Pokemon Go

[Weasel Overlord]

I emerge from the depths of Inactivity to proclaim that Pokemon Go is EXACTLY LIKE REAL LIFE POKEMON. I have already caught so many Zubats around my house that I've got a Golbat now, and I only got the game yesterday!! In the meantime, I am exceptionally jealous of my husband who gets to work at home and catch pokles while I am stuck at work in the depths of the No Signal Pit

On the plus side, we took the pups out hunting pokemon last night and saw at least 2 people also hunting pokemon! Good times!!

[Katie]

My Pokedex is up to 55!

It will be up to 57 tonight when I activate a Lucky Egg and go to my local Pokestop hot spot to start evolving stuff that I have been saving.

[shazza]

Where's the Pokemon Go forum?

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I just encountered a strange situation. I have been trying to talk about Pokemon to my friends for 17 years and only some of them could follow, and now everybody around me in Mielikkitalo was suddenly hooked up in a conversation about Pokemon Go!

[ChobiChibi]

We missed out on a Dragonite last night Showed up on Ben's radar, we ran outside, managed to find it... My game wouldn't load, and Ben's froze as it was in the ball...

No Dragonites were caught that night ;o;

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Taken into account I'm going to move in autumn I don't really know if my budget would stand getting a good smartphone at the moment.

I wonder when the other Generations come out.

[Blademaster]

My phone and Internet suck. I have all of a dozen Pokemon, if that.

Woe is me.

[Crystal Tears]

My pokédex is at 41 (seen & caught), and I swear I'm more into catching all of them on this game then I ever was playing the others.

SOMEONE AROUND HERE HAS AN AERODACTYL AND I NEED IT.

On an amusing note, I was out at the park, and there were forty of us just gathered around catching because someone put down a lure. It was cool, and then there were these random people walking through who weren't playing the game and had no clue as to what we were all doing.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I visited our church ruins today, and saw a crowd of Pokemon Trainers near it. Then there was this regular alcoholic group sitting on the park bench and one of them recognized me so he asked what this Pokemon thing is. Being an outsider, it was quite hard for me to explain. At least I was able to enlighten them about the history of the phenomenon.

[DarkestLight]

Pokemon Go is eating away at all social construct. Im at 85 Pokemon, and water types are effing hard to acquire here. But I love it. Gen II slated for Dec ember release, and FINALLY ILL HAVE DARK TYPES TO REIGN WITH

Side note, who picked a team. Im lvl 21 and teamless cause All TEAMS ARE BAD >O!

Oh and Hi

[ChobiChibi]

I've got plenty of water types where I live

I'm only level 17, but I do have some epic beasties to contend with. Dragonite (caught in the wild, fyi) being one of them I am team Mystic, because Articuno is life.

[Magmar]

I just turned Level 18 today and am also team Mystic. A stop down the street from my apartment was spawning Electabuzz and I got a CP900ish one yay!

My apartment has two Pokestops that I can access from my bedroom.... which helped me level up rather quickly at first, and I always have tons of balls to catch Pokemon with. Unfortunately, it's also a Weedle nest, so pretty much only Weedle appears.

I'm two blocks from a big ol' lake, and occasionally Dratini spawn there at a quick rate... and in the center of the city, Clefairy appear all the time, but I haven't found anything like Sandshrew yet and only one Geodude, despite having caught maybe a million Rattatas who are quite fond of this city, haha. I expected to find more Caterpies and such, but no, it's pretty much Weedle or bust.

Also, my friends here catch LOTS of Jynx, but I've only got the one, who I named Nekci Menij, ha...

On another note, in the city, good stuff appears all the time at such fast frequency, unless you're near the Trump Tower, then it's literally just Rattatas!

[Dark-San]

I came back to this forum thinking that Pokemon Go has become a hot topic that might have prompt some real activities here. But to my disappointment not an ounce of excitement in the air. Back to my shelter now, I guess.

