Poll of the Day > I've recently gotten really into Pokémon GO.

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MrMelodramatic
04/28/18 10:28:23 PM
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Ive never played a proper Pokmon game or seen the cartoon, but I love walking around and catching bois. The girlfriend and I like fighting gyms together sometimes. Its a lot of fun.

Today I caught my first legendary Pokmon, and Im halfway to the max level you can get to.
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FellWolf
04/28/18 10:29:05 PM
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I haven't picked it up since the first "craze" died down. They have probably made a lot of improvements.
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MrMelodramatic
04/28/18 10:32:11 PM
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I dont know what it was like before this past December, but I think its enjoyable right now. I guess its annoying that theres a cap on how many coins you can get per day, or how many raids you can be a part of, but thats to be expected from any freemium game.
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BADoglick
04/28/18 10:42:45 PM
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A lot of people started when it first came out and quit. It's so much better now
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GameReviews
04/28/18 11:19:18 PM
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BADoglick posted...
A lot of people started when it first came out and quit. It's so much better now

How? I played in 2016 during the initial craze, and then picked it back up briefly last year in late Summer. Quickly dropped it though because they didn't fix any of the major problems, despite the game being released for over a year.

- Still a massive battery drain.
- Still couldn't trade with other people.
- Still couldn't battle wild Pokemon.
- Still no training system for leveling up Pokemon.
- Still had a gym battle system consisting of just tapping the screen.
- Still had no special locations like pokemon centers or anything.
- Still had massive server issues.

And more.

Did they ever fix any of this?
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Mead
04/28/18 11:28:20 PM
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Nice! I really enjoy the game as well. Just caught Mew yesterday so that was awesome. I mostly hunt for shinies now since I dont really like the social dynamics of raiding, although Ill probably hunt for a group if they bring back Kyogre or Rayquaza, I ended up missing those two.
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ImmortalityV
04/28/18 11:40:57 PM
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I play with my mom
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Doctor Foxx
04/28/18 11:46:11 PM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Ive never played a proper Pokmon game or seen the cartoon, but I love walking around and catching bois. The girlfriend and I like fighting gyms together sometimes. Its a lot of fun.

Today I caught my first legendary Pokmon, and Im halfway to the max level you can get to.

do you mean you're level 20? that is roughly 1% of the xp needed to hit max lvl, and about 10% of the way to 30 which is when you catch worthwhile pokemon. save your stardust!
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LinkPizza
04/29/18 12:35:21 AM
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Doctor Foxx posted...
MrMelodramatic posted...
Ive never played a proper Pokmon game or seen the cartoon, but I love walking around and catching bois. The girlfriend and I like fighting gyms together sometimes. Its a lot of fun.

Today I caught my first legendary Pokmon, and Im halfway to the max level you can get to.

do you mean you're level 20? that is roughly 1% of the xp needed to hit max lvl, and about 10% of the way to 30 which is when you catch worthwhile pokemon. save your stardust!

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Mead
04/29/18 12:42:00 AM
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Yeah the XP needed for later levels is insane. As far as actual XP totals go, youre halfway to level 40 when you reach level 37
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FourthDimension
04/29/18 1:19:26 AM
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a pokemon game without trading x)
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ClarkDuke
04/29/18 1:26:26 AM
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The game tracks all your movements, it's Facebook with Pokmon, ok?
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Mead
04/29/18 1:40:24 AM
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Trading would honestly ruin pokemon go
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Zeus
04/29/18 1:40:27 AM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Ive never played a proper Pokmon game or seen the cartoon


Oo

MrMelodramatic posted...
Im halfway to the max level you can get to.


I was going to respond to this, but then I glanced at the other posts and realized that horse was already dead.

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BADoglick posted...
A lot of people started when it first came out and quit. It's so much better now

How? I played in 2016 during the initial craze, and then picked it back up briefly last year in late Summer. Quickly dropped it though because they didn't fix any of the major problems, despite the game being released for over a year.

- Still a massive battery drain.
- Still couldn't trade with other people.
- Still couldn't battle wild Pokemon.
- Still no training system for leveling up Pokemon.
- Still had a gym battle system consisting of just tapping the screen.
- Still had no special locations like pokemon centers or anything.
- Still had massive server issues.

And more.

Did they ever fix any of this?


Other than server issues, nothing you described is an actual problem. Hell, most of those aren't even valid complaints.

As for "special locations," they've always had gyms. And Pokecenters would be kind of a waste, given how readily available healing items are.

