Pokemon GO

[82_28]

Whatever happened to the good old skateboard? You can't skate anywhere any more. Not like I can these days but you could skate anywhere back in the day. The wear and tear on my knees and ankles are starting to catch up with me. With skateboarding you always have to be aware of what is really in front of you. I always think when people have their earbuds in as they jog or walk -- don't you people want to hear the birds singing? One thing with skateboarding too is that you could never listen to your walkman while riding. I guess if you were a suicidal loner skater you would. You just always had to be aware is what I'm saying.

[Agent Orange Cooper]

Word. I think it is scary in the sense that the Internet has been driving people's eyeballs to certain cyber locations for years, Jesus 20 years, dang dun got old, anyways, but now it is actually moving people's bodies around in real time. Think about it, a ridiculous kid app has mobilized thousands, millions? to certain locations based on imaginary rewards. The Internet is bleeding more and more into reality and driving people's behavior all the while people are convinced they are in control. Just wait for Porn-mon Go, Gambling-mon Go, Pimp-mon Go, etc.

I think your definition of "reality" is wanting

[brekin]

Word. I think it is scary in the sense that the Internet has been driving people's eyeballs to certain cyber locations for years, Jesus 20 years, dang dun got old, anyways, but now it is actually moving people's bodies around in real time. Think about it, a ridiculous kid app has mobilized thousands, millions? to certain locations based on imaginary rewards. The Internet is bleeding more and more into reality and driving people's behavior all the while people are convinced they are in control. Just wait for Porn-mon Go, Gambling-mon Go, Pimp-mon Go, etc.

I think your definition of "reality" is wanting

...wanting what? Is there more coming? Or is this mad-libs? Or is your sentence wanting punctuation?

[Agent Orange Cooper]

want·ing
ˈwän(t)iNG,wôn(t)iNG/
adjective
lacking in a certain required or necessary quality.
"they weren't wanting in confidence"
synonyms: deficient, inadequate, lacking, insufficient, imperfect, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, flawed, faulty, defective, unsound, substandard, inferior, second-rate, poor, shoddy More
not existing or supplied; absent.
"the kneecap is wanting in amphibians and reptiles"

[identity]

Operation population control...between car accidents; thugs and pedophiles lying in wait; walking into trees, traffic and moving trains; falling off cliffs; stepping into traps; gunning down trespassers; battling gamers, etc., it's a wonder they'll be anyone left.

I travel by bike in a city full of kids in their teens and twenties driving very expensive, very powerful cars. I'm... concerned. (I read somewhere that Niantic had engineered things so that the game could not be played from a vehicle in motion, but apparently that is not the case.)

New York man crashes into tree playing Pokémon Go while driving; Pennsylvania teen run over crossing highway

Pokémon Go players are hurting themselves in their confusion.

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An upstate New York Pokéfanatic was playing the wildly popular game in Auburn on Tuesday night when he veered off the road and crashed into a tree.

There were no serious injuries in the clumsy crash, which damaged the front of the wannabe Pokémon master’s car, cracking the windshield.

“Luckily the driver was not seriously injured, but this is an example of how easily accidents can occur when someone is engaged in the game and not paying attention,” Auburn police chief Shawn Butler said in a statement.

When police and the Auburn fire department showed up at about 10:44 p.m., the 28-year-old driver told officials he was distracted by the game when he plowed into the tree.

He suffered cuts to both his legs and was brought to the Auburn Community Hospital for minor injuries.

“The engine was actually starting to come into the passenger compartment,” Butler said, according to the Auburn Citizen. “Extremely lucky.”

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Those that aren’t careful are finding themselves scarred and bruised from their misguided adventurers.

A 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl was hit by a car while crossing a busy intersection on Tuesday at about 5 p.m., her mother told reporters.

"Kids don't just cross a highway," her mother Tracy Nolan told WTAE. "This thing had her walking across a highway to find a Pokémon. When she called and said that she was hit by a car, I blamed the game, because she would not have been out of my house. My daughter is a hermit."

