[OFFICIAL] Pokemon Go - Part 3

[zhirong]

These radar are not "supposed" to be used and Niantic will come down on this whether we like it or not. It skew the user experience as it give people who use these radar an advantage over those who don't.

An analogy will be like playing Dota with maphack. Those who get a wider vision has advantage. If valve don't do anything to maphack/maphackers, everyone will use it and the way the game is played will be much more different.

For me, I did use radar for a bit but I realized that it was a different experience from playing the game blind. You will spend more time monitoring the radar and the element of having to search for the mon is lost.

Again I am not defending Niantic, I am just saying that people should see this coming because most popular games will like to keep the playing field fair and using any tools that give the user advantage will be acted upon sooner or later.

 

[pcmdan]

These radar are not "supposed" to be used and Niantic will come down on this whether we like it or not. It skew the user experience as it give people who use these radar an advantage over those who don't.

An analogy will be like playing Dota with maphack. Those who get a wider vision has advantage. If valve don't do anything to maphack/maphackers, everyone will use it and the way the game is played will be much more different.

For me, I did use radar for a bit but I realized that it was a different experience from playing the game blind. You will spend more time monitoring the radar and the element of having to search for the mon is lost.

Again I am not defending Niantic, I am just saying that people should see this coming because most popular games will like to keep the playing field fair and using any tools that give the user advantage will be acted upon sooner or later.

Agree with you. If people who use GPS spoof and people who use bot are cheats, the same should be said to people who used scanner or radar.

Just because scanner or radar doesnt give u a certain adv over people who spoof or bot doesnt mean you are more ethically right. As long as u use scanner, it is still a form of cheat..

 

[The_Binary_Man_8]

These radar are not "supposed" to be used and Niantic will come down on this whether we like it or not. It skew the user experience as it give people who use these radar an advantage over those who don't.

An analogy will be like playing Dota with maphack. Those who get a wider vision has advantage. If valve don't do anything to maphack/maphackers, everyone will use it and the way the game is played will be much more different.

For me, I did use radar for a bit but I realized that it was a different experience from playing the game blind. You will spend more time monitoring the radar and the element of having to search for the mon is lost.

Again I am not defending Niantic, I am just saying that people should see this coming because most popular games will like to keep the playing field fair and using any tools that give the user advantage will be acted upon sooner or later.

You play Dota in front of the PC, you play pogo running all over SG, see the difference?

 

[pcmdan]

You play Dota in front of the PC, you play pogo running all over SG, see the difference?

cant see the difference except one u physically go out and one u do not. Both are the same logic still

 

[ohmygod1986]

Aiya

Stupid Niantic is slow

if wanna do, do it at the early days

those people already take it for granted and benefited from it already

maybe now they build it in ...

 

[cydutzyahoo]

ya... saw afew spawn that appear on pokemap.. i click.. only 6 mins.


some even lesser than 6mins...

ho seh liao....... LJBs panic liao.. lol

JLB become LJB (la* Jiao bin)liao? so scary?

 

[Hitokirii]

Like it or not , unless Niantic improve the sighting feature significantly, many people will not keep the app running , heads down looking at the phone , to catch birds and rats . Dun forget this app is a battery sucker .

How long are you going to walk carrying power bank to catch birds and rats ? Give u 1 month , and you will call it quit .

Is not a matter of cheating or not . The game is not right as of now, requiring an external app to make it even playable

Niantic got any feedback form ? Feel like Getting the above message across

 

[xtwis7]

These radar are not "supposed" to be used and Niantic will come down on this whether we like it or not. It skew the user experience as it give people who use these radar an advantage over those who don't.

An analogy will be like playing Dota with maphack. Those who get a wider vision has advantage. If valve don't do anything to maphack/maphackers, everyone will use it and the way the game is played will be much more different.

For me, I did use radar for a bit but I realized that it was a different experience from playing the game blind. You will spend more time monitoring the radar and the element of having to search for the mon is lost.

Again I am not defending Niantic, I am just saying that people should see this coming because most popular games will like to keep the playing field fair and using any tools that give the user advantage will be acted upon sooner or later.

