Pokemon GO: This release rate is looking pretty Tepig, Unovatimean?

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What is Pok�mon GO?

Pok�mon GO is a Mobile Free2Play Augmented Reality game where you, as a new Pok�mon Trainer, walk around IRL and are randomly approached by sprites of Pok�mon on your phone. Your goal is ostensibly, as the slogan goes, to "catch 'em all", although you will probably never do so (I still need a Lapras and Aerodactyl). In addition to catching Pok�mon, you can also battle against other trainers' Pok�mon in Gyms, against other trainers in 3v3 matches, and against Team GO Rocket.

How to play

With the above image as basis, let's review the basics.

1) The current in-game weather conditions. Usually based on actual weather, but may be wrong. Different Pok�mon will appear based on the conditions - grass in sunny conditions, water in rain, flying in windy, etc.

2) A gym currently controlled by Team Valor (more on teams later). Teams (more on this later) control gyms with a maximum of 6 Pok�mon holding down a gym at a time. Only one Pok�mon per breed can be stationed at a gym, which means you're going to see only one Blissey instead of 4! Hey look, there's a Blissey right there! To take control of a gym, you must battle (and defeat) the defending Pok�mon using the same strategy used in the main games (water beats fire, ghost beats psychic, etc.). Over time, however, Pok�mon will lose their battling power in gyms if they are not regularly fed berries. In addition, there are Raid Battles, but that's for another section. Holding a gym for 10 minutes nets you one Pok�coin, but your rewards can only be cashed out after your Pok�mon is kicked out of the gym (and you can only get 50 coins in a single day). You must be Level 5 or higher to fight. Gyms also have the properties of...

3) A Pok�Stop. Once you get within the radius of the area, you can "spin" or flick the location to get free items, such as Pok�balls and Eggs. You can only spin once every 5 minutes; purple stops mean you've tagged it recently, blue means you haven't, and a halo around the blue stop means you've never been there before (or it's been a long time).

4) A wild Pok�mon! Specifically, a Luvdisc. While roaming, you will get pinged about Pok�mon appearing. Tap the Pok�mon and point your camera to the horizon. Flick a Pok�ball in the direction of the Pok�mon, and you can "capture" it. You can miss (so you have to aim), and the Pok�mon can break free randomly, just like in the regular series. Wild Pok�mon can also jump to evade and attack, so sometimes you need to time out your tosses. Finally, Pok�mon can just be assholes and run away.

5) The heads-up display. Here, you can see a clear shot of your face, your buddy Pok�mon, your current level, the progress you've made to the next level, and your name. When you walk, your buddy Pok�mon will pick up candy of their species over a set distance. Magikarp will pick up a candy every kilometer, while legendaries take a good 20km.

6) Pok�mon nearby. Clicking on this will show you what's nearby and where to find them.

7) Research tasks. By completing tasks, you get items and the ability to catch legendary (and mythic) Pok�mon.

8) Me! Your avatar will stay in the middle of the screen and the world will revolve. You can customize your avatar with hats, shirts, pants, shoes, and other stuff that soothes your fragile psyche.

Gyms and Pok�Stops are based on regional landmarks or noteworthy locations, but can also be sponsored locations. Drink Starbucks!

Once captured, a Pok�mon will come with certain stats. CP stands for Combat Points, and is a rough gauge of how strong your Pokemon is. Height and Weight do not appear to do anything, and are simple flavor texts. Pok�mon will come with two attacks; a quick attack (not to be confused with the actual move "Quick Attack" - these moves are simply faster) and a charge attack (usually a signature move; i.e. Pidgeot getting Air Cutter or Venonat getting Bug Buzz). HP stands for Hit Points - if your Pok�mon's HP reaches zero, it faints and cannot battle anymore until it is revived.

