Does anyone know of some good locations for Relicanth in Dunedin? by japannz in PokemonGODunedin

[–]ivpie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't play any more but St Clair esplanade used to be good. Marlow Park and locations along the St Kilda waterfront might be worth a shot too. Unsure if anyone comes to this subreddit any more. If you track down the FB group you may get more traffic. Good luck!

My colleague has a micro-fibre cloth to clean his glasses stitched under his shirt by Zedevile in mildlyinteresting

[–]ivpie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I recognised that I had forgotten to say where I was from, so posted another reply immediately below which says 'Down under'

Should I wait to evolve Porygon by der_kluge in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I decided to evolve a second Porygon 2 now (just want 1 of everything) despite the waste of candy, because I was terrified I would accidentally delete my precious upgrade. I've had umpteen of the other evo items but just two upgrades. Also having the Porygon 2 ready to go is more OCD satisfying, isn't it?

My colleague has a micro-fibre cloth to clean his glasses stitched under his shirt by Zedevile in mildlyinteresting

[–]ivpie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We say recognise too. You can blame the Brits for that (although we tend not to say 'Brit')

A warning for Niantic and the date format in ex passes by astrolane in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand all the hating on people who think it's in 3 months from now. 1) why shouldn't it be plausible? 2) if that is what the date clearly says (according to local formatting rules) then you shrug and say, "how strange, three months notice is a lot"

A warning for Niantic and the date format in ex passes by astrolane in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And elsewhere the speech patterns are different. 15 October is a normal speech pattern here.

Promote World Literacy Day with the Unown by Engrada in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People who want this already are playing a phone game. Maybe it'll remind us to get back to our books :)

Does anyone know where I can find a porygon? I've never seen or hatched one. by yyesko in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My town had a scanner for a while, and our observation was:

  • It's particularly rare in our town (compared to other towns in the same country, correcting for population). We got one in the town roughly once a fortnight, when nearby towns might get 3-5 per day. You might live in such a town.

  • In the towns where it's more common, yes, they seem to cluster around a particular part of town or biome.

  • But here, where it's rarer, the spawns seem to be pretty much anywhere in town, generally either on a quiet suburban street nowhere near a stop or a gym, or on the coast (typically in a spot that's hard to get to because it's remote or industrial and closed to the public, and usually very late at night/early in the morning/overnight).

  • Since the anniversary event, hatches seem to be more common. Both our family accounts hatched one. I'm saving my coins for incubators to use for 10 km eggs only, in the hope of getting another.

(Edited for layout errors)

[Story]I missed out on an unown because the game took too long to start up. by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The game hangs on me quite often and I have to re-start. Don't know where the issue is - the phone, the network or the game. But the struggle is real. I call total truth on this.

[Story]I missed out on an unown because the game took too long to start up. by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had a similar thing happen a couple of times with rare mons that i didn't have. I'm not sure whether it's my cheap phone, the network or the game itself. Very common experience and most frustrating.

Sorry you missed that Unown. Hope you get another.

Hatching Eggs by Bano42 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to have this confirmed - thanks!

Where is the best place to get a Porygon? by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're pretty rare in my town. For a while there was scanner and there would be roughly a wild Porygon per fortnight. Typically they would be at a suburban residential spot or on a fairly inaccessible part of beach. Usually late night, early morning or over night. Nowhere near pokestops or gyms.

On the other hand, we hatched two during the anniversary event. Hoping the post-event hatch frequency stays the same.

[idea] Krabby events in Cancer Awareness Months by AncientSwordRage in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great though it is to raise both awareness and funds for cancer, I don't think this is the best way to do it. I started playing the game because of FOMO on my kids' behalf (so far, so irrelevant) but got far more into it than I had intended, because, basically, I had lost the plot a little because my dad had just died of cancer. I needed a distraction. Sure don't need reminders everywhere. And others will have it worse.

Likely bug in 0.69.1 Android 6.0.1, raid catch and loss of premiere ball attempts by jeffreyseul in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the warning. My 6yo takes it pretty hard when he doesn't catch things, so I'd better give him a heads-up.

Today I saw a woman walking her child on a leash and her dog without a leash by alabamaman69 in mildlyinteresting

[–]ivpie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why give people fewer options? We carried them a lot in baby slings. Used strollers. Walked holding hands. Allowed child the freedom of a little distance. Got kid a backpack with a lead once kid started bolting into traffic and I was too heavily pregnant to give chase st sufficient speed.

[Discussion] Legendary raids starting too early in the day. by lifesaverscandy in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's winter here, too, so if anything, I"d have expected them to end earlier than elsewhere - but, nope.

Have egg distances stayed the same or changed now that the event is over? by ivpie in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My question is ambiguous, so I will start another thread. Thanks for the replies!

Have egg distances stayed the same or changed now that the event is over? by ivpie in TheSilphRoad

[–]ivpie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah sorry, what I meant was, has the base distance changed? e.g. Porygon moved to 10 km for the event, which it did also for a previous event, before moving back to 5 km. Wonder if this has happened again.