FourthDimension posted...
a pokemon game without trading x)


Snap.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
Pokemon Dash.
Pokemon Pinball.
Need I go on?
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MrMelodramatic
04/29/18 2:11:56 AM
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Went out and got to level 22. Its such a relaxing game!

Im almost out of revives and potions though ::
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keyblader1985
04/29/18 2:14:59 AM
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Gyms are more likely to give healing items than regular Pokestops are.
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GameReviews
04/29/18 6:36:30 AM
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Zeus posted...
MrMelodramatic posted...
Ive never played a proper Pokmon game or seen the cartoon


Oo

MrMelodramatic posted...
Im halfway to the max level you can get to.


I was going to respond to this, but then I glanced at the other posts and realized that horse was already dead.

GameReviews posted...
BADoglick posted...
A lot of people started when it first came out and quit. It's so much better now

How? I played in 2016 during the initial craze, and then picked it back up briefly last year in late Summer. Quickly dropped it though because they didn't fix any of the major problems, despite the game being released for over a year.

- Still a massive battery drain.
- Still couldn't trade with other people.
- Still couldn't battle wild Pokemon.
- Still no training system for leveling up Pokemon.
- Still had a gym battle system consisting of just tapping the screen.
- Still had no special locations like pokemon centers or anything.
- Still had massive server issues.

And more.

Did they ever fix any of this?


Other than server issues, nothing you described is an actual problem. Hell, most of those aren't even valid complaints.

As for "special locations," they've always had gyms. And Pokecenters would be kind of a waste, given how readily available healing items are.

FourthDimension posted...
a pokemon game without trading x)


Snap.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
Pokemon Dash.
Pokemon Pinball.
Need I go on?

The boring and repetitive nature of the game is a huge problem, and the things I listed are things people have been asking for since day 1. Many of which should have been in the game at launch.
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LaggnFragnLarry
04/29/18 6:57:23 AM
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havent played in awhile but heres my top squad

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RevolutionZeal
04/29/18 7:17:58 AM
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Can you be a passenger in car and play? Or does it still do that soft-ban thing where the pokemon you see is impossible to catch?
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MrMelodramatic
04/29/18 10:37:56 AM
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LaggnFragnLarry posted...
havent played in awhile but heres my top squad

w5wa4pG

Why are there stars next to your bois?

RevolutionZeal posted...
Can you be a passenger in car and play? Or does it still do that soft-ban thing where the pokemon you see is impossible to catch?

You can be a passenger. Pokestops are iffy in a car, though.
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LaggnFragnLarry
04/29/18 10:43:54 AM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Why are there stars next to your bois?

i favorited them so they dont accidentally get transferred
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Sarcasthma
04/29/18 10:45:28 AM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Why are there stars next to your bois?

You can click the star icon when viewing a Pokemon to lock it as a "favorite." This prevents it from being sent to Professor Willow and provides you with a way of highlighting Pokemon.
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MrMelodramatic
04/29/18 10:49:17 AM
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Ooooh good to know! Ill do that to my Santa pikachu :D

Anyone know what an ex raid is or how they happen?
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keyblader1985
04/29/18 10:55:21 AM
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An EX raid is a special raid that's by invitation only. The way to be eligible for an invitation is by doing a regular raid at certain locations; either parks or sponsored locations like Starbucks. So far the only EX Raid Pokemon is Mewtwo.
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MrMelodramatic
04/29/18 12:45:51 PM
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Just fought in a raid by myself and won! It was a level 2 raid. The Pokmon with a mouth behind its head. Pretty cool!
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Krazy_Kirby
04/29/18 1:26:46 PM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Ive never played a proper Pokmon game or seen the cartoon, but I love walking around and catching bois. The girlfriend and I like fighting gyms together sometimes. Its a lot of fun.

Today I caught my first legendary Pokmon, and Im halfway to the max level you can get to.


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Mead
04/29/18 1:28:26 PM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Just fought in a raid by myself and won! It was a level 2 raid. The Pokmon with a mouth behind its head. Pretty cool!


Mawhile! Those are good raids because thats the only way to catch one of those and they have a chance to be a shiny
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Zeus
04/29/18 1:54:23 PM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Went out and got to level 22. Its such a relaxing game!

Im almost out of revives and potions though ::


Meanwhile I'm super-loaded on healing items all the time but continually low on Pokeballs =x

GameReviews posted...
Zeus posted...
GameReviews posted...
BADoglick posted...
A lot of people started when it first came out and quit. It's so much better now

How? I played in 2016 during the initial craze, and then picked it back up briefly last year in late Summer. Quickly dropped it though because they didn't fix any of the major problems, despite the game being released for over a year.

