Pokémon GO

[BoyNextDoor]

Kids roaming the streets, playing outside, getting up and moving instead of playing video games in the basement ... good stuff!

Except maybe for this guy: This Guy’s House Was Turned Into A Gym On Pokémon Go And Now People Are Everywhere

 

[Wings]

Love it. Except that I live in the country so I have to drive the kids and myself to town to capture anything.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Eventually one of them is going to walk out into traffic...

 

[Disgustipated]

People are already robbing and killing using the game as a lure.

 

[Liar]

Dammit, Jigglypuff.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...n-against-lgbt-community-pokemon-go/86928150/

 

[Aglaopheme]

Kids roaming the streets, playing outside, getting up and moving instead of playing video games in the basement ... good stuff!

Except maybe for this guy: This Guy’s House Was Turned Into A Gym On Pokémon Go And Now People Are Everywhere

Ha! Poor guy.

Dammit, Jigglypuff.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...n-against-lgbt-community-pokemon-go/86928150/

That's awesome.

 

[Wings]

http://nerdist.com/playing-pokemon-go-is-a-lot-easier-using-a-drone-instead-of-walking/
I'm starting to wish I had a drone!

 

[Aglaopheme]

Love it. Except that I live in the country so I have to drive the kids and myself to town to capture anything.

Mine couldn't get signed up it's blown up so much. We did have a nice walk though while they used mommy's and daddy's phones.

 

[Wings]

Mine couldn't get signed up it's blown up so much. We did have a nice walk though while they used mommy's and daddy's phones.

My son and I are competing. It's really unfair because there at least 3 dozen landmarks around my office and he's stuck at home. I think I'll need to bring them both to work with me and let them hunt this week.

 

[Aglaopheme]

http://nerdist.com/playing-pokemon-go-is-a-lot-easier-using-a-drone-instead-of-walking/
I'm starting to wish I had a drone!

That's cool.

Looking at some of the other articles within that link, I won't share the screen shot of where I caught one last night.

 

[Aglaopheme]

My son and I are competing. It's really unfair because there at least 3 dozen landmarks around my office and he's stuck at home. I think I'll need to bring them both to work with me and let them hunt this week.

Yeah that is not going to be a fair competition. Maybe only hunt together? That would make for a fun day for just the two of you. I love when I can swing one on one time with mine.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Be amazed at what you can find wandering about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/artic...-wyoming-river-while-searching-for-a-pokestop

Here in London we have a shunpiker tour. Avoiding major roads while searching for landmarks. An annual event for 42 years. Has that geocaching aspect too, Pokémon GO.

Gets folk out and about but how many are just driving. And how many are glued to phone at same time. A few injuries reported already.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Be amazed at what you can find wandering about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/artic...-wyoming-river-while-searching-for-a-pokestop

Here in London we have a shunpiker tour. Avoiding major roads while searching for landmarks. An annual event for 42 years. Has that geocaching aspect too, Pokémon GO.

Gets folk out and about but how many are just driving. And how many are glued to phone at same time. A few injuries reported already.

Yikes

 

[Hard_Rom]

Armed Robbers Used Pokemon Go App to Target Victims, According to Cops

http://abcnews.go.com/US/armed-robbers-pokemon-app-target-victims-cops/story?id=40474315

 

[lovetoread]

I caught 4 today at work.

 

[Christobal]

It's fun. Imagine going outside and looking around.

When I say looking around that also means looking up from your device to see where you actually are.

As for the dead bodies and being set up for robberies. Those dead bodies in my house needed to be found and they were long past needing their valuables.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Can't anyone just go outside to play? To invent stuff yourself or build things. Or just listen to the birds and look at clouds. Is there an app that let's you take a pic of a cloud and then tells you what it looks like?

All this device use has to be bad for the posture, walking around with your head down. In a generation chiropractors will be making a fortune treating bad necks.

 

[Christobal]

Can't anyone just go outside to play? To invent stuff yourself or build things. Or just listen to the birds and look at clouds. Is there an app that let's you take a pic of a cloud and then tells you what it looks like?

All this device use has to be bad for the posture, walking around with your head down. In a generation chiropractors will be making a fortune treating bad necks.

Does the outside exist? I am waiting on VR to find out.

My mom used to make me go out and play. "You are not going to sit in front of that TV all day" Now I would be an abandoned child not being kept safely in the home.

I wandered and made it out alive.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Everyone seems to be really enjoying the game and I don't think it competes with "going outside and playing". In our world "going outside and playing" means soccer or lacrosse games or camp or tryouts or working out or using the pitchback.

Pokemon and stuff like that is "down time".

 

[Noor]

The first day a guy walked into the tree in front of our house and a father and son walked into my stopped car at a light. There are a couple super cool some things very near my house so I see all sorts of players. A jam or jem or something?

 

[lovetoread]

Its a gym

a Pokemon Trainers Gym where you battle other trainers and turn the gym red, blue, or yellow

 

[Lancecastor]

Is the code open source?

I'm thinking this would make a fun Adult themed or Singles app.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I was looking for the same thing (but to seed the local neighborhood with more stuff) and am discovering that the API is closed. Near as I can tell they are all imported from Ingress and they are closed to new requests.

But I was looking at the Google Maps API and you could invent a singles/adult app:

function initMap() {
var myLatLng = {lat: -25.363, lng: 131.044};

// Create a map object and specify the DOM element for display.
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: myAdultLatLng,
scrollwheel: false,
zoom: 4
});

// Create a marker and set its position.
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: myAdultLatLng,
title: 'BigBoobs ( o Y o ) '
});
}