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TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.
Caught my second Kyogre out of two :v:

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Oyster
Nov 11, 2005

I GOT FLAT FEET JUST LIKE MY HERO MEGAMAN
Total Clam

TheMaestroso posted:

Caught my second Kyogre out of two :v:

I am 0 for 5 and saltier about that than never getting an EX pass.

GonSmithe
Apr 25, 2010

Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.

seiferguy posted:

I want to reiterate how stupid item / prestige ball payout based on team & gym control is stupid because it's mostly out of your control who shows up to a gym.

It’s almost like you’re supposed to talk to people and coordinate it

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.

TheMaestroso posted:

Caught my second Kyogre out of two :v:
3 for 3 on Kyogre, and was at 8 for 9 with Groudon! Don't know what y'all are complaining about :v:

Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.
Once you get the hang of how to curveball it it's not that bad.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

GonSmithe posted:

It’s almost like you’re supposed to talk to people and coordinate it

There's only so many raids in my area, so who shows up is up to chance. Plus my local discord is dead anyways, and it's not as if I can leave work on a whim. So yeah it's a lovely system.

Edit: I'm also 0 for 3 on Kyogre, and having 7 balls for being the lone red in a sea of yellow because that's who's around me at work is frustrating.

LionArcher
Mar 29, 2010


1/9 for that whale from hell

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer
Snow must be worse than 120* weather cause in the summer/fall we still get fuckers out raiding.

Time for new raid bosses. May I suggest:

Tier 1: babies.

Tier 2: Seadra, Hitmonchan/lee

Tier 3: Tangela

Tier 4: Dragonite, Gyarados, Ampharos

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

Niantic's not gonna let you kick the poo poo out of a baby for chrissakes :doh:

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer
We can already put them in gyms, so why not.

Tier 3 also: Umbreon, Espson, Hounddoom

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
I still don't have mawile or absol because they never spawn anywhere within miles of me when I have time to go get them , it's crazy. kyogres I can get daily with air support but not those two

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me

seiferguy posted:

There's only so many raids in my area, so who shows up is up to chance. Plus my local discord is dead anyways, and it's not as if I can leave work on a whim. So yeah it's a lovely system.

Edit: I'm also 0 for 3 on Kyogre, and having 7 balls for being the lone red in a sea of yellow because that's who's around me at work is frustrating.

Might I suggest making friends with people you meet at raids?

Really talk tho, the best places to raid if you don't have a regular group in your hood as far as finding people are capitol/first hill and downtown(apparently the trick with downtown according to a friend is that you have to be there *exactly when* the eggs hatch, I imagine part spoofers, part people in the high rises above who can't coordinate to wait for someone)

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

Psychobabble! posted:

Might I suggest making friends with people you meet at raids?

Really talk tho, the best places to raid if you don't have a regular group in your hood as far as finding people are capitol/first hill and downtown(apparently the trick with downtown according to a friend is that you have to be there *exactly when* the eggs hatch, I imagine part spoofers, part people in the high rises above who can't coordinate to wait for someone)

I live well north of Seattle, so raids are few and far between and I rarely see enough people gather for a level 5 raid. I work in Bellevue, so that's my best bet, and it's never the same people at the raids. As much as I would love to leave work for over an hour and a half to grind down a gym, I'm usually not afforded that luxury when I'm at my job :shrug:

TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.

seiferguy posted:

Edit: I'm also 0 for 3 on Kyogre, and having 7 balls for being the lone red in a sea of yellow because that's who's around me at work is frustrating.

I was the same today, though I'm Mystic and everyone else was an even split of red and yellow. Got 7 balls. Got lucky, I guess!

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

I will pay out ten bucks to the dude who writes up a drinking shanty for the PoGO Community Day coming up, in the key of the Gilligan's Island theme song

Must include the lyric swap to 'a three hour lure'

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Parrotine posted:

Niantic's not gonna let you kick the poo poo out of a baby for chrissakes :doh:

ESRB bans video games with violence towards children.