Catching a Pok�mon will grant you EXP, Stardust, Species Candies, and (if a new Pok�mon) a Pok�dex entry. If it's a duplicate, you can "transfer" it to the Professor and gain candies specific to the Pok�mon line (so, Pidgey Candies work for Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, but not Spearow.) Stardust and Candies are used to level up your Pokemon swiftly; you gain 100 Stardust for every wild Pok�mon captured (more for accurate throws, among other bonuses), and when you trade in a Pok�mon, you gain 1 candy of that type, in addition to the 3 you got originally. In addition, you may select one Pok�mon at a time to be your Buddy, which means that as you walk, you will be given the breed's candy in increments correlated to their egg distance.

Battling in a gym is simpler than in the mainline games. You can swipe left/right to dodge attacks, and swipe up to use a quick attack, or charge up a charge attack. The blue bars next to your charge attack build up throughout a battle; each blip means you can use a charge attack once. Some attacks have 5 blips, some only have 1. This varies as the moves can vary within the same species, so it brings variety to the game.

Unique to Pok�mon GO, however, is Raid Battles. At Level 20, trainers are allowed to participate in battles against super-powered Pok�mon controlled by the game as long as they have a valid Raid Battle Pass. These can be anything from a Magikarp that a 10-year-old could beat by himself to a Ho-Oh that can only be taken down by, like, 20 people working together. Winning gives you items you can only get from Raid Battles (including the chance to re-roll a Pok�mon's attack choice), 3000XP, and the chance to capture the Pok�mon you just beat (but at a reasonable CP), while losing give you a bit of stardust and some pity. If you're one of those people who can't get enough of Raids, there are EX Raids, where only the rarest Pok�mon (such as Deoxys) show up. EX Raids require an EX Raid pass, which are super-hard to get.

Occasionally, Pok�Stops will be corrupted by Team GO Rocket! There, you can battle a CP 3500 Ivysaur because you hate yourself and your Pok�mon. If you win, you get a chance to catch a shadow Pok�mon, which have to be purified via candy and Stardust to be any good. Purified Pok�mon can be very good and cost less to power up, but it's kind of a hassle.

Friendship

You can be friends with other ~~people you know~~ goons! Click on your HUD and go to the 'Friends' tab to see all your friends. You can send gifts that you pick up at Pok�Stops to them and receive them in kind. In gifts are practically the same material you get by spinning a Pok�Stop, but with the addition of 7km eggs, which contain Alolan Pok�mon, babies, and occasional Pok�mon you can't catch locally! Friends can also be used to trade Pok�mon, but the system is kind of impractical for casual players - the main reason anyone trades (to get Pok�mon they don't have) requires a whole mess of Stardust. Depending on the friendship level, the amount of Stardust necessary goes from 1,000,000 down to 20,000 to trade the rarest of the rare.

And then there is PvP! Oh yes, it took three years but they put in PvP. It's a lot like battling in a guy, except more complicated. You see, instead of pressing ONE button to do a charged move, you have to swipe a whole bunch of icons that show up to charge up your move. There's also the protective shield you can use twice a match, but those are for wimps.

Community Day

Once a month, Pok�mon GO will showcase a certain Pok�mon for three hours, and they'll show up everywhere. Special, event-only moves can be obtained by evolving those Pok�mon to their final form (the only two exceptions to this have been Pikachu and Eevee, which had special moves for their un-evolved forms). There's a pattern to which Pok�mon will be picked for Community Day: starters and 10km egg Pok�mon with two evolutions rotate, with Pikachu and Eevee again being the only exceptions. September 2019 saw Turtwig, with October TBA.

The Teams

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There are three teams to choose from, each representing the three Legendary Birds (Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres).

Team Mystic (Blue - Led by Blanche)
Team Instinct (Yellow - Led by Spark)
Team Valor (Red - Led by Candela)

Currently, aside from color preference, there is no benefit to picking one over the other. Pick whatever you like! I personally am a member of Team Instinct, and there are hardly any other people in my area who are as well.

Items

Just like in the games, you can acquire a variety of items that do a variety of effects. Most, if not all of these, are straightforward and explain themselves perfectly in the descriptions.

Alright, cut the bullshit. It's F2P, right? What's the catch?

