Zero interest in this or any other Pokemon game. And i don't game on my phone or tablet.
So you decided to post in a thread about a Pokemon game that's played on a smartphone? Thanks for letting us know, I guess.
I think Pokemon Go is pretty awesome. I don't play it much, but my wife does, and she enjoys it. It gets people out of their house, moving around, and interacting with other people, and anything that can do that is a plus in my book.
Zero interest in this or any other Pokemon game. And i don't game on my phone or tablet.
So you decided to post in a thread about a Pokemon game that's played on a smartphone? Thanks for letting us know, I guess.
I think Pokemon Go is pretty awesome. I don't play it much, but my wife does, and she enjoys it. It gets people out of their house, moving around, and interacting with other people, and anything that can do that is a plus in my book.
to be fair its a GPS game.
that is the part that makes it different from a standard mobile game
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I'm not gonna read articles where people try to redefine what an mmo is.
An MMO is and always has been a game where you play against or with other players, does Pokemon GO allow you to play with others in the game or compete against them?
I'm not gonna read articles where people try to redefine what an mmo is.
An MMO is and always has been a game where you play against or with other players, does Pokemon GO allow you to play with others in the game or compete against them?
by that definition that I assume you pull out of your ass then Quake from 1996 is an MMO
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
I'm not gonna read articles where people try to redefine what an mmo is.
An MMO is and always has been a game where you play against or with other players, does Pokemon GO allow you to play with others in the game or compete against them?
by that definition that I assume you pull out of your ass then Quake from 1996 is an MMO
Quake was an mmo, you can play with a group of others that are pulled from a massive pool of potentials from all over the world. Same as Overwatch.
In all seriousness and without rage or envy I have a question (to be fair not to anyone specfically)
how does it happen that a game that is nearly exactly the same exist for 3 years and then in just a week this game takes over every media outlet out there?
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
I'm not gonna read articles where people try to redefine what an mmo is.
An MMO is and always has been a game where you play against or with other players, does Pokemon GO allow you to play with others in the game or compete against them?
In all seriousness and without rage or envy I have a question (to be fair not to anyone specfically)
how does it happen that a game that is nearly exactly the same exist for 3 years and then in just a week this game takes over every media outlet out there?
It's called the Blizzard Effect. Take something bad and make it Amazing.
Pokemon Go, the latest craze to hit android and apple app markets. The idea, to make people believe that they need a video game to go outside and collect virtual pokemon, the reality, to expose people to the outside world which is filled with vast horrors. Yeah no if I play a video game that works off alternate reality, then I would expect an alternate reality world. If I wanted to go outside and look at my phone, which is already a distraction from the number of people who walk and text, let alone drive and talking, I would've done it to capture the masterpiece that is real nature. If i wanted to play a video game of any type or form, its to dispose of stress and to escape reality.
I mean, we're only hearing the praises, and few of the valid complaints against this. Hell teens have been even using Pokemon Go to rob people. Yeah, no.
Pokemon Go, the latest craze to hit android and apple app markets. The idea, to make people believe that they need a video game to go outside and collect virtual pokemon, the reality, to expose people to the outside world which is filled with vast horrors. Yeah no if I play a video game that works off alternate reality, then I would expect an alternate reality world. If I wanted to go outside and look at my phone, which is already a distraction from the number of people who walk and text, let alone drive and talking, I would've done it to capture the masterpiece that is real nature. If i wanted to play a video game of any type or form, its to dispose of stress and to escape reality.
ok sarcasm aside if you actually do put in your 10,000 steps per day you would know that its not exactly an exciting adventure worth braggin about. There is nothing wrong with adding some diversion to your walk to make it more interesting.
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
Pokemon Go, the latest craze to hit android and apple app markets. The idea, to make people believe that they need a video game to go outside and collect virtual pokemon, the reality, to expose people to the outside world which is filled with vast horrors. Yeah no if I play a video game that works off alternate reality, then I would expect an alternate reality world. If I wanted to go outside and look at my phone, which is already a distraction from the number of people who walk and text, let alone drive and talking, I would've done it to capture the masterpiece that is real nature. If i wanted to play a video game of any type or form, its to dispose of stress and to escape reality.
