I've been playing Pokémon Go and Legendary Pokémon raids have just been released. They pop up randomly at different (real-world) locations and require a realistic minimum of maybe 8 people present to beat.
The issue is that there's no way to tell if a raid is happening at a particular location without being there, and the nearest place I can find them is roughly a half-hour drive away. I guess they just expect you to coordinate online with other players you know, but I don't actually have any friends that play.
I managed to stumble onto a legendary raid last week through sheer dumb luck, that had over 20 people show up to it. It was pretty awesome! When I asked how they were organizing, they gave me the link to a discord channel. My understanding was it was a place where people communicated and reported raids happening nearby them. Was somewhat excited at the prospect of future teamwork.
...Nope. It's just a scanner.
A "scanner" in Pokémon go is basically a bunch of bot accounts that gps-spoof around and report things (Pokémon spawns, etc.) in detail so people can look them up online. They're hard on the game servers, and making use of them is sort of a grey area (since the scanners themselves violate the TOS in several different ways, and using them gives you a major advantage over other players). Some people consider using them to be cheating, some don't.
I do. :/
It's very tempting for obvious reasons, but I also suspect that "cheating" in a way that makes me feel guilty is a great way to ruin the game for myself. Which I don't want, since this game is very much a stress-relieving activity for me.
Bah.
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