If battling in gyms is too time-consuming, you can also purchase Pok�coins in the shop, and these can be used to buy a variety of items. The choice to pay to play is always up to you, but this game does not appear to grant huge bonuses to players that spend a little (XP up is negligible; arguably incubators would be the items of choice).

Pok�balls: 20 for 100 coins, 100 for 460 coins, 200 for 800 coins
Incense (Increased Encounter Rate 30 minutes): 1 for 80 coins, 8 for 500 coins, 25 for 1250 coins
Lucky Egg (Double EXP for 30 minutes):1 for 80 coins, 8 for 500 coins, 25 for 1250 coins
Lure Module (Incense but for Pok�stops, works for all in the area as well): 1 for 100 coins, 8 for 680 coins
Mossy/Glacial/Magnetic Lure Module (Lures that can attract certain kinds of Pok�mon and, if you have certain Pok�mon, can cause them to evolve): 1 for 200 coins
Egg Incubator (Hatches eggs, breaks after 3 uses): 1 for 150 coins
Max Revives: 6 for 180 coins
Max Potions: 6 for 180 coins
Premium Raid Pass (An additional Raid Battle): 100 coins
Team Medallion (lets you change which team you are on once per year): 1,000 coins

Upgrades

+50 Item Storage (Backpack): 200 coins [max capacity: 3,000 items]
+50 Pokemon Storage (Storage Upgrade): 200 coins [max capacity: 2,500 Pok�mon]

There are also the occasional Box which has a bunch of items for a discounted cost.

Is there anything else I can spend real-world money on? Preferably, something to take the 'game' out of the game.

http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/pokemon-go-plus/131550

Yes! Pok�mon Go Plus is a dongle that comes with Pok�coins and allows you to play without using the smartphone. They are EXTREMELY hard to come by new, so much so that any time the Plus is available for purchase, there is a run and they go out of stock within an hour. As such, it's unlikely I'll ever get one unless I'm lucky/dumb enough. You can also use the Apple Watch app, but there are fewer abilities than the Plus.

Words of Wisdom

DO NOT go roaming over private lots or residences looking for Pok�stops, Pok�mon, Gyms, etc, unless you have express permission. Horror stories of people sneaking into hospitals, museums, etc all for extra Ingress portals are common, and I'm almost certain police has been called on more than one occasion because some fat nerd was playing with his phone near important private businesses.
If you choose to meet up with other people, be a little expedient and prepare. Know where you are, where you're going, and try to stay in a public venue. Don't put yourself in harms way because you were really excited to go catch Muk in a back alley. Already some idiot on Reddit nearly got beat to death in the ghetto because he wanted an Oddish or some poo poo, smdh
Don't look at your phone when crossing streets or whatever, you'll get hit by a bus. Likewise, don't try to play while driving, you goony idiot, because you will cause an accident.