I mean, we're only hearing the praises, and few of the valid complaints against this. Hell teens have been even using Pokemon Go to rob people. Yeah, no.
What nature are you referring to in my 9 to 5 job. only fly's, no seem ums, dog shit, and bums asking for change. Now If I was on vacation, yes Nature , kayaking, waterfalls the works. but for now its pokemon go.
You're right, there is nothing wrong with that, but there is nothing stopping you from getting up, turning off the emulator of Pokemon Red/Green/Gold and walking down a bike path with your doge... Maybe cutting through a forest to find a nice little back river or pond with tadpoles racing through the water, or watching the birds soar. Maybe find the occasional elk or white tailed deer.
Biggest MMO in the world? What? This does not match my definition of an MMO at all..
It actually is just an MMO, which stands for Massively Multipler Online. It is all those things. It encompasses the entire globe as the gaming world, which is the massive part. It does have multiple people playing all at once in the same gaming environment hence the actual world. And finally it is online.
The thing it is not is an MMORPG which is what you may be thinking.
Technically, yes, but only if you separate it from the traditional means of needing a "physical server". A traditional mmo uses a shared virtual space, so technically, the real world isn't a virtual space.
You're right, there is nothing wrong with that, but there is nothing stopping you from getting up, turning off the emulator of Pokemon Red/Green/Gold and walking down a bike path with your doge... Maybe cutting through a forest to find a nice little back river or pond with tadpoles racing through the water, or watching the birds soar. Maybe find the occasional elk or white tailed deer.
Not everyone lives in the wilderness.
On a side note, if you're playing this game, and seeing other people play this game (which many are) you're part of that greater community... you're playing with them.
Consider it easy conversation starters. "Oh you're on your phone, I am also on my phone.. are you also playin Pokemon Go? Oh Cool, lets be best friends forever"
I'm not gonna read articles where people try to redefine what an mmo is.
An MMO is and always has been a game where you play against or with other players, does Pokemon GO allow you to play with others in the game or compete against them?
by that definition that I assume you pull out of your ass then Quake from 1996 is an MMO
Quake was an mmo, you can play with a group of others that are pulled from a massive pool of potentials from all over the world. Same as Overwatch.
Those games didn't share the same virtual space with thousands of players on a massive scale though. Pokemon: Go, actually shares the real world, which is inhabited with billions of people.
Pokemon Go, the latest craze to hit android and apple app markets. The idea, to make people believe that they need a video game to go outside and collect virtual pokemon, the reality, to expose people to the outside world which is filled with vast horrors. Yeah no if I play a video game that works off alternate reality, then I would expect an alternate reality world. If I wanted to go outside and look at my phone, which is already a distraction from the number of people who walk and text, let alone drive and talking, I would've done it to capture the masterpiece that is real nature. If i wanted to play a video game of any type or form, its to dispose of stress and to escape reality.
I mean, we're only hearing the praises, and few of the valid complaints against this. Hell teens have been even using Pokemon Go to rob people. Yeah, no.
What nature are you referring to in my 9 to 5 job. only fly's, no seem ums, dog shit, and bums asking for change. Now If I was on vacation, yes Nature , kayaking, waterfalls the works. but for now its pokemon go.
which is precisely my point, why do you need pokemon go as an excuse to go outside, its not going to make the outside world any different, and it definitely isn't the cure all for laziness. Nature is still beautiful depending on where you go. However this is just a money grabbing attempt by nintendo because they realize they can exploit the "lazy" generation. (AKA us millenials) by making it seem like they need and will use this app as a reason to go outside and actually socialize for once, when people were already socializing through escapism of video games for decades.
Pokemon Go, the latest craze to hit android and apple app markets. The idea, to make people believe that they need a video game to go outside and collect virtual pokemon, the reality, to expose people to the outside world which is filled with vast horrors. Yeah no if I play a video game that works off alternate reality, then I would expect an alternate reality world. If I wanted to go outside and look at my phone, which is already a distraction from the number of people who walk and text, let alone drive and talking, I would've done it to capture the masterpiece that is real nature. If i wanted to play a video game of any type or form, its to dispose of stress and to escape reality.
