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May 30, 2017 10:28 PM
Arsenal2785
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SlapMyBirchUp
I got bored of it real quick because of the broken tracking and the fact there was no Pokemon in my area that's full of fields and forests
TheActualBruceWayne
They had bad PR
MySpiritAnimalisMySpiritAnimalisBillMurray
I prefer the current version, at least I can walk without getting random people talking to me about it all the time.
icutthegrass
I play several times a week with my stepson. It is fun for me to break up the monotony on walks.
Arsenal2785
That seems nice
pastelpizza
I still play ... we have a. Good group of folks that play together . Nothing like when t started but still good
irritabletom
I like to play on my walk to work. Nice diversion from the monotony of the hike.
Pyrohawk
They were just really out of touch with what we wanted. PvP, a storymode, challenges, etc. Otherwise it just got old really quick.
Cheomesh
I played it for like a day - it was Pokemon without the stuff that made it Pokemon.
seattlebust
I still play...it's lonely out here...
theonedudeoverthere
its a lonely world out here with pidgys and snubblesover here in nebraska...send help
ForgivingCat
Hi
Ijustwanttobedownvoted
As do I. Which team?
IPutAHexOnYou4c6f7665206d65
i switched to zombies! run! , it's never lonely when zombies are after you
LannistersSendTheirRetards
It was a pretty cool month of people interacting outside with other people though.
vauhtihirmu
I actually enjoy the game more now that I very rarely run into anyone else playing it and trying to have an awkward interaction.
velociraptorpanda
We had a few pub crawls here in Austin as well
mirrelle
Spoofers killed my local GO community.
mattjuvia13
They need to quit the stupid regional exclusives
SoMenSayThatImIntenseOrImInsane
I've been thinking about opening it up again lately. I heard it got more fun after some of the updates.
moose9377
It didn't.
GrendelTown
Tracking got fixed, and legendaries are supposed to come out this summer
redgr81
Nothing has really changed. It's just ok to kill time on a walk.
SerialKitten666
There's an event every month now so that's nice, plus second gen is in! And it's way easier to find pokemon than before.
arumunus
Like the recent Slugma's Adventure Week? e e
missallykay
Dayton Ohio is still in it to win it. Very Passionate people and great fb pages and discord servers.
ShadyDirewolf
I'm just now finally able to play it, and I couldn't be happier... even if I am a year late
keyblader1985
I just started playing a few days ago..
Panda4hire
Go fucked up by screwing with the tracking system and then not communicating things.
VoltageXL1
The game was also legitimately bad from the get go. No trainer battles? And can't train ur Pokemon?
Panda4hire
yeah, but I think that stuff could have been slowly phased in over time if they'd been able to keep their base.
VoltageXL1
Yeah they had a good thing and completely fucked it up.
deerskinash
wittie888
2016 "go out meet new people have fun!" 2017 "wtf is wrong with you, get back inside"
whatupmyknitters
yeah i'm embarrassed when people see my screen now. but i gotta catch more cyndaquil!
aleister94
I really wish I had had friends during the brief period it was popular
Vladimirtod1
I really wish i had a phone that could run it. Now that i do none of my friends give a shit about the game.
ICanChangeMyUsernameWheneverIWantButIDontBecauseIAmGodDamnLazy
Aren't fads great?
vauhtihirmu
When you get powerful enough pokemon, those are all the friends you'll need. Because you can take over gyms on your lonesome.
Techtrospective
If it had the battle system of the regular games, I would have stuck with it. I just didnt enjoy spamming on my screen to battle.
CookingBaconDrunkAndNaked
Well they made over a billion dollars off it, so I'm not sure they care if anyone is still playing anymore.
dangerousDoc
They could have made much much more if they hadn't fucked up
SudoNimm
Its still the most played mobile game
ilikecamels
nahh i bet some of the bejeweled clones have it beat these days easy
CookingBaconDrunkAndNaked
Everything I see says ~5 mil active daily. Still good, but not the most played anymore. Just learned some Chinese apps have 50 mil daily.
SudoNimm
Whoa mama. Alrighty then
imonewiththeforceandtheforceiswithme
I hatched a phanphy and a cleffa today. It was a good day
mattjuvia13
I'd cry if I hatched them, I only need a few Pokémon to complete the entire Pokedex...but they won't let me trade for it + regionals suck!!!
Guyonbench
I just need to walk a little bit more to get the candy to evolve my buddy Kubuto into Kabutops!
vauhtihirmu
I was overjoyed when the latest event gave me enough candy for all the rock types you can evolve. They're super rare here normally.
imonewiththeforceandtheforceiswithme
I lucked out, got a perfect Kubuto from an egg and the candy bonus gave me enough to evolve it on the spot.
