Pokemon GO! (2016)

Skeeter · 11 Jul 2016 at 23:14

Yeah at 3 Candy for catching one and another 1 for Transferring it, thats 100 Magicarps you need to catch to evolve one :eek:

Scotty123 · 11 Jul 2016 at 23:25

mattyfez said:
I live near a canal, which usually drops three or four magicarp on a 20 min walk..which is good, but even.still, it'll take some dedication to evolve.. :/

I live next to one. Always magikarp around!

point decay · 11 Jul 2016 at 23:46

saw this on reddit, going out to delivery drivers in the US

413x · 12 Jul 2016 at 00:05

dl8860 said:
If you stopped complaining and paid attention you'd realise that when you use your normal attack, you build energy which then allows you to use a special attack. And let's be honest, there was never a tonne of skill involved in the game boy version anyway, you use your strongest attack (or most super effective) until the other guy died or you ran out of PP.

Not true. The games were very very tactical

413x · 12 Jul 2016 at 00:06

Living rurally really makes progress slow.
Not much around me.

Disco_P · 12 Jul 2016 at 00:42

I am quite lucky cause I live in the middle of a forest. But the forest is full of artwork which are points of interest on google maps and therefore pokestops and gyms in GO. Plus there is very little competition for my gyms due to lack of people and signal. Basically free points.

Love the game though.

However I did have to admit to my mum that I hadn't walked the dog cause the servers were down. She was very confused.

Vita · 12 Jul 2016 at 04:27

UnworthyBean said:
Hate to ruin the fun but you get to catch one of the starters straight away

Ah nice to know that. Thanks.

winwin · 12 Jul 2016 at 05:42

Disco_P said:
I am quite lucky cause I live in the middle of a forest. But the forest is full of artwork which are points of interest on google maps and therefore pokestops and gyms in GO. Plus there is very little competition for my gyms due to lack of people and signal. Basically free points.

Love the game though.

However I did have to admit to my mum that I hadn't walked the dog cause the servers were down. She was very confused.

HAHAHA throw a pokeball at your dog

Clarkson · 12 Jul 2016 at 08:39

Well I've got 35 Pokemon (14 different ones) and I haven't left the house. Should call it Pokemon Stay!

Skeeter · 12 Jul 2016 at 08:41

413x said:
Not true. The games were very very tactical

Exactly. Learning which attacks did and didn't work against different types of Pokemon, swapping between them to get the best attacks, using poinson/sleep/etc to buy you a few free moves, reviving at key times.

If you just spammed your best attack from your first Pokemon then you probably didnt get far in the GameBoy games.

dirtychinchilla · 12 Jul 2016 at 09:05

Spuddy said:
Have you used this method/anyone else? ... doesn't sound very legit.

inb4 i get haxor'd

Well it's vaguely working for me

if the servers would keep up, at least.

krooton · 12 Jul 2016 at 10:00

Cool, I am on the cusp of trainer level 11, and I have 15 evolutions banked and ready for action.

Couple that with a lucky egg, and those evolutions will net me 15k XP and take me straight to level 12 and some Great Balls

I also own a gym that pretty no-one is ever going to claim back, as it is inside a paid-entry museum in the middle of nowhere

Fallen god · 12 Jul 2016 at 11:25

Orcvader said:
Chinatown? Oh boy I work there as well . Loaded up the game while I was in the office and noticed the same as well! Except it was mostly rattatas, drowsees and pidgeys that popped up for me.

http://i.imgur.com/rCnEYjEl.png

Yeah its pretty good, Getting dupes is good I've got a nice Hpyno now.

Also not sure if it has been posted, when you throw the pokeball try and curve it, it will give extra EXP.

antijoke · 12 Jul 2016 at 11:30

Lol, this is pretty darn addictive.

I want to wonder around town to all the stops.

I suspect people will look at me like WTF is he doing, but then again maybe they will know as it seems to be getting a lot of attention.

boycey123 · 12 Jul 2016 at 11:38

At the start of the game you get a choice of starter pokemon - charmander, bulba and squartle .. if you don't choose any of the 3 and "run" and come back.. pikachu will appear and you can have him as a starter

Captain · 12 Jul 2016 at 11:39

Just put this on my phone, it's making me want to get my gameboy out and play the old pokemon red, blue and yellow!

krooton · 12 Jul 2016 at 11:49

Fallen god said:
Yeah its pretty good, Getting dupes is good I've got a nice Hpyno now.

Also not sure if it has been posted, when you throw the pokeball try and curve it, it will give extra EXP.

http://www.serebii.net/pokemongo/trainer.shtml

Capture Bonuses:
-Nice 10XP
-Great 50XP
-Excellent 100XP
-Curveball 10XP

So when the green/yellow/red circle starts shrinking, landing your pokeball within that circle will grant you the nice/great/excellent bonus relative to the size of the circle when you hit. So hitting within the circle when it is tiny will get you an excellent.

Dimi · 12 Jul 2016 at 12:05

I'm guessing being in London is good for this type of game? I can imagine there being a lot of activity in a city like this even though it's not official out yet in the UK.

thecremeegg · 12 Jul 2016 at 12:48

Dimi said:
I'm guessing being in London is good for this type of game? I can imagine there being a lot of activity in a city like this even though it's not official out yet in the UK.

Easily! Bristol has loads of people playing constantly so London will be bigger I'm sure!

chroniclard · 12 Jul 2016 at 13:06