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Pokémon Go #8: Don't mess with my Hoothoot

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PickAChew · 23/03/2017 09:27

T'other thread was getting full and there's shinies and stuff!

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CheesyChristie · 08/04/2017 22:47

I'm level 30 and I've never seen, let alone caught, an onyx or chansey. It's so frustrating seeing so many gyms filled up with low levels players with Blisseys. I only want one!

Getting a bit fed up of it now tbh.

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PickAChew · 08/04/2017 21:45

Pokemon spawning is a server side issue, eurochick. The update shouldn't have affected that.

If anything, I've noticed the spawn density has been a bit higher, this weekend and there have been ore teddiursas and ursarings everywhere.

Our nearest gym is over a mile away, across a pretty much uncrossable main road (we sometimes sit for 5 minutes just trying to get out of the junction to turn right onto it!)

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Efferlunt · 08/04/2017 21:22

Saw a magikarp at a (human) gym a couple of streets away got out of my PJs and walked round to get it and now have the 400 candies! also found a dratini on the way.

Feel I might be becoming an addict.

Strigoi · 08/04/2017 21:10

I can usually get into the gym at my tube station but I get kicked out within a couple of hours. I've never been in a gym longer than about a week and that was one in the City over Christmas which I managed to drop a mon in as we were waiting at lights.

eurochick · 08/04/2017 20:37

I'm not liking the new update. Pokémon seem sparser and even crap ones take about 10 balls to catch. Meh.

Efferlunt · 08/04/2017 20:06

Hello. I can't see how I will ever get into gyms. Round here they are stuffed with blisseys x3 my cp. once I've got two more magikarp I've got a massive evolution session planned. I've promised some of my son's friends they can come and help us.

DameDeDoubtance · 08/04/2017 19:48

That would only sort the spoofing out if they don't spoof their way to give it a berry etc.

PossumInAPearTree · 08/04/2017 18:23

I live next door to my gym so I have to chuck my snorlax a berry every now and then that's fine.

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PickAChew · 08/04/2017 17:17

Not the best nest haul today (for me, one chikorita, which ran away, but I did bag an onix, using a pinapberry), but we've done a hell of a lot of walking. I got my 10k buzz from my fitbit just after 1pm.

I'm a bit sunburnt Angry

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PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 08/04/2017 16:49

Interesting news here about possible changes to the gym system and 'raids'.

Dillite2 · 08/04/2017 13:51

A podgey is what you get when you are typing pidgey with your podgey little fingers.

FreeNiki · 08/04/2017 13:43

Someone told me it doesnt work on a bike. Just racked up 2.5k on a 25 minute cycle. Awesome

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 08/04/2017 12:14

I would have abandoned my heavy thing and my kids and claimed them at the depot later Grin

DameDeDoubtance · 08/04/2017 10:34

omg PickAChew! I saw one from a bus once, it was at the top of a cliff.

DameDeDoubtance · 08/04/2017 10:32

Are podgeys really fat pidgeys?

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PickAChew · 08/04/2017 10:31

Upstairs on a bus with a big heavy thing to return to a shop, or else we'd have hopped off and hunted it down.

Pokémon Go #8: Don't mess with my Hoothoot
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hoopdeloop · 08/04/2017 10:23

Psammead, it's a bit hit and miss with getting pokestops whilst in a car. Sometimes I get them and sometimes I get 'try again later'

Dillite2 · 08/04/2017 10:19

We have a weird thing going on with gyms here- all of them are red and held by level 6 10cp podgeys.

DameDeDoubtance · 08/04/2017 09:03

The shame is that I love playing in the gyms, it was so exciting to start with because they constantly changed hands. Now if i see a blue gym stuffed full of bastard blisseys I just walk on by.

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 08/04/2017 08:43

About the Go Plus - can anyone tell me if it lets you get pokestops in a car? Like if you are driving through a town at above the game's 20kmph limit or whatever it is, can you get the stops with the Plus, even if on your phone it would tell you 'Try again later'?

IhatchedaSnorlax · 08/04/2017 07:14

It's the same here Abbey & Dame - all blue & level 10 within an hour of being taken down. It's so unfair!

AbbeyRoadCrossing · 08/04/2017 07:01

Spoofers are ruining the gyms round here. They are all level ten and get powered up again with no one in sight.

DameDeDoubtance · 07/04/2017 23:48

All the gyms round here are owned by the blue team. We spend ages bringing one down then ten minutes later it's blue again, without a single spotted player.

relaxo · 07/04/2017 23:27

Loving the new login screen after updating. ❤️

SomewhatIdiosyncratic · 07/04/2017 22:18

I'm early into level 29 and it's begining to feel like I'm drifting aimlessly before I can get a good sniff at level 30. I'm brewing for a mass evolution and can use a few special items to get new pokemon on a lucky egg, but I'd like to get some more commons like pidgeys to bulk it up first. I'm assuming that there'll be an event in the next week too, so I'm holding off to see what that brings.

I've been struggling on balls recently which is always frustrating. There seems to be an abundance of flaming purple potions again which is a complete waste of time.

At least the gap between me and the dominant players in the gyms has closed up and I'm getting into a more secure position in the gym.

School holidays cramp my milage though!