Not entirely true and if it didn't that'd be some straight up BS to those NOT driving ( passengers, public transit riders etc )
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Not entirely true and if it didn't that'd be some straight up BS to those NOT driving ( passengers, public transit riders etc )
Um, what are you talking about? The pokemon pop within 20 meters of a spot. No one's coming into your yard or home. They are on the sidewalk, which, despite your best attempts, you do NOT own.
It will receive 10001 updates but it is a game changer.
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So I created a US Apple ID to download it from here (Kenya), installed it on my iPad, but I just realized my iPad won't last a few minutes on these mean streets of Nairobi
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So I created a US Apple ID to download it from here (Kenya), installed it on my iPad, but I just realized my iPad won't last a few minutes on these mean streets of Nairobi
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I hope he also advocates it being socially acceptable to be expected to pay for ANY and ALL resulting screen or other repairs resulting from it
The kid likely wasn't aware that he doesn't need to go anywhere but the street in general. I was able to catch one from a block away on a parallel street. The official "radius" for the pokemon's target is 40 meters, but in practice it seems to be more like 20, which is still plenty of room. If you see him again, just let him know he'll still catch whatever he's after if he stays on the sidewalk.
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The point of the game is to go out and walk. No one owes you something just because you want to cheat and drive around to be "faster." The characters in the game and show didn't ride around on a bus. They walked from town to town and saw the world. If that's too much to handle, play something else.
If you are walking, look where you're going. If you need to text, use Siri's text-to-speech, or stop walking and step aside for the 5 seconds it takes to tap out a text. If you absent-mindedly walk out into a road and get hit by a car, the condition of your phone is the least of your concerns.
As for handcuffs, I am pretty sure the cop, who likely has kids and is very concerned about distracted driving (and now distracted walking) will not see you as the victim.
I was a little kid when Pokemon first came out. I didn't get the appeal then, and I still don't get it. And I'm a video game playing, technology crazed geek. This sounds incredibly stupid. Not only as a driver do I have to watch out for even more idiots wandering into traffic, but I have to worry about even more stupid distracted drivers running me and my family off the road. I own some woods behind my new house and don't want these trespassers wandering about back there at all hours of the day hunting virtual pocket monsters. I wonder what the carbon footprint is of this game with all the extra people driving around for no good reason?
Nope. If you care about your screen and the condition of your phone, don't walk without looking where you are going?
You think the shopping mall had to pay for this lady's phone? Haha
So your logic is if my kids are in the car they should be screwed for wanting to play a game in a car or if I'm in a taxi, uber , Lyft etc screw me cause I'm automatically "cheating" for wanting to play a game while my hands are free?
Wow you must be a joy to all around you! Don't jump to conclusions also the following counterpoints
1 > The games and show often DO NOT PARALLEL EACH OTHER
2 > There are bikes , buses , and vehicles in the Pokeverse just as in the real world
3 > How much do you even know of the Pokemon Universe or lure?
4 > it's already been stated this game DOES NOT correlate to the show or main franchise console versions ( GameBoy , GBA, N64, DS, 3DS etc )
I know, right? Guess they'll have to settle it with a Pokemon battle! (I wish).
Huge difference between walking into something/someone then randomly walking up to someone and willingly walking up to a person and slapping them or their property
Of course I'd not expect the mall to pay for her phone the mall didn't make her fall, mall employees weren't the direct or even indirect cause of her fall or phone damage.
Someone openly choosing to put their hands even briefly on a person or their property tho that is 100% direct cause.
It'd be no different if you're blasting your radio/laptop/tv/whatever and I as your neighbor have you invite me in then I knck your thing on the floor and shout "no keep that **** down" granted it's an over the top example but by your logic that's socially acceptable too and if not be expected to replace your TV/computer etc
Pokemon Go is going to have to be shut down. You can't release anything these days since its leading to crime.
Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Wizard of Oz... It's crazy.
Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Wizard of Oz... It's crazy.
Except your neighbor blasting loud music doesn't directly put you and your family in danger. Distracted driving and distracted walking does directly put you everyone else in danger of serious bodily harm.
What if a truck has to swerve to avoid some butt-hole that wanders into traffic with his nose in his phone, whether it is texting or playing this game, and ends up causing an accident? That is innocent lives at risk.
I guess I don't understand this type of game. How do you win? That's all I want to do. Win.
NOT Every user is doing that tho and I in no advocate distracted or impaired driving in ANY Forms for ANY Reason as for the walking yea that's the users fault and people SHOULD NOT let themselves get distracted problem is some do some don't your solution and the way it came across seems to indiscriminately imply oh even if they glance down at their phone for a few seconds then glance back up oh yea let's jack up their stuff and teach em a lesson
Or maybe it should be socially acceptable to throw stuff at distracted drivers and curse them out? Maybe try passive aggressive solutions or fines? Clearly there's no laws on distracted walking yet. And distracted driving isn't enforced nearly enough or strictly enough
He's an internet tough guy. Probably has a dozen UFC/Affliction shirts that he cycles through daily.
Heck it's a video game that is getting the fat gamers outside....suckers are excercising and gaming....well played nintendo!!!!!!
I think it's genius.
And might also get some like players talking to each other....
Man, I told my son I wasn't ready for him to play this because of potential trickery by others, this didn't ease my mind any!!
I can't see pokemon where I live yet, but AFAIk they are set up in different landmarks by the company. Say there is a local sculpture or a park nearby then you get your pokestop, then a battle gym are bigger landmarks like churches.