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Question of the Day
http://i.imgur.com/M4jI1dc.png Candela, Blanche and Spark are curious about your Pokémon journey! Each day they will ask you a question about anything related to Pokémon GO. In addition to answering, you are more than welcome to quote and chime in on other people's responses. Your opinions and thoughts matter! Just remember to keep it civil. CURRENT QUESTION: In any given day, when do you usually play Pokémon GO? PREVIOUS QUESTIONS: 10/14/16: Have you noticed any increased success with catching Pokémon now that medals affect catch rates? 10/13/16: Do you play with sound/music on or off? 10/12/16: No question 10/11/16: There are many ways players can potentially trade in the future. What would your ideal trading system look like? 10/10/16: Are you making preparations for the hopefully eventual release of Generation II Pokémon? If so, what are your plans? 10/9/16: What is your proudest achievement in Pokémon GO so far? 10/8/16: Check your Jogger medal! How far have you walked so far? 10/7/16: If you could make your home a PokéStop or a Gym, which one would you pick? 10/6/16: Which Pokémon did you mark as favorites? Do you favor any Pokémon that you didn't mark? Why? 10/5/16: When you visit a PokéStop, do you stop and take a look at the place of interest? 10/1 - 10/4/16: No questions 9/30/16: How far have you traveled with your current Buddy? 9/29/16: Many of us look for Pokémon near our homes. What's the rarest or most surprising Pokémon that appeared near yours? 9/28/16: What's the longest time you've controlled a Gym? Tell us how you did it. 9/27/16: Between Instinct, Mystic, and Valor, how did you decide on which team to join? 9/26/16: What aspect of the game do you want to see improved immediately? 9/25/16: If you could introduce a new item to the game, what would it be? What will it do? 9/24/16: What's the oldest Pokémon you currently own? Is it your original starter you got from Professor Willow? Or something else? 9/23/16: Which Pokémon do you use for Gym battles? 9/22/16: Do you have any goals other than completing the PokéDex? 9/21/16: What Pokémon gave you the hardest time when you tried to catch it? 9/20/16: Do you have your own routines or habits? For instance, do your plan out specific routes to take each day? 9/19/16: What is your go-to place to search for new Pokémon? 9/18/16: How much time do you think you've spent playing so far? 9/17/16: If you could add one feature to Pokémon GO, what would it be and why? 9/16/16: What is the number one Pokémon you're trying to catch right now and how are you handling the challenge? TOP PARTICIPANTS: (questions answered) 1. UltimateUmbreon: 16 2. Phoenixstarz: 9 3. Spoonette: 9 4. Kotone: 5 5. Sheep: 5 6. ichiDad: 3 7. Altairis: 3 8. Achromatic: 3 9. Altaria: 2 10. colours: 2 11. Lycanroc: 1 12. HyperMorian: 1 13. Miau: 1 |
I'm up first!
QUESTION OF THE DAY What is the number one Pokémon you're trying to catch right now and how are you handling the challenge? |
Chansey, it's the only Pokemon I need for pokedex that I can't evolve using buddy system.
To achieve this goal I am running around (actually running for miles and miles) to hatch 10k eggs still no luck so far |
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Did you know Chansey's Japanese name is literally "Lucky?" >_> |
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Grimer and Muk. Never seen one. Never hatched one. Hatching all my 5k eggs in the hopes of hatching one. Going to NY this weekend and I'm going to hunt nonstop til I get that Grimer!
Good luck with that Chansey, keep hatching eggs and check for it at all times. I found my wild Chansey randomly at work where there were no pokestops, lures, or anything rare. |
despite living near a waste recycling plant i expected to see loads of Grimer but i had to get mine from 5k eggs, ive finally got a high IV muk but its low CP atm, will be worth getting candy for though as Muk is awesome
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It is certainly enlightening to hear about everyone's goals.
QUESTION OF THE DAY If you could add one feature to Pokémon GO, what would it be and why? |
There are a lot of features I would love to see but if I had to pick one then it would have to be Gen II, reasons being I'm at 135/142 at the moment so it's very rare I find something I need and I'm missing that feeling of "I need to run around until I find that new Pokemon".
Also the longer it takes for gen II to come in will likely mean a longer wait until later generations and I really want Gen IV (I really liked the evolutions of Gen I Pokemon like magmortar, electivire, rhyperior etc) so if they only add each generation once a year then I've got a long wait until then but if it's every 6 months then I could have my Magmortar by next Christmas. |
Whoa, it's late here!