Random Facts

Barring Kecleon and several lesser Sinnoh legendaries, all Pok�mon from the first 4 generations are or have been available to catch. I say 'have been' because legendary Pok�mon cycle around every month or so, so if you have a chance to do a 5-Bowser raid to catch one, you should do it before they disappear for an undetermined period of time. In addition, a couple of Unova Pok�mon have shown up to catch as well, but it's gonna take a whole year for the rest to get released.
Hatching eggs requires you to walk a certain distance before they hatch. The game tracks how fast you're moving across space however, so no, you can't drive around and hatch eggs fast. You can, however, leave the game open in traffic or ride a bike and get credit as long as you aren't exceeding ~20 mph. Please, still, do not drive and POGO, however.
Shiny Pok�mon exist, and there are more every few weeks!
Pok�stops are attributed to Points of Interest in your area; just like in Ingress.
The "blue glow" around your Pok�mon indicates that it was recently caught.
The color of the shrinking capture ring indicates how resistant to capture the Pok�mon will be. Green is easy, yellow is medium, red/orange is hard.
The outer circle indicates the "strike zone" for a capture attempt. The shrinking inner circle will grant bonuses if your Pok�ball hits there; the smaller it is, the bigger the bonus.
Pok�mon in a gym are organized by the order in which they were placed by their owner. Go ahead, put a Pidgey in slot #6 behind a Blissey, Dragonite, Tyranittar, Gyrados, and Ampharos. You'll be glad you did!
You cannot put legendary Pok�mon in a gym.
You can get one free Raid Battle Pass per day by spinning a Gym, but only if you do not currently have a Raid Battle Pass, and also only if you haven't spun a gym that day yet.
Are the servers loving up for you? Use http://www.mmoserverstatus.com/pokemon_go to find out if its just you or not.
Just like in Every Pok�mon Game Ever, Pok�mon only heal if you use healing items on them (there are no Pok�centers, because there are no free rides). You can also evolve them or level them up for a free heal.
Did an egg hatch and the servers gently caress up, preventing you from seeing what the egg was? Sort your box by recently captured and it'll show you what hatched.
Niantic will occasionally do special events during holidays; they're always good times to stock up on candies!
If you get kicked out a Raid Battle's waiting room, don't panic - just make sure your phone's clock is set to Automatic so that it can sync with everyone else's time.

Hot Tips n Tricks (courtesy of BrianBoitano)
[list]
[*]Power level using lucky eggs. Save common Pok�mon to evolve them all at once during the 30 minute window. The evolution exp will double, which will be very nice if you also get the Pok�dex bonus. Also try to do this when your eggs are at 99% of their required distance. You can get around 50 evolutions in the 30-minute window, so plan accordingly.
[*]You can get walking credit on a bike or a slow car. This game uses the GPS only, so you can't fake an up-down pedometer motion. It has worked for me up to ~25 mph. Rafzanote: please still do not drive and play go!
[*]Power up before or after evolving, it doesn't matter, but wait until you actually want to fight a gym. No need to spend all your candies on a cp150 if you can just wait a couple days, level up, and get a cp250 to start with.
[*]Think you've disconnected because you haven't seen any Pok�mon lately? Open the shop. If nothing loads, force quit your game and re-open it. Still nothing? Servers are borked.
[*]Don't power up Pok�mon until, AT THE EARLIEST, level 10. Your new catches from the wild will almost surely be better than anything you can power up that you caught early. You might be able to power up your early catches, but it will take a ton of candy, which will take away from Lucky egg boosting (see above)
[*]Min/maxing. If you want to min/max ultimate value out of your evolves, 1) choose the base Pok�mon that's closest to max CP already (the white arc over its head is mostly filled in to the right) and 2) wait until level 20, since you'll likely find much better base Pok�mon to upgrade.
[*]What the heck are IVs? Individual Values are random stat variances for every Pok�mon. In GO, this can be as drastic as a 10% difference between a max IV Pok�mon and a min IV Pok�mon. While exact numbers can't be seen, the Appraise ability gives a bar graph that shows how good your Pok�mon's Attack, Defense, and HP are. If you want to get anal about it, your can be use a stat-checker (https://thesilphroad.com/research). It takes all of 10 seconds to do and can determine if your Pok�mon is really good or just meh, but it doesn't make as much difference as in the main games. Also, eggs universally hatch high IV (usually above 75%) Pok�mon as opposed to catching them (random).

Discord

https://discord.gg/GvATQd6 - Admins are Drythe and hopefully other people

You can discuss GO in there, and even plan meetups for your local cities (sorry rural nerds). If your city is not listed, let Drythe know and they'll add it. If cities aren't being used, they will be removed. Please be respectful of other people's privacy and generally exercise common sense, thanks in advance.

