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BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

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Plastik posted:

Someone explain accessories to me. I went to buy a Go Plus as Gamestop and they don't sell them anymore, lady tried to sell me a GoTcha but I looked it up and the Internet said it's cheating? Is it cheating? Should I get one anyway? This game has me walking miles and miles and I don't want to get banned because that'll put an end to that.

The Go-tcha is just a GoPlus you don’t have to constantly tap. I can’t imagine playing without it.

If it makes you more comfortable you can set the Go-tcha to behave exactly like the GoPlus for a week.

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dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord

Plastik posted:

Someone explain accessories to me. I went to buy a Go Plus as Gamestop and they don't sell them anymore, lady tried to sell me a GoTcha but I looked it up and the Internet said it's cheating? Is it cheating? Should I get one anyway? This game has me walking miles and miles and I don't want to get banned because that'll put an end to that.

Go+ - TIRED!
Go-tcha - WIRED!

Shit Fuckasaurus
Oct 14, 2005

i think right angles might be an abomination against nature you guys
Lipstick Apathy
If people have been using it and aren't getting banned then I'm in, I just didn't know if it was some new thing where the waters hadn't been tested.

voodoorootbeer
Nov 8, 2004

We may have years, we may have hours, but sooner or later we push up flowers.
Ok am I the only one who is weirded out by the circle lightning SS Pikachu and shirt?

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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voodoorootbeer posted:

Ok am I the only one who is weirded out by the circle lightning SS Pikachu and shirt?

Seems kinda appropriate actually given the news these days.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Plastik posted:

If people have been using it and aren't getting banned then I'm in, I just didn't know if it was some new thing where the waters hadn't been tested.

People have been using the gotcha since launch, well over two years now, and not one person worldwide has reported any issues with getting banned.

To put your mind even further at ease, when you connect the gotcha to your device it simply recognizes it as a "Go Plus", the official accessory. Unless Niantic decides to update their servers/own device to be able to differentiate between the two, I doubt they can tell the difference.

And even further, its rumored that gotchas are literally just a modified go plus, so Niantic still gets their cut of the profits with each sale of a gotcha.

Away all Goats fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Oct 6, 2018

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Dr Tran posted:

Check your research tasks, you might be able to get a 2nd Mew or Celebi

Can someone explain? I’m not seeing anything anywhere about a second Mew or Celebi.

PathAsc
Nov 15, 2011

Hail SS-18 Satan may he cleanse us with nuclear fire

PISS TAPE IS REAL

BGrifter posted:

Wake me when we get Pikachu with JNCOs.

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
I want a Drowzee with a nightcap.

Box wine
Apr 6, 2005

ah crap
Bogart, Bogarting hope you read the thread cause I just hosed up and opened your gift and now we're ultrafriends. Hope you aren't logged in so you can pop an egg before the exp comes. Sorry about that.

slave to my cravings
Mar 1, 2007

Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.
I haven’t seen the alolan digletts and geodudes yet but if they are lmao. Niantic trolls their user base so hard and there is nothing we can do about it.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

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Cowslips Warren posted:

I want a Drowzee with a nightcap.

The Cosby Pokemon.

CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

CAW CAW CAW

Dinosaur Gum
I've seen a lot of really uncomfortable SS-rune-ish logos in Japanese and Korean fashion and it makes me :stonk: a little every time

Something something Pikachu is an electric type so he's a stormtrooper etc

CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

CAW CAW CAW

Dinosaur Gum

CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

I've seen a lot of really uncomfortable SS-rune-ish logos in Japanese and Korean fashion and it makes me :stonk: a little every time

Something something Pikachu is an electric type so he's a stormtrooper etc

E: we just ensure a future for our electric type women and children

E: turns out quote is not edit

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

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

Ballz posted:

Can someone explain? I’m not seeing anything anywhere about a second Mew or Celebi.

I think if you had over 100 research saved, they came back with Mew and Celebi.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

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If anyone was wondering, Hat Pikachu evolves into Hat Raichu rather than just a normal one.

