Be Excellent To Each Other

I've found there's tonnes of people sitting in the local park spamming lures on the pokestops there. Was sitting there last night after work and about 3 or 4 other people we knew came past and we laughed about how everyone was playing pokemon. It's quite funny seeing how many people are playing it and it seems like the largest group are older than expected. I do have a pidgeot that's got about 550CP though.

*Throws Pokéball at Nickachu*

I'm already bored with it.

If they made an Ingress-based game on different IP, like Star Wars or Marvel, I think I would probably die of joy. As it is, I'm not really bothered.

I'd avenge you, mate.

I must admit, it's made me rather think about playing Ingress.

I had a quick look and just thought nah, if it was something I could do while running or something then maybe but probably not. Good if it gets some couch potato kids out and about I guess.

The chap who sits opposite me is bemoaning the fact that it's just Ingress with a Pokemon skin. He showed me Ingress, it looks rubbish and doesn't have Pokemon in it.

He's had Ingress for ages so he's very scornful of Pokemon Go, apparently they're using a load of the data from Ingress for it as well, or something, like, all the work that the Ingress community did I think, the suckers.

Yep, all the pokestops were created by the Ingress community, I believe.

No they didn't. Some of these buildings have been here for hundreds of years.

Pokestops?

Star Wars cantinas! Rebel bases!

I found a wookiee! A jawa! A level 12 Sith Lord!

It'd be amazing.

There's less contextual sense around why they'd just be wandering around waiting to be 'captured' though. Whereas that makes perfect sense for Pokemon.

But the only people you would be able to talk to when you are out and about, is the three other nerds who are playing it.

With predictable results.

Awesome!

Superb.

Had a fairly successful lunchtime hunt with a couple of mates from the office, at one point a guy driving past in a Transit van shouted 'POKEMON!' at us, which I think was intended more as an insult than a factual observation.

At one point we got a very rare one within hunting distance but couldn't dedicate the time to track it down.

Upon my return to the office I went through my Pokemon list and evolved and power-upped everything that I had the candies and stardust for.

Pokemon roster is looking a little healthier now, and I'm halfway to Level 10. I may have a crack at a gym on way down the prom after work.

It's a fun game I think, and as a social game it's great.

Two gym fights won!

Transfer your 'doubles' to get a piece of candy to help upgrade your 'keeper'.

When the blue power bar fills up you can hold down on the enemy to launch a super-attack.

Apparently you can swipe left and right to dodge as well although I have yet to try this.



Yes I did this with the Goldeens to get enough candies to evolve the best one, I need to sort through the rest of them though as I have millions of Psyducks and Zubats and shit like that. The limiting factor on power-ups seems to be stardust though, not candies.

Some of them have a little blue glow behind them and show as 'XL' with what looks like a higher weight or height than usual, does this make them better candidates for evolution even if they have a lower CP?

These are weird ones...

Why is one gendered? And what even is the other thing?

/looks enviously at Mimi's stash of Stardust.

Oh, attached the same one twice. This was the other pic, with the gender symbol.

I've not really used much stardust, Hearthly. I'm a collector, not a fighter.

My brother says Nidiran evolve into Nidoqueen and Nidoking. They are the true Pokemon generation

Mimi, if you use your stardust to power up and evolve your Pokemon you'll get better ones!

Better than Zubat?

NO SUCH THING.

(But ok then)

GOLBAT

You can use the stardust (and candy) to make the ones you have tougher too. Without evolving them.

TOUGH ZUBAT!

Nope, because Zubat is cuter and sillier!

Super Zubat?

ZOMG

I do have a Golbat, btw.

It should be pointed out that both Mimi and I get a great deal of enjoyment just from renaming the poke-idiots.

Hehe, yep

Post your full screen!

How dare you have fun in a slightly different way to me

Last four Pokemon captures have ended up with a frozen screen (Only ones I already had, thankfully).

Seems like the servers are taking a right Brexit.

I sometimes get a frozen screen just when I've caught them, but they're still there when I go back in.

That's happened a few times, these last four have left me without the Pokemon and reduced ball count.

REDUCED BALL COUNT!

From Bookface.

I've seen that before and its a response to a very negative one telling people to stay out - let me see if i can find it

And I'd imagine they're both made up.

Nintendo now worth more than sony...

Who the frig are Glencore?

They mine stuff.

Wanted more bag space. Bought Pokecoins with real money to buy bag upgrades with.

I have Pokecoins left over, not sure what to treat myself to yet though. Maybe some incubators for a MASS HATCHING 5km down the line.

I seem to be addicted to this.

You and Nintendo sitting in a tree