I mean, we're only hearing the praises, and few of the valid complaints against this. Hell teens have been even using Pokemon Go to rob people. Yeah, no.
There are people who couldn't care less about enjoying the beauty of nature and happily sit inside all day long on their phone. Encouraging them to get outside, phone or not, is a big step in the right direction, IMO. Of course, it's probably not a great idea to go out into a bad neighborhood to catch a Pokemon, but I don't think that's happening very often. It's not for everyone, and people who already enjoy the outdoors probably look at people out catching Pokemon on their phones and think it's a waste, but I think it's a good opportunity to encourage people to get out into nature and see the sites.
Just the other day, I found a small museum that I didn't know existed by seeing it on the Pokemon Go map, and I went and checked it out. That's cool!
Pokemon Go, the latest craze to hit android and apple app markets. The idea, to make people believe that they need a video game to go outside and collect virtual pokemon, the reality, to expose people to the outside world which is filled with vast horrors. Yeah no if I play a video game that works off alternate reality, then I would expect an alternate reality world. If I wanted to go outside and look at my phone, which is already a distraction from the number of people who walk and text, let alone drive and talking, I would've done it to capture the masterpiece that is real nature. If i wanted to play a video game of any type or form, its to dispose of stress and to escape reality.
I mean, we're only hearing the praises, and few of the valid complaints against this. Hell teens have been even using Pokemon Go to rob people. Yeah, no.
What nature are you referring to in my 9 to 5 job. only fly's, no seem ums, dog shit, and bums asking for change. Now If I was on vacation, yes Nature , kayaking, waterfalls the works. but for now its pokemon go.
which is precisely my point, why do you need pokemon go as an excuse to go outside, its not going to make the outside world any different, and it definitely isn't the cure all for laziness. Nature is still beautiful depending on where you go. However this is just a money grabbing attempt by nintendo because they realize they can exploit the "lazy" generation. (AKA us millenials) by making it seem like they need and will use this app as a reason to go outside and actually socialize for once, when people were already socializing through escapism of video games for decades.
as someone who tries to get his 10,000 steps in a day I can explain.
So I go outside and i start to walk. after about 10 mins my mind starts to wander (does yours? if not what do you think about while walking?). sometimes I walk and I think about things, sometimes i walk and count how many birds I see (STOP! thats a game not allowed). really? a simple diversion while I am doing something I would do anyway is a bad thing?
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Not even going into the distraction the game provides while walking and the inherent dangers.
Lastly, good luck with data usage, the short time the kids had the game they used up most of the monthly data allotment.
If you still think it is ok for kids to play it, you had better make arrangements to supervise them while doing so.
The game is for everyone, kids included. Bad people will always do bad things.. if you consider the hundreds of thousands of kids playing this game, the 5 "horror" stories you hear are relatively small, especially considering that you're only hearing of them because Pokemon Go is involved.
Also, the game uses very little data.. GPS doesn't require a data connection, that's the majority of the usage.
For example, my group that I play with.. half of them have data caps. After 2 hours of playing, the game used 35 MBs.
I have unlimited data, so I don't monitor it, but I was impressed how little it actually used.
Pokemon Go, the latest craze to hit android and apple app markets. The idea, to make people believe that they need a video game to go outside and collect virtual pokemon, the reality, to expose people to the outside world which is filled with vast horrors. Yeah no if I play a video game that works off alternate reality, then I would expect an alternate reality world. If I wanted to go outside and look at my phone, which is already a distraction from the number of people who walk and text, let alone drive and talking, I would've done it to capture the masterpiece that is real nature. If i wanted to play a video game of any type or form, its to dispose of stress and to escape reality.
I mean, we're only hearing the praises, and few of the valid complaints against this. Hell teens have been even using Pokemon Go to rob people. Yeah, no.
