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lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Sunday for you! And You! And YOU too!!!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Well, whatever it is they put out or mark or whatever there was just a new story about people being robbed. I'm sure it's great fun. It was just odd that the news story came out right at the same time you were talking about it here.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Or maybe ironic is a better word. Who knows.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Here is a screen shot of what is on the phone.

It uses a form of GPS and Google maps.

There are no street names, no real markers.

Just roads or parking lots.

A Pokemon or gym or stop will be indicated on the screen when you are close enough to it.

That means with in a few blocks.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

This isn't a fight Lily. I don't "get" the game but I'm sure it's great fun. My DS told me about the scam. It's not an argument.

NAOW · Vette's SS

Lol, DH and DD walked about 6 miles today playing Pokemon.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
This isn't a fight Lily. I don't "get" the game but I'm sure it's great fun. My DS told me about the scam. It's not an argument.

I'm trying to explain it to you.

Not arguing or fighting.

Geez.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

NAOW wrote:
Lol, DH and DD walked about 6 miles today playing Pokemon.

Are they enjoying it? It's great they have this to do together.

We saw whole families playing today.

We went to some nature areas, the boys walked the trails playing.

Then we went downtown. More walking.

They've been walking the hiking trails across the road as well.

I don't know who came up with this, but it's pure genius.

Added bonus, Jesse, who has a terrible sense of direction, was really getting and understanding and navigating beautifully today.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

NAOW wrote:
Lol, DH and DD walked about 6 miles today playing Pokemon.

That's good. It's too hot here to walk during the day. No kidding. We had a real feel of something like 111. To me anything over 100 just qualifies as damn hot.

NAOW · Vette's SS

lilyofcourse wrote:
NAOW wrote:
Lol, DH and DD walked about 6 miles today playing Pokemon.
Are they enjoying it? It's great they have this to do together.
We saw whole families playing today.
We went to some nature areas, the boys walked the trails playing.
Then we went downtown. More walking.
They've been walking the hiking trails across the road as well.
I don't know who came up with this, but it's pure genius.
Added bonus, Jesse, who has a terrible sense of direction, was really getting and understanding and navigating beautifully today.

Yes they are, DD is loving it. I'm a happy mama. Quality time with daddy outside getting exersize? Yes please!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

This is the story I heard about. But apparently there is more than one.

Robbers target players of popular Pokemon Go smartphone game, police in O'Fallon, Mo., say

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/robbers-use-popular-pokemon-go-game-to-lure-in-victims/article_ca161f27-37b7-57bb-bfa6-a30b0563e3f0.html

Armed robbers use Pokémon Go to target victims

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/10/armed-robbers-use-pokmon-go-target-victims/86922626/

There were several more.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

NAOW wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
NAOW wrote:
Lol, DH and DD walked about 6 miles today playing Pokemon.
Are they enjoying it? It's great they have this to do together.
We saw whole families playing today.
We went to some nature areas, the boys walked the trails playing.
Then we went downtown. More walking.
They've been walking the hiking trails across the road as well.
I don't know who came up with this, but it's pure genius.
Added bonus, Jesse, who has a terrible sense of direction, was really getting and understanding and navigating beautifully today.

Yes they are, DD is loving it. I'm a happy mama. Quality time with daddy outside getting exersize? Yes please!

I feel ya!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
This is the story I heard about. But apparently there is more than one.

Robbers target players of popular Pokemon Go smartphone game, police in O'Fallon, Mo., say

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/robbers-use-popular-pokemon-go-game-to-lure-in-victims/article_ca161f27-37b7-57bb-bfa6-a30b0563e3f0.html

Armed robbers use Pokémon Go to target victims

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/10/armed-robbers-use-pokmon-go-target-victims/86922626/

There were several more.

Yes.

There will ALWAYS be bad people doing bad things.

It's clear you just want to be negative.

I leave you to enjoy that all on your own.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

So sharing a news story I heard on the same day I found out what this is is "being negative"? Right. Okay.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Southern_Belle wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I have no idea what Pokeman hunting is. I have no clue what is going on.
It's an app for your phone. It uses gps and puts Pokémon around your area and you collect them. I downloaded and deleted it within 5 minutes.

It is like geocaching? That was a "thing" about 5 or 6 years ago.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Ouch, DS just told me that there's a ring of guys (I think in Saint Louis?) that are targeting the Pokemon people. They are setting up places where they supposedly put the cards and then waiting for people to come and robbing them.

I posted the story upthread.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
This is the story I heard about. But apparently there is more than one.

Robbers target players of popular Pokemon Go smartphone game, police in O'Fallon, Mo., say

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/robbers-use-popular-pokemon-go-game-to-lure-in-victims/article_ca161f27-37b7-57bb-bfa6-a30b0563e3f0.html

Armed robbers use Pokémon Go to target victims

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/10/armed-robbers-use-pokmon-go-target-victims/86922626/

There were several more.
Yes.
There will ALWAYS be bad people doing bad things.
It's clear you just want to be negative.
I leave you to enjoy that all on your own.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

My boys loved Pokemon. They collected cards and played games with real people. They didn't need an app for that.