Autumn Deiseroth, who suffered a collarbone and foot injury, as well as several cuts and bruises, also blamed the game, saying the app shouldn't have Pokémon near busy roads.

A spokesperson for the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC told reporters this wasn't the first patient they had seen because of Pokémon Go.

Several clueless gamers have been wandering into sacred spaces, such as the 9/11 Memorial and the Holocaust Museum while trying to catch 'em all.

[brekin]

want·ing
ˈwän(t)iNG,wôn(t)iNG/
adjective
lacking in a certain required or necessary quality.
"they weren't wanting in confidence"
synonyms: deficient, inadequate, lacking, insufficient, imperfect, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, flawed, faulty, defective, unsound, substandard, inferior, second-rate, poor, shoddy More
not existing or supplied; absent.
"the kneecap is wanting in amphibians and reptiles"

re·al·i·ty
rēˈalədē/
noun
noun: reality

1. Things Agent Orange Cooper likes.

[elfismiles]

Police: Body found near NH Holocaust memorial by Pokemon Go player
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/police ... 26606.html

Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the ... emon-here/

[Agent Orange Cooper]

want·ing
ˈwän(t)iNG,wôn(t)iNG/
adjective
lacking in a certain required or necessary quality.
"they weren't wanting in confidence"
synonyms: deficient, inadequate, lacking, insufficient, imperfect, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, flawed, faulty, defective, unsound, substandard, inferior, second-rate, poor, shoddy More
not existing or supplied; absent.
"the kneecap is wanting in amphibians and reptiles"

re·al·i·ty
rēˈalədē/
noun
noun: reality

1. Things Agent Orange Cooper likes.

ha. I neither play this game nor care about it. but I'm not the one pissing in the wind about it, or the thousands of things that will follow it

[Cordelia]

Operation population control...between car accidents; thugs and pedophiles lying in wait; walking into trees, traffic and moving trains; falling off cliffs; stepping into traps; gunning down trespassers; battling gamers, etc., it's a wonder they'll be anyone left.

I travel by bike in a city full of kids in their teens and twenties driving very expensive, very powerful cars. I'm... concerned. (I read somewhere that Niantic had engineered things so that the game could not be played from a vehicle in motion, but apparently that is not the case.)

New York man crashes into tree playing Pokémon Go while driving; Pennsylvania teen run over crossing highway

Pokémon Go players are hurting themselves in their confusion.

160715a.jpg

160715b.jpg

An upstate New York Pokéfanatic was playing the wildly popular game in Auburn on Tuesday night when he veered off the road and crashed into a tree.

There were no serious injuries in the clumsy crash, which damaged the front of the wannabe Pokémon master’s car, cracking the windshield.

“Luckily the driver was not seriously injured, but this is an example of how easily accidents can occur when someone is engaged in the game and not paying attention,” Auburn police chief Shawn Butler said in a statement.

When police and the Auburn fire department showed up at about 10:44 p.m., the 28-year-old driver told officials he was distracted by the game when he plowed into the tree.

He suffered cuts to both his legs and was brought to the Auburn Community Hospital for minor injuries.

“The engine was actually starting to come into the passenger compartment,” Butler said, according to the Auburn Citizen. “Extremely lucky.”

160715c.JPG

Those that aren’t careful are finding themselves scarred and bruised from their misguided adventurers.

A 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl was hit by a car while crossing a busy intersection on Tuesday at about 5 p.m., her mother told reporters.

"Kids don't just cross a highway," her mother Tracy Nolan told WTAE. "This thing had her walking across a highway to find a Pokémon. When she called and said that she was hit by a car, I blamed the game, because she would not have been out of my house. My daughter is a hermit."

Autumn Deiseroth, who suffered a collarbone and foot injury, as well as several cuts and bruises, also blamed the game, saying the app shouldn't have Pokémon near busy roads.

A spokesperson for the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC told reporters this wasn't the first patient they had seen because of Pokémon Go.

Several clueless gamers have been wandering into sacred spaces, such as the 9/11 Memorial and the Holocaust Museum while trying to catch 'em all.

j.f.c.