QUESTION OF THE DAY How much time do you think you've spent playing so far? |
Hmmm interesting question probably a lot more than I would like to admit to, 2 1/2months about 3-4 hours a day (some of that walking to and from where I would have gone anyway) but usually a 2 hour round trip to town and back to get pokestops and take gyms
Probably about 300 hrs total so far |
Hmmm. Good question. Probably close to 100 hours if I had to guess. I don't play it as much anymore, I much prefer the traditional games.
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I try not to compare this game to the core series games. It's a good thing they're two different animals, which is why I hope they take a more innovative approach to things we love in the core series games and adjust them to fit GO rather than provide watered down versions. *cough* combat system. |
Remember not to share personal or sensitive information for this one!
QUESTION OF THE DAY What is your go-to place to search for new Pokémon? |
I go to my local city which is Bristol and the rich area is Clifton and apparently there was loads of ingress players there so there is pokestops on almost every street. There is also a zoo with 10 pokestops in (where I got my dragonite) I also found a kabutops and aerodactyl up near there. At the bottom of Clifton is the triangle where Chansey have apparently been spotted so that's where my focus is right now.
Only problem is that entire area is a massive hill so exhausting to be running around it for too long |
Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of places where pokemon spawn around me either, and when they do, they're the common pokemon that appear so frequently, I am sick of even seeing them spawn.
If I had to choose a go to, it probably would be right outside my apartment. It's been VERY rare, but I have seen a squirtle, pikachu, lapras and so I just keep an eye out on my nearby list while at home so I can catch anything interesting that spawns. In the meantime, I've been focusing on just collecting pokecoins by taking over gyms and in doing so I walk enough to hatch plenty of eggs and collect buddy candies, so I feel like it's a good system for what I have available. |
In NYC, it's a toss-up between Central Park and Battery Park for me. Central Park is arguably one of the most infamous locations for Pokémon catching as you can literally complete the entire North American Dex by just being there day in and day out... with some luck, of course.
I would lean toward Battery Park simply because of how comfortable it is there. Plus the periodic Dratini spawns there certainly help. |
There's a park down the street from me that has a pond with a gazebo right beside the water, rock climbing wall, and a ginormous walking track. I can always find Slowpoke, Magikarp, and Psyduck there. I've also caught a few Dratini, Dragonair, and Shellder, so!
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Perhaps one day we will see more Pokémon diversity in more rural locations.
QUESTION OF THE DAY Do you have your own routines or habits? For instance, do your plan out specific routes to take each day? |
ive discovered 7 dratini nests in my town so on my way to the pokestops and gyms i have a route that will will take me close to all of on the way and on the way back.
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We all face challenges every day! So...
QUESTION OF THE DAY What Pokémon gave you the hardest time when you tried to catch it? |
Dragonite for sure. I usually don't go to ultra balls right away. If it's a rarer pokemon I'll start with a berry and a great ball, with Dragonite I knew better than to do so. I went with an ultra ball and berry every time. It was also so far away, I missed with the ultra ball quite a few times. I used up a total of 18 ultra balls and many berries in catching it.
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Snorlax, i used all my ultra and Great balls and Razz berries, was amazed to get it in a pokeball
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I like a good challenge!
QUESTION OF THE DAY Do you have any goals other than completing the PokéDex? |
I intended to build a good team but with gyms being so easy to take down I stopped bothering so much with that, I still put a bit of thought into it for when PvP battles come in but mainly I'm concentrating on my pokedex, I'm aiming to get them all before everyone I know locally. It's definitely going to be close and could come down to lucky hatches/spawnings I'm at 137 and I know people on 129
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What is the number one Pokémon you're trying to catch right now and how are you handling the challenge?
Pikachu - Hoping to visit a park at the weekend where it apparently spawns a lot! Fingers crossed! If you could add one feature to Pokémon GO, what would it be and why? Trading or gifting items! I'm always so short but my brother has to delete so many every day so it would be perfect if he could give them to me instead! How much time do you think you've spent playing so far? Ooh I dread to think! Though it's pretty much down to just a few hours a week now if that. What is your go-to place to search for new Pokémon? The university is my favourite place for GOing! Can be a lot of the same but quite often new ones will pop up! The park in town is another great place! Other places have been good but not easy to get to regularly. Do you have your own routines or habits? For instance, do your plan out specific routes to take each day? Nah just take it as it comes really! If visiting my favourite places though I usually follow the sameish route and sit in the same spots when putting lures on and taking on gyms! What Pokémon gave you the hardest time when you tried to catch it? Probably my first Mr. Mime encounter, he was tricksy but got him in the end! Do you have any goals other than completing the PokéDex? Collecting all the Pokémon is my main goal but I like to get new medals too! |
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It appears many people are working on building strong teams...
