Pokemon Go check-in

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Anyone else playing? Want to chat? What level are you, have you tried a gym yet, what's your favorite Pokemon? Got any silly pictures? awkwardpenguin niq

I am level 6, team Mystic. I wish I had more time to play, it's hard with my kids with me all the time. Plus there are NO Pokemon at my house in the country, so I have to use incense if I want to catch any at home. I still have basic, boring Pokemon mostly. I'm hoping to catch a sandshrew soon, it was my favorite when I played as a kid.

Oh no there's a huge bug in my garden!

[kategm]

I am level 6 also team mystic. I'm having a bit of blue team regret. I kinda feel like I should have picked the yellow team. No one talks about yellow! Why is that?

I was at HersheyPark yesterday and there's a Poke Stop every 10 feet or so. I banked on those! I couldn't really catch any guys because I couldn't stop long enough or DD would have noticed. I actually lost out on the goldfish Goldeen because she was right at a ride entrance and we were walking in. I'm still bummed about it.
There were a couple of gyms too. I don't know what to do at a gym, and don't have any idea when I'll be stopped at one long enough to attempt a battle.

Anyway, I'm having fun catching the critters, and I have a couple of eggs in incubators but the game drains my battery fast so I don't know when I'm going to be able to walk long enough with it up and running to hatch them. (Yesterday at the park would have been perfect, but I couldn't risk draining my phone.)

[vtdiamond]

I'm playing! I'm a level 6, team Mystic. I haven't tried a gym yet, but I really want to!!

[smock]

Level 10, team mystic, and my big achievement has been hatching a pikachu!

[kategm]

@pennypie I hate when they break free after you catch them! It's not fair! lol

[pennylane]

I'm playing. Level 6. There's nothing at my house or in my neighborhood though. We are going to Baltimore for the weekend though so I assume there will be lots more there.

[andwhat]

Is this a check-in to see if you are alive? To find out if people have been hit by cars or robbed trying to find Pokemon? That is the only thing I know about this. I really don't get it LOL. I have never felt so old, especially when people significantly older than me are playing.

[marie3246]

Jul 15, 2016 6:53:55 GMT -5 @this said:

I want to be into this, but I live too far into suburbia to ever get a chance to get anything! [/quotek]


If I remember correctly we used to live by you. We went back to our house there this week and it was so dead compared to the city we live in now.
I did go to publix though and for some reason I caught a ton in there!

[marie3246]

I'm level 9, haven't tried a gym yet. Our city has a ton of parks and has a college downtown so there are spots everywhere. Hardest thing is their servers are overloaded so I have to kill the app a lot. I am about to go on a walk and will probably go up a few levels. H told me to use a magic egg so I'm going to try that.

[hetty]

Level 10, team Mystic. I tried a gym and was able to win one fight but overall got totally destroyed. Fortunately H knows what he is doing! I'm mostly just interested in collecting.

[Muddled]

How old are people who remember playing this as a kid? I swear I was in high school by the time Pokémon was ever a thing.

This makes me feel so old.

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Jul 15, 2016 6:53:55 GMT -5 @this said:

I want to be into this, but I live too far into suburbia to ever get a chance to get anything!

I think suburbia gives you the most Pokemon! You'll have tons of pokestops and people putting lures on them, so all you have to do is sit on a street bench and the Pokemon come to you. I was able to do exactly that for a few minutes while watching DS at the splash pad, and I caught 4-6 Pokemon in about 10 minutes.

[Muddled]

Jul 15, 2016 7:30:14 GMT -5 swizz said:

Jul 15, 2016 7:27:30 GMT -5 Muddled said:

How old are people who remember playing this as a kid? I swear I was in high school by the time Pokémon was ever a thing.

This makes me feel so old.

My younger brother was moderately into it and is 28. I'm 31 and was not into it. 

One of my employees was really into it apparently and she's like 23.

Ok, so perhaps I was in college.

Either way, thank you for validating me. I was never out of touch, just old. Now I am both.

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Jul 15, 2016 7:27:30 GMT -5 Muddled said:

How old are people who remember playing this as a kid? I swear I was in high school by the time Pokémon was ever a thing.

This makes me feel so old.

I played the original Team Blue on gameboy in 1997, so I was 15.

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Jul 15, 2016 7:11:29 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

I'm level 6, Team Valor! I have battled at a gym once, but I did a really bad job and ddin't know how to fight, so I lost. I Haven't been back yet.

We have a couple Pokestops in our neighborhood, and there are several places I go that have Pokestops. I got a Jigglypuff in my front yard the other day!

