Everyone's outside, and it's because of POKÉMON GO

Nope.

i got a porygon, which is a thing, apparently?

I think my weirdest is Mr Mime. I try not to look him in the eye.

Mr Mime is horrible.

Stacked s load of pidgeys and caterpies today, and got to evolve point with a bunch of others, sat down just now, cracked an egg and managed to level up to 21. 75k to get to level 22! Holy shit.

Jaq, do you get more items for your backpack when you level up to higher numbers? Because I got precisely zilch when I went from 21 to 22 :(

helps 4 u

http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/19/12227650/pokemon-go-level-rewards

Argh I only get good stuff every five levels now?

Yeah, only on the 0s and the 5s. Level 25 was pretty sweet, lots of ultra balls and a new level of potion, plus 1 each lure, incense, lucky egg. but it's a long long way to level 30.

I knocked a 1900 CP Gyrados out this morning with a 1400 CP Electrobuzz and a couple squirts from a Vaporeon. Left my Wigglytuff behind to fend for himself.

Got a local gym for all of 1 minute earlier. My vaporeon took down the big slowpoke dude.

Fruitful trip to my old hometown dentist this morning; had an horu to kill between trains and caught a couple of kabutos, a pinsir, a nidoqueen (all new to me), plus a couple each of magnet things and voltorbs, which are pretty rare where I normally hunt. Left a poke behind at a gym where I used to drink.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/107bcb45363b6281b437d84b2926ce9c/tumblr_oc2w2uFO2H1rlys9ro1_1280.jpg

Hahaha, I just stumbled upon Pokemon Soc (it's freshers week) and the president seemed quite pleased that I instagrammed their sign... but god I felt old.

So is anyone still playing this? The Halloween event has started - loads more candies for catching, walking, and transferring, plus Ghastlies etc bloody everywhere. Already got 10 Squirtle candies this morning and finally evolved up to a Blastoise, which I've been working on for ages.

I am still playing. Are you?

Yeah, got to Level 27 yesterday.

Nearing level 25. Just want to catch the rest of the Pokemon ( I have 108 so far) so I can be freed.

Um you know there are another 100 or so Pokémon due to be added in the near future?

Oh bollocks.

Like Monday

Level 31, 135 pokes in my pokedex.

So I caught two festive Pikachus at lunchtime, and I see someone on campus hatched an Elekid and stuck him in a gym to show off. Most rubbish 'event' ever. They'd better be rolling other stuff out over the next three weeks.

Finally hatched a Snorlax today. In about a decade I might get a Dragonite. Spotted a festive Pikachu in the area, but it was off my usual commute route and I was already late for work.

I hatched a Snorlax on Friday. Managed to evolve a Gyarados about a week ago too. I'm kind of assuming a Dragonite is months off because even walking for the candy is just no good.

I'm missing Bulbasaur, Chansey, the international ones, Dodrio, Lapras, Porygon, Omastar, and Kabutops.

Had a crazy idea about exchanging account details with someone in Aus or the US or Japan in order to get Kangaskhan etc in exchange for Mr Mime. Except that Mr Mime's fucking horrible so who wants him.

Hatched a Magby today from a 10km egg and suddenly my Pokedex went from 149 spaces to 240. I'll never be free of it.

I have given it up for January. It is very strange fighting the impulse to spin pokestops as I pass them on my commute.

Anyone still playing now the gen2 lot have been out for a while? I gave up for a while after new year but have been lured back in; injury keeping me off the bike means walking to work (4km each way) so why the hell not, eh.

guilty

I gave up between 1st January and 17th March. Back into it, but I still sometimes forget to turn it on for the commute, so it's not the addiction it was. Already sick of catching Swinubs.

Exciting water festival.

Exciting that I will *finally* get a special item later this week.

xps make sure you keep getting those swinubs for mamoswine in gen iv!

also shiny magikarps now

I've had three king rocks and two metal coats now. Need the water one for kingdra.

Oooh, I finally got a Dragonite. That's exciting. Hatched a dratini which gave me enough candy to push me over 100.

I'm desperate for a shiny magikarp. I've got 550 magikarp candy burning a hole in my pocket.

Anyone else still playing? They finally released legendary birds.

With regrets

Yeah. My battling days are few and far between now - it takes too long - but I'm still going.

New gym system has vastly upped my coin intake. I have fancy clothes now.

Are you taking gyms down or just plopping one of your pokes in wherever there's a space?

I had a Blissey in the gym at Hoxton station for a week and didn't get anything back because my Rhydon got kicked out of another gym on the same day, after ten hours. Very annoying.

I'm taking gyms near me (there are a lot in NY...) so I can usually have enuf going that I can get my golden points everyday which is a HUGE improvement over the old system. the legendary raiding thing is p fun tbh if you are in a heavily populated area around, say lunchtime.

Both. My office is a gym and there's a gym where I walk the dog so that helps...

Working at a university is great. I just scored a Lugia at my office with the help of a load of PhD students.

fuckin nerd circus amirite

Damn right. There were a handful of non uni people who travelled up for the raid (organised on an app called discord which i'd never heard of until last week, as I don't play any other games), but it was mostly PhDs. And I'm a higher level than all of 'em!

...and you caught it which is dope

Yeah, I think that was my fourth or fifth raid. Missed articuno.

Yeah this game satisfies my twitchy completist tendencies. Used half my free gold yesterday to score an moltres

What level is everyone on? I'm 31, with 205 pokes in my dex (seen 228). Still missing some pretty obvious ones from the first batch - currently walking an Abra toward 100 candies so my Kadabra can be evolved at last.

And my top three are a Rhydon (2877), a Blissey (2769) and a Tyranitar (2482). Which I'm pretty sure you could all beat.