QUESTION OF THE DAY Which Pokémon do you use for Gym battles? |
Lapras, Vaporeon, Arcanine, Blastoise and Gyarados. those are the ones ive got over 2000CP atm, i desperately want more Grimer candy to get Muk up to that level as well
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Mine are mostly Vaporeon (I have 5 at ~ 2000 CP or above), Arcanine, Slowbro and Dragonite. Powered up my Jolteon today to take on a mostly water gym, so that will be added to the list. I always like to throw in someone different too, like a Nidoking, Pinsir, etc. Using the same pokemon every time gets boring.
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Which Pokémon do you use for Gym battles?
Golduck and Hypno are my highest CP so favour them mostly but Seaking, Golbat, Kingler, Fearow and Pidgeot get a look in too. I look forward to getting more variety though! |
For Gym battles, I mainly use my Vaporeon because even though it's CP isn't good, it's the best I have right now. So yeah, I don't have much success in Gyms. Gotta get me some more of that Stardust.
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I have my S and A-tier Pokémon for most situations... stuff you see in most gyms. Dragonite, Snorlax, Lapras, Vaporeon. Boring!
But I'm trying to work on some high IV Pokémon you see less often. I'm well over 100 Charmander and Jigglypuff candy because one of my more immediate goals is to rock an end-game Charizard and Wigglytuff. Just because :P |
Whoa, looks like some of you are making real progress on the Gym front! Here's a question I've been really curious about.
QUESTION OF THE DAY What's the oldest Pokémon you currently own? Is it your original starter you got from Professor Willow? Or something else? |
"What's the oldest Pokémon you currently own? Is it your original starter you got from Professor Willow? Or something else?"
For me, it would be the Original Starter Bulbasaur from the start of the game; though shamelessly downloading the app through apk. as the game comes first in Australia despite not fully released at that time gave me a vibe of guilt. :/ This Bulbasaur also will never be released, ever. |
It's surprising how quickly that Stardust can disappear ain't it!
I like seeing different Pokémon left at Gyms too! What's the oldest Pokémon you currently own? Is it your original starter you got from Professor Willow? Or something else? Yeah my oldest is my starter too though mine's a Squirtle. He's favourited and shall never be deleted or evolved either, he's my little baby! :) |
Vaporeon, which ive had since 9th July. i have kept feeding it stardust and it currently sits at 2083CP
i definately regret transferring my original Charmander though :( |
Aw, yeah, there's definitely sentimental value in your first Pokémon!
There's been lots of updates to Pokémon GO so far, with many new features. But so far none have introduced any new items! QUESTION OF THE DAY If you could introduce a new item to the game, what would it be? What will it do? |
I would really love an item that produces more stardust somehow. Stardust runs out so quickly when powering up pokemon and is so difficult to restore that it would be great to have an item that can help restore it more quickly. I haven't given it TOO much thought, but three preliminary ideas I have are:
1. Include double stardust when using a lucky egg. Instead of just doubling XP, double the stardust collected during the time of a lucky egg. 2. Allow your buddy to pick up candies and/or stardust. Maybe stardust is randomly found by your buddy instead of candy? I know that they have said on random occasions your buddy might find some other items, but I have not experienced that thus far. 3. A timed item that grants you a certain amount of stardust for each km walked. So maybe for 15 minutes you get 1000 stardust for very kilometer walked? Obviously the numbers could be tweaked but that would be my new item idea. |
Here's a broad question...
QUESTION OF THE DAY What aspect of the game do you want to see improved immediately? |
I want them to add more pokemon. I feel like I've almost caught everything. Also I want them to fix the tracking.
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My turn again! This gets asked quite a lot, but most people keep it within their own groups.
QUESTION OF THE DAY Between Instinct, Mystic, and Valor, how did you decide on which team to join? |
I wanted to join team instinct because I like zapdos, but my boyfriend wanted valor. So I am on valor haha.
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What aspect of the game do you want to see improved immediately?
I'm a day late, but I have strong feelings about this one: gyms. It's really frustrating because where I live all the gyms are Mystic, save 2, and they've all been trained up to level 8-10. I go battle gyms but I don't have the time or patience to defeat a gym 8-10 times in order to take it over. And even if I were to do that, due to the lack of Valor members (applies to Instinct too for that matter), the gym I took over would probably be defeated within 30 minutes (not even exaggerating. It makes it feel almost pointless to take on gyms. I'd love a fix to that. How did you decide which team to join? Honestly, I chose 100% randomly. Luckily most of my friends also ended up choosing valor, so it all worked out. |
I definitely agree with Gyms needing improvement. Then again, I don't want them to rip off too much combat mechanics from the core series games. We'll have to see just how creative they can get.
