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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 17:43:22 GMT -5
Dear Pokemon Go player. I have a great way to help you distinguish between an online digital monster and the real thing. Just make me sit through one more red light while you try to score a digital one and I'll show you the real thing, up very close and very personal. You might be a bit embarrassed when you explain to the ER staff where your little digital friend is lodged.
And for those of you who forgot your prize will not be on private property, feel lucky the homeowner called 911 instead of taking advantage of his/her castle doctrine rights. Our security patrol thanks for you for brightening up their day. Most folks driving down the wrong side of the road while filming homes are semi-naked and 100% impaired by chemical substances. You, on the other hand, are just stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 17:53:20 GMT -5
Yeah. I've been hearing the stories about that game and thanking God that I could give 2 craps about it. Sure is fun to hear about the stupidity on the news though!!!
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 12, 2016 18:11:49 GMT -5
Thing 2 told me that someone in STL hacked someone else's phone and had it lead them to an alley and robbed them. WTF?!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 18:18:28 GMT -5
I am 35 and have an Xbone and a PS4 and make it a sport to beat my 14 year old nephews ruthlessly at Call of Duty and other shooter games, but this Pokeman Go has zero appeal, I don't get it.
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Post by dannylion on Jul 12, 2016 19:00:12 GMT -5
I am 35 and have an Xbone and a PS4 and make it a sport to beat my 14 year old nephews ruthlessly at Call of Duty and other shooter games, but this Pokeman Go has zero appeal, I don't get it. Probably because you are not socially and intellectually arrested at the level of a 10-year-old.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 19:00:53 GMT -5
Did you play it as a kid?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 19:11:13 GMT -5
I'm pretty neg about most video games because my kids get so obsessed and I don't approve of all the screen time, but I have to say, Pokemon Go is getting older outside a lot more. Today he biked/walked all around town looking for critters (or whatever they're called!)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 19:11:18 GMT -5
Did you play it as a kid? No, but the people I am seeing getting into it the most are 30/40 somethings on my Facebook feed that never would have played it either. I'm actually kind of amazed.
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Post by taz157 on Jul 12, 2016 19:33:23 GMT -5
I had a teenager come to our door last night (before dark) seeing if we had a Pokemon character as it directed him to our house. I said not here and shut the door. There are 2 teenagers across the street from us; however, they don't seem the Pokemon-type.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jul 12, 2016 19:41:40 GMT -5
Pokemon... psshh! I'm still trying to get my final three mementos in Neko Atsume!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 20:02:58 GMT -5
Son just went for a walk to see what he could find. Most I know into it are teens 20s. But Pokemon started in 1996, so thse 30-40 yr olds would have been 10-20.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 12, 2016 20:12:52 GMT -5
I saw the "zombies " walking along Bayshore this evening.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jul 12, 2016 21:02:32 GMT -5
YDS saw the "zombies" on the beach.
And now Nintendo knows where you are at all times.
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 12, 2016 21:15:52 GMT -5
I was listening to a radio app tonight and the DJ said a restaurant upped their sales by 77% by getting some kind of Pokémon thing. I don't know where, but the station was from LA, so maybe there.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jul 12, 2016 21:23:19 GMT -5
I've been playing it, but it doesn't feel like a "Pokemon" game as much as a scavenger hunt. I think it is pretty cool how many landmarks are in the game, and in some cases, how much of them are about local history. I've learned a few things about my area from marks in the game.
I can see how it could go bad really easily. People were already absorbed by their phones before Go came out, but Go takes it to a whole other level. I refuse to have it on while I'm driving, but I'm sure people do. And yeah, the stories of people using remote landmarks to rob players? The games creators could also cause havoc by putting a rare pokemon in an area, and having people swarm there. Apparently the holocaust museum doesn't appreciate being a landmark in the game.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 12, 2016 21:25:16 GMT -5
I've been playing it, but it doesn't feel like a "Pokemon" game as much as a scavenger hunt. I think it is pretty cool how many landmarks are in the game, and in some cases, how much of them are about local history. I've learned a few things about my area from marks in the game. I can see how it could go bad really easily. People were already absorbed by their phones before Go came out, but Go takes it to a whole other level. I refuse to have it on while I'm driving, but I'm sure people do. And yeah, the stories of people using remote landmarks to rob players? The games creators could also cause havoc by putting a rare pokemon in an area, and having people swarm there. Apparently the holocaust museum doesn't appreciate being a landmark in the game. They picked a really bad one to put in the museum. I forget it's name but it spews gas as it's thing. I do agree that some places should be off limits. And the fact that we have to tell people this makes me question humanity a little.
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Post by busymom on Jul 12, 2016 21:59:57 GMT -5
DH & I took a walk with DS tonight at a nearby walking path, & here a family was out playing that game. However, the dad was "driving" the baby's stroller, and since he was watching his phone, more than the path, I was concerned he might run the baby into something. Focus on the real world, people! (Although I do "get it" that this game might get kids out moving more, rather than sitting in front of a screen.)