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



It sure was smart timing of them to do this hat event at the same time the psychic event began. :v:

Themata
Dec 10, 2011

If you want a pizza this pie
You can crust that
I won't cheese on you
Dance on the groove flour
And I'll give you a disco-unt
Thanks to the people who responded to my earlier post regarding seeing my own stats that I can see for friends. I don't get why they don't just let us see those stats from our stats section if they're going to show it normally to everyone else.

Also, I think this might be the worst Xatu I've ever seen:

Dragonstoned
Jan 15, 2006

MR. DOG WITH BEES IN HIS MOUTH AND WHEN HE BARKS HE SHOOTS BEES AT YOU
by Roger Hargreaves

Vandar posted:

It sure was smart timing of them to do this hat event at the same time the psychic event began. :v:

dungeon cousin
Nov 26, 2012

woop woop
loop loop

Themata posted:

Also, I think this might be the worst Xatu I've ever seen:


And I thought I had something special with a CP32 Granbull.

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

Untrustable
Mar 17, 2009





I have one night of work left and then I'm gonna dedicate my Sunday to being a Pokemon master. gently caress walking though. I'm putting up 15 miles a day at work and can't carry my phone so gently caress walking on my days off. Gonna slow roll the local parks and leisurely catch psychic 'mons.

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow

Plastik posted:

If people have been using it and aren't getting banned then I'm in, I just didn't know if it was some new thing where the waters hadn't been tested.

Niantic officially has a rule against third party devices, but it has never been enforced and isn't likely to be.

It's possible they'll put something in the code that counts intervals between Go Plus functions, but not only would they gently caress it up and cause weird glitches because Niantic, they would also end up discovering a massove chunk of the userbase uses Gotchas. Especially in the "pay for boxes/passes/incubators/balls" crowd.

Seriously, one of my (extremely single) friends has three accounts, his main is at 160 mil XP, 150k catches, and he minmaxes. Both of his alts are nearly to my XP and catches if not already past me, so basically 60 mil XP and 80k catches. He just wears gotchas for all three when we roll places with a lot of stops or spawns. If anyone were going to abstain because of risk, it would be him, and he doesn't worry about it at all. You're seriously fine.

dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord
I wish the game would let me buy more Pokémon storage instead of painstakingly transferring hat Pikachu one at a time.

Simulation883
Jan 1, 2007

dwarf74 posted:

I wish the game would let me buy more Pokémon storage instead of painstakingly transferring hat Pikachu one at a time.

Hold down on the pokemon you're selecting and it should let you choose multiple ones to transfer at once.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

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Simulation883 posted:

Hold down on the pokemon you're selecting and it should let you choose multiple ones to transfer at once.

Doesn’t work with event Pokémon like Hat Pikachu. There’s an extra “are you sure?” prompt to transfer them.

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
So is there a point to new hat pikachu other than being a pain to transfer? Like, does it learn a secret move?

Box wine posted:

Bogart, Bogarting hope you read the thread cause I just hosed up and opened your gift and now we're ultrafriends. Hope you aren't logged in so you can pop an egg before the exp comes. Sorry about that.

The XP doesn’t matter to me, man, your friendship does.

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.

Bogart posted:

So is there a point to new hat pikachu other than being a pain to transfer? Like, does it learn a secret move?

It learns "Invade Poland" at level '39.

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

Chairman Mao posted:

It learns "Invade Poland" at level '39.

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



i caught a nazi pikachu with 666cp do i win

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

i caught a nazi pikachu with 666cp do i win

Sorry, we're looking for 1488, possibly on a Raichu.



Can someone Photoshop him in here?

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

sure thing op

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde
It's beyond anything I'd imagined. :iia:

birdstrike
Oct 30, 2008

i;m gay
needs a name

Eox
Jun 20, 2010

by Fluffdaddy
Reichu

birdstrike
Oct 30, 2008

i;m gay

Eox posted:

Reichu

:pusheen:

Loser_Rex
Apr 14, 2006

Spidercock? Here?
I just got a shiny Pika with the hat. Are the shiny rates increased or am I lucky?

Box wine
Apr 6, 2005

ah crap

Loser_Rex posted:

I just got a shiny Pika with the hat. Are the shiny rates increased or am I lucky?

Lucky and they also seem to be a bit more common or it's just the mass saturation of them out.

dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord

Eox posted:

Reichu

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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.

Eox posted:

Reichu

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