky eggs so I'm shooting for at least 20 or 21 tomorrow
Liam Ross
I really hate some of you and the shit you somehow find
Been sitting in lures all day since yesterday and have nothing except for 80 Pidgeots and a decent level
Leo Cooper
tfw haven't spent a dollar and higher CP and level than some people I met who have spent money.
Aaron Johnson
heres a pic of some of the people
Ayden Phillips
I've got to say I'm kinda pissed the game isn't letting me use my google rewards money on it.
It doesn't recognize the account even though it's the one I logged in with
Connor Kelly
You don't even need money. Just flip gyms.
Grayson Davis
What benefit are they getting exactly?
Jonathan Bennett
It's not pay to win, but it gives an advantage to people who live in areas with a bunch of stuff happening.
You can't even buy potions
Joshua Stewart
Leveling this game is all about abusing lures and magic eggs.
Save up all your evolves for one time, I went from 11-14 in basically 10 minutes just by evolving everything at once.
Carson Price
go to the park and walk around with your friends you doofus.
Blake Gutierrez
I think my house is on top of a guaranteed drowzee spawn or something. I've got like 40 today.
Nolan Martinez
>it is dark out >biking around catching mad mons >see lure in bad part of town >go to the spot and nobodies there >hang around for a little while >get nervous and leave within 5 mins. too many damn homeless junkies around there
Caleb Barnes
Not in along with mew and mewtwo
Event pokemanz confirmed
Jayden Morris
>all guys Why even bother unless you're luring a pokelass to your groin?
Logan Cox
Is there a way to see a larger map of my area?
Xavier Russell
In a matter of three/four days, people basically hit the same point as far as training strategy goes as the beta's endgame. This isn't a complex game, it's just a treadmill grind.
>One of the gyms is next to the police station >Mfw
Haha! Not today, FBI
Carson Smith
>went from 11-14 in basically 10 minutes just by evolving everything at once. mfw I realized this strat only after I grinded for 10+ hours today
Hope they don't patch this shit before I can abuse it over the next couple of days
At least you don't have to deal with crime. People will forget about Pokemon Go after a month but you can't forget about the niggers living next door.
How many do you have and did you pay IRL cash for them? I have two I got from leveling (currently 11). Do I get more with more lvls?
Henry Cruz
i havent seen any other players yet ive had two homeless lookin dudes ask me for a light, they were nice but i know that feel. still sit there for hours though, need them balls
Anthony Hughes
Rumor has it that if you go to the national mall, you'll hear screams of ecstasy and life-threatening agony as some people will find celebi but cannot touch it
Nolan Robinson
Kek
John Murphy
To be fair I ran into about 5-8 chicks within a 2 hour span tonight.
Caleb Bell
>almost all white males
Luke Thomas
>mfw i ended up walking around catching pokemon with a group of three random hot chicks
Jason Roberts
>tfw being held back by the lack of local variety
Jack Turner
Is there any way to take over a gym if its bugged? I just beat a gym and i couldnt take it. I heard an user saying if you move out of the radius during the fight you can take it. Can anyone confirm?
Parker Stewart
>yellow circle pokemon appears >feed Razz Berries >get "Nice" throw every time >shithead still escapes FUCK what am I doing wrong?
Leo Green
The town is mostly jewish
Julian Jones
You get them digies?
Austin Walker
This is the intended grind strat, they won't patch it. It keeps people hooked on getting lucky eggs, and the impatient will buy lucky eggs. And let's be honest Niantic never bothers with patching or upgrades
Adrian Rivera
tales from my 3.5 hour walk to and around the mall
>blastoise pops up 3 steps away >assume i'll just not find him >not paying attention to his steps, get to mall and suddenly walk right into him >red circle, throw a ball, looks like i might have caught him but he gets out of the ball and escapes straight away >lure modules and huge density of pokestops everywhere, go from 1 pokeball at the start to 69 pokeballs by the end of the day, and thats after catching all the pokemon during the trip >catch a bunch of cool dudes: vulpix, ghastly, pidgeotto, psyduck, jigglypuff, horsea >put a golbat in each of 3 gyms since all I had to start with was a bunch of golbats and other weak dudes >kanghaskan on 3 steps keeps taunting me, never manage to track him even down to 2 steps but he follows me at 3 steps all the way home >now even the weak pokemon I catch tend to be at least 100 cp to start with, sometimes 200
>see a junkie on a corner drinking alcohol, yelling at any car that comes past and spitting alcohol all over the cars >police drive past but apparently don't notice >remembered why I don't like walking around this town any more
how was your day pogo?
