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Are you gonna get Pokemon Sword or Pokemon Shield?

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Waiting on the third one
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Author Topic: A Thread about the Pokemans: POKEMANS ON MOTORCYCLES  (Read 680333 times)

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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4935 on: July 18, 2016, 11:36:11 am »

from gaming prospective, the game mechanic sucks.

there's no entropy, so it's just unconstrained growth. if you join late or if you can't play at obsessed teenager levels, you are going to be behind. which would be totally fine but the only activity that you can do with the critter is to battle them in gym, and gym are always filled with the stronger in the local area.

and since the only way to obtain strong pokemons is to be yourself of a high level, there's little you can do to catch up but play more obsessively. even pay4win is a losing proposition because time is the primary resource consumed.  couple that with people owning gyms having rare daily drops you'd need to walk for miles or pay for, and it's the perfect shitstorm
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4936 on: July 18, 2016, 11:42:01 am »

My retail store is getting more traffic outside, but people don't come in, because it's a small retail store and you can reach the pokestop inside from the parking lot. So what this means is pokemon players are taking up parking spaces that real customers might otherwise use... Yay? I tried putting a lure on it just to see if I would get more people in the store, but it just flooded my parking lot for half an hour.

I even tried getting some Pokemon themed merchandise in, but so far none of the pokezombies are buying anything. They just sit in their car and stare at their phone as they catch the Pokemon that spawn here, then drive off to their next destination.

I've had a few people playing Pokemon inside, but I recognize them as regular customers so they weren't drawn here by the game - they just played it while here already lol.

Guess I should set up a coffee stand outside or something, lol.
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4937 on: July 18, 2016, 11:56:08 am »

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Ye.
I keep hearing how amazing and social and whatnot this game is, but in reality it's just hordes of random people who do nothing except going around staring at phones.
Well, at least they get outside, so there's that.
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4938 on: July 18, 2016, 12:07:57 pm »

My retail store is getting more traffic outside, but people don't come in, because it's a small retail store and you can reach the pokestop inside from the parking lot. So what this means is pokemon players are taking up parking spaces that real customers might otherwise use... Yay? I tried putting a lure on it just to see if I would get more people in the store, but it just flooded my parking lot for half an hour.

I even tried getting some Pokemon themed merchandise in, but so far none of the pokezombies are buying anything. They just sit in their car and stare at their phone as they catch the Pokemon that spawn here, then drive off to their next destination.

I've had a few people playing Pokemon inside, but I recognize them as regular customers so they weren't drawn here by the game - they just played it while here already lol.

Guess I should set up a coffee stand outside or something, lol.

Yea that's the thing I'm worried about with this.   Like the example I gave above.  Particularly Dunlawton ave and Martin Luther King Boulevard.  They are reportedly covered in pokespots which you would think helps local business, but none of these storefronts are really big enough to force people to come inside.   Really all it would do is get people to take up parking spaces.

EDIT: My understanding of Dr M.L.K. blvd is a bit off, it's actually mostly houses and churches.  And the college, the college is probably what's making all the pokestops there.  Unless the folks who choose pokestops were feeling guilty about race relations or something.

Though it would probably be a pretty profitable idea to set up a quick impromptu lemonade stand or something with some of yer pokemon merc on the side, if you can afford sending one of your employees out to man it.  You could probably only do that with certain kinds of storefronts.
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4939 on: July 18, 2016, 12:27:01 pm »

Considering this happened: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3693814/Chaos-Central-Park-gamers-leap-cars-leave-engines-running-catch-rare-POKEMON.html

I would assume everyone sees them. Not sure if everyone can catch them or if it goes to the first person though, I haven't been in a pokezombie swarm yet to find out lol.

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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4940 on: July 18, 2016, 12:34:54 pm »

My retail store is getting more traffic outside, but people don't come in, because it's a small retail store and you can reach the pokestop inside from the parking lot. So what this means is pokemon players are taking up parking spaces that real customers might otherwise use... Yay? I tried putting a lure on it just to see if I would get more people in the store, but it just flooded my parking lot for half an hour.

I even tried getting some Pokemon themed merchandise in, but so far none of the pokezombies are buying anything. They just sit in their car and stare at their phone as they catch the Pokemon that spawn here, then drive off to their next destination.

I've had a few people playing Pokemon inside, but I recognize them as regular customers so they weren't drawn here by the game - they just played it while here already lol.

Guess I should set up a coffee stand outside or something, lol.

Yea that's the thing I'm worried about with this.   Like the example I gave above.  Particularly Dunlawton ave and Martin Luther King Boulevard.  They are reportedly covered in pokespots which you would think helps local business, but none of these storefronts are really big enough to force people to come inside.   Really all it would do is get people to take up parking spaces.

EDIT: My understanding of Dr M.L.K. blvd is a bit off, it's actually mostly houses and churches.  And the college, the college is probably what's making all the pokestops there.  Unless the folks who choose pokestops were feeling guilty about race relations or something.

Though it would probably be a pretty profitable idea to set up a quick impromptu lemonade stand or something with some of yer pokemon merc on the side, if you can afford sending one of your employees out to man it.  You could probably only do that with certain kinds of storefronts.


dude. please. if you have a flock of person at your storefront and you cannot get them interested in your product, it's your fault. having a flock of people walking around is a nice problem to have.
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4941 on: July 18, 2016, 12:40:22 pm »

Not if they're a flock of people that aren't interested in buying stuff and aren't looking up from their phone.

Maybe you could sell those Pokemon Go Plus gadget?
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4942 on: July 18, 2016, 12:44:03 pm »

My problem is it's a flock of people sitting in their cars and too lazy to get out, lol...
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4943 on: July 18, 2016, 12:47:30 pm »

>tfw everyone is playing Pokemon Go and none of your devices can actually run it
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4944 on: July 18, 2016, 01:03:29 pm »

Before Pokemon Go:  "Wow look at these idiots stumbling around and driving with their noses in their phones.  People are dumb."

After Pokemon Go: "Wow look at these idiots stumbling around and driving with their noses in their phones.  This new phenomenon is unprecedented and will be the end of society."
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4945 on: July 18, 2016, 01:06:36 pm »

>tfw everyone is playing Pokemon Go and none of your devices can actually run it
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4946 on: July 18, 2016, 01:22:09 pm »

It turns out I could run it if I dragged my tablet out.

But then I would look like the most ridiculous person, so instead I shall just watch my brother play it with his iphone. Theres more available around here than I'd expected.
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4947 on: July 18, 2016, 01:24:13 pm »

So I tried Pokemon Go again today. This time it actually loaded the nearby rivers and roads on my screen so I guess it was just my GPS acting up or something when I tried yesterday. I walked around quite a bit but it seems there are no pokemon at all around here. I tried out the free incense item you get and I was able to catch a few pokemon.

Is there any way to get more incense for free? Or is it strictly something you buy from the in game store? To be honest I don't really feel like spending a dime on the game since there doesn't seem to be a lot I can get out of it in my area.
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« Reply #4948 on: July 18, 2016, 01:31:05 pm »

You'll get a few from leveling up.
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Re: A Thread about the Pokemans: Pokemon Go Release has Begun!
« Reply #4949 on: July 18, 2016, 01:39:09 pm »

aren't they taking request for areas? if there is nothing around why don't you send in request?
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