General

@helpingly: Yeah though to be fair I was a Freshman at the time, so all of my hallmates were either freshmen or sophomores.

Also the Michigan fans were really arrogant and we almost beat them, so it was funny to watch them go from "this is gonna be a blowout" to "oh god we almost lost to them"

i like it! i work in sf now and moved back to the bay recently so there are lots of pokestops and when it first came out i went on pokemon go dates with my guy i mean either way we would have gone to parks and touristy areas anyways bc i never learned much about the city growing up but it's fun to see pokemon as well.

also it was pretty fun coming back up to davis back when it first came out. my friends and i were literally just circling the park until 4am and walked home from downtown. it was great and lots of people were still outside. but i'm pretty sure it's not this crazy anymore. i only play casually now. i dont even try to take over gyms tbh (#valor)

@ecarina: RIP :c

But then again, University of Michigan has a pretty solid football team with a lot of fans. If you're school's program isn't that good, I can see why a lot of people would root for them.

@helpingly: Well yeah Blue and White are our colors so that could be part of it, but I still don't see why Instinct is so popular around here. I'm fine with it, I like being able to hold gyms since I'm pretty sure I'm one of the only Instinct people in my hometown, but still.

Also we had a football game against University of Michigan a few years ago and half the people in my dorm alone were rooting against us. I don't know how deep our school pride goes.

@ecarina: Valor is the second most popular team, so it is strange that not many Team Valor gyms are around your area. The only possible conclusion I can come to is this: you school's colors. If your school's colors are blue and yellow/gold, this could be a good reason why people choose those colors for their teams.

I attend a UC, and all UC's have a color scheme of blue and yellow, so it's no big surprise that those are the majority of the gyms we find around there.

For whatever reason, all the gyms at my school are either Instinct or Mystic at any time. I'm on Instinct so this is fine for me but where are all the Valor guys? Aren't they supposed to be really into that?

But yeah join Instinct.

@helpingly: don't tell him to go Instinct he only played Yellow so he's not even considered a veteran. He should go Mystic since he only knows the first gen

I personally really enjoy the game because although many argue that it isn't the most organic Pokemon experience, there is a sense of adventure and achievement when you're trying to complete that darn Pokedex. Granted, the game has many issues that may people want to see fixed, but despite that I thoroughly enjoy the app.
I recommend you try it because it is free, and is a game that you can just turn on whenever your bored to see if there are any rare pokemon around you. I think one of my favorite features in the game is that you can be relatively successful without having to spend any real money. As long as you allocate your rewards right, you can be just as good as a player who uses money to facilitate their exploration. Granted, this will take longer, but is possible nonetheless.

Also, if you do decide to play, choose Team Instinct

@hualicious: You're right on that too, it's just more them releasing so many at once. It can be personal annoyance in this case. Undeniably with releases they add/rebalance/tweak mechanics or just certain Pokemon for a better experience which is great! I just wish they slow down on the releases to some extent.

@uwotm8: lol @ the csgo babby

@carbyken: The most important thing I want to see is improvements in the game features that already exist. They should be able to improve the game if they read our feedbacks. They have the game engine already which they used for XY, ORAS and SUMO. I don't think they need 2-3 years to listen to us and use the feedbacks into the new generation games to get this job done for Pokemon. Of course I understand making a game cost a lot of time.

It's also nice we get to see companies spending their time and effort releasing more titles (sequels) for the consoles and handhelds before they move on to the next generation consoles and handhelds. We get to at least play more titles from games, but the feedback is the most important. If they don't listen and keep releasing with little to no improvements, then it just means they are out for the money only.

@hualicious: It also doesn't the bad rep the developers have been getting.

But yea with GO, there's a point where you can't continue playing unless ya pay extra cash to do so. With the main titles you can continue for however long you please. No artificial pauses, paywalls, or DRM crap. Just turn on the console load the game, there ya go.

It definitely looks promising, but I wish they slow down honestly. It didn't feel that long since we had X/Y and OR/AS. Guys take your time we don't need a main title every year. Give us 2-3 years, I'm sure it'll be better in the long run. Perhaps.

@carbyken: Yea exactly, the way I see it too. It's too basic and nothing to be excited about the game.

I play the 3DS titles and although I have finished the story mode I still keep playing it from time to time to participate in competitions. I do this for the fun and sometimes we can get a nice reward from participating.

Hopefully the 7th Gen Pokemon game will be good.

It doesn't look very appealing at first so it's like a try it then have a opinion kinda game.
It is free so why not try it out?

It's nothing really special, just run around hope you find something, and watch Pokemon tackle each other without much direct input or strategy to keep it interesting.

Much like most mobile games this one isn't worth the time personally. I just stick with the official titles.

I never got into the hype. You can try it and see how it works.

It is very basic, but it has been updated constantly from what I hear about it (especially nerfs of certain things that trigger people)

Why not try it out? It's a free app after all.

I don't really understand why how often you use your phone should affect whether or not you should play Pokemon Go. In fact, using it less often is probably better since you won't have to worry so much if it drains your battery.

Also it makes you get outside and walk around a lot, it's a good thing.