But, who knows what they think about this latest reincarnation. I'll ask.

flan

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

The game looks like fun. There will always be people doing stupid things and not paying attention to their surroundings as there will always be criminal types trying to bait people just as they do with on line dating sites.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

So what do you "do" with them when you "catch" them?

flan

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

flan327 wrote:
So what do you "do" with them when you "catch" them?

flan

I think you get points because the app can tell if you are at the GPS coordinates, just like a navigation system in your car knows when you are at your destination.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
flan327 wrote:
So what do you "do" with them when you "catch" them?

flan
I think you get points because the app can tell if you are at the GPS coordinates, just like a navigation system in your car knows when you are at your destination.

Yes, I understand that, but the points are just to show who has more?

flan

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

You just collect them I think. DD has 20 ish. A guy she talked to in the park had over 100. You also need the balls to put them in and gems for I don't know what. It's creepy, we were in Publix and the gps is so good it showed the aisles.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Southern_Belle wrote:
You just collect them I think. DD has 20 ish. A guy she talked to in the park had over 100. You also need the balls to put them in and gems for I don't know what. It's creepy, we were in Publix and the gps is so good it showed the aisles.

Thanks, SB.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I do plan on asking my kiddos!

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

For the record:

There are NO Pokemon hiding in my bathroom.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

flan327 wrote:
For the record:

There are NO Pokemon hiding in my bathroom.

flan

Be careful! I logged onto FB this morning and the very first thing I saw was one of my neighbors saying that there's a Pokemon in her back yard apparently. She said people have been jumping the fence all night to get to it. Someone told her to collect it herself but she doesn't play the game and another person said it's still there when you collect it. She just wants to get rid of it.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
flan327 wrote:
For the record:

There are NO Pokemon hiding in my bathroom.

flan
Be careful! I logged onto FB this morning and the very first thing I saw was one of my neighbors saying that there's a Pokemon in her back yard apparently. She said people have been jumping the fence all night to get to it. Someone told her to collect it herself but she doesn't play the game and another person said it's still there when you collect it. She just wants to get rid of it.

I wondered about that. The makers of the app should be held responsible! furious

flan

Lindley · Guru

I wouldn't want people coming into my yard either.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

My dogs ate the Pokemon!

NAOW · Vette's SS

Yea, someone's house was turned into a 'Gym' which I don't really know what that means, but lots of people have been hanging outside his house now. He's not happy.

THere are definitely some kinks that need to be worked out.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

It might have something to do with the GPS and how current it is. When I drove to Houston they had just finished building the toll road. DH told me to take the toll road. The whole time I was on the toll road our Garmin kept screaming at me that I wasn't driving on a road and needed to find one. That sucker was nerve wracking.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

NAOW wrote:
Yea, someone's house was turned into a 'Gym' which I don't really know what that means, but lots of people have been hanging outside his house now. He's not happy.

THere are definitely some kinks that need to be worked out.

You know, what if someone wakes up in the night and sees someone jumping the fence into their yard? There could be serious problems. What if the home owner felt threatened and decided to shoot when they saw multiple people jumping the fence? I would sue the pants off of the game makers. That isn't right at all.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
My dogs ate the Pokemon!

I hope your dog is okay!

flan

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Just thinking...the school is private property although people drive through frequently to sightsee. If this thing causes more people to come onto the property - we have summer camps going on right now - or could create a real problem for us. They don't like extra people on campus during camps or when school is in session. It has such potential to lead to trouble.

-- Edited by Mellow Momma on Monday 11th of July 2016 01:32:04 PM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

There are teams.

Blue, red and yellow.

You pick a team.

Then you collect Pokemon.

At stops, you get a "spin".

That spin gets you items, balls, eggs that evolve, other items to help in the "training and evolving" of your Pokemon.

At gyms, you can "fight" other "trainers" for control of that gym.

The one who wins, claims that gym for their team.

The teams are world wide.

Yes, there are kinks that are being worked out.

And no, there isn't an actual thing in your yard or house.

It's an app that uses the GPS, camera and Google maps to "mark and place" them.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

And you can capture, fight and spin from quite a distance.

The boys got most of their stuff from the road.

You can engage while moving and keep going.

No need to stop.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I thought the point was to encourage interaction.

Were you walking or driving?

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
My dogs ate the Pokemon!
I hope your dog is okay!
flan

PLM=Pokemon Lives Matter

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

I understand it isn't a physical thing - but people are invading other people's property to get a better signal. That's not cool. At all.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
My dogs ate the Pokemon!
I hope your dog is okay!
flan
PLM=Pokemon Lives Matter

Best. Post. Ever.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mellow Momma wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
My dogs ate the Pokemon!
I hope your dog is okay!
flan
PLM=Pokemon Lives Matter
Best. Post. Ever.

I accept the challenge!

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Mellow Momma wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
My dogs ate the Pokemon!
I hope your dog is okay!
flan
PLM=Pokemon Lives Matter
Best. Post. Ever.

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