Because Dota has a clear end goal which is to defeat the opponent's throne by simply getting stronger than the enemy's 5.

But for PoGo, this end goal is a blur because many people have different interpretations. Catch 141 in Pokedex should be the most straight forward but by reaching 141, you don't 'win' the game at all which is what makes it slightly more frustrating. Other than bragging rights, I don't see how else catching 141 can do for you.

I do catch with radars and I also admit that it's a form of advantage but the very least players are physically walking around to find these. Botters are still the worst because they can sit at home to catch every single Pokemon.

 

[The_Binary_Man_8]

cant see the difference except one u physically go out and one u do not. Both are the same logic still

Preciously, this is why this argument is going in loop . To each his own.

 

[Jeremy1]

Added just another new Pokemon under the rain.

 

[pcmdan]

Because Dota has a clear end goal which is to defeat the opponent's throne by simply getting stronger than the enemy's 5.

But for PoGo, this end goal is a blur because many people have different interpretations. Catch 141 in Pokedex should be the most straight forward but by reaching 141, you don't 'win' the game at all which is what makes it slightly more frustrating. Other than bragging rights, I don't see how else catching 141 can do for you.

I do catch with radars and I also admit that it's a form of advantage but the very least players are physically walking around to find these. Botters are still the worst because they can sit at home to catch every single Pokemon.

I think both Botter and GPS Spoofer are the worst. They are the same regardless whether one is auto or not

 

[cydutzyahoo]

Still working ba.. Just now I saw twin Snorlax

Wonder if anyone here caught

I caught one only, CP 21xx , IV not good
a lot of people catching, haha

 

[denzelch]

Where are all the rare pokemons?

 

[zhirong]

Because Dota has a clear end goal which is to defeat the opponent's throne by simply getting stronger than the enemy's 5.

But for PoGo, this end goal is a blur because many people have different interpretations. Catch 141 in Pokedex should be the most straight forward but by reaching 141, you don't 'win' the game at all which is what makes it slightly more frustrating. Other than bragging rights, I don't see how else catching 141 can do for you.

I do catch with radars and I also admit that it's a form of advantage but the very least players are physically walking around to find these. Botters are still the worst because they can sit at home to catch every single Pokemon.

How about playing those MMO that also have not clear objective? Same thing, if there is a rare spawn tracker, then people will be monitoring the tracker and then travel to the location when a rare spawn appear on the tracker. Again it is an advantage that is not intended by the game developer. Those without the tracker will be forced to get the tracker just to stay competitive.

 

[The_Binary_Man_8]

I caught one only, CP 21xx , IV not good
a lot of people catching, haha

Last afternoon I was having lunch at Sun Plaza, Sembawang, when Lapras spawned at the bus interchange just next to the mall. I was not aware till I left the place, switch on the map and realised 1 min left, too late to go back

 

[Toonsy92]

New update including changes to friendly gym battle. Now can bring all 6 instead of 1.

Sent from PokéDex using GAGT

 

[zhirong]

You play Dota in front of the PC, you play pogo running all over SG, see the difference?

It is still an unintended advantage nonetheless.

Say you organized treasure hunt and place the "treasure" at random location. User will receive hints that they are near the treasure. But then someone came up with an app that reveal the actual position of your "treasure". You see the link? They still need to go out to hunt, but it will be much easier with the app.

 

[sacredrays]

some people play and enjoy certain genre of games until forgotten about why there are others who enjoy playing the other genres..

 

[sacredrays]

It is still an unintended advantage nonetheless.

Say you organized treasure hunt and place the "treasure" at random location. User will receive hints that they are near the treasure. But then someone came up with an app that reveal the actual position of your "treasure". You see the link? They still need to go out to hunt, but it will be much easier with the app.

can only blame how the sightings works for now.. combo with the short spawn duration, really

 

[jq75]

Sometimes I doesn't make sense, 2k snorlax can be done with 1 berries and 2 blue balls

Dragonite slightly >1k with berries and yellow still run off!!

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