SeXTcube
Jan 1, 2009

seiferguy posted:

I live well north of Seattle, so raids are few and far between and I rarely see enough people gather for a level 5 raid. I work in Bellevue, so that's my best bet, and it's never the same people at the raids. As much as I would love to leave work for over an hour and a half to grind down a gym, I'm usually not afforded that luxury when I'm at my job :shrug:
I'm not sure how tight you are for time after work, but Bellevue and Redmond have very active raiding groups. Check out the RainCityPoGo discord if you haven't.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...

seiferguy posted:

I want to reiterate how stupid item / prestige ball payout based on team & gym control is stupid because it's mostly out of your control who shows up to a gym.

Team contribution I don't fault because it gives more reason for coordinating team effort, and if say your team organized a bunch of members to take down the raid boss and one rival team member hops on and gets just as many balls as your team for doing almost nothing, that's unfair. I know in most circles no ones is really that hardcore about "MY TEAM IS BETTER THAN YOURS" with rivalry, but at least it gives the team aspect of the game some weight instead of being useless.

Gym control on the other hand I wish they would set it so people can't attack gyms when there's like 10 minutes left before the raid egg hatches. It really sucks when a more dominant team shows up and snipes the gym control at the last second because they had nothing else to do and wouldn't have pushed the prior team out if there wasn't a raid going on. Showing up earlier than 10 minutes before to battle and take it over? Fine. At least it shows that you were purposefully there to do that instead of letting the more dominant team have a double bonus when they're already going to get the team damage contribution bonus.

Chairman Mao posted:

Saw this posted on my local discord, thought it might be useful for some people here:


I don't even try for curve throws when it's in the middle. He's so far back it typically doesn't hit or even get inside a Nice circle. I feel like the only chance to get a curve throw in the center is to do as vertical of a slant as you can like the throw pictured in "Left" except start on as far right of your screen as possible. Doing what's pictured for "Center" is going to have the ball end up missing Kyogre because the curve makes it fly too much to the left by the time it reaches Kyogre's distance.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

Willsun posted:

Team contribution I don't fault because it gives more reason for coordinating team effort, and if say your team organized a bunch of members to take down the raid boss and one rival team member hops on and gets just as many balls as your team for doing almost nothing, that's unfair. I know in most circles no ones is really that hardcore about "MY TEAM IS BETTER THAN YOURS" with rivalry, but at least it gives the team aspect of the game some weight instead of being useless.

Gym control on the other hand I wish they would set it so people can't attack gyms when there's like 10 minutes left before the raid egg hatches. It really sucks when a more dominant team shows up and snipes the gym control at the last second because they had nothing else to do and wouldn't have pushed the prior team out if there wasn't a raid going on. Showing up earlier than 10 minutes before to battle and take it over? Fine. At least it shows that you were purposefully there to do that instead of letting the more dominant team have a double bonus when they're already going to get the team damage contribution bonus.

I mean, I get the idea behind coordinated raids, but I often have a hard enough time finding enough people for raids, let alone valor. I'll probably stop complaining when I catch Kyogre.

I was personally a bigger fan of the 24 hour average gym rule that they had but I guess they didn't like it for some reason.

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment


I am the Groudon Whisperer.

The trade off seems to be that none of them were over 90%

Bear Retrieval Unit fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Jan 18, 2018

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013
3/7. 3 of the Kyogres that escaped are where I couldn't use the AR+ function due to low light. The 4th escaped (probably) because he bugged out completely while in AR+ and then the game crashed.

DeadlyHalibut
May 31, 2008
The new update made Kyogre much more tolerable. I was going 1/4 so far but today I managed to catch 2 with the first 3 balls. It feels like it's right where its supposed to be for long curve throws.

Edit: with server side changes it gets easier but stays far away. If you install the actual patch (apk is out for android) it gets much closer and bigger circle, making it much much easier.

DeadlyHalibut fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jan 18, 2018

TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.

Willsun posted:

I don't even try for curve throws when it's in the middle. He's so far back it typically doesn't hit or even get inside a Nice circle. I feel like the only chance to get a curve throw in the center is to do as vertical of a slant as you can like the throw pictured in "Left" except start on as far right of your screen as possible. Doing what's pictured for "Center" is going to have the ball end up missing Kyogre because the curve makes it fly too much to the left by the time it reaches Kyogre's distance.