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

I came back to this forum thinking that Pokemon Go has become a hot topic that might have prompt some real activities here. But to my disappointment not an ounce of excitement in the air. Back to my shelter now, I guess.

I never tried it myself, nor any of my friends. I would give it a try if it had combat similar to the original games.

[Katie]

Pokemania seems to have died out here. There used to be lures 24/7 on a popular restaurant's pokestop on Taco Tuesday but I've gone the last few weeks and there haven't been any lures at all. Current stats: Level 23 and Pokedex is stuck at 83. I have enough candies to make a Vileplume but my two Glooms are shit stats so I might save up another 25 to evolve a good Oddish twice. And I still have yet to see a single Charmander other than my starter. BOOOOOO.

[dratinihaunter13]

In Arizona, love playing in my down time ^_^

Lots of fire types here, as could be expected. Lots of Ekans. Lots of ground types like Sandshrew and Cubone, Geodude. Arcanines are at just about every gym. Scarcity of waters so you'll see lots of Vaporeons taking gyms down. I've really enjoyed meeting other pokemon enthusiasts through this game though! And like someone said earlier, it is kinda strange suddenly talking pokemon with friends who I never would have expected to talk pokemon with O_o

Level 27, Team Valor

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I finally got my first smartphone.

Will Generation II be available when or never?

[Poryhedron]

I finally got my first smartphone.

Will Generation II be available when or never?

They're making some sort of progress. All of the Gen-2 Baby pokémon except Tyrogue can now hatch from eggs, and then evolve into their Gen-1 parents. Togepi can even evolve into Togetic. More recently, data miners have discovered that they're apparently working on adding items like the King's Rock and Metal Coat into the game, which I'm not sure how I feel about (King's Rock is completely welcome since it gives us control over how our Poliwhirl and Slowpoke evolve, but if we don't need any items to evolve Pikachu, Vulpix or Haunter, why do we need them to evolve Onix or Scyther?)

[MToolen]

They just announced in the last hour that Johto Pokémon are coming this week! Early chatter seems to indicate the 18th. Lots of changes, including berries, evolution stones, and gameplay tweaks. I'm excited!

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I asked some children about Gen II and it's here. Too bad I already went and updated my game, only to notice that it didn't work as I thought. If you restart playing now, are you somehow able to choose between Chikorita, Totodile and Cyndaquil?

[Katie]

Hooray for gen2! I have not yet finished my gen1 pokedex; still need 9 obtainable pokemon. But I have 20 gen2 including some previously released babies.

[Blademaster]

According to my Pokedex, I've got 123 different Pokemon right now. A lot of that is my own fault for being lazy and not getting out enough, but I haven't seen a trace of the Magnemite, Doduo, Grimer, Omanyte, or Kabuto lines ANYWHERE. Same goes for most of the Pokemon that were one-offs in Gen 1 like the Hitmons, Tangela, Mr. Mime through Pinsir, and Porygon. Where the fuck are they?!

At least progress on the Johto Pokedex is going smoothly. Got a Chikorita and a Larvitar on Day 1 and an Elekid from my first blue Egg back in mid-December.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

It's still so dark and the roads are slippery at times. I'm afraid my Pokehunting may wait for summer. Here, close to the polar circle, it will be bright all night and day. At least then I'll see what I am stamping.

[Poryhedron]

Same goes for most of the Pokemon that were one-offs in Gen 1 like the Hitmons, Tangela, Mr. Mime through Pinsir, and Porygon. Where the fuck are they?!

Well, I can at least tell you about Mr. Mime: It's a region-exclusive. Certain pokémon can only be found in certain parts of the world.

#083 Farfetch'd: Japan
#115 Kangaskhan: Australia
#122 Mr. Mime: Europe
#128 Tauros: North America
#214 Heracross: Latin America
#222 Corsola: Tropics

(Note that Corsola's region intersects a few others. Also, the line between North America and Latin America is drawn in a way that puts parts of Texas and Florida in Heracross Country.)
These are all of the region-exclusive species currently known. I personally have a theory that Delibird might also be region-exclusive to some Polar areas, but that's not confirmed.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

That's probably the reason why these kids are talking about having Mr. Mime up here.