Working on hatching 2 eggs. I hope they are something cool like a Pikachu!

I got a Horsea in my dining room yesterday! Supposed to be a water Pokemon. I'm also working on 2 eggs, a 2km and a 5km. There's a chart online that shows you what Pokemon hatch from which kind of eggs, and virtually all the 5k eggs are Pokemon I don't have. So I'm stoked about that.

[winemaker06]

I wanna try this but get an error message every time I try to create an account. All week.
So I'm reading this stuff to live vicariously through you all!

[halfpint]

I've been trying it halfheartedly for a few days. I'm like level 3, and I'm not sure I get it. There's not a lot in our immediate neighborhood, and I'm a little embarrassed to get busted playing it in public places, ha!
I was probably in high school when it was originally popular, so I'm certainly not playing it for nostalgia.

[shelbyann]

Level 7, team blue. I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to do at a gym!

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kategm have you try batter saver mode? Click the pokeball on the main screen, then settings in the upper right corner, then battery saver. When you turn your phone upside down, the screen will go black with a faint Pokemon Go logo on it. You'll still get a vibration when there's a Pokemon in your catching circle, and your walking counts towards your egg distances. It saves your batter somewhat. You can also turn off AR mode when you're catching Pokemon (the slider in the upper right corner when the Pokemon appears), but that's arguably less fun.

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Jul 15, 2016 7:40:15 GMT -5 winemaker06 said:

I wanna try this but get an error message every time I try to create an account. All week.
So I'm reading this stuff to live vicariously through you all!

I gave up on making a trainer account, they're just too overloaded. I made a fake google account (so the game wouldn't tie to my real google account) and that's been working fine.

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Jul 15, 2016 7:45:44 GMT -5 shelbyann said:

Level 7, team blue. I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to do at a gym!

Me too. I was finally in a populated area that had a gym, and I checked it out, and the gym leader's Pokemon was 872cp. Lolol my best is 194, so nope nope am I ready for that! By the time I'm ready the gyms will be at 1,000+.

[lishie]

I put our first Pokémon in a gym this morning. DS was so excited about it. Our 292 Golbat beat a 700+ Hypno

[kategm]

winemaker06 I also used a dummy Google account.

[kategm]

Jul 15, 2016 7:46:45 GMT -5 @supergreen said:

kategm have you try batter saver mode? Click the pokeball on the main screen, then settings in the upper right corner, then battery saver. When you turn your phone upside down, the screen will go black with a faint Pokemon Go logo on it. You'll still get a vibration when there's a Pokemon in your catching circle, and your walking counts towards your egg distances. It saves your batter somewhat. You can also turn off AR mode when you're catching Pokemon (the slider in the upper right corner when the Pokemon appears), but that's arguably less fun.

I didn't know this existed!!! Thank you!

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Jul 15, 2016 7:57:00 GMT -5 lishie said:

I put our first Pokémon in a gym this morning. DS was so excited about it. Our 292 Golbat beat a 700+ Hypno

Great job! Give your DS a high five for me!

[boxerdog]

I am on level 6. There aren't any gyms near my house or office so I haven't tried a gym yet.

If I put a pokemon in a gym to train do I have to physically go back to the gym to get it?

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Jul 15, 2016 8:12:36 GMT -5 swizz said:

Jul 15, 2016 7:49:42 GMT -5 @supergreen said:

Me too. I was finally in a populated area that had a gym, and I checked it out, and the gym leader's Pokemon was 872cp. Lolol my best is 194, so nope nope am I ready for that! By the time I'm ready the gyms will be at 1,000+.

The gym by my office currently has a 1276CP Pokemon in it, lol. 

Good grief! That trainer has a lot of spare time LOL.

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Jul 15, 2016 8:10:58 GMT -5 boxerdog said:

I am on level 6. There aren't any gyms near my house or office so I haven't tried a gym yet.

If I put a pokemon in a gym to train do I have to physically go back to the gym to get it?

That's a good question, I don't know!

[miamigirl]

I'm on level 9, team Valor.

I put my first Pokemon in a gym this morning, not sure what are the benefits yet but it was fun to get it in

[boxerdog]

Jul 15, 2016 8:43:45 GMT -5 miamigirl said:

I'm on level 9, team Valor.

I put my first Pokemon in a gym this morning, not sure what are the benefits yet but it was fun to get it in

So did you stay and battle someone or just...drop it off?

I can't believe I am asking these questions, lol!!