HawasKaPujari
There are still 65 million active users for pokemon go, all the frenzy has died however!
HilmTyler
That's cranes roost! I caught Pokemon there! #1
Losomos
Seminole county checking in
doubledweeeb
Same! There and Lake Eola were the places to beee
Fuzzykitten777
I actually still play....am I the only one? Anyone else? No?.....okay....
giraffpappa
My daughter plays it on my phone until the battery dies. She has no plan beyond catching as many critters as possible.
vauhtihirmu
Still play, just now it's getting good because I'm leveling up pokemon to defeat the most common ones in local gyms.
jamesshore
I still do.
IthoughwhatIddowasIdpretendIwasoneofthosedeafmutes
I open it up once a month now? I see level 30's and that fucking big pink thing Blissy that's impossible to get pass in gyms *fuk it*
IcyLucario
Glad to know that evolution line is just as much as a defensive goddamn wall as it is in the main series.
Vhyson
Indeed. Damn thing is nigh impossible to kill within the time limit, and then half the time there's 4 bloody more of them
fantastapotamus
you need to get a group of friends and attack at the same time. 3-4 people can take a Blissey down in no time.
Shovi
I have 2 big Vaporeons and a Poliwrath that make short work of them.
Koduel
Back when all our celebrities kept dying
IronicContradiction
It's an unfinished game. All you do is capture Pokémon with no objective
CptnRon
It has the same objective that Pokemon has had from the start. "Gotta Catch'em All!"
izzmonster
No, that's the slogan. In the games you gotta build a team, not catch a million rattatas and pidgeys. No real objectives.
DoublevBomb
The core games have a battle system. Like a real one, where stats, types and moves actually matter (at least vs players, story mode is weak)
SerialKitten666
There are two objectives. Complete pokedex and take over gyms. Keeps plenty people using the app still.
echonite
"Complete pokedex"... given some pokemon are regional, that is a fools errand.
Warune
Yeah. There are Facebook gyms groups in my town that devise taking down enemy gyms. It's aweso.e
SpecialProjectY
Lost me and my wife as a loyal player, because apparently rooting the phone will stigmatized you as a criminal scum. Meh...
shiyal
As long as the damn spinners are over by July I'm ok.
DoublevBomb
I get the feeling most of the rage about them is actually from people that never encounter them, and less from the teachers and etc.
Sheepyhead
Maybe if they'd implemented just a single actual pokemon game mechanic, the game could've been actually immortal.
izzmonster
Exactly, it's just a typical free phone game, just "with pokemon"
Sheepyhead
It's probably the single biggest wasted potential in the entire history of video games.
izzmonster
Yeah. I don't know what they were thinking with this. "Let's make a pokemon game, but not include any of the mechanics."
Sheepyhead
They weren't thinking, Nintendo are the masters of non-innovation these days.
izzmonster
Unfortunately that is too true. It makes me sad that they focus more on a gimmick console than making good games
FusRoDoodles
They lost me when they screwed with the footprints. I don't mind walking, but I won't walk around in 25 ft circles like a weirdo.
AllTheCoolKidsPeeTheirPants
Yes because everyone didn't look like weirdos before that.
FusRoDoodles
Walking naturally = healthy exercise. Walking in circles and stepping off the sidewalk to find something = wtf is wrong with you?
Cheknya
This, I was hooked opening week. Took away footprints to find and it got boring fast
Cruxador
It's actually way better now.
allthatjazzrighthere
I want to hunt Pokemon in the wild grass following their footsteps... not pick off Pokemon peeing on murals.
ConvertsToBananas
25.0 feet is approx. 42.86 Bananas. (beep boop ima bot)
Vaanhalen
Bt the time I stated they never ever worked
seattlebust
They brought it back and they show you where they are approximately with pictures of the land mark they're near.
primalmammal
You can tap on the paws and it shows exactly where on the map.
vauhtihirmu
You still see paws? I only see the pokestop, and if I click it I see the stop's picture on fullscreen with the name displayed.
vauhtihirmu
Nvm, I never thought to touch the paw prints or really registered them. Thanks, now I'll have more fun in unfamiliar surroundings! :)
thrashedbarrier
If they added battling friends I would download it again
SealandIsARealCountry
Greetings from the future, you can do that now
Qumefox
I think I read somewhere that nintendo specifically won't let them do that. Scared it'll compete with their own games.
SudoNimm
Oh. Dude. They changed it. Now you pretty much know the exact location of pokemon
FartedWhileMakingUpName
But can you track your distance for hatching with your phone screen off? I hated how it paused when you locked your phone.
FartedWhileMakingUpName
I loved the idea of hatching pokemon while I was out for a run but having to keep the app open for that was just silly.