- Still a massive battery drain.
- Still couldn't trade with other people.
- Still couldn't battle wild Pokemon.
- Still no training system for leveling up Pokemon.
- Still had a gym battle system consisting of just tapping the screen.
- Still had no special locations like pokemon centers or anything.
- Still had massive server issues.

And more.

Did they ever fix any of this?


Other than server issues, nothing you described is an actual problem. Hell, most of those aren't even valid complaints.

As for "special locations," they've always had gyms. And Pokecenters would be kind of a waste, given how readily available healing items are.

The boring and repetitive nature of the game is a huge problem, and the things I listed are things people have been asking for since day 1. Many of which should have been in the game at launch.


Which is all deliberate design, in no small part because Gamefreak doesn't want Go replicating too much of the main games. Plus pretty much every spinoff has different mechanics than the main games.

RevolutionZeal posted...
Can you be a passenger in car and play? Or does it still do that soft-ban thing where the pokemon you see is impossible to catch?


Depends on the speed. I think the shutoff is 20mph.

MrMelodramatic posted...
Ooooh good to know! Ill do that to my Santa pikachu :D


You can't accidentally transfer those anyway because they're event Pokemon. You also can't mass transfer legendaries. You have to physically go into the Pokemon's page, go to transfer, and then go through an additional prompt warning you that it's an event/legendary Pokemon.

And, of course, Mew you can't transfer at all.
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Doctor Foxx
04/29/18 2:30:58 PM
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Zeus posted...
Depends on the speed. I think the shutoff is 20mph.

If you have the Pokemon go plus, you can catch and spin doing over 60mph from experience. I can catch a ton of weird shit on rural highways here just driving around. I've filled up my Pokemon box and run out of balls a few times doing that.

Or I could when I had a phone that worked with the device
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Krazy_Kirby
04/29/18 2:35:09 PM
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1. you can move out of range from where the pokemon was if you ready started the encounter.

2. you can spoof...
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Metalsonic66
04/29/18 3:58:13 PM
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GameReviews posted...
- Still couldn't trade with other people.
- Still couldn't battle wild Pokemon.
- Still no training system for leveling up Pokemon.
- Still had a gym battle system consisting of just tapping the screen.
- Still had no special locations like pokemon centers or anything.

Pretty much all of this is why I was never interested in the game to begin with.
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Mead
04/29/18 4:07:31 PM
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Metalsonic66 posted...
GameReviews posted...
- Still couldn't trade with other people.
- Still couldn't battle wild Pokemon.
- Still no training system for leveling up Pokemon.
- Still had a gym battle system consisting of just tapping the screen.
- Still had no special locations like pokemon centers or anything.

Pretty much all of this is why I was never interested in the game to begin with.


Its almost like there is a handheld console version for more in depth features
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SinisterSlay
04/29/18 4:28:39 PM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Ive never played a proper Pokmon game

You still haven't. Go is like 1/100th the game the original Gameboy version was.
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MrMelodramatic
04/29/18 6:10:55 PM
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SinisterSlay posted...
MrMelodramatic posted...
Ive never played a proper Pokmon game

You still haven't. Go is like 1/100th the game the original Gameboy version was.

Yeah.... thats what I said. Ive never played a proper Pokmon game.
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Krazy_Kirby
04/29/18 6:18:07 PM
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the only side pokemon games that are good are the coliseum games
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Doctor Foxx
04/29/18 6:18:35 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
the only side pokemon games that are good are the coliseum games

Uh Pokemon Snap remains one of the best games

I'll throw this out there too: Pokemon puzzle league was the shit
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Mead
04/29/18 6:19:58 PM
#37:


Everyone likes to harp on Go being the inferior game but it is really just something different entirely. Of course the handheld versions are more intricate, theyre also games you buy for a dedicated handheld. Go is a free to play mobile title.

Pokemon Go is an entirely different experience. You cant go to a physical lake or park and catch different pokemon in the handheld games, you just make your avatar do all the traveling. In Go you can team up with a dozen other players to take down legendary pokemon, and in my opinion nothing in the handheld games matches the excitement of seeing a rare pokemon on your tracker and running to catch it in time.