What nature are you referring to in my 9 to 5 job. only fly's, no seem ums, dog shit, and bums asking for change. Now If I was on vacation, yes Nature , kayaking, waterfalls the works. but for now its pokemon go.
which is precisely my point, why do you need pokemon go as an excuse to go outside, its not going to make the outside world any different, and it definitely isn't the cure all for laziness. Nature is still beautiful depending on where you go. However this is just a money grabbing attempt by nintendo because they realize they can exploit the "lazy" generation. (AKA us millenials) by making it seem like they need and will use this app as a reason to go outside and actually socialize for once, when people were already socializing through escapism of video games for decades.
A)you don't have to pay a dime
b) you should know how many times I've played a money grubbing free to play game and jumped off when the timers or my resourses required me to pay cash to keep my entertainment up.
c) not everyone lives in the wilderness and here in florida where its swamp ass season sorry its not fun to be outside unless your at the beach.
d) the only thing I can describe to you are the different types of mosquitos.
also to people that think pokemon go uses lots of data-
Umm you can download your local map with wifi and play offline with google maps. I swear people are just making shit up as they go to further some narrative or agenda.
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So you decided to post in a thread about a Pokemon game that's played on a smartphone? Thanks for letting us know, I guess.
I think Pokemon Go is pretty awesome. I don't play it much, but my wife does, and she enjoys it. It gets people out of their house, moving around, and interacting with other people, and anything that can do that is a plus in my book.
that is the part that makes it different from a standard mobile game
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An MMO is and always has been a game where you play against or with other players, does Pokemon GO allow you to play with others in the game or compete against them?
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how does it happen that a game that is nearly exactly the same exist for 3 years and then in just a week this game takes over every media outlet out there?
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Technically, yes, but only if you separate it from the traditional means of needing a "physical server". A traditional mmo uses a shared virtual space, so technically, the real world isn't a virtual space.
On a side note, if you're playing this game, and seeing other people play this game (which many are) you're part of that greater community... you're playing with them.
Consider it easy conversation starters. "Oh you're on your phone, I am also on my phone.. are you also playin Pokemon Go? Oh Cool, lets be best friends forever"
Seems like a good deal to me.
Those games didn't share the same virtual space with thousands of players on a massive scale though. Pokemon: Go, actually shares the real world, which is inhabited with billions of people.
http://www.10tv.com/article/indiana-child-molester-arrested-after-playing-pokemon-go-kids
Not even going into the distraction the game provides while walking and the inherent dangers.
Lastly, good luck with data usage, the short time the kids had the game they used up most of the monthly data allotment.
If you still think it is ok for kids to play it, you had better make arrangements to supervise them while doing so.
which is precisely my point, why do you need pokemon go as an excuse to go outside, its not going to make the outside world any different, and it definitely isn't the cure all for laziness. Nature is still beautiful depending on where you go. However this is just a money grabbing attempt by nintendo because they realize they can exploit the "lazy" generation. (AKA us millenials) by making it seem like they need and will use this app as a reason to go outside and actually socialize for once, when people were already socializing through escapism of video games for decades.
There are people who couldn't care less about enjoying the beauty of nature and happily sit inside all day long on their phone. Encouraging them to get outside, phone or not, is a big step in the right direction, IMO. Of course, it's probably not a great idea to go out into a bad neighborhood to catch a Pokemon, but I don't think that's happening very often. It's not for everyone, and people who already enjoy the outdoors probably look at people out catching Pokemon on their phones and think it's a waste, but I think it's a good opportunity to encourage people to get out into nature and see the sites.
Just the other day, I found a small museum that I didn't know existed by seeing it on the Pokemon Go map, and I went and checked it out. That's cool!
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
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Also, the game uses very little data.. GPS doesn't require a data connection, that's the majority of the usage.
For example, my group that I play with.. half of them have data caps. After 2 hours of playing, the game used 35 MBs.
I have unlimited data, so I don't monitor it, but I was impressed how little it actually used.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/relax-pokemon-go-isnt-eating-your-data-plan-1468436983
"An analysis by P3 communications Inc., a network analytics firm, found the app only consumes between 5 to 10 megabytes of data per hour."
I see it as a GPS game, of which a type that has been around for awhile now.
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'oh so AR is basically nothing more than mobile phone game?'
yeah that is the door that is about to be opened with that, but hey have at it! I am a VR guy myself so no sweat of my back
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