[ChobiChibi]

Mr Mime is super common where I am. It's freaky. Trades need to be a thing. I would trade a Mr Mime for a Tauros.

[Blademaster]

#083 Farfetch'd: Japan
#115 Kangaskhan: Australia
#122 Mr. Mime: Europe
#128 Tauros: North America

Okay, that I remember looking up somewhere now. But I still wish there was some way of knowing how to find the rest of them easier.

(Spoiler:) Really, no Heracross? Fuck this shit game.

[Katie]

My Pokedex hit 219 today! (does anyone still play this lol)

[ChobiChibi]

Meeeee! But very casually. My fiancé plays every day.

We're headed over to 'MURICA in the Summer just to catch Tauros. Not like we're going on honeymoon or anything...

[MToolen]

I'm at 151! This time a year ago, that'd be amazing if not impossible. I still check in every day (I can hit a Pokéstop from my classroom), but haven't been actively hunting or hatching eggs or anything.

[Poryhedron]

I play pretty regularly, but don't have much opportunity to go far beyond my home region, so certain pokémon remain frustratingly rare for me. During this Easter event, I finally managed to get a Ninetales, Cyndaquil, Togepi, Ursaring and Donphan; my Pokédex completion now stands at 183 caught / 199 seen. I also found an Eevee with really good IVs that I'm going to walk with to make an Espeon once I've finished walking with my Dragonair to get it to Dragonite; I've already used the one-off nickname trick for Espeon and it came out with a lousy moveset.

[Blademaster]

This game is about 70% of the reason I go outside.

Also, 201/178, woo.

[Poryhedron]

The special events certainly help encourage me to get out there and walk around. The current "Adventure Week" is absolutely amazing for me because Rock-types in general have been so rare around here. This event got me pokédex data for Golem, Omastar, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Shuckle, Magcargo and Larvitar...and I'm willing to hope, though it's not super likely, that I may even get Steelix by the end of the event.

[Blademaster]

Oh, so THAT'S what that was...

Fuck, I thought that getting a Bronze Rock-type Medal was finally paying off for me. This game really sucks most of the time. Bird- and Rodent-Encountering Simulator 2017. Not to mention it's been nearly a year and this frigging minimalistic game doesn't even have trading. I get that a free game isn't going to have THAT much content, but it'd be nice if Niantic at least gave me all the content necessary to actually win the fucking thing. I can't even BUY a Metal Coat or a Dragon Scale!

[Poryhedron]

Do you have at least daily access to a Pokéstop in your area? If you collect the Daily Bonus seven days in a row, you get a massive Weekly Bonus, and for Pokéstops that includes one guaranteed evolution item. It's bound to be a Metal Coat or Dragon Scale eventually.

[Poryhedron]

Thought I'd post this here to spread awareness further. Another big Pokémon GO event is coming soon...actually, a few big things are coming soon.

First, starting on June 13th is a Pokémon GO "Solstice event". Since this game is global, and the north and south hemispheres experience opposite seasons, both Fire-type pokémon and Ice-type pokémon will become far more common during this event. (To throw in a clarification on how this type of event works, the total number of pokémon spawned will not increase; the encounter tables will just be skewed heavily in favor of the relevant species.) The event will also increase the bonus XP you get for scoring a "Nice", "Great" or "Excellent" throw, and Lucky Eggs will be sold at a special discount in the in-game shop. We used to be able to count on these events running for one week, and that would make some sense since it means this event will be ending pretty close to the Solstice itself, but since the Grass-type event in May was only a weekend, we can only hope the Solstice event will be for the full week. We've had an update confirming the Solstice event will be for a full week! It runs from 1 PM California time the 13th to 1 PM California time the 20th. Also, apparently it's not just the throwing accuracy XP bonuses that are increasing; the XP bonus for catching a pokémon with a Curve Ball, and the one for catching a pokémon with your very first throw of the encounter, are also being increased!