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Speaking of Gyms...!
QUESTION OF THE DAY What's the longest time you've controlled a Gym? Tell us how you did it. |
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For today's question: My longest gym hold was maybe 3-4 days. It's the only time I've been able to hold a gym for over 24 hours. Whenever I see a red gym, I do my best to make sure I train it and add a pokemon in order to try to help the gym stay red for as long as possible. I think it got up to level 6 and it held pretty well because that particular gym (at work) is particularly inactive. If one team makes the commitment to get it up to level 8-10, it would remain that way for weeks probably. We got it up to level 6 and held for a several days. |
I controlled a gym for a day. The gym was a level 10 gym. Team instinct took it over the next day.
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I've had one pokemon in a gym for over two weeks and counting! It is level 9 or 10, when rival teams battle it the bottom pokemon drops out but then someone else brings it back up to level 10. Luckily, my pokemon is one from the top. But it starts to become a battle among team members to get high up in the CP ranking, meanwhile the gym gets stronger and stronger. Right now the lowest CP in the gym is something like 1800 and the highest, 2200.
I think that that if one team has held a gym for a whole week, everyone in the gym should get some "huge extra bonus", then the next day they should all be kicked out and the gym should start fresh. These level 10 gyms just keep getting stronger and stronger, it is difficult for one person to take them down. With several people, it is possible (apparently, rivals aren't teaming up). Right now my 12 highest CP pokemon are all in gyms, makes me weak for taking out big gyms. |
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Attaching big bonuses for holding a Gym longer than a period of time, say, a week, would be far easier for places with lower population densities. In urban/big city areas, Gyms last minutes at most, with near impossibility to even level a Gym past 4 or 5 because opposing players will beat it down before you even get to level it enough. Even if a team decides to level a Gym up during hours with low activity, a level 8+ Gym can be taken down within hours of the day... minutes if a group tackles the Gym together.
The highest level Gym I was part of was level 8, and this was about two months ago when few people had Pokémon higher than CP2000. Meanwhile the majority of Pokémon was in that range yet the Gym was trampled in about half an hour. Yesterday evening, on my way back from work, I took down a level 4 Gym by myself using a single CP3000 Dragonite. I then planted a CP2800 Dragonite there and the Gym ended up with a CP2300 Vaporeon as its lowest Pokémon, followed by a CP2400 Snorlax, a CP2400 Exeggutor, my Dragonite, and a CP3100 Dragonite as the leader. Guess how long that Gym lasted before it was taken out? 15 minutes. I wasn't even able to get on my train yet. The only solution I can think of would be to balance how fast a Gym can be leveled up in comparison to how fast it can be taken down in the current game. Taking down a Gym is by far the easiest process between the two. I can't count how many times I solo level 7+ Gyms in the suburbs. It's just a matter of having stronger Pokémon and a little bit of patience to stomp your way through. |
We'll revisit the subject of Gyms another time.
QUESTION OF THE DAY Many of us look for Pokémon near our homes. What's the rarest or most surprising Pokémon that appeared near yours? |
The most surprising was a snorlax I caught. It was a street over from my house. This has been the only snorlax I have ever seen.
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The Buddy feature has been out for a couple weeks now!
QUESTION OF THE DAY How far have you traveled with your current Buddy? |
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i have traveled with ponyta for 33.8 km!
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21.8 with Abra! Much more before that with others!
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My current buddy is Exeggcute, trying to get enough candies to evolve. Right now sitting on 7.3km walked.
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Thanks for all the participation so far!
Questions will be on hold until I get back from my Europe trip. |
And we're back! Every trainer should aspire to travel across the land, searching far and wide.
QUESTION OF THE DAY When you visit a PokéStop, do you stop and take a look at the place of interest? |
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In a few cases I've been unable to find the object in the photograph for the pokestop. |
Yeah, unless I'm in a huge rush for some reason, I always check out the pokestop landmark. It's always interesting me the places that have been chosen for pokestops. And some locations, like parks, schools, etc that I think very easily could have been pokestops but aren't. I think it would be great if there was more information in the app or linked in the app about the pokestop.
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On our journeys we all develop a special attachment to our Pokémon.
QUESTION OF THE DAY Which Pokémon did you mark as favorites? Do you favor any Pokémon that you didn't mark? Why? |
I don't have any marked as my favorites, although when it gets close to lucky egg evolution time, I do mark pokemon I want to make sure to evolve as favorites to make them easier to find.
