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Is anyone else playing this? If so, what team are you? Thoughts?

I find it to be really fun and my town has embraced it en mass. Team Instinct
 
People at work are walking around the facility looking at their phones and bumping into stuff like idiots.
 
Siro said:
People at work are walking around the facility looking at their phones and bumping into stuff like idiots.
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Hahaha. That's pretty funny. I was out around town last night and the pedestrian traffic easily tripled from this game. Parks, local university, historical sites all had groups of people.
 
It's an interesting phenomenon, that's for sure.

There were a few groups of people robbed yesterday. They think a group of teens lured people to a certain spot by promise of a Pokémon and then were easily able to rob them as they weren't paying attention to anything but their phones.

One girl found a dead body in a river in Wyoming, so that was a useful thing (not for the girl, but for the dead body). Apparently injuries are mounting up.

However, it's getting people off their couches, so that's a good thing.

I think I'll pass. :cool:
 
JazzGal said:
It's an interesting phenomenon, that's for sure.

There were a few groups of people robbed yesterday. They think a group of teens lured people to a certain spot by promise of a Pokémon and then were easily able to rob them as they weren't paying attention to anything but their phones.

One girl found a dead body in a river in Wyoming, so that was a useful thing (not for the girl, but for the dead body). Apparently injuries are mounting up.

However, it's getting people off their couches, so that's a good thing.

I think I'll pass. :cool:
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Like all things there are the morons and tools.

It's been cool to see my town get so much more active though. Walking trails that are usually empty now have a half dozen groups on them at anyone time.
 
Never heard of it.
 
Stoked said:
Walking trails that are usually empty now have a half dozen groups on them at anyone time.
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I don't like this.
I like people staying in and sitting on their couch. That way when I get out and about there is less crowds!
 
Stoked said:
Like all things there are the morons and tools.

It's been cool to see my town get so much more active though. Walking trails that are usually empty now have a half dozen groups on them at anyone time.
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Augmented reality games will become HUGE once HUDs become cheap and powerful enough to be mass adopted. Google tried this a couple of years ago with Ingress, but their Glass product was too niche for it to become a big hit. Count on this kind of activity to become a major cultural phenomenon worldwide within the next decade.
 
It's kind of funny and ironic that I was sort of insulated by this until late last week given that I spent last week at a video game convention.
 
Siro said:
Augmented reality games will become HUGE once HUDs become cheap and powerful enough to be mass adopted. Google tried this a couple of years ago with Ingress, but their Glass product was too niche for it to become a big hit. Count on this kind of activity to become a major cultural phenomenon worldwide within the next decade.
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Yup, this one is already becoming massively popular and a cultural phenom.
 
I work across the street from a park. There have been a lot more people than usual - all of them looking at their phones.

Just saw a warning posted by an outdoor amphitheater warning people climbing over the fence that they will be prosecuted for trespassing.

This is crazy!

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JazzGal said:
I work across the street from a park. There have been a lot more people than usual - all of them looking at their phones.

Just saw a warning posted by an outdoor amphitheater warning people climbing over the fence that they will be prosecuted for trespassing.

This is crazy!

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Yeah some people are being really stupid with it.

the ones that sit there on their phone constantly amuse me. You don't have to do that. The phone will alert you when something happens.
 
I just heard a story about a couple minor league ballparks having a night that people can make a charitable donation for the opportunity to go on the field and collect them.
I have no interest in this game.
 
I have noticed tons of people walking around looking at their phone screens since Saturday... like way more than normal. My kids and I were wondering about it. Is this the reason? I don't even know what the craze is.
 
So can someone explain this in a few words? I'm getting the idea that it's not the standard "sit and stare at your screen" video game.
 
Stoked said:
Like all things there are the morons and tools.

It's been cool to see my town get so much more active though. Walking trails that are usually empty now have a half dozen groups on them at anyone time.
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The thing is like younger kids and teens are going to poke stops at like 2 am, that is how robbers are using them. They just chill at these spots late night.

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moevillini said:
So can someone explain this in a few words? I'm getting the idea that it's not the standard "sit and stare at your screen" video game.
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Yeah that's it. I saw a video of central park and there hundreds of people walking around looking at their phones.

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