Who here plays Pokemon Go?
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I'm surprised so many people are playing this game. A co-worker was telling me he was at the beach and saw 2 people on an ATV ripping up and down the beach playing this game.
I'm surprised no sunbathers were run over.
How many people have already died "playing" this game?
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I have played Ingress (The game, not the computer db) but as it is a Google app,... it's moot point.. but even still....
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@dafyre said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
That is shocking... But also the reason I rarely sign into apps with my Google account...
But along that same vein, I thought that we could adjust what an app could see in our google settings anyhow?
Turns out you can revoke those permissions in the google settings, from the report I heard this morning the game will even still work afterwords.
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Running around outside in search of catching stuff... isn't that what fishing is?
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This some kinda vidya game?
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I think you'll find that the people who play it are not online so won't be able to respond.
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@nadnerB reported on the GMail thing last night when he deleted the game.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/11/technology/pokemon-go-coding-error-emails/index.html
You gave the company unrestricted access to your gmail account if you signed in with Google. Slow clap
According to some reports, it's only iOS... but... still not a good idea to keep the permissions active. I've given up "playing" it. This security issue is inexcusable.
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@IRJ said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
Running around outside in search of catching stuff... isn't that what fishing is?
But you catch something in 10 minutes as opposed to 10 hours.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
@IRJ said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
Running around outside in search of catching stuff... isn't that what fishing is?
But you catch something in 10 minutes as opposed to 10 hours.
Some people fish to get away from everyone and everything.
Some people phish to get everyone and everything.I think this app falls in the latter category.
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@nadnerB said
I think this app falls in the latter category.
Not really.
It's the typical case of a new "thing" that a young company has just launched, been pulled apart and scrutinized and finding a big problem but their response has not been evasion or corporate BS, it's been "We're so sorry, we never intended xyz, we're fixing it NOW, here's what we've done"
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@IRJ said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
Running around outside in search of catching stuff... isn't that what fishing is?
At least you can eat the fish you catch....
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@Breffni-Potter said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
@IRJ said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
Running around outside in search of catching stuff... isn't that what fishing is?
But you catch something in 10 minutes as opposed to 10 hours.
If you know what you are doing you can catch a fish in less than 10 minutes. It may not be the most desirable fish (possibly a magicarp or a catfish)
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Speaking of comparing Pokemon Go to fishing....
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/81969085/how-to-capture-that-elusive-pokemon-go-gym-a-kayak
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@nadnerB said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
@Breffni-Potter said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/11/technology/pokemon-go-coding-error-emails/index.html
You gave the company unrestricted access to your gmail account if you signed in with Google. Slow clap
According to some reports, it's only iOS... but... still not a good idea to keep the permissions active. I've given up "playing" it. This security issue is inexcusable.
It was the iOS app requesting the wrong access level. The game does not need or require it. They are patching it to request the correct access level.
https://games.slashdot.org/story/16/07/12/1123200/pokemon-go-was-never-able-to-read-your-email
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I play and I think it is probably one of the greatest games created in recent history. Not because of the gameplay, but the enthusiasm and impact that it is making on the health of the players. Over the past few days I've seen a lot of people out and about walking through parks and the roads I regularly run, that very obviously don't live an active lifestyle. If the enthusiasm for the game sticks I think it has the potential to vastly improve the quality of life for a large portion of the population.
Also, it helped turn my normal 4 mile run into a more entertaining 7 miles. I'm all for breaking up the monotony of long runs.
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@RamblingBiped said in Who here plays Pokemon Go?:
I play and I think it is probably one of the greatest games created in recent history. Not because of the gameplay, but the enthusiasm and impact that it is making on the health of the players. Over the past few days I've seen a lot of people out and about walking through parks and the roads I regularly run, that very obviously don't live an active lifestyle. If the enthusiasm for the game sticks I think it has the potential to vastly improve the quality of life for a large portion of the population.
Also, it helped turn my normal 4 mile run into a more entertaining 7 miles. I'm all for breaking up the monotony of long runs.
That is how I felt about Ingress. And it is the reason, I may delve back into things with this game, but have not yet.
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Thanks for the meme idea. 104 shares and counting....!
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I am having a blast. There were 50 people in a local park all running around talking with each other and interacting. Smaller kids were playing, parents were catching pokemon. I overheard one guy say "I have brought my daughter up here to play every night." I have never seen this on a Monday Night in my life.