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Good morning! (From over here, at least)
QUESTION OF THE DAY If you could make your home a PokéStop or a Gym, which one would you pick? |
If you could make your home a PokéStop or a Gym, which one would you pick?
Pokéstop! With a gym there are more chances of people just sitting around and spending tons of time battling, which is awkward. At least for a pokéstop you click to get the items and (usually) leave right after. Usually. <_< |
I already have a Pokestop in my back yard that I can sometimes get in my house... can I have another one? :)
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QUESTION OF THE DAY Check your Jogger medal! How far have you walked so far? |
Check your Jogger medal! How far have you walked so far?
249.55km.. not very much. I try to take the game with me each time I go somewhere, but since I need my battery life I sometimes have to pass up on it! lol |
41.88 km. Not very far, I know, I keep forgetting to open the game when I walk places :(
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Going the extra distance is an achievement of its own.
QUESTION OF THE DAY What is your proudest achievement in Pokémon GO so far? |
My proudest achievement is probably just getting to level 27. I started playing a few days late and for the first couple weeks didn't play much because I wasn't a huge fan of the game during the beta test. I thought the game was so impractical because you can't play while you're driving and I was either at work, at home, or driving. Then I realized that was the whole point. Getting out of the house just to get out and explore, so I started doing that and played and I think I've made up for lost time quite well.
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What is your proudest achievement in Pokémon GO so far?
Hatching a Charmander from my 2km egg a few days ago. My luck in this game has been SO bad and I can't think of much else. If you count cool sightings I never actually found, then spotting Dragonite and Electabuzz.. but I didn't get any of those. D: < |
Frankly, I'm not terribly proud of anything I've achieved in this game. It's fun, but just a game.
As a physicist, I find the game an interesting example of a parallel universe! |
Hot topic alert! Generation II stuff.
QUESTION OF THE DAY Are you making preparations for the hopefully eventual release of Generation II Pokémon? If so, what are your plans? |
Hmmm... not really! I mean, sort of. I like to keep one Pokemon of every evolution, so I save a few in case I'm going to evolve some into generation 2 Pokemon. I also catch everything I see that has a future evolution, like Onix, so that I'll be able to evolve them sooner :)
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Are you making preparations for the hopefully eventual release of Generation II Pokémon? If so, what are your plans?
Not much.. I just catch things as I normally would without gen II in my thoughts. I am happy having a hefty bit of Scyther candy though, since Scizor's coming out at some point in the near future. Always nice knowing I've been collecting. |
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I'm closing in on 600 Eevee candies... |
Let's talk trading!
QUESTION OF THE DAY There are many ways players can potentially trade in the future. What would your ideal trading system look like? |
There are many ways players can potentially trade in the future. What would your ideal trading system look like?
For fairness' sake I'd like it if you could only trade with nearby players. Would completely defeat the point of the game if you could trade with anyone across the world like in main series Pokémon games, though I doubt Niantic would do that haha. Makes it too easy. Maybe put a daily/weekly limit on trading so people don't quickly fill their dex by trading with someone who has mostly everything already? We'd need some sort of limit at the very least or I can see this game becoming too easy for many people given that collecting's the main point. |
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I would like to see as you mention some sort of limit to trading, though. I don't want it to be so easy for me to access the pokemon I need. If I can only do a limited number of trades, or a limited number of trades for the pokemon I need, or if it costs something to trade, or something along those lines, it would make me think about trading wisely. |
QUESTION OF THE DAY Do you play with sound/music on or off? |
I play with sound/music off. I usually have spotify open while I play...gotta get ready for a few concerts next month!
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New update means new questions!
QUESTION OF THE DAY Have you noticed any increased success with catching Pokémon now that medals affect catch rates? |
I personally noticed a higher success rate with starter Pokémon as I haven't had a single one escape from me since the update.
Could just be luck, of course ;) |
QUESTION OF THE DAY In any given day, when do you usually play Pokémon GO? |
I play during my commute to and from work and when I run errands on Sunday.
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Thank you to everyone who have participated in this activity!
I will no longer be maintaining this thread as it's a little too much work for me to keep track of each day. If someone would like to continue this activity, let me know via PM and I can arrange something. |
In any given day, when do you usually play Pokémon GO?
It's hard to say. Almost always when I go out unless I need to preserve battery, so it can be during the day when I'm out for interviews or other tasks, or at night when I hang out with little brother to play. So it's extremely varied. Bummer you can't maintain it anymore. =( I did think a question a day was too much though. Tiring to think of topics and remember posting them each day. Weekly might've been less exhausting? |
Does anyone on here from America have Mr Mime like I do but I'm from the UK?
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