Aaron Campbell
Tried that, still didn't work
Evan Jackson
>>get "Nice" throw every time
This is your problem. For whatever reason, Nice throw is actually a super shit throw.
The circle should be as small as possible.
Jacob Bell
its all bullshit, I struggled for ages to catch a fucking rattata and managed to get a wild blastoise first go
David Lee
You really need an electric, ice or rock pokemon for all the flying shit people put in Gyms. I got my 2nd Vaporeon today which annoyed me, as I was hoping for a Jolteon to round out my Eevee trio. I have a kick arse 1500CP Lapras though which rapes all gyms.
Christian Parker
guys what the fuck is the progress bar when you view pokemon
under the CP value
what the fuck does it measure and how is it related to leveling and evolution
Julian Peterson
is this ok for lvl 7
Jack Russell
It's okay, black people won't be playing Pokemon GO cause its racist
Ofc, we've already planned another pokemon sesh. Apparently there are three pokecenters right near one of their places.
Jeremiah Taylor
That's the maximum you can raise their CP. It raises with your trainer level.
That's pretty damn good for level 7! Nice work.
Jacob Edwards
oh also while I had my portable charger plugged in, the phone charged more than it was draining with the app open
Aaron Perez
Degeneracy in cities are the main reason I rarely take a stroll around town.
Charles Richardson
Electric pokemon are hard to find, Jolteon is like the most accessible one.
Luckily my Porygon has discharge, so I can make do with that.
Liam Gonzalez
I live in Atlanta right near fuckin niggerville so I always want to go to pokestops late at night but am worried I will get muged
Tyler Ward
>(I play as a black female character because they are so few represented in video games.) Holy cuck Batman
Noah Nelson
Woo pipe it up woo pipe it up
Christopher Rivera
>University town >50K residents, more students >Downtown area has a dozen or so pokestops >Everyone is at the square playing pogeymangos, drinking, listening to live music >Bar owners are placing lures on all the stops >~100 people all in one small alley that had three intersecting pokestops that were all lured
This was fun as fuck.
Grayson Wright
>that one black guy did he rob the rest?
Lucas Lopez
>Level 12 >About to hatch a 5k and 10k egg
Place your bets on pokemon or CP range
Christian Hill
I can't find those types for the life of me. I have a 364 evee waiting to be evolved
I boosted to level 17 tonight so hopefully that helps
Jonathan Clark
Meanwhile , me at level 7 with his pidgey army
Colton Evans
Hitler reincarnation when
Alexander Garcia
So what are some leveling strats?
Should I just junk all my lower pokemon, or evolve them for exp?
William Nguyen
Electabuzz hatches from 10k eggs. Tentacool is easy to find near water and can learn electric moves. Jolteon is probably the easiest to find. I did find a couple of Vegemites and Voltorbs today with my son at the aquarium of all places.
Jaxon Brooks
PSA: Eevee and it's evolutions are absolutely broken, ABUSE THIS BEFORE THE VALUES GET NERFED
Hunter Phillips
Average apparently. Have candies to evolve more but saving for when I lucky egg
Grayson Perez
Evolve.
Jackson Bell
Junk imo.
Candies are a huge barrier, so I normally keep the highest CP of each Pokemon, and junk the rest till I evolve, then repeat.
Luis Gomez
tfw
>I boosted to level 17 tonight so hopefully that helps Did you plan it out so that you were evolving tier one pokes for 30 minutes straight using an XP egg? That's my game plan.
Daniel Edwards
tfw can't find a Vegemite
Zachary Williams
Shit I'm in the same boat UCF party ave has bars placing lures left and right. Honestly having fuck tons of fun being Social
Bentley Wood
What kind of nicknames are you using? I'm not sure if I should create a cute gaaru or just a male with my real first name.