Pokemon Go

Cobalt · Jul 19, 2016, 1:11 AM

@Cobaltasaurus I lost an Eevee because of that. Such sorrow.

I've lost one Eevee, two Nidorinas, Vemonat, and a couple of other that I don't remember now.

Cobalt · Jul 19, 2016, 1:25 AM

And it just locked up on another Eevee. Goddamnit. All I need is one more fucking Eevee and then I can evolve the one I have. Man, fuck this game.

Bobotron · Jul 19, 2016, 2:22 AM

@Cobaltasaurus
My friend lost a Venusaur (I was like ... whut, 3rd stage Pokemon?) because of that. He was pissssssssed.

skew · Jul 19, 2016, 3:06 AM

@Cobaltasaurus Did you see the cheat for getting the evolution you want?

Hella · Jul 19, 2016, 3:26 AM

@skew said in Pokemon Go:

@Cobaltasaurus Did you see the cheat for getting the evolution you want?

I can confirm it works! Did it with all three.

skew · Jul 19, 2016, 3:41 AM

@VulgarKitten Yes. I now have a zap doggo cause everyone around me has those silly water puppers and I want to be the very best!

Cobalt · Jul 19, 2016, 3:49 AM

@skew said in Pokemon Go:

@Cobaltasaurus Did you see the cheat for getting the evolution you want?

Nope

Auspice · Jul 19, 2016, 4:39 AM

The amount of data used is relatively low.

Now if you're out playing for hours every single day? It's gonna use a fair bit. But it's much less than say, streaming Spotify or Youtube.

skew · Jul 19, 2016, 4:45 AM

@Cobaltasaurus said in Pokemon Go:

@skew said in Pokemon Go:

@Cobaltasaurus Did you see the cheat for getting the evolution you want?

Nope

Spoilers!

Arkandel · Jul 19, 2016, 1:29 PM

@Sunny said in Pokemon Go:

It's actually ridiculously low on the data usage compared to what I'd have expected.

Yeah, compared to Ingress it's ridiculously low on data.

Also: My gym has a gym! Yay!

dontpanda · Jul 19, 2016, 2:32 PM

I broke a cardinal rule regarding my mobile devices and turned on my location services, just to try this thing. I figured: people think it's fun and who am I to argue with the horde?

So I download it and use my throwaway gmail address to log in. It wants me to let it see who I am on google and... something else. I deny that. It takes me to the login screen again. I log in, and it wants the same permissions. I start to get the sneaking suspicion I won't be able to play unless I let it into my life.

Baleeted it is, then.

You came close, Pokemon Go... you came closer than my google maps app did to getting me to leave my gps on. But no, you had to get greedy and want access to my life that isn't relevant to the game.

I think it's a cool app idea. I'm happy to see people getting out and doing stuff. Almost hit a dude who was walking around not paying attention, but in my neighbourhood there's no guarantee he was playing Pokemon Go....

skew · Jul 19, 2016, 2:34 PM

@dontpanda You might just be insane.

ThatGuyThere · Jul 19, 2016, 9:53 PM

@skew said in Pokemon Go:

@dontpanda You might just be insane.

I wouldn't go that far, but i kind of also agree with him. I do not give games any more info then they need and wouldn't give a game access to things like that. But I also stopped playing new video games when the whole you must be on-line to play things started.
I basically use the same standards for giving information to a computer program that I would in giving that information to a total stranger. Does this person/program need this info to perform their primary function in my life. If the answer is no they don't get it. For example I have lied for decades to the check out people at various stores when they ask for an e-mail address. (My answer always is I don't have one, when I actually do but that is the most polite way to dodge giving it to them.)

dontpanda · Jul 19, 2016, 10:02 PM

@ThatGuyThere I don't like to lie, even when it's harmless. Instead, I say, "No thank you," when I'm asked for information I don't want to share.

Insomnia · Jul 20, 2016, 3:57 AM

The gay digital monster erotica you've all been waiting for.

Arkandel · Jul 20, 2016, 1:38 PM

@ThatGuyThere said in Pokemon Go:

For example I have lied for decades to the check out people at various stores when they ask for an e-mail address. (My answer always is I don't have one, when I actually do but that is the most polite way to dodge giving it to them.)

Why is 'no' impolite?

The minimum wage cashier doesn't care whether they get your e-mail address or not. I see the shortcut, but it's good to send the correct message ('it's none of your corporation's business to be able to contact me outside of this routine transaction') than the wrong one ('it's just that not everyone has an e-mail address').

Miss Demeanor · Jul 20, 2016, 1:41 PM

Seriously, just tell them 'no'. As a former cashier, I can tell you... we don't care. We're not going to try to sell you on the concept of giving us your email. Chances are good they're being forced to ask you for it in the first place and would rather not ask at all. So just say 'no', and live guilt-free and worry-free that the cashier is in any way upset or perturbed by it.

skew · Jul 20, 2016, 1:42 PM

@Arkandel @ThatGuyThere Agreed with Ark. Lying to strangers instead of saying 'no' is strange.

But, ahem, I have no illusions of privacy. Someone's tracking me. I trust Nintendo more than the US Government!

Arkandel · Jul 20, 2016, 1:47 PM

@skew said in Pokemon Go:

@Arkandel @ThatGuyThere Agreed with Ark. Lying to strangers instead of saying 'no' is strange.

But, ahem, I have no illusions of privacy. Someone's tracking me. I trust Nintendo more than the US Government!

I don't always mind being tracked, it's just that I want the tradeoff to be substantial.

For instance I am well aware that for Google I'm the product. I know the nature of the business - they get some of my private data which they can use to make money, but in exchange I get Gmail and Maps and Docs. Those products are not free; I pay for them by being tracked.

When I go to Sears and the cashier is required to ask for my address I basically get nothing. At best it'll be a tiny discount from my next purchase (which I'll never remember to use) once. It's not enough, if you know what I mean.

ThatGuyThere · Jul 20, 2016, 3:51 PM

@Arkandel said in Pokemon Go:

@ThatGuyThere said in Pokemon Go:

For example I have lied for decades to the check out people at various stores when they ask for an e-mail address. (My answer always is I don't have one, when I actually do but that is the most polite way to dodge giving it to them.)

Why is 'no' impolite?

No is not impolite but that also doesn't answer the question either.
and there is little way to make I am not going to give it to you sound polite.
this might be the pedantic in me but if asked can I get your e-mail address I will give the polite no and move on. 9 times out of 10 hey ask what is your email address?
No is not an actual answer to that question.
Also the most common question asked in American society is one that a polite lie is the expected answer to so when the rest of America stops asking "How are you?" and the various variations there of when they don't care about the answer then i will start concerning myself with the polite lies.
Until then "don't have one.' is shorter and gets less weird looks then "I am not giving it to you." just like "I'm fine." (or the personalized variation there of) is the expected social response rather then a real answer on how I am.