Kittynomnoms
That's gotten a bit worse. Now the max speed to get distance is so low that you probably run too fast. I blame people driving and playing.
moose9377
No, you can't. And also they screwed with it so much that you now have to walk 4km to register maybe 1.5km.
at1mp
Need the Go Plus to play in background or lock phone and still track.
FusRoDoodles
For real? No more "Wander around in multiple directions until the Pokemon MIGHT spawn"?
sailorlnz
You only know the exact location if you have a pokestop nearby, otherwise it's random wandering in a circle hoping to find the pokemon.
vauhtihirmu
I at least don't see the pokemon in Sightings without the game telling me which pokestop is next to it...
FusRoDoodles
See that's the thing. It's not that I don't want to walk around, but I looked so weird walking ten feet then doubling back. Bullshit.
primalmammal
But they tell you what pokemon is near your closest pokestops (identified with pic and point on map). Then some pop out while walking there.
UnassumingAscotCap
Exactly, they made the game shit for rural players on launch, then doubled down and repeatedly made it worse.
MelJea
I'm not even that rural and it sucks. Used to load up on pokeballs during my once a week commute to work using public transportation and
MelJea
when they nerfed that I couldn't play anymore. When your closest stop is a mile away outside it's a shitty game.
BatmansUnderPantsAreSoSoft
The game hit a dead stop after they pulled this, how fucking blind can you be to not see the drop in players
zenoshogun
Only those that are immediately adjacent to a pokestop, its still pretty much unplayable without a scanner.
vauhtihirmu
You still need those common pokemon for the star dust and I'm not going to reach the pokemon if it's too far to show up in Sightings.
Hannya
It's evident you've not played the game since it stopped being a trend.
SudoNimm
That's fair. I live in a city so there are plenty of pokestops at which to find pokemon
Kittynomnoms
I'm playing it just fine and I haven't used a scanner. If by "unplayable" you mean you actually have to work for rare stuff, then sure.
vauhtihirmu
Yeah, I think the game is meant to be a bit of a grind for the good stuff bc it's trying to get you to walk more.
FusRoDoodles
It's fine to walk, but the walking in circles bit made you look unnatural in public. My social anxiety couldn't take it.
Marflower
Probably because the game was poorly balanced and unfinished when it hit and people got bored because of that.
bart2pl
balance ? what balance you want in game whithout any gameplay, it was basically glorified easter egg hunt, and it still is
chaoslordjiro
If content updates had hit faster, it might have prolonged its lifespan.
DungeonMaster69
If it worked properly and didn't delete my account twice during the first month, i would probably stilö be playing it
thefriendlyorc
Paper toss with monsters can only get so far when sun and moon came out.
Millsslslsls
I ran 4 blocks to get to a dragonite, threw the ball, game crashed. stopped playing.
IcyLucario
They should have had events, and more pokemon the moment they started. Better battling too in my book.
HitlersArtCritic
Look, I understand games that are unfinished. But what you release is the first impression.
KeeperOfTheDownvotes
Or it was just a stupid game.. I could be wrong though
Penguinsruletheworld
It was a pile of garbage with a GPS tracker. ANd they aren't going to spend the money they made off fucking idiots to fix it.
TrustMeImTheDoctor
And it killed your phone battery in no time.
EmotionallyTransparent
Also it breaks constantly and hangs on things like when you catch something. Improvements came too little too late. My GPS perma broke :(
supersomatic
"game"
johnvictor
Add in it was also a very passive experience really. You interacted very little with it and just waited for things to pop up.
ProgeriaProstitutes
Mine just stopped working after I caught my first decent pokemon
Rollswetlogs
#teaminstinct I still play and so do a lot of my friends. I travel a lot for work so it's a fun thing to do when my jobs end.
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
lol why do gaming companies continuously do this. Just finish it first, especially if it's a big name like Pokemon.
rylecx
not really. It's finely balanced. Maybe too much so. It's just people don't want to walk to progress
heartlessninja6
You think Ubisoft games are always glitch free on release don't you?
rylecx
Nope. Just stating a valid opinion. People are lazy which is why the game fell off as predicted.
GeneTheAwkward
I was fine with walking to progress. I played Ingress. Pogo is a bad game.
rylecx
a full pokemon game but free which is nonsense
GeneTheAwkward
...Except for those of us who moved from ingress to pogo expecting it to be like that, only to find they removed the actual game part.
rylecx
All 10 of you. The vast majority of target audience had never played ingress
rylecx
Not really. It's a great app. People just didn't want to walk. Same reason ingress fell off hard. people thought pokemon go would be like
DoublevBomb
It wasn't really Pokemon, it was just a geocaching game with a licensed skin on it. Made a lot of money though, that was the point.
ralphmelish
Actually it's Ingress with a Pokemon skin. Geocaching can be way more challenging than PGO.
