Pokemon Go

[Raider]

My folks just spent 4 weeks in the US and I was tempted to ask them to catch one over there for me (ie log into my account and catch it) but decided against it for fear of being banned. Would have been nice though.

On the popularity side, yeah the game has died quickly. This is what happens when they open the game only partly finished and don't provide any major updates since it came out. I had a FB group that was active daily, now it is down to maybe 1 or 2 posts from members a week.

They are so focused on rolling it out to other countries that they are not providing current players with incentives to keep playing. Only so much appeal you can get from constantly throwing pokeballs and gym battles.

I turn it on maybe once a week if I have nothing better to do. Otherwise I'm done with the game until some decent content arrives. It shouldn't take this long for PVP, trading and a better system for raising and battling pokemon.

Don't even get me started on the battle system which is just a tapping frenzy, no skill really involved. I miss the old Gameboy battle system.

/end_rant

[SuspectimusPrime]

My folks just spent 4 weeks in the US and I was tempted to ask them to catch one over there for me (ie log into my account and catch it) but decided against it for fear of being banned. Would have been nice though.

My sis is in Japan and we've been aiming for the same thing. I've caught her a Kangaskhan now that they're so common, and am waiting for her to catch me a Farfetch'd. I suppose if my account was banned because of this I'll just stop playing altogether, so no huge loss.

Don't even get me started on the battle system which is just a tapping frenzy, no skill really involved. I miss the old Gameboy battle system.

/end_rant

+1. Give us better gameplay and 90's graphics! Do appreciate that all the Pokemon sounds makes are from the original game.

[tron07]

I like the new appraise feature, anything decent will head straight to the candy factory.

Anything strong will keep for later to check IV stats.

[Raider]

Well my pokemon adventures are over. Can't believe they are blocking everyone with a rooted phone. It is like the best thing about androids! Oh well, at least I won't be there to witness them completely screw this game up although I'm a little pissed about all the wasted hours and money...

[1AZRAEL1]

What do you mean they are blocking rooted phones? What is the benefit of a rooted phone for this game?

[Raider]

What do you mean they are blocking rooted phones? What is the benefit of a rooted phone for this game?

If your phone is rooted you can supposedly download unofficial apps that help you cheat in the game. So based on their thinking, everyone who has a rooted phone is a cheat and is banned from playing on a rooted device. Since all my devices are rooted the game is over for me...

[1AZRAEL1]

Hopefully it does stamp out the cheats. It's sad that people have to cheat to enjoy the game. Unfortunately the ones that aren't cheating suffer. Way of the world ain't it? Some people do the wrong thing so a blanket ban is imposed.