Helpful Links

The Silph Road FAQ - Has a lot of information rounded up in a simple, easy to use FAQ.
The Silph Road Reddit - Yeah, reddit sucks, ok, but its a aggregation of information that can be hard to find elsewhere.
The Sliph Road Atlas - Want to know where certain Pok�mon nest? Check here to find out where to go!
Niantic Labs Twitter and Pokemon Twitter will most likely be where official updates are posted.
Gym combat mechanics - If you want to be the next Giovanni, you need to know how to battle
Starter's Guide to Pok�mon Go
EXP Calculator (courtesy of mirthdefect!) - this is a really good calculator to use when planning how many Pidgey you need to sacrifice for those sweet gains
Pokemon GO Datamined Resource - Collection of information decoded from game files, very good resource 11/10
Moves by max DPS - Useful for finding out what the best DPS combination for your Pok�mon is.
Move Database - Useful for finding out what moves your Pok�mon can learn.

Helpful Apps for determining IV that won't softban you

Pok�Genie (iOS)
Calcy IV (Android)

If there's anything that needs to be put in the OP, post in the thread or shoot me a PM. :wooper:

Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Apr 18, 2020

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:04

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 17:44

Centzon Totochtin: Jan 2, 2009

put gible in the game you cowards

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:05

Rich Uncle Chet: Jan 20, 2005; The Law? Law is a Human Institution.

Team Instinct best team

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:06

Norse Code: Mar 10, 2007; DON'T AWOO - $350 PENALTY

reposting from the old thread

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:10

Admiral Joeslop: Jul 8, 2010

I can see a Lillipup about a 2 minute drive from me and you can't make me go get it.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:15

Fartington Butts: Jan 21, 2007

Purrloin's name is a meat pun. Does that mean that Unovans eat cat?

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:16

endlessmonotony: Nov 4, 2009; by Fritz the Horse

Well I got my first Unova pokemon, pokemon_name_0506.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:16

Admiral Joeslop: Jul 8, 2010

endlessmonotony posted:

Well I got my first Unova pokemon, pokemon_name_0506.

GDI, Niantic.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:18

BGrifter: Mar 16, 2007; Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Oh hey, new Pok�mon! Time to see what�s spawning...

So all the Swablus and Ralts got replaced by Lillipups and Patrats? Great.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:22

Kantesu: Apr 21, 2010

Fartington Butts posted:

Purrloin's name is a meat pun. Does that mean that Unovans eat cat?

It's a pun on purloin. As in stealing stuff

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:34

Noxville: Dec 7, 2003

Oh gently caress off, there are FIVE regional Pokemon this generation? God I hate this game sometimes.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:35

Dirt Road Junglist: Oct 8, 2010; We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

Noxville posted:

Oh gently caress off, there are FIVE regional Pokemon this generation? God I hate this game sometimes.

:niantic:

I like how the only ones hatching out of friend eggs right now are...all the ones I have.

Give me a loving Corsola already. Or a Gibble. I'm not picky, I just want dex completion.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:46

DizzyBum: Apr 16, 2007

Hooray, a new thread! :toot:

I have some suggestions for OP updates:

- Making friends and ranking them up is one of the best sources of XP in-game now, especially since Lucky Eggs double the XP bonus. Make a bunch of friends, send gifts, and try to coordinate when you become Ultra/Best Friends. Compared to when the game was first released, it's very easy to hit the "soft cap" of 30 now, which is important for tracking down better spawns and contributing in raids.

- IVs are no longer hidden. Appraise tells you (in bar form, still from 0-15) how good the stats are. You can search for perfect Pokemon you own with the filter term '4*'.

- New shop items:
Team Medallion - 1,000 coins - Switch to a different team. Can only be used once every 365 days.
Glacial/Mossy/Magnetic Lure Modules - 200 coins - Special lures for Pokestops that attract specific types/families of Pokemon depending on which one you use. They also let you evolve the Gen 4 Pokemon that needed special locations in the original games (Glaceon, Leafeon, Probopass, Magnezone).

- The best bang for your buck in the Shop comes from the Ultra/Adventure Boxes. They are the cheapest source of Premium Raid Passes and Incubators in the game (coins per item) and also come with other useful items (usually Lucky Eggs, Star Pieces, or Incense). I highly recommend saving your coins for one of these boxes. If you get your 50 daily coins from gyms, you can buy one of these boxes every 30 days. The boxes are not always available in the shop but if you wait a week or two they will almost certainly reappear.

endlessmonotony posted:

Well I got my first Unova pokemon, pokemon_name_0506.