SerialKitten666
It still has hundreds of thousands of dedicated players now though and releases events about monthly. Servers never crash now either.
IATTM
Can't crash if they aren't being used.
Shovi
Maybe the server isn't crashing, but the game sure is.
Qtoy
Well, that and it's not really much of a game. It's Moore of a "walk here and get thing" simulator.
GeneTheAwkward
except for the "walk here" part
lS7rikel
Or if you live in a small town "walk 10 miles and get nothing" simulator
vauhtihirmu
The other problems I think are easy to ignore, but I can see why people in small towns with no Ingress presence before PoGo don't play.
shalnon
I quit when it kept losing connection to the servers. Id be using valuable items and id lose them cuz the server got disconnected. Fuck that
AuryandNeon
That problem has been fixed for several months. If it was the only thing keeping you away, the events and things going on now are really fun
Kyrorayne
Most people I know quit playing due to the tracker issues and complete lack of communication. Then they started cracking down on 3rd party
Kyrorayne
Trackers that did a much better job than their crap.
Showmeyourfunnies
That's the exact reason I quit. It's 100+ out in Phoenix, I can't wander aimlessly and live.
KaizerKilborn
Exactly. Even if it's a dry heat.
primorph
Yep, that's why I stopped. Still mad about HAVING tracking then taking it OUT.
Hannya
The third party trackers didn't do what the in-game trackers did though. They were the AR equivalent of map hacks.
moose9377
When it isn't playable without map hacks, the game is a failure.
Hannya
Except it's totally playable. I played it on my walk to my university for the past year. Don't be so dramatic.
CoolHandRK
But it isnt, not playable, its just harder. All the game proved is most people are lazy cunts.
moose9377
It's a game. No one wants to spend the entirety of their spare time wandering around when they have zero idea where to find pokemon.
Yrmsteak
The bots with extremely powerful dragonites were what got me to stop playing. Every damn gym had a dragonite god on it.
Akaranger
Blissey is 10x worse
DoublevBomb
I didn't bother playing it, it had no gameplay beyond collecting, but I recalled hearing about hacked level 4385743895 pokemon.
DoublevBomb
Kind of figured that it would make the whole Gym aspect of the game, and the PvP they'd never actually add, generally unplayable.
Yrmsteak
I liked the excuse to walk around with my friends who didn't go outside, and the new idea for a game.
HighestHorse
And it lacked the only two things we wanted- Trading and Battling friends.
SadCannibalNoises
Cash and prizes!
KxxLxxxxx
And a single player story mode would be cool too..
beardedheathen
It lacked the one thing I wanted. Decent game play.
BlueKarat
I never cared about battles, I just wanted it to work where I am and not find a pokemon every 5 miles. And a stop every 50.
CookingBaconDrunkAndNaked
Pvp battling should be out soon, but you're right it should've been there from the start.
naturenick
Please understand
washismycopilot
Also I live in a rural area and it lacks Pokémon.
ChiLLeCheeze
Took my dog on a 2 hour walk. Caught 2 Rattata. Quit the game after that.
MechAnon
It's a data mining app disguised as a game. You aren't the consumer. You're the product being sold.
LordNoodles
Ok what did they gain about me that's useful when in love in BFE
Lunardose
Literally everything. The data about what a person from BFE does.
LordNoodles
What's useful though?
EnjoyThisGIFofYourUsername
HighestHorse
Haha you have already done me before with a different gif hahah. Have a great night!
openthedoorgetontheflooreverybodywalkthedinosaur
Do me! Oh wait... Not that hard :(
EnjoyThisGIFofYourUsername
openthedoorgetontheflooreverybodywalkthedinosaur
Haha I've actually never seen this!!
MerlintheRogue
And a good combat system.
DoublevBomb
Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, hey, wasn't turn-based strategy what this whole series is and still was all about, swipe, swipe, swipe
HighestHorse
Why wasn't it just the same four move system but with a time limit for your turn of 15-20sec.. So sad.
walkernotskywalker
I agree person to person but how would the gym work if the leader wasn't present?
GothmogLordofBalrogs
just ai. i wouldn't care.
AirshipEngineer
Game freak was releasing Sun and Moon later that season. if Pokemon GO was anything like a Pokemon game it would hurt Sun and Moon sales.
AirshipEngineer
it was made inferior by design so it would increase rather than decrease S&M sales.
wittie888
The 3 pillars that brought down Pokemon Go are a lot like the 3 bad decisions that Hitler made.
FriendlyNeighbourhoodSatan
Hitler made ALOT of bad decisions. Ending the battle of britain is another. At its peak britain had more pilots than planes.
wittie888
But you do have to agree that both countries had about the same amount of jews by the end of the war.
ThePiedPiperofRuination
Damn, Godwin's Law was quick with this thread.