I only throw curves in the middle, because it's the most consistent for me to get great throws.

Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Willsun posted:

I don't even try for curve throws when it's in the middle. He's so far back it typically doesn't hit or even get inside a Nice circle. I feel like the only chance to get a curve throw in the center is to do as vertical of a slant as you can like the throw pictured in "Left" except start on as far right of your screen as possible. Doing what's pictured for "Center" is going to have the ball end up missing Kyogre because the curve makes it fly too much to the left by the time it reaches Kyogre's distance.

I felt that way too at first but I'm bullseyeing zubats and other far away stuff I couldn't even dream of reaching before with this method after like one day of practice. It might take a few tries to figure out the exact angle and speed but as long as you throw fast and release the ball as far to the right as you can it should land perfectly in the center of the screen by the time it reaches kyogre. I did a couple raids yesterday and was nailing that stupid whale almost every time.

Edit: make sure you make a / shape when you throw not a J shape, that extra momentum going right when you release the ball is what gets you there without hooking too far left.

Chairman Mao fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Jan 18, 2018

nonrev
Jul 15, 2012




Parrotine posted:

I will pay out ten bucks to the dude who writes up a drinking shanty for the PoGO Community Day coming up, in the key of the Gilligan's Island theme song

Must include the lyric swap to 'a three hour lure'

Just get on up
And go on a walk
A walk to a public park
An event lasts there from 2 to 5
Because it’s closed at dark

Some electric rats named Pikachu
Will appear, I can assure
Just walk around and hit some stops
With a three hour lure,
A three hour lure.

This invasive species Pikachu
They know a move called surf
Just throw a pokeball right at their face
To remove them from the turf
Remove them from the turf

So grab your device and join us all
Most everyone will play
With Candela,
Blanche is there too,
Spark will come
(Yes that’s his name)
There may be raids
And double experience
Here on Community Day!

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
5'd

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Seconded. Fantastic work.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
I sit out in the cold rain for 15 minutes, finally a raid group shows up, I join and right as the battle starts I get a network error, then my game crashes. I restart it and my drift throws me away from the gym even though I'm standing right next to it and I'm unable to get back in as everyone beats it. Great use of a daily raid pass!

Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

seiferguy posted:

I sit out in the cold rain for 15 minutes, finally a raid group shows up, I join and right as the battle starts I get a network error, then my game crashes. I restart it and my drift throws me away from the gym even though I'm standing right next to it and I'm unable to get back in as everyone beats it. Great use of a daily raid pass!

Welcome to Pokemon Go!

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
1/5
Yay!

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
Caught a wild Breloom today which is great since I've never even seen a Shroomish. Now I just need one for the dex rather than having to wait for a nest to pop or hatching one then walking ~80km.

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.
Heh. A wild Breloom was the very first Gen 3 mon I caught besides the Halloween ones, and I still haven't found enough Shroomish candy to evolve another one.

SeXTcube
Jan 1, 2009

I too have only caught a random Breloom that spawned on me while fighting a gym.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
yeah brelooms spawn more often than shroomish. not gonna complain

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
You can TM a Pikachu for Surf.

I'm gonna have a Halloween Pikachu with Present and Surf

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD
One spawned outside my house but absolutely nothing at the park and it's 37° today so no Surfing Raichu for wifey.

GonSmithe
Apr 25, 2010

Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.
Can we all talk about how much we want to party with this Wurmple?

GonSmithe
Apr 25, 2010

Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.
Also lol Niantic picked the actual worst day to hold this thing, they’re definitely going to do another weekend because now every park in the US is closed.

Dirt Road Junglist
Oct 8, 2010

We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are
I want a party wurmple :3:

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White Light
Dec 19, 2012

GonSmithe posted:

Also lol Niantic picked the actual worst day to hold this thing, they’re definitely going to do another weekend because now every park in the US is closed.

Wha, really? Why, what's the holiday?

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