Pokemon GO idiots

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zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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Pretty much stopped as soon as he said google is lifting pictures of things it sees with your camera when using AR (which is optional). I have played a bit over the last few days while going on my walks and the app has used a whopping 86MB of data...

damn, that's about 3 months of data use for me

Went out to get ice cream last night---couldn't leave the parking lot because of all the morons catching things that weren't actually there.

do the little pokemorons respond to car horns, yelling, and fist shaking? How should I prepare before encountering this new species in the wild?
 

Ichinisan

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Oct 9, 2002
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Two lanes. I'm in the right side, which is only for right-turns. I have a green arrow. A large "dually" pickup truck is in the left lane just ahead of me, waiting to turn left or go straight. As I proceed up to make my right turn, 2 moronic kids (maybe 16 or 17 years old) step out from in front of the truck and I almost creamed them. Fortunately, I was driving carefully and I was able to stop in time. They didn't even seem to notice. They had the "DO NOT WALK" (red hand) indicator on the crosswalk.

Their parents probably would have blamed the game if I had hit them. Cool game. Stupid kids.
 

Exophase

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Apr 19, 2012
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Apparently Nintendo's stock jumped 25% because of the success of Pokemon Go even though they didn't develop it.

If that doesn't drive home the point to Nintendo that they could make WAY more just porting games to the App Store and Play Store than any sort of "new" console can make then they deserve to die as a company.

Even emulators on Android of systems with Pokemon games are getting a big boost in installs because of Pokemon Go. It has made more people seek out ways to play normal Pokemon on their phones.
 

Elixer

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May 7, 2002
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Even emulators on Android of systems with Pokemon games are getting a big boost in installs because of Pokemon Go. It has made more people seek out ways to play normal Pokemon on their phones.
They are also banning people who spoof the GPS, so, I don't see that going very far.

Sitting at the light today that was next to a park, I noticed there were lots of heavier set people walking around, and it seems this is a new experience for them, so that is one good thing about the game.
It was pretty funny though, they would lug with them beach chairs, they were taking breaks walking.
Local news even did a piece about it, this is the most busy the park has ever been since the creation of the park 50 years ago.
They also did a piece about thugs on bikes / skateboard going by people and snatching their phones. Seems that this is such a big problem now that they have extra police on horseback patrolling the park now.
 

poofyhairguy

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Nov 20, 2005
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Even emulators on Android of systems with Pokemon games are getting a big boost in installs because of Pokemon Go. It has made more people seek out ways to play normal Pokemon on their phones.



Eventually Nintendo has to make a decision- be stubborn, Japanese and mildly successful or do the obvious thing, give up some control, and make crazy amounts of money.
 

sdifox

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Sep 30, 2005
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Damn I guess I'll get banned. I was zipping all over CONUS. Good thing I uninstalled it :awe:
 

SP33Demon

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Jun 22, 2001
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Forget disease and resource shortages to thin out the herd, we have Pokemon Go. Lawsuits incoming in 3...2...1
 

Pardus

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Jun 29, 2000
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New Hampshire police use Pokémon Go to lure fugitives to headquarters
A post on the Manchester police department Facebook page announced that officers recently detected one of the more rare Pokemon characters – a Charizard – in the booking area of police headquarters.

The post invited those whose names appeared on a list linked to the post to be “one of the lucky ones” to come and capture the creature. The list included the names of the more than 500 fugitives on the department’s wanted persons roundup.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/17/new-hampshire-police-pokemon-go-fugitives

Pokemon Go down: Hacking group claims responsibility for bringing down game's servers 'with DDOS attack
Pokemon Go down: Hacking group claims responsibility for bringing down game's servers 'with DDOS attack
"Just was a lil test, we will do something on a larger scale soon," said the post by user XO.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ers-poodlecorp-game-unavailable-a7140811.html

Florida Man Fires Gun At Pokémon Go Players Parked Outside His Home
Reportedly mistaking a pair of teenage Pokémon Go players parked outside his house early Saturday morning for criminals, a Palm Coast, Florida man opened fire on their vehicle. The teens escaped unscathed. The car, not so much.
http://kotaku.com/flordia-man-fire-gun-at-pokemon-go-players-parked-outsi-1783804538
 

Arcadio

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Jun 5, 2007
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Is this the thread where we old farts complain about the young ones and their fads?
 

Cappuccino

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Feb 27, 2013
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Is this the thread where we old farts complain about the young ones and their fads?
How old is old and how young is young? Anyway all I see are 14 year old punks playing digimongo. I hardly see any old people play. When I say old I mean 20+ year olds I guess.

Actually I lied. Kids don't piss me offff the fake pokemongo stories P me offfffff
 

NutBucket

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Aug 30, 2000
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Is this the thread where we old farts complain about the young ones and their fads?
Yes, although I'm 34 so it's mixed between my peers that do and don't play. But I did ask a younger guy at work to explain it to me
 

Artorias

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Feb 8, 2014
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This is the part where the heard of sheep get separated from those with some common sense and survival instincts.

Good god what joke.

We have an official death toll counter?

Might need to start a Darwin award webpage for this one.
 

hans007

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Feb 1, 2000
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Yes, although I'm 34 so it's mixed between my peers that do and don't play. But I did ask a younger guy at work to explain it to me

i'm 35. maybe i'm a bit too old, though a few of my other mobile dev coworkers (who are same age or older) had rigged up xcode to fake the GPS and were playing at work

and a 29 year old friend who is a coworker was running around outside and talking to our other coworkers.

and iw as just like, i dont get it, i mean i understand the game, but how is this fun.

so he explains i was proabbly about 15-16 when pokemon came out so i probably dont care, but it was the primary reason he ever bought a gameboy.

maybe its just nostalgia? i don't know i dont really get nostalgic for anything i did when i was 10.
 
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