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So this Pokemon Go fad thing ..............
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Yep, some of my local Pokestops are a Church, a town hall with a cafe and a pub. I live in a small village and the Church is probably one of about 50 Pokestops, it's not like Churches have a monopoly on Pokestops, it's just landmarks! People are reading too much into it.
I think the game makers picked churches as there is a church in every area of the country and they have free public access.
What else would you pick? Just random locations?
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They pretty much have just picked random locations. You don't appear to need to go inside these places anyway.
There is an awful lot of hysterical and unrepresentative reporting going on.
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[TW]Fox;29791951 said:
Yes it is random places, well any kind of landmark really. This includes signs, trees, all sorts. And yes you don't even need to cross the road in a lot of cases. I can 'visit' my local church Pokestop while I'm in the pub opposite.
My town has one of those "heritage trail" things, which I've never really paid any attention to before, cause frankly its not really anything interesting to look at. But a lot of those heritage locations have been turned into pokestops and a nearby church is a gym. Its not as handy as having places within tapping distance of my house like some have, but its not bad, considering I live in a pretty small town.
I think that's great, people getting out and doing something as long as they don't get hurt.
What I find amazing is how many of them have backpacks on which suggests (or not) they have been doing it all day (or not).
Can only one person catch Vaporeon in that place?
That's it in a nutshell really, isn't it? As long as people don't take the game too seriously and don't do anything to put themselves or others in harms way, its a fun little diversion. And honestly a way of getting people off their butts and getting some exercise.
I still maintain though that without some major gameplay development this is going to be a flash in a pan game. As soon as the hype and the newness wears off, people will drop this like a bad habit and plop back on their couches to play PS/Xbox again.
No, they can all get it but only while it's there. It will vanish after a while and they'll then need to find it somewhere else, so they're all rushing while it's somewhere that they know.
On Friday evening there was a Mum with her two kids and a bloke with his son and then this morning I've been out for a bike ride and seen at least four families that I would bet were playing Pokemon where I wouldn't normally see families walking around.
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Are they getting money for this or is that going to come with in-game purchases etc?
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Woah, this is actually quite fun - well if you happen to be out and about walking/shopping/killing time. Even caught 2 earlier while just sitting on the porcelain throne!
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In app purchases I believe, but the media coverage alone is bound to be worth it. I'd think the next game/app they release will be charged and I bet you a picachu it makes a killing.
I don't live near any pokestops.. which means I'm off out for a sunday drive to collect some pokeballs ready for the long walk I'm going to do with my son... #pokemongoproblems. Probably spend more in fuel than it'd cost to buy the pokeballs but I wouldn't get the rare eggs then...
where's the translate? Gibberish 
They should exit the console market. It's the charm and quality of their games which is their strength IMO. Mobile and tablet gaming is where the big casual gamer market is, and it would be pointless trying to produce a Nintenphone.
That's got to be their undercover agenda. Along with throwing out a few Pokemon Sun and Moon ad's on TV over Christmas. Sit back and watch their back pockets line with more money.
Yep, this also could be a testing ground for ideas for the NX.
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