I didn't have this problem. Make sure to restart your game.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:48

MorningMoon: Dec 29, 2013; He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

I work at a spawn point and all ive gotten is four puppers and one rat

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:50

Dirt Road Junglist: Oct 8, 2010; We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

DizzyBum posted:

- IVs are no longer hidden. Appraise tells you (in bar form, still from 0-15) how good the stats are. You can search for perfect Pokemon you own with the filter term '4*'.

When I'm filtering my trashmons, I use "!4*&!3*" as my search string, because I'm a hater and I'm trying for a living dex where everyone is 3* or up. Anyone who's not favorited as my only catch, a shiny, or something that makes me giggle like a CP10 1/1/1 Growlithe, gets mulched for candy.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:52

BGrifter: Mar 16, 2007; Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Ugh Ferroseeds in 10km eggs. :sigh:

Gonna be walking a lot at the mall I guess once the snow arrives.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 21:53

endlessmonotony: Nov 4, 2009; by Fritz the Horse

DizzyBum posted:

I didn't have this problem. Make sure to restart your game.

Wasn't the problem. Resolved itself about an hour in. Who knows, it's Niantic.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:00

tangy yet delightful: Sep 13, 2005

Caught a 0* Foongus. So excited for these cool new mons :yawn:

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:02

BGrifter: Mar 16, 2007; Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

tangy yet delightful posted:

Caught a 0* Foongus. So excited for these cool new mons :yawn:

At least Amoongus had a run in competitive Pok�mon battles in the main series games. I could imagine it being good in PVP or something.

Patrats and Lillipups are just straight up trash.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:06

Louisgod: Sep 25, 2003; Always Stupid; Bread Liar

I think every gen except gen2 so far day one has been an underwhelming borefest, gen5 coming out with only a few trashmons available at first is right in line with how Niantic functions.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:24

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Ground floor.

Patrat first here

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:25

Dirt Road Junglist: Oct 8, 2010; We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

iospace posted:

Ground floor.

Patrat first here

Just got two Patrats followed by a Bidoof :downs:

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:29

Auxiliary Treats: Jun 26, 2013

BGrifter posted:

Ugh Ferroseeds in 10km eggs.

Gonna be walking a lot at the mall I guess once the snow arrives.

I caught one in the wild on my way home so they�re out there.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:32

Fire Storm: Aug 8, 2004; what's the point of life
if there are no sexborgs?

Edward Mass posted:

Hot Tips n Tricks (courtesy of BrianBoitano)
[*]You can get walking credit on a bike or a slow car. This game uses the GPS only, so you can't fake an up-down pedometer motion. It has worked for me up to ~25 mph. Rafzanote: please still do not drive and play go!

Is this still true with AdventureSync?

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:32

Dirt Road Junglist: Oct 8, 2010; We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

Fire Storm posted:

Is this still true with AdventureSync?

I've found it works with the app running in the foreground, or with a Go+/Gotcha. If the vehicle I'm in is going under 30mph, it usually manages to spin stops and pick up most proximate mons. Sometimes it spins stops when the vehicle is faster, and sometimes it doesn't seem to have its poo poo together at all, but the latter seems more dependent on my wireless signal.

Again, disclaimer, don't PoGo and drive.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:36

BGrifter: Mar 16, 2007; Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Auxiliary Treats posted:

I caught one in the wild on my way home so they�re out there.

Oh good. Ferrothorn is probably my favorite Gen5 Pokemon.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:37

endlessmonotony: Nov 4, 2009; by Fritz the Horse

Just get a sex swing for your phone, it works about ten times better than any kind of gps trickery.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:38

BGrifter: Mar 16, 2007; Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

endlessmonotony posted:

Just get a sex swing for your phone, it works about ten times better than any kind of gps trickery.

