07-08-2016, 07:28 PM
Also, here are just some pieces of advice:
1. Protect yourself!
Ticks and fleas and chiggers oh my! Treat any rural pokehunt like a hike. High socks, long pants and a spritz of insect repellant will go a long way if your radar takes you off-trail. Seriously. I've flicked like five ticks off my pants since I started playing.
2. Heed the warnings!
This applies to all warnings against tresspassing, etc. But the main one is on the opening screen. Yeah, when we're one footprint away from that bulbasaur we're like ravenous wolves, but you are capable of looking ahead and tracking. You only need to glance at your phone every minute or so, so don't do it when you're trying to cross a highway. Also, don't hunt and drive. That is the absolute worst thing you can do.
3. Play with the AR off!
It's kinda fun, but doesn't add THAT much to the game. Shout out to Desco-chan for the heads up about battery life and not needing to aim. It really conserves pokeballs. Especially if you're hunting at night.
All cell phone cameras are universally crappy, so at night, your AR is just going to look like a solid black backdrop. This is important, because it means the poor AR algorithms can't tell where you're pointing your camera, and the critter will start wobbling all over the screen like it's peanutbutter jelly time.
Final point against AR: when you track a polkamarch down, it means you won't have to point your camera, say, at someone's house, or car, or face. The house one is extra important: when burglars are sizing up a house to hit, they often take pictures of them. Cops have been alerted because of some stupid Zubat.
4. The game needs to be active and running to log distance for your eggs. That means on the screen, GPS connected. Not tabbed out, not screenlocked. On the screen and running. It is very annoying but that is how your distance is logged.
5. Save your incense!
Incense is expensive in the gold store and rarer to find at a pokestop than most rare critters. Save it for when you're somewhere exotic...or at least a local park.
6. Don't Fear the Police!
If you absolutely must go poking around somewhere questionable, don't try to be sneaky or inconspicuous. You probably actually aren't, and it makes you look 9000 times more suspicious. When you inevitably talk to a policeman, just be totally honest. You're playing a smartphone game that tracks your location and had a special thing in the place you were discovered. People do dumber things for stupider reasons, and it is far from the most awkward thing that cop will encounter today.
Now if you're legit trespassing, you might still be in trouble, but being honest in the first place will really, really help you out. If you're in a public space, however, and a cop stops you, they can only give you a stern warning...at least, where I live. :cross:
subtext: graveyards are not off limits
Sorry if any of this sounds preachy or pompous. It's just stuff I've experienced that I thought might help.
1. Protect yourself!
Ticks and fleas and chiggers oh my! Treat any rural pokehunt like a hike. High socks, long pants and a spritz of insect repellant will go a long way if your radar takes you off-trail. Seriously. I've flicked like five ticks off my pants since I started playing.
2. Heed the warnings!
This applies to all warnings against tresspassing, etc. But the main one is on the opening screen. Yeah, when we're one footprint away from that bulbasaur we're like ravenous wolves, but you are capable of looking ahead and tracking. You only need to glance at your phone every minute or so, so don't do it when you're trying to cross a highway. Also, don't hunt and drive. That is the absolute worst thing you can do.
3. Play with the AR off!
It's kinda fun, but doesn't add THAT much to the game. Shout out to Desco-chan for the heads up about battery life and not needing to aim. It really conserves pokeballs. Especially if you're hunting at night.
All cell phone cameras are universally crappy, so at night, your AR is just going to look like a solid black backdrop. This is important, because it means the poor AR algorithms can't tell where you're pointing your camera, and the critter will start wobbling all over the screen like it's peanutbutter jelly time.
Final point against AR: when you track a polkamarch down, it means you won't have to point your camera, say, at someone's house, or car, or face. The house one is extra important: when burglars are sizing up a house to hit, they often take pictures of them. Cops have been alerted because of some stupid Zubat.
4. The game needs to be active and running to log distance for your eggs. That means on the screen, GPS connected. Not tabbed out, not screenlocked. On the screen and running. It is very annoying but that is how your distance is logged.
5. Save your incense!
Incense is expensive in the gold store and rarer to find at a pokestop than most rare critters. Save it for when you're somewhere exotic...or at least a local park.
6. Don't Fear the Police!
If you absolutely must go poking around somewhere questionable, don't try to be sneaky or inconspicuous. You probably actually aren't, and it makes you look 9000 times more suspicious. When you inevitably talk to a policeman, just be totally honest. You're playing a smartphone game that tracks your location and had a special thing in the place you were discovered. People do dumber things for stupider reasons, and it is far from the most awkward thing that cop will encounter today.
Now if you're legit trespassing, you might still be in trouble, but being honest in the first place will really, really help you out. If you're in a public space, however, and a cop stops you, they can only give you a stern warning...at least, where I live. :cross:
subtext: graveyards are not off limits
Sorry if any of this sounds preachy or pompous. It's just stuff I've experienced that I thought might help.
And, we dream of home I dream of life out of here Their dreams are small My dreams don't know fear I got my heart full of hope I will change everything No matter what I'm told How impossible it seems We did it before And we'll do it again We're indestructible Even when we're tired And we've been here before Just you and I
Don't try to rescue me I don't need to be rescued
Don't try to rescue me I don't need to be rescued