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I PROTECC

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Waiting on the third one

2 (3.8%)

Waiting on the third AND fourth one

1 (1.9%)

GET WELL SOON ZYGARDE

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I am a concientous objector and abstain from taking up arms

30 (57.7%)

Total Members Voted: 51

[Mephisto]

Seriously, everywhere you go the benches are full of people on their phones.

Went for a walk with my wife last night. We walked through a crowd reminiscent of The Walking Dead. People standing there silently, heads down.

[Furtuka]

The International rollout for Pokémon GO has restarted with the release of the game on iOS and Android in Spain, Italy and Portugal. Therollout is continuing but we don't know what will be released and when but the moment that news on that comes, it shall be posted here. Be sure to check our section for the full details of this game, which are still being added to.

10:43: The International rollout for Pokémon GO has restarted with the release of the game on iOS and Android in Pokémon GO is now live in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland. The rollout is continuing but we don't know what will be released and when but the moment that news on that comes, it shall be posted here. Be sure to check our section for the full details of this game, which are still being added to.

[Ruludos]

I've had luck with the eeveelution names. Three times my brother and I got jolteon/flareon with the nicknames; it's entirely possible that we got very lucky, but it seems reliable to me.

[penguinofhonor]

I've specifically heard people say it's failed for them, but after hearing more discussion, it does seem possible that this method improves your odds.

[Girlinhat]

One person reported failure, but then reported he's bad at spelling.

[Rolan7]

There's also so much server quirkiness.  People are suggesting it's safer to do the rename, then restart the program to make sure the servers actually know the new name before evolving.

Edit:  For what it's worth, it worked 1/1 times for me (chose Pyro.  Tempted to rename it to Rainer, but naaah).

[penguinofhonor]

I assume you're getting this from the Reddit thread? There are also some reports like this guy who restarted and still didn't get a 100% success rate.

That said, every failure I've read with this method was someone evolving multiple Eevees and they all succeeded on their first try. So it seems to me that it might only work once per evolution per person.

[RedKing]

Bitches don't know bout my Eevees.

[Rolan7]

Decided to check out downtown tonight around 2PM.  Lots of drunk people, normal nightlife, but oh gods so many pokemon everywhere.  Pokestops too, but I was already over halfway to the item limit.

Then I saw the glow of the alluring lures luring me.  As I approached, I saw four other groups congregating from different directions.  4-6 people per group.  It was downright crowded!

People were very friendly and nice, which was encouraging.  Just like in Ingress (almost always).  Possibly helped that we were far from any gyms   We hung out in the park by a dry fountain (which provided a few magikarps).  Most of them just sat and chatted, I walked around to catch nearby pokestops and work on my egg.

Did eventually stop and chat with someone though.  Level 15, but he didn't know how to use lures (lol interface).  I leveled from 8 to 10 over the course of the hour, just from captures no evolutions.

My favorite part was when the group started shouting "warturtle!  warturtle!" then a minute later "tentacool!  tentacool!"

Sad part was a woman from the nearby boonies whose nearest pokestop is 15 minutes away by car.

I'm pretty sure pokemon frequency is based on the same calculations as XM clouds in Ingress:  Areas where people have used smartphones a lot, like parks and museums, were always full of XM even if they had no portals (due to being private property or paid admission for example).  Roads always had a steady trail, too.  Tomorrow I'll see if I get different pokemons on a remote part of the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I'm betting I'll need to burn incense to get any, though.

I also like that, like in Ingress, level-up bonuses aren't wasted if you're at the item cap.  I'm at 369/350, and not totally sure what to get rid of.  Probably potions.  Maybe I should just try another gym battle tomorrow, and spend items freely.
Aw, they don't seem to "recycle" into anything useful like Ingress items do.

[darkflagrance]

I wouldn't recommend dumping potions; people say they are both rare and necessary at higher levels. Revives tend to be described as more disposable.

[ZeroGravitas]

I wouldn't recommend dumping potions; people say they are both rare and necessary at higher levels. Revives tend to be described as more disposable.

nah, low-level potions can be safely dumped. the higher-level potions are so much more powerful that even if you're regularly battling, it's just not efficient to carry basic potions. especially when you start getting max revives at level 30ish.

not sure I understand the logic with revives, though. if you regularly need a lot of potions, you're going to need revives too. you can't potion up a knocked-out pokemon, i think.

[Oneir]

not sure I understand the logic with revives, though. if you regularly need a lot of potions, you're going to need revives too. you can't potion up a knocked-out pokemon, i think.

You do need fewer revives, I guess, since any decent pokemon will take several potion to get back to full, but a fainted pokemon only ever takes one revive. Or maybe if you mostly train at your own team's gyms (your pokemon go to 1 HP if they lose, instead of fainted), instead of trying to capture other teams' gyms (your pokemon faint unless you run, needing a revive before any potions)...?

[BFEL]

also i am really tired of drowzees

HA

[Kot]

None of the phones I have supports Pokemon Go.

[Shadowlord]

Pokemon Go doesn't support my phone either, but there probably aren't even any pokestops anywhere nearby anyways. Not that there's any kind of map or anything, as far as I can tell.