Ill never forget the day gen 2 launched in the game and the shadow of a Feraligator appeared. I ran over to the area of the park near a pond and was followed by a group of thirty or so people who were all so excited and cheered each other on to catch it. Or my first ex-raid when about 100 or so folks all showed up to a Starbucks like a flash mob take down and try to catch Mewtwo.

Theres a lot to enjoy from both types of games. Its all pokemon, dont hate.
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Krazy_Kirby
04/29/18 6:24:59 PM
#38:


Doctor Foxx posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
the only side pokemon games that are good are the coliseum games

Uh Pokemon Snap remains one of the best games

I'll throw this out there too: Pokemon puzzle league was the shit


snap is shit.

oh look, a pokemon!

let's not catch it or battle it. let's take a picture.........fun!
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Mead
04/29/18 6:28:36 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
Doctor Foxx posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
the only side pokemon games that are good are the coliseum games

Uh Pokemon Snap remains one of the best games

I'll throw this out there too: Pokemon puzzle league was the shit


snap is shit.

oh look, a pokemon!

let's not catch it or battle it. let's take a picture.........fun!


Dude my tag for you is super applicable to you right now

Pokemon snap is very fun
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Doctor Foxx
04/29/18 6:55:40 PM
#40:


Krazy_Kirby posted...
Doctor Foxx posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
the only side pokemon games that are good are the coliseum games

Uh Pokemon Snap remains one of the best games

I'll throw this out there too: Pokemon puzzle league was the shit


snap is shit.

oh look, a pokemon!

let's not catch it or battle it. let's take a picture.........fun!

I disagree but I'm a lover not a fighter (and an animal photographer) so photos is cooler
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keyblader1985
04/29/18 7:05:35 PM
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Pokemon Trading Card Game was amazing too. I wish they made more, and brought the sequel to US.
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Zeus
04/29/18 7:16:59 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
the only side pokemon games that are good are the coliseum games


Honestly, the Coliseum games are probably my least favorite spinoffs. Everything moved so slowly in them. Plus they weren't fun. Snap was fun, the Mystery Dungeons were kinda fun, I loved the Pinballs, the TCG one was alright, and Stadium had some great minigames (#MagikarpSplash) in addition to the battles.
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JixHedgehog
04/29/18 7:50:06 PM
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We've had a couple of events over the past month that have drawn out "retired" players, and the new quest system is pretty fun

I never knew how many players were in my town until the Dratini day..

But yeah, last event ended today.. (and I still havent got my shiny Karp)
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Mead
04/29/18 7:56:07 PM
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JixHedgehog posted...
We've had a couple of events over the past month that have drawn out "retired" players, and the new quest system is pretty fun

I never knew how many players were in my town until the Dratini day..

But yeah, last event ended today.. (and I still havent got my shiny Karp)


Event goes on until mid-day tomorrow, still catching plenty of karp and whales here

I really want a shiny magikarp as well. Only non-community Day shiny Ive stumbled across though is a shiny Swablu I caught at a Taco Bell lol
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Zeus
04/29/18 8:01:57 PM
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Anybody catch a Mew that doesn't have shitty IVs? >_>

JixHedgehog posted...
I never knew how many players were in my town until the Dratini day..


Still bummed out over missing Dratini Day.

JixHedgehog posted...
But yeah, last event ended today.. (and I still havent got my shiny Karp)


I caught a shiny karp during the last event but it's low-level with garbage stats so I'm never going to evo it. Hoping to get a really good Magikarp by the end of this event to help fill my water lineup. Otherwise I might start powering up one of my weaker Kyogre.
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Mead
04/29/18 8:05:44 PM
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Anybody catch a Mew that doesn't have shitty IVs? >_>


Certainly not me, Ill be happy if they eventually give players another chance to get a better one

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keyblader1985
04/29/18 8:28:01 PM
#47:


My Mew:
HP 12
Atk 13
Def 13

Dragon Tail
Stone Edge

I got lucky and found a shiny Magikarp with decent stats and already powered up. I'm looking at some guy's in a gym right now with only 10CP..
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Metalsonic66
04/29/18 9:00:25 PM
#48:


Mead posted...
Its almost like there is a handheld console version for more in depth features

No shit. That doesn't make it less disappointing.
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Mead
04/29/18 9:10:48 PM
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Metalsonic66 posted...
Mead posted...
Its almost like there is a handheld console version for more in depth features

No shit. That doesn't make it less disappointing.


Yeah huh
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MrMelodramatic
04/29/18 9:32:45 PM
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So after tomorrow I cant catch the mew from doing research?
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