Pokémon GO - Who is playing?

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  1. goddamnanalog

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    I heard they are going to change the spawns every few days now and increase rare spawn rates overall.

    They are also going to crack down more on spawn nests.

    And as hellointerloper said manual IV checkers should be ok but they are definitely less accurate. And I would still advise caution.

    They banned a player for legitimately getting 600,000xp in one day, he was shooting for a million in 24hrs. He had tweeted and emailed Niantic advising them of his attempt and they still banned him! He was donating some of his twitch donations to charity.

    He found a .02 mile loop with like 20 stops. During his loop he was constantly using lures on every stop and lucky eggs all day!! He had apparently saved a lot of mons to evolve as well. Pretty epic and costly on his part. Yet he was still banned for being awesome and legit.
     
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    Anyone here playing in Denver?
     
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    spawns changed again early in the week... monday or tuesday. starter pokemon have a better ratio to spawn now too, charmander bulbasaur and squirtel were next to impossible locally for me. i got 2 charmander and a squirtel yesterday. if you know of a nest, dont be laszy go asap... looks like spawns are changing about every 3.5-4 weeks. less spawn if you are going over 15 mph too, this hurts me... you shouldnt play while you drive... but i do and im very alert when i do, now that they dont spawn really when in motion i dont catch as much. i barely crossed to 23 yesterday thanks to about 30-40 evolves on a lucky egg... pokedex is now 119 seen 119 caught... now to grind out the 20 evolutions i know i need. and i guess the 3 stand alone i need as well?
     
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    I wish they would make the spawns/nests more accessible. It'd be great for people to catch the pokemon and then have them add characters. But honestly, the only way to catch certain ones...you have to drive and get and it's become more of pain.
    Bulbasaur?: drive to selma olinder park to catch 1 or San Francisco to catch 3 or 4. Dratini? I'd have to drive to San Francisco: Grimer-Muk? still mia. Ghastly? Random. Seel? Lakewood Park to catch 1 or 2. here and there. otherwise mia.


    I've hatched over 298 eggs but have never hatched a charmander/bulbasaur or squirtle. Every 2k egg has been pidgey, spearow, caterpie. Literally. Those are the only 3.
    It should be more balanced. I like the idea and originally I was thinking that it's great to go to parks and catch things here or there.

    But knowing that you virtually have to drive to certain areas. Makes it more taxing and less fun.
     
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    One of these things is not like the other ones,
    One of these things just doesn't belong.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Is anyone having issues with the app? I upload the game and go to look at a Pokemon. When it opens up their info page it freezes before the image can load. Is this just me or could this be an issue created by the last update?
     
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    I dont know about issues, but my iphone 5 runs it like crap. The thing that keeps me from playing it is that on my old phone it does not run well nor smoothly. ;(
     
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    Ended up getting 50,000 xp from the lucky egg evolvathon I did this morning. Smashed my old record for sure.
     
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    This is precisely why I'm switching to a Samsung after my contract is up, iPhones become obsolete very quickly, which is infuriating. I'm convinced they do this specifically so you have to buy a new one. :evil:
     
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    For the IV folk, if you guys haven't already checked out Poke Genie, do it.

    It's all screen shots and there is no access to servers. Incredibly accurate in conjunction with the built in appraisal system.
     
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    Yes! I've always thought the exact same thing. That's the main reason I've avoided apple at all costs.
     
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    I like apples.
     
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    My boyfriend upgraded from an iPhone 4S to a Samsung Galaxy S7... I want to steal it. :( It runs Pokemon so beautifully. I also noticed something odd, it seems like the radius of finding Pokemon is increased on his phone. (I have an iPhone 6.) I do "shotgun duties" very often when we go driving, and when we come to a stop he will find something and I won't... Like a Weedle will pop on my screen, and a Weedle and a Slowpoke will pop on his. Same thing when we're in a restaurant, he's excited because there's a Clefairy, and I have to step outside and walk half a block to find it. :?
     
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    I'm on a Note 5, and everyone else I know playing are on iPhones. Have absolutely noticed it works all around smoother for me.

    Will be 1,750 miles West by this afternoon. Hope to see lots of rock/fire, since water/grass dominates my area.
     
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    Good luck out West! Tell me how it goes, I'm flying out to Utah/Colorado in October. Hoping to catch lots of different Pokemon there.
     
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    Planned obsolescence is very real.
    Don't fool yourself though. Going from a phone that is +2 years old to any new top end phone really is a big leap no matter what brand you stick with or switch to. If your boyfriend went from a 4s to a 6, you would probably yield the same results. Anyway...the game has been really annoying lately. Low cp pokemon running away after a throw is absolutely stupid. Nevermind the fact that I wasn't able to catch it in the first throw but really...running away...and I'm talking common pokemon too. I've got a little over 100 caught and I'm about ready to quit. The big news in the industry is that the game's DAU is dropping quick. My guess is that a lot of these people played just to catch all the pokemon within their region and that's all they wanted to do. Once they've accomplished that, they stop playing.
     
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    So much of everything that's not in my area in Denver! Got here with a 109 Kanto, we'll see what it's at by the time I get home. Haven't even actually hunted yet, and have grabbed a bunch of good ish.
     
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    I'm ready to punch this game in the dick. I've been one slowpoke capture away from evolving it to slowbro (one of my favorites) for two fucking weeks now. I used to see slowpokes everywhere, now the two times I've seen them since they disappear off sightings immediately. I swear this game is fucking with me.
     
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    to be fair a 5 is just shy of being 4 years old... thats a pretty long lifespan for a phone i think with software updates multiple times a year.
     
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    spawns changed 8/22/16
     
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    My iPhone 6 is starting to have issues with lag, especially on the web, and I think I've only had my phone for a year and a couple months... :? It's nowhere near being full of music/photos and I always close my apps.

    Seriously though, if you have a buddy with a Samsung S7, ask to borrow the camera for 5 minutes. Even better if you're in a low-light environment. It made me weep.

    Anyway, enough about phones, did you hear about the datamined Buddy System? You'll be able to take a walk with a Pokemon of your choice for candies, and it will either walk with you, fly behind you, or sit on your shoulder ingame. HECK YEAHHHHH
     
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    Bam! Suck it, got my slowpoke!!!
     
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    Agreed, I've also abused this phone a lot. For whatever is worth, Apple does have a decent life span on its products if one is careful not to bite into the hype of new releases. Pokemon runs poorly because its probably not supposed to be ran on iPhone 5 from the get go.
     
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    Down in Delaware and I already caught a Pinsir, got the last candies I needed to evolve my first Vileplume, and saw (but couldn't find!!!) a Koffing... I NEEEEED MOOOORE
     
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    I love this thread because even though I have pretty much no idea what any of you are talking about I still get to see "adults" act like happy little kids because of imaginary creatures they only see on their fancy phones and it is fucking awesome.

    The world is a harsh place so this thread is always refreshing.
     
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