Pokemon go, what’s the point?

Walking through Western Park this morning, nice morning. Loads of adults glued to phones looking for Pokemon.

Not a wind up post, what is the actual point of it??

It’s a game.

You battle against other competitors.

You visit different places find different Pokémon.

I played it for a while. Don’t play anymore.

Battle by walking around gorming at a phone??

Yep. Those people you saw would have been sat at home watching TV if it wasn’t for Pokémon!

It gets people outside and moving around. It must change reasonably frequently as we apparently had a hot spot on a section of trail that we were building – was an overgrown corner of a semi-remote field, but had plenty folk walking around us trying to catch characters.
I suppose several of them would be asking why grown men are playing on bikes…

It’s a game. It’s called “playing”.

I play board games.

I (occasionally) ride bikes for fun.

That’s a dire attempt at justification lol

What’s the point of most things? Pokémon Go is a bit of fun and part of a multibillion pound industry. Clearly a lot of people get something from it.

Nah, it works for some…and clearly doesn’t for others.

Not a wind up post, what is the actual point of it??

Battle by walking around gorming at a phone??

That’s a dire attempt at justification lol

sounds like it is a wind-up post.

As others have said – its a game.  there is no point.

Was GoFest today

What’s the point of anything recreational?  I hear that some grown adults still ride bicycles.

I played its predecessor, Ingress.  It was an area control game.  Was there a “point,” probably not.  But it got spods some vitamin D and did wonders for Anker’s sales.

Once saw a man in clinic who had lost few stone weight and significantly dropped his BP by taking it up with his son. Got him out of the house and moving – not remotely interested in it myself,  but if it can help that one dude live a bit longer and have a nice tine with his kid, then its awesome.

I’ve just set the Beaver colony the task to play it for the summer and earn their collector badge.   My kids love it,  i use it as motivation to actually get them walking.   I have been playing it to help them and tbh, it’s a bit addictive like any game….. however I do feel a bit dirty.

Oh and for the beavers I’m hoping it will help them learn map skills, it’s following a map a lot after all.

Kids I get

Adults I don’t

 I hear that some grown adults still ride bicycles.

Why would you ride up a hill just to ride down it again? What’s the point in trying to go faster in a big circle – just don’t go in the first place?!?!? Idiots

was an overgrown corner of a semi-remote field, but had plenty folk walking around us trying to catch characters

Was this guy one of those wandering around the overgrown corner?

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As others have said – its a game. there is no point.

and then of course I’ve got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side…

This guy loves it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfc42Pb5RA8

It gets people outside and moving around.

Just not very much; most of the time it’s a bunch of people standing around in a circle, in the middle of a busy street, staring at their phones in a gormless fashion and getting in other people’s way, seemingly not giving a shit that they’re doing so: after all, other people who actually have lives to live are none of their business.

I suppose it’s a little like geocaching. Sort of.

I used to do that with my lad many moons ago. Got to see some lovely places and have a treasure hunt when we got there. What’s not to like? The fact you are hunting for a physical object makes it a little more tangible in my head. You also have the cryptic clue to help you find the more devious ones do a bit of puzzling involved too.

Geocaching definitely can ensure you have damned long ride/walk too if you wish. Id recommend it to anyone. They are everywhere, you are rarely ever far from one unless you are in an area where they are prohibited.  Hiding them is also fun but also a ball ache due to the labyrinthine rules and maintenance required but its obviously not something you have to do at all.

What’s the point of anything?

Shockingly, people like things that other people don’t, or don’t know about.

A mate of mine met his wife through playing Go.

“What’s the point of people playing a game on their phones” man on internet asks random people on internet….

As others have said – its a game. there is no point.

and then of course I’ve got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side…

Its actually a very subtle experiment on human behavioural control masterminded by Frankie and Benjy, who incidentally have links to the advertising world. Have fun!

As others have said – its a game. there is no point.

and then of course I’ve got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side…

I reluctantly started playing it in one of the ‘surprise’ lockdowns we had, whenever that was. Tail end of 2021, maybe? It got the whole family out in the fresh air, which was justification enough. There’s lots of different ways to play it, and we’ve learned stuff about our locality and further afield we would never have learned had it not been for reading the blurb on Pokéstops. I really enjoy it, it’s a little bit of escapism which is something we could all do with, right?

A wind up of course, but there was once a thing about a Pokemon being in my classroom.  Haunted?   I relabelled my board cleaner spray as Pokemon NO!  Pokemon repellent which went down very well.

Surprised that this is still a thing.

Today I’ll spend about 3 hours sat on a very narrow seat and propel myself be repeatedly straightening my legs. I’ll balance on 2 wheels with a high chance of falling off and getting whipped by a bramble is a certainty. I’ll end uo exactly where i started. Don’t even ask how much this will cost in terms if maintenance and capital outlay

But i won’t try and find virtual pokemon

This is because what i do is best and what they do is rubbish

Can’t really see a difference between Pokémon go and trailquest or Polaris. Most mountain biking is just trail quest without the map, although a lot of folk ride around looking for little coloured  arrows on posts in a wood – and they don’t even get any points for them.

When it was a fad a few years ago workplaces had to ban it. Had no idea it was back again.

People are odd. My teenage gamer kids look down on it as something for primary school age children

Just not very much; most of the time it’s a bunch of people standing around in a circle, in the middle of a busy street, staring at their phones in a gormless fashion and getting in other people’s way, seemingly not giving a shit that they’re doing so: after all, other people who actually have lives to live are none of their business.

Alternatively they were just getting on with their lives in a busy street, and you seemingly didn’t GAS that they had the same right to occupy that bit of public space as you.

A bit like the retired old biddy who beeped her horn at me and called me selfish for riding my bike on the road. As the kids would say, stop going through life treating everyone else as an NPC.

This really riles people up doesn’t it. It’s just a video game, but it gets people out and about a bit instead of rotting at home. I don’t see the issue at all – they’re enjoying themselves.

I actually had an idea for something similar except it was an AR game where there were zombies you had to avoid. Like you have a normal google maps if you were nipping to a cafe, and can see red dots approaching, chuck the camera on and there’s a zombie you better avoid him or shoot him or something.

I actually had an idea for something similar except it was an AR game where there were zombies you had to avoid. Like you have a normal google maps if you were nipping to a cafe, and can see red dots approaching, chuck the camera on and there’s a zombie you better avoid him or shoot him or something.

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this could make for a cool Waze style app (or just a layer in Waze) where instead of busy areas, closed roads, police etc they’re replaced with creatures you have to avoid / sneak past.

or just a layer in Waze

Good idea, my commute is a really boring 20 mile drive, it could do with livening up

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@thisisnotaspoon – just to clarify, walking only!