There thread makes me feel a lot better about myself. I took a gym at the skate park near our lake house. Very few poke stops in Mabank, Tx.

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There thread makes me feel a lot better about myself. I took a gym at the skate park near our lake house. Very few poke stops in Mabank, Tx.

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Make sure to go the the shop and hit the shield icon in the corner when you have a Pokemon at a gym. It gives you gold and dust.


To add to the other comments about people catching the same Pokemon. Y'all have a chance to catch the same Pokemon, but levels will be different. If one you're trying to catch runs away, it disappears for everyone else too.

However depending on your level, if you have scent on, and the Pokemon you've caught in the past, not all the Pokemon on your radar will be the same As the person next to you.


Lucky eggs give you a ton of xp. a group of kids put lures all around the pokepasses at Evans Library and there were tons of Pokemon. You'll also fill your bag up with items in 30 minutes on campus.

Short answer to your question, yes. Fair warning now for the follow up tl/dr version.

Buddy came in to town to hang out before we drove up to the A&M night for the Texas Rangers university days at the ballpark and we literally tested out some theories the last 48 hours or so. Most of these are still a work in progress, so keep that in mind.

You can literally catch the exact same pokemon, size, weight, attacks and CP were all the same on a Bulbasaur we had found in my neighborhood.

One opinion we have is that if you have already caught that species of pokemon, it is easier to catch additional ones of that pokemon when you come across them later. Example of this is when I had an Abra pop up on my phone well before he did. I had already caught one earlier that morning, he hadn't even seen one yet. He missed it when he finally did see it pop up on his screen as we were traveling in a vehicle at that moment. We drove back across that street a couple of times and it never would pop up quick enough for him to capture it before it was out of range.

Your level definitely affects the quality and types of pokemon you can encounter. Parks with several landmarks on their trails make for EXCELLENT spots to keep your supplies rolling in. One park near my house has 7 pokeshops on ~half a mile loop for their main walking trail. Hit that loop a couple of times and you are set for the supplies you need! Buddy had gotten down to like 3 pokeballs left and when we left there from one trip around it he had over 30 pokeballs plus the revives, potions, random items and eggs that also dropped. So just find a good park and spin the icons once you are in range of the pokeshops and you'll be back in business in no time!

These parks also help when you are trying to hatch an egg. You cannot go over that 30ish to 35 mph speed limit to hatch an egg so don't expect to hatch a pokemon faster by driving around your neighborhood.

HTH

If for nothing more than just the nostalgia factor on the childhood flashbacks to elementary and middle schools days, it's a fun app that has some serious potential!

Oh yeah. The 2k, 5k and 10k eggs are weird. I hatched a 10k and got a Eevee.... But it came with 33 eevee candy, so free evolution. Supposedly the 2k eggs give you "lame Pokemon." However, my gf got a squirtle out of a 2k egg and she started with a bulbasaur.

My 13 year old hit level 5 yesterday. I've got to check this out

I've never played Pokemon and don't really game, but like to keep up with pop culture. Can someone tell me if this is going to blow over in a few days or do I need to start playing so I'm not the only loser not playing?

You're already too far behind. It'll take a lot of money to catch up now.

Hard to say. Ingress (their last game and what much Go is based on) still has a decent following years later.

Regardless if this lasts a month or a year it has been a great bonding tool for our family and an incredible way to talk to random strangers who are all at the pokestop or gym with you.

I've yet to see anyone else pokemoning when I was out, but the gyms I found had been taken. No idea if college or hs kids, or other grown nerds like me.

Picked up a cp348 Golduck on the beach. I haven't evolved any other ones yet, so it is instantly my highest.

Campus is neat. Hundreds of students running around playing, meeting each other. It appears to be a good way for incoming freshman to make some new friends.

Just took a gym with my brother with my new 410cp Scythor

I've downloaded this thing and it's become clear to me that I have no idea what I'm doing. Obviously the goal is to catch Pokemon, but why? And why/how do I upgrade them? Is there an objective other than just see who can collect the most Pokemon? What happens when I've caught them all?

Same boat here. Gotta go to a gym to do battle. I think to train them, too, but I don't know for sure.

Is there anyway to see how many other people are playing in your area?

Stupid mobile site

Triple post lameness

There was a gym at a historical marker near a wedding I was at today and I saw several people walking around it.

I took my swing early on, but it was my first battle and I got absolutely obliterated.

So all you do to battle is tap as fast as you can on the other Pokemon, right?

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Is there anyway to see how many other people are playing in your area?

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Yeah, look around and see how many people are staring down at their phones and walking with no real direction. But otherwise no.

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So all you do to battle is tap as fast as you can on the other Pokemon, right?

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Yeah, according to what I've read since faintfest2K16, but I didn't know that going in.

Can which ever one of you is hosting the servers for this thing in your closet go kick them a little bit?

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I'd have to say... Nintendo did a better job than Michelle Obama

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Ha, I just made a similar comment to a friend. Although when I was at the park this morning I didn't see anyone else wandering aimlessly with phones out. The gym was taken, though, so I'm not the only one in town.

My next door neighbor has a historical sign and is a Pokestop.

Caught a dratini earlier today. Didn't show up at all in my Pokemon sidebar, and when it did I jumped on it. Probably my best find yet.

I have 4 eevees too so hopefully I can get all the evolved forms.

I'm juuuuuuust out of range of a pokestop at home.

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There's a lure at a Poke Stop on Rock Prairie, someone go take photos of the crowd

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Haha