How often do you play?

Squirrel

Squirrel

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    When GO was first released we were all heading out daily for Pokémon hunting trips, often two or three times a day, but as the weeks progress life starts to take priority again. How often do you go out to play GO? Do you go daily, weekly, every few days? Are you playing less often as the weeks go on or has your routine not changed at all?
     
    I play almost every day still myself - miss a few when I'm tired but usually I'll still go out for at least an hour or two most days. Plan quite a few town trips with my boyfriend/friends specifically dedicated to finding new city Pokémon rather than just what's here in the village and take a lot of walks out at night for late-night catching sprees so I'm still pretty addicted! I've heard of a lot of people getting frustrated at not finding new Pokémon very often or not making much progress when they do go out, but I still find it pretty rewarding and love the exercise. I'm mostly loving eggs right now - they're super exciting to hatch and a great excuse to walk a lot!
     
    I go for a 2 hour walk every evening to take 5 local gyms, it's very rare to find Pokemon I need locally so I try to go to the nearest city once a week to find new Pokemon. I've walked 280km and caught 95, seen 96
     
    My game play has slowed down a tad mainly because of the heat outside. I will admit that when I first started playing, I was driving to new cities and whatnot to find new Pokemon. That's changed a bit with the understanding of leveling strategy. I've found myself wanting to level as quickly as possible in an effort to catch really strong Pokemon so that I can do better in gyms. I have been limiting myself to basically two places where I can sit on lures and that's usually in the evenings after work or on the weekend.
     
    I play on the way to work and back, I never go outside solely to play Pokémon GO since I don't have a whole lot of free time. I'd like to go to the city and play though.
     
    I'm playing just as much now as I was when I first started, which is to say that I check on it periodically through the day and have it open to and from work and when walking into and around town. I was never one to go on dedicated walks just for Pokemon so no change there.
     
    At the moment im restricted to my tablet bcause my phone dont support pokemon go and i userly keep that with me wherever I go so when I find a hot spot i log on and see whats around me
     
    I play GO a lot.
    I play it whenever I leave my apartment for anything. I play GO when I walk to the super market, I play GO when I walk to and from work, I play it when I walk my dog, I play it on my free time and during my weekends. I play it with and without friends. I play it in the morning, day and night (I will not eat it on a plane, I will not eat it on a train...).

    I have spent sometimes 7-8 hours straight playing this game on my days off. In fact, I played it for so long during an incredibly hot day in the afternoon, that I actually got really sick due to heat exhaustion. It was my own fault (no I'm not going to start a thread blaming Niantic for giving me heat exhaustion... lol), but I just have been having so much fun playing this game that has gotten me to push my body to its physical limits.
    I walk everywhere all the time, I'm an energetic guy with a high endurance, Pokemon GO has just turned my normal exercise time into my gaming time. :D
     
    I usually play when I go outside, so every weekday morning until noon, then maybe once or twice a week in the afternoon between 7pm and 10.

    It's been the same since I got the game.
     
    I haven't played in 3 weeks 8( The GO signal is horrible at my house and I haven't been motivated to go into town to play it much. Back on release it was something I was playing nearly every day. Hopefully when things slow down for me I can work it back into my daily routine!
     
    colours said:
    I rarely really play it these days. The reason being is because I'd actually to go all the way to my college campus to actually be near any decent pokestops, as the ones that are near my apartment complex are in private properties, so I can't go anywhere near those.

    At least I'm still making progress though, however slow it may be. Kinda sucks living in an area that isn't recognized much by Niantic, though.
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    Haha trust me I know the feeling here. I feel like you're a fair bit worse off than me so I can only imagine how bad that must feel to play but rural areas/undeveloped areas really do get a raw deal with this game. The city areas (especially campuses etc where there will be a lot of activity) are so incredibly good for playing the game in and progressing quickly but us lot stuck away from the crowds do have to put up with playing on hard mode haha.
     
    I've really cut back here in the last week or so. I don't know if it's the updates, or just all the negativity I've been hearing about the updates, or lack thereof, but it's just kinda put me off playing. It used to be such a fun, innocent, little thing to do to get you up and out the door. Maybe I'm just be a little sour, I don't know.

    I'd say I only actively play around once or twice a week now. Once I got into the twenties, progress has been super slow anyhow.
     
    I've been a bit pressed for time this week, but I typically try to get in a walk a day since I've had Go. The only times I don't walk are when it rains or I'm too tired/busy. And even if I don't go on a walk, I tend to check the app and go through my Pokemon, or stop by the Mormon Church near my house to see if I can take the gym that's there. It changes so often that it's pretty easy to snag as I've never seen it go higher than 3 tiers, haha.
     
    I'm using it as an exercise motivator, so it's definitely changing my routine. I'm one of those people who kept saying for ages that I *should* get more exercise, then did nothing about it.

    I would say on most days I'm averaging about an 1hr to 1 1/2 hours walking around collecting. Today I met up with a friend and we had coffee followed by a three hour walk and hunt.
     
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