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The Main Problems of Pokemon Go; Why Earth is the worst enemy of Pokemon Go... according to me...
Topic Started: Jan 29 2016, 01:40 PM (450 Views)
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Oh wow. Pokemon Go. Catch Pokemons irl? Why not!
It is speculated that it's a free android, iphone app but of course like all free apps there will be in app purchases. Also there are many question about how the gameplay would be, safety of the users (for example if a wild ratata seems to be in the middle of the highway), and many other questions.
But there is a gigantic obstacle, an obstacle that everyone will encounter and that everyone (except for extreme adventurers) would not like to try to pass: Earth's geologic features and natural features.

I mean common, what if a Latios appears in the middle of Bermuda Triangle or what if a Dragonite is in the cold desert of Antarctica or what if a Minun appears on top of Mt. Everest? Will we risk our lifes to try to catch them? Seriously?

For millions of years Earth's continents moved, causing the formation of these many obstcales. But there are also human obstacles: what if a Pikachu appears on Alcatraz Island? Or what if a Mawile seems to be in Raqat, Syria, in the middle of ISIS's HQ?

I'm sure this Pokemon Go won't be successful but the concept is still awesome, it encourages the players to explore the Earth a little more but again, they're will be many problems.
Also political problems can go on the way.

What do you think?
Edited by Victorbrine, Jan 29 2016, 01:41 PM.
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We have a topic for Pokemon discussion.
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I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
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Yeah, srub, use my topic instead of making a new one.

Second, each region of the world will have its own Pokedex. You aren't going to have to dive into the Marianas Trench to get Kyogre.
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Why do you even assume that the spawn of the pokemon will be entirely random?

It's like asking in tetris "But what if two blocks fall down at once! Did nobody ever think of that?!" Well of course they did. The game designers are getting paid to think about such things you know.

Heck, they get paid to think about cases that should in all likelihood never happen, because they're such fringe cases. This however, I bet you real money that it has been adressed within the initial pitch of the game idea.
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Jan 29 2016, 06:36 PM
Heck, they get paid to think about cases that should in all likelihood never happen, because they're such fringe cases.
Yup, it's called idiot-proofing and it's essential to programming. Ever wonder why some websites don't let you use certain characters in your username or password? It's because it would interfere with other sections of code elsewhere on the site. So rather than just tell people not to use them they flat out won't let you.
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Jan 29 2016, 02:25 PM
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I would think you'd know how to spell it, given how much you use the word.
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I was typing fast and running on an hour of sleep. Shut up.

So, can a mod merge with with the main Pokemon topic?
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I'd say Pokemon Go would somehow use similar technology the way Google Earth/Maps uses in order to see where exactly is an appropriate place to go and find Pokemon. I feel like it wouldn't work if you were in a car in the highway because your position is constantly moving at X MPH as opposed to walking in a park.

tl;dr the developers would use common sense in order to make this game.
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Maybe this Mariana Trench is quite absurd (along with the Bermuda Triangle thingy) but still. What if a fairly strong pokemon appears in someones garden?

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Old man: Yes?
Pokemon Go user: H...he...hello, c...can I c...catch a pokemon that is in you...y...you're backyard???


Of course the user wont go in that person's garden but... someone ta least would try?
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I seriously doubt that you will be able to get Pokemon in private property.
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You know... yeah, at this point is sounding way to gimmicky to be any actual fun.
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Yeah.

But still. The concept is awesome.
“There's a tree," Starflight said, jumping to his feet. "In the forest."
"No way," Glory said. "A tree in the forest?”


"Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore le saint empire romain n'était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire." -Voltaire

"So if you wake up in the morning and it's a particularly beautiful day you'll know we made it."
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"One of those capsules hit a wing." Victor said. "Had to do an emergency landing." He pointed to a crumpled plane a couple dozen meters behind him and shrugged. "Not my most elegant landing."
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I'd like to point out that none of you have seen any of the actual gameplay.

You can't say it's going to be 'too gimmicky to be fun' when you haven't seen anything beyond a commercial that outright states that none of this is actual gameplay footage.
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I'd like to point out that none of you have seen any of the actual gameplay.

You can't say it's going to be 'too gimmicky to be fun' when you haven't seen anything beyond a commercial that outright states that none of this is actual gameplay footage.
Of course. There's still a little sneak peak of the gameplay:

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It might not look 100% like this but yeah...
“There's a tree," Starflight said, jumping to his feet. "In the forest."
"No way," Glory said. "A tree in the forest?”


"Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore le saint empire romain n'était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire." -Voltaire

"So if you wake up in the morning and it's a particularly beautiful day you'll know we made it."
-Capa

"One of those capsules hit a wing." Victor said. "Had to do an emergency landing." He pointed to a crumpled plane a couple dozen meters behind him and shrugged. "Not my most elegant landing."
-me in Flisch's story "Spec Evo: Void Entry" (Act 3)

"but by rule 34 of the multiverse, if it exists, there’s a world full of it." -Tet

"I must ask you to leave now." -Everyone (not realy though) in Flisch's story "Spec Evo: Void Entry"

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