Later, a new update will be coming to Pokémon GO that promises "collaborative group gameplay features that will get you playing Pokémon GO in fun new ways". Let's all hope this means they're finally adding trading...though there will definitely be something else involved as well, since apparently they need to temporarily disable Gyms to prepare for the update! (Note that multiple people teaming up to take down an enemy Gym faster is already possible in the game, though it could certainly be expanded upon as a concept.) Expect Gyms to be disabled starting June 16th.

One more thing: if you happen to live near Chicago, Illinois; Yokohama, Japan; or a Unibail-Rodamco shopping center in Europe, keep your eyes open for details about special Pokémon Go events happening in your area.

[Poryhedron]

...well, this event is getting off to a great start. So many Cyndaquil everywhere <3

Also, I finally got my first Houndour, and with it came the gold-level Badge for filling the Johto Pokédex! (70 2nd-gen species owned)

[MToolen]

One new species in my area so far: hadn't ever seen a Swinub. Their evading move (run around in a figure 8) is rather cute

[Blademaster]

Do you have at least daily access to a Pokéstop in your area?

The closest Pokestop to me is a five mile drive to some shitty summer camp in the middle of nowhere.
BUT!
Through some miracle, I managed to go out and visit Pokestops for a week straight, which got me a nice XP bonus and also a Dragon Scale. Now I can evolve Kingdra along with Bellossom and Politoed during my next Lucky Egg session.

So many Cyndaquil everywhere <3

Also, I finally got my first Houndour

Exact same situation here. Except I'm still 5 Pokemon away from the Johtodex. :/ Oh well, 206 sightings and 183 captures isn't bad for someone who plays as infrequently as I do, right?
Also I think I've finally pinpointed local places where Dratini, Squirtle, and possibly Charmander spawn, and I hatched a Larvitar and a Smoochum back to back not too long ago. So I'm on my way to filling out those, but I'm sure I'm going to hit a wall soon. In a year of playing I've found one each of Sandshrew, Magnemite, Voltorb, and Mareep, and I haven't fared much better at finding Grimers and Koffings, plus Doduo's line seems to not exist at all. The Johto Pokedex has been a bit more generous overall, but it also includes many more isolated no-shows like baby Pokemon, obtuse Gen 1 evolutions, and random useless loners like Delibird and Girafarig. I'll probably only be able to acquire another 10 or 15 Pokemon 'easily,' and then after that I don't know what else I'll be able to do.

[Poryhedron]

Big News About the Gym Update!!

Niantic has released a bunch of new information about exactly what they're doing to Gyms. Check it out:

http://pokemongolive.com/en/post/raids

Summary:

·Gyms will also be Pokéstops
·All Gyms will have exactly six stations
·Only one member of each species in a Gym at one time; no six Blissey
·Gym Defenders will no longer be 'assign and forget'; you still can't control your Defender in battle, but you must maintain them to keep them in the Gym
·Gym Badges! Separate from Achievement Badges, can be 'leveled up' and make Gyms more rewarding

·Raid Battles. These occur at Gyms and take over the Gym, booting out the usual Gym Defenders. Sounds like they are how we can access Legendaries, though most(?) will just feature very-high-CP final evos; pictured in the article are Raid Battles against Tyranitar and Alakazam.
·Joining a Raid Battle requires a Raid Pass. There are free vs. Premium Raid Passes; free ones aren't hard to get, but you can only hold one free one at a time.

·New Items! Rare Candy can be turned into the Candy for any species you own; Golden Razz Berries are like super versions of normal Razz Berries; and there are TMs now. These items are gotten by winning Raid Battles, apparently.

Raid Battles will be slower to arrive than the more basic Gym reworkings, being released in gradual beta form.