Makes texting a safe diversion. But led to the cliff, a lot of people provide their own nudge.

[Iamwhomiam]

A safe diversion would be avoiding "playing the game" and not helping our intelligence agencies gather information, data, filling in their blind spots for them.

Hell, if I played it, I'd bill them for my hours spent gathering "points" intelligence.

[conniption]

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Several clueless gamers have been wandering into sacred spaces, such as the 9/11 Memorial and the Holocaust Museum while trying to catch 'em all.

What if they were Nazi Pokémon?

[Nordic]

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Several clueless gamers have been wandering into sacred spaces, such as the 9/11 Memorial and the Holocaust Museum while trying to catch 'em all.

What if they were Nazi Pokémon?

Okay, if it were like Wolfenstein meets Pokemon, I might actually be interested.

[DrEvil]

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Several clueless gamers have been wandering into sacred spaces, such as the 9/11 Memorial and the Holocaust Museum while trying to catch 'em all.

What if they were Nazi Pokémon?

It was probably a troll, but I did see a picture of a gas pokemon (can't remember the name) inside the Holocaust museum.

[MinM]

US Government operational security guidance for intelligence officers and friends playing Pokémon GO:

Hollywood Reporter ‏@THR

#PokemonGo: Man shoots at players outside his house http://thr.cm/UZF6KM

@BuzzFeedNews

Police Say Armed Robbers Are Using Pokémon Go To Target Their Victims https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcnea ... gc#4ldqpgc

[identity]

Looks like PoGo-playing cyclists may pose as much of a threat to us all as distracted drivers and pedestrians:

http://road.cc/content/news/196901-coul ... t-cyclists

Although users are advised against playing while cycling, perhaps inevitably people are already using bikes to track down and capture Pokémon. Or, as one Aussie user put it: “Catching Pokémon and bike riding at the same time – maximum efficiency”.

The user in question shared this video of himself playing Pokémon GO on the bike, with mixed success. He does crash, but it doesn’t appear he was distracted by the game at the time. Another user posted an image of his Pokémon GO bike setup, with the caption “I’ve waited 18 years to finally do this”.

Some say cycling is the perfect way to catch Pokémon, and hatch the eggs, which requires you to be physically travelling – a minimum of 2km per egg, according to one user. With the speed cap for detecting the creatures set at 10mph cycling would seem preferable to driving or walking.

http://bikeportland.org/2016/07/14/poke ... ing-187630

Pokemon Go has gamified cycling. The new app that’s taking the world by storm also happens to be great to play by bike. As more and more people realize this, the game could do more to encourage biking — especially among young people — than decades of advocacy. I haven’t tried it myself but I’ve been monitoring chatter about bikes on the internet long enough to know when something big has happened. And it has.

The game itself is really interesting. It uses a combination of your smartphone’s map and camera to “augment reality” by placing the game’s features right on the streets where you live, work, and play. When it first hit the news all the reports were about people playing it on foot. We then started hearing about people playing while driving (bad idea!). And now it appears that a bicycle is the secret Pokemon Go weapon.

Here’s Bicycling Magazine writer (and Portland resident) Caitlin Giddings explaining why bikes and Pokemon go so well together:

Not only has my bike allowed me to access Pokéstops more quickly—so it’s easy to stock up on Pokéballs and other items—but it’s also proved invaluable in hatching eggs. Eggs are items you can find at Pokéstops. To hatch them into Pokémon, you have to walk (or even better, ride) a certain distance—between two to 10 km, as measured by your phone’s accelerometer. Eggs won’t hatch if you’re traveling that distance in a car—so you essentially have to get outside and use your own body to get the job done. On foot, this can take a while because you have to leave the app open the entire time for your steps to count. But on a bike? I think you know where I’m going with this.

For the last day or so I’ve been watching the Pokemon bike Twitter stream…
The stream is packed with people who don’t normally bike but say they’re eager to get rolling just to play. Isn’t that awesome?!

What isn’t awesome is all the crashes I’ve seen on that stream — that involve both the players themselves and the people around them

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