OT: Pokemon Go- have you played it?
I'm curious to see how many on here have or are actively playing it. I love it because I'm getting some needed exercise while playing.
I caught a Pikachu on I-75 on Saturday. I was in the passenger seat.
no interest, but my 15 year old daughter recently gave in and started. The library in our town is a drop stop to get stuff you need, so it gets her out of the house and to the library, so it's not all bad.
AND she's promised not to walk into traffic while playing, so that's good...
If only Walter White had played Pokemon Go
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I WAS JUST COMING HERE TO POST THIS IMAGE!!
Yes, I have. Not very much though.
There seem to be HUGE benefits and HUGE downsides from the game.
Benefits: it is getting kids outdoors, getting people to hang out, encouraging shut ins and depressed people to leave their homes, etc. It is turning into a very healthy activity for many people.
Down: Traffic accidents, deaths, and general idiocy.
Welcome to Generation Z (apparently that's the name of the post-Millenial generation).
Does that mean it's the last one or will they start over on AA like in Excel?
Kinda hoping the former...
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fuck no.
It has more users than twitter and more engagement than facebook. Pretty sure your first sentence is wrong.
Also is this a humblebrag thread about catching a pikachu?
https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/13/pokemon-go-tops-twitters-daily-users-…
They had to ban the cards at my school because there were fights over cards.
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I have to side with WD here. As an elementary school kid living in Japan when the first games came out in the late 90s, Pokemon consumed almost every second that I wasn't either at school, playing sports, or sleeping.
Well you are an adult now, so of course it won't consume you in the same way.
i laughed
THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO!!!
jeez
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Are Pikachus rare? I caught one like 10 minute after installing.
So I did give in and download it to see what all the fuss was about. I played it for maybe 30 minutes. I think it's really stupid and don't plan to play anymore. Though the key word here is "plan..."
I caught mine randomly. Started with Charmander, aka the best.
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When is your new MGoAvatar scheduled to drop?
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SUCK IT VALOR, AND INSTINCT!!!
I have a 14 and 16 year old. I figured if im gonna have to drive them everywhere i might as well play with them.
900 people in Bronson Park downtown Kalamazoo on Sunday.
90% are blue. I don't play but my kid was showing me.
90%. That's not nearly true. The downtown area is usually majority blue and yellow though... for obvious reasons.
maize around here.
He had to put it on my iPhone so in that regard, I'm playing with him. From a middleaged father standpoint its not bad because its forcing him to spend to time with me and me with him since he needs my phone and I walk around with him making sure he doesn't walk into traffic. I'm not playing the game exactly but we're talking about it and I'm making him explain to me which way he wants to go on the map using north, south, east and west. I'm also making him tell me where the Pokestops are (the churches and historical landmarks) so he at least has some idea what's around him.
Truthfully, you can't keep the kids from videogames and I'd sooner him be outside doing it than in the house.
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I tried it but I didn't really enjoy it. I'm glad it's getting people outside though.
Never heard of it. Tell me more!
First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came...
What is a Pikachu and is it a big deal to catch one? Heck I don't even know what Pokeman is. I grew up with the Flintstones, Gilligans Island, Brady Bunch and baseball cards.
Get off my lawn! Maybe that should be for the colloquialism thread?
It's okay not to know something or to follow a bunch of fads. Hell, I don't play the game either! That said, proudly proclaiming that you don't know things doesn't exactly make you look as smart as you think it does.
I'm playing it as another way of connecting with my daughter. Otherwise I never would have bothered. But it's been fun walking around town with her people-watching as everyone plays. I think it's largely harmless, and the fad will soon pass.
I just downloaded it so I could play with my son. I am looking forward to wasting time learning about something that came out after my time originally (Pokemon) and now is having a resurgence. Being cool has nothing to do with it....
You know you're getting old when the thing that you were too old for when it first came out is seeing a resurgence 20 years later