One does not become the very best, like no one ever was, putting their phone on a sex swing.

I will walk 60-70km a week like Arceus intended. :colbert:

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:42

reignofevil: Nov 7, 2008

I just walk. If I don't feel like walking that's okay there are an infinite number of pokemon available today and there'll be an infinite number tomorrow too. If there's something I really want but some kinda limited time window or something is keeping me from it either they'll offer it again and make it easier to catch as the game gets older and player numbers drop off or if not I'll just buy it if my life is so empty without it.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:43

Dragonstoned: Jan 15, 2006; MR. DOG WITH BEES IN HIS MOUTH AND WHEN HE BARKS HE SHOOTS BEES AT YOU
by Roger Hargreaves

FYI for people trying to hatch shiny regionals, there are reports coming in that they've decreased the shiny rate from 1/50 to about 1/150 over the weekend.

So maybe it's time to just stop giving money to Niantic and instead start telling them to gently caress off

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:44

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Lmao just got home and a loving Whimsur is here! One the three I need for this dumb research! And I catch it!!!

It�s actually a ditto. gently caress!

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:46

reignofevil: Nov 7, 2008

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Lmao just got home and a loving Whimsur is here! One the three I need for this dumb research! And I catch it!!!

It’s actually a ditto. gently caress!

Dittowned.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:47

Dirt Road Junglist: Oct 8, 2010; We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Lmao just got home and a loving Whimsur is here! One the three I need for this dumb research! And I catch it!!!

It�s actually a ditto. gently caress!

I feel you. My shiny Aerodactyl from an egg didn't count for my Let's GO, Meltan quest.

It's the only Aerodactyl I've seen in a year.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:50

BGrifter: Mar 16, 2007; Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

lol I just realized with Mewtwo in raids I still can�t complete the �Catch a legendary from a raid or research reward� quest. Mewtwo is also mythical.

Welp. Niantic aren�t very good at this whole making games thing.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:51

Kart Barfunkel: Nov 10, 2009

Runs in the family. The Pok�mon game developer family.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:54

Dirt Road Junglist: Oct 8, 2010; We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

BGrifter posted:

lol I just realized with Mewtwo in raids I still can�t complete the �Catch a legendary from a raid or research reward� quest. Mewtwo is also mythical.

Welp. Niantic aren�t very good at this whole making games thing.

Haha, oh god, research rewards.

I got my 7 day spawn this weekend. Still got a couple of Legendary slots to fulfill.

I get...an Eevee. gently caress.

It's a flower crown Eevee. OKAY FINE. I can't be mad at Pretty Eevee :unsmith:

# ? Sep 16, 2019 22:56

dungeon cousin: Nov 26, 2012; woop woop
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BGrifter posted:

lol I just realized with Mewtwo in raids I still can�t complete the �Catch a legendary from a raid or research reward� quest. Mewtwo is also mythical.

Welp. Niantic aren�t very good at this whole making games thing.

What, really? It's a Legendary in the main series though.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 23:02

DorkusMalorkus: Aug 4, 2009; "That's not Latin!"

Personally I love Patrat he is like an evil crazed prairie dog!

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but I am not familiar with this gen AT ALL so every new one will be totally new to me. I'm trying to keep it that way so it's more fun

# ? Sep 16, 2019 23:12

Cough Drop The Beat: Jan 22, 2012; by Lowtax

This is already way better than the Gen 4 rollout, which was a huge slow mess. Though I'm sure that's helped by Gen 5 having like 900 Pokemon.

I caught a Patrat, Lillipup, and Purrloin on the way home from work. I'm going to walk for a bit and see what else I can find.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 23:13

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 17:44

BGrifter: Mar 16, 2007; Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

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dungeon cousin posted:

What, really? It's a Legendary in the main series though.

I could certainly be wrong. Mew is mythical for sure, but Mewtwo might be legendary.

If so, problem from Deoxys week solved! :woop:

# ? Sep 16, 2019 23:15

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