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MaxwellDaring Unearthed Horror from Interzone (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Desperate
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#226: Jul 12th 2016 at 4:39:11 PM

I found a zubat in my house and thought to myself "Dammit, this is what happens when you leave the window open." This game, man.

[I LIVE AGAIN]
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#227: Jul 12th 2016 at 5:04:09 PM

Damnit, I thought this update would mean j wouldn't keep getting this damn 'can't authenticate' error!

WorldTurtle2 Since: Jan, 2015
#228: Jul 12th 2016 at 5:08:10 PM

Got the game (App Store via my iPhone so I should be safe from the malware), kept playing despite the bugs, after the last unexpected quit I found everything wiped-the Pokemon I caught, all my capture Items, all of it just gone. Just when I was FINALLY starting to have fun

I don't know if it was because of the unstable servers or what, but either way I deleted the app after that.

edited 12th Jul '16 5:13:42 PM by WorldTurtle2

SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#229: Jul 12th 2016 at 5:31:13 PM

Malware? There is no malware. The entire-google-account thing was a mistake, never actually caused it to take any info it doesn't need, and will soon be fixed. You need to link a google account to save your progress.

WorldTurtle2 Since: Jan, 2015
#230: Jul 12th 2016 at 5:44:58 PM

I did link a google account. I had the game for a few days now. Honestly, the bugs and constantly having to restart just don't make the game worth it to me. Everything just being wiped was the last straw. I'm sorry, but that's just how I feel about it.

edited 12th Jul '16 5:49:46 PM by WorldTurtle2

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#231: Jul 12th 2016 at 6:03:19 PM

I downloaded this game earlier today. I really wish my phone's gyroscope would work with the game, because then I could use the AR and the battery saver mode. But it won't, so I can't use either. I also wish the GPS would work properly. I had trouble getting items from some Pokéstops, even when I literally stood three feet away from the corresponding landmarks.

For some reason, all of the gyms in my town are controlled by the red team. It's clearly pretty popular here, since two people commented on how I was playing this game as they drove past, and I saw about five people riding bikes with their phones out who were probably also on the hunt.

As a side note, a church a few blocks away from my house has two Pokéstops associated with it.

FrozenWolf2 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#232: Jul 12th 2016 at 6:37:16 PM

Snorlax goes places

This is an outrage against Luminara!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#233: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:08:10 PM

So I hear some people have been walking around not paying attention to what they are doing because of this game?

Isn't that a little dangerous?

edited 12th Jul '16 8:08:32 PM by HandsomeRob

One Strip! One Strip!
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#234: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:10:15 PM

[up] Apparently someone in Mexico fell off a bridge and died while playing Pokemon Go because they weren't paying attention to where they were going.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#235: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:16:07 PM

...

Oh...shit....oh....sad

That's much much worse than I thought. Is that the only thing that's happened so far?

One Strip! One Strip!
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#236: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:21:37 PM

[up] Somebody in Wyoming also found a corpse while playing the game.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#237: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:22:34 PM

Was the corpse playing the game before he or she died, or was it just something else that killed them?

Also, that's pretty freaky to find a corpse while doing something like that.

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SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#238: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:26:03 PM

Everyone's talking about the corpse-finding thing as a bad thing but it's better for a corpse to be found while it still looks like a human being than the person just be considered "missing" for years and their family has no clue and worries about them forever or the corpse be found in an unrecognizable rotted state

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#239: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:26:30 PM

[up][up] Apparently whoever the corpse was died of natural causes.

edited 12th Jul '16 8:26:42 PM by Bat178

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#240: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:38:07 PM

That's pretty creepy, but at least it was found.

And like [up][up] said, it's not really a bad thing (well the person being dead is bad, but again, it was found). In fact, you could argue that the fact that it was found by someone playing Go is incidental to it being found (anyone could have done it).

One Strip! One Strip!
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#241: Jul 12th 2016 at 8:53:38 PM

Armed robbers also lured players to their location by going to obscure Pokespots and using a Lure Module.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
strawberryflavored Since: Sep, 2010
#242: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:04:58 PM

I'm pretty sure the person falling off a bridge playing the game was a hoax.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#243: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:05:11 PM

[up][up]

...

That's just a joke right?

edited 12th Jul '16 9:16:49 PM by HandsomeRob

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strawberryflavored Since: Sep, 2010
#244: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:07:01 PM

Nope, it happened. Though, in context, it happened very late at night(around 2 AM) so it shouldn't be indicative of the normal experience playing the game. Never hurts to be aware of your surroundings though.

They did get caught pretty easily though.

SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#245: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:15:18 PM

It's not Niantic's fault at all, they literally warn people to pay attention on the loading screen

123tbones Since: Aug, 2015
#247: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:54:45 PM

That's why it's important to be with a buddy while playing Go.

TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
SapphireBlue Since: Jan, 2001
#249: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:27:14 PM

Yeah I saw that. Holy crap, talk about insensitive.

LDragon2 Since: Dec, 2011
#250: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:38:06 PM

Yeah, that's not exactly tasteful.

Still couldn't help but roll my eyes at many of the commentators for that article though, like those who compared the users to the Nazis and the like.


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