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Post by souldoubt on Jul 12, 2016 23:07:27 GMT -5
Thing 2 told me that someone in STL hacked someone else's phone and had it lead them to an alley and robbed them. WTF?! nypost.com/2016/07/11/teens-use-pokemon-go-app-for-robbery-ring-cops/As far as the game goes I have zero interest in it but to each their own. A buddy showed me it and while you can obviously track someone a thousand ways using their phone it was creepy to me because it used google maps and the view in the game gives the street view of your house/area. Someone in IT security said it requires you to register either through google or the system itself and if you do it through google by default you're giving the game full access to your google account which means it can access your calendar, maps and emails.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 13, 2016 8:15:36 GMT -5
I wanna play but apparently I would have to upgrade from my dumb phone? I'm off to check out the game now and see what I need to do to play. Haven't paid much attention to it till all the negative talk has come out.
Guess that says a lot about me!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2016 8:18:50 GMT -5
I wanna play but apparently I would have to upgrade from my dumb phone? I'm off to check out the game now and see what I need to do to play. Haven't paid much attention to it till all the negative talk has come out.
Guess that says a lot about me!!! Well, you're not too far behind the times. I think it's only been out a week or two.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 13, 2016 8:22:50 GMT -5
I wanna play but apparently I would have to upgrade from my dumb phone? I'm off to check out the game now and see what I need to do to play. Haven't paid much attention to it till all the negative talk has come out.
Guess that says a lot about me!!! Well, you're not too far behind the times. I think it's only been out a week or two. Glad to know that!! If I disappear let it be known that I am on the Pokemom Go bandwagon
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Post by trippypea on Jul 13, 2016 8:29:50 GMT -5
My 14 year old daughter has not willingly gone outside in years (no friends in neighborhood). Prefers to lounge. She has actually been dragging my husband or myself outside for walks so she can catch pokemon. I'm sure the novelty won't last, lol. My husband said when he was running the other day that he passed several kids on bikes glued to their phones. Good way to get hit by a car...
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 13, 2016 8:30:32 GMT -5
Somebody said the other day on the news that this game has gotten more kids up and moving in two weeks than Mrs. Obama's child fitness program accomplished in 8 years. That's kinda sad.
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Post by alabamagal on Jul 13, 2016 10:17:20 GMT -5
Just got an email at work to beware of all the extra traffic in the parking lot because apparently it is a site for Pokemon Go. I noticed about 10 cars in the back of the parking lot yesterday and was wondering what was going on. The building I work in is only about half occupied, so there are a lot of unused parking spaces.
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Post by cael on Jul 13, 2016 10:27:03 GMT -5
I'm digging it, sorry/not sorry. A) I played as a kid so this was already fun for me, B) it's more incentive for me to get out places for walks with the baby, which is good for him and good for me since I have 40lbs to drop, and C) I get into fun stupid games like this and seriously couldn't care less what people think of me for it. A group of us got together at a friend's house last night and took a walk up to the stop closest to her, it was really fun (we have nerd nights anyway so this wasn't a stretch).
I will not however be running the stroller into things, getting hit by cars, robbed, or any of that stuff since you know, I have common sense.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 13, 2016 10:36:05 GMT -5
I'm digging it, sorry/not sorry. A) I played as a kid so this was already fun for me, B) it's more incentive for me to get out places for walks with the baby, which is good for him and good for me since I have 40lbs to drop, and C) I get into fun stupid games like this and seriously couldn't care less what people think of me for it. A group of us got together at a friend's house last night and took a walk up to the stop closest to her, it was really fun (we have nerd nights anyway so this wasn't a stretch). I will not however be running the stroller into things, getting hit by cars, robbed, or any of that stuff since you know, I have common sense. Good for you! Glad you are having some fun. I may try it, too, to motivate me to do something besides laze in my recliner when I get home. I won't apologize for it either. If it's not for some - fine.
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Post by jeep108 on Jul 13, 2016 10:50:38 GMT -5
My 19 yr old hasn't been outside this much in years. So far she's only gone to the parks around the house and they hosted a hunt downtown Tempe that I went with. I did not play. I just walked with her and talked to the other players. She walked 2 miles in the 2 hours that we were down there. I think she would have stayed longer. Her phones battery dies after 2 hours.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jul 13, 2016 13:08:23 GMT -5
I'm digging it, sorry/not sorry. A) I played as a kid so this was already fun for me, B) it's more incentive for me to get out places for walks with the baby, which is good for him and good for me since I have 40lbs to drop, and C) I get into fun stupid games like this and seriously couldn't care less what people think of me for it. A group of us got together at a friend's house last night and took a walk up to the stop closest to her, it was really fun (we have nerd nights anyway so this wasn't a stretch). I will not however be running the stroller into things, getting hit by cars, robbed, or any of that stuff since you know, I have common sense. In my run club, we tend to get "obsessed" with a lot of games. There's a faction that's addicted to Neko Atsume, and now there are a few who are all about Pokémon Go. One guy is going to use it for speed workouts. I couldn't figure out how to catch the ones right outside my house. Lol.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 13, 2016 13:36:17 GMT -5
Uh oh. I better not even try then. If experienced gamers can't figure it out, I'll be running myself into parked cars.
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