What are your thoughts/experience with Pokemon go?

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I’ve never played it but I’m not sure I really want to. Not that I could anyways but if I had the choice, I don’t think I’d want to get it. It looks fun and gets people to exercise and such but I just think that if that’s what it takes to get people out and such still makes it kinda sad.

Now if I ever want to go on a walk with friends, they are going to be on their phones tryi to catch Pokemon. I like going out for the sheer joy and beauty (although the heat and humidity makes that challenging). I’m just wondering what all your thoughts are on it? I’m not saying it’s bad but it just makes me kind of miss childhood and plain old walks technology free

Here are ones things about it as well but I’m not going into detail on those
 
Well, the game in not intrinsically evil. However, this is a game that can easily become very addictive. For laughs today, one of my co-workers happened to download the game on his phone. I already can see how easy one can play this game non-stop. Also, another co-worker said that there have been accounts where people were walking around outside while playing this game and getting hit by cars and what not because they are glued to their phone. Is this really worth playing the game?

Moreover, there are a lot of very subtle ways satan has wiggled his way into this franchise - at least for the first season of pokemon back in the 90’s. For example, Ash is a ten year old desiring nothing but power, Brock is this lust infested dude, Misty is a ten year old girl wearing clothing that is very inappropriate for a girl at her age, heck any girl really, Gary - Ash’s rival - is a vindictive, angry, and vengeful young man, and team rocket is prone to cross dress (not to mention Jesse - the female - always wears prostitute clothing). Furthermore, the theme song repeatedly drills into the listener to essentially become perversely bent on catching every pokemon, even if it kills you. There was actually an instance where a student had brought in his pokemon cards to class and the teacher took them away. The student became outraged and struck the teacher! The student’s reasoning for attacking the teacher was something along the lines of that she took his power from him. Consequently, this series does not promote anything moral or ethical or anything that children should watch.

I highly recommend staying away from it. Video games in general are something to caution oneself from, for they easily can suck us in and become enslaved to them. There are other great forms of entertainment and ways to spend our time productively.

Hope it helps, God bless. 🙂
 
Hi!

I’m just sharing my thoughts like you asked:

It’s a game my family and I avoid although it’s tempting. It’s controversial in regards to occult themes and stuff. And since we aren’t God, we can’t be 100% certain. So we better avoid it and save ourselves from unnecessary outcomes.
 
E_7 said:
Hi!

I’m just sharing my thoughts like you asked:

It’s a game my family and I avoid although it’s tempting. It’s controversial in regards to occult themes and stuff. And since we aren’t God, we can’t be 100% certain. So we better avoid it and save ourselves from unnecessary outcomes.
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E_7,

Well said. The game definitely is a temptation. This franchise certainly has a lot of subtle occult things. There was actually a satanic priest that had a conversion to Christ a number of years ago and he was saying that the face of Mewtwo looks just like some of the demons he would interact with. That right there is enough evidence to stay away.

P.S. Right when I saw the title of this thread, I immediately saw God’s hand in this. It now makes sense to me why my coworker downloaded this game today and fooled around with it for a while. I feel that God wanted me to see what that game was all about today in order that I can give a proper response to this thread. It is funny, because I do not come on this forum that often and I do not think I even knew the “Latest Threads” section even existed, but I happened to look down and this thread happened to catch my eye immediately! There are no coincidences. 😛
 
youngsterat16 said:
I’ve never played it but I’m not sure I really want to. Not that I could anyways but if I had the choice, I don’t think I’d want to get it. It looks fun and gets people to exercise and such but I just think that if that’s what it takes to get people out and such still makes it kinda sad.

Now if I ever want to go on a walk with friends, they are going to be on their phones tryi to catch Pokemon. I like going out for the sheer joy and beauty (although the heat and humidity makes that challenging). I’m just wondering what all your thoughts are on it? I’m not saying it’s bad but it just makes me kind of miss childhood and plain old walks technology free

Here are ones things about it as well but I’m not going into detail on those
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I have no idea at all, even vaguely, what Pokemon go is, and I aim to keep it that way. But I wanted to say that I strongly admire your attitude, youngsterat16! 👍 Your insight serves you well, because these kinds of technological distractions have completely captivated and hypnotized a huge, huge portion of the population. There’s no reason not to rebel against against it, though, and call it as you see it. 🙂
 
Save yourself some trouble and get the starter Pikachu rather than wasting weeks looking for him. Secret is to walk away from the standard 3 starter Pokemon. The 5th time they respawn, they bring Pikachu with them.
 
I go back along way with Pokemon
My older Gransons in their 20’s took me to a Pokemon movie. We they were small
To this day that movie was the most confusing movie I 've ever seen

My next Youngest Grandson 8 was in to Pokemom last year and requested a specifici thing which I ordered from Amazon. It was Pricy but I thought it was going to be one of those big kits you buy.
It turned out to be one super collector card… Apparently a very powerful card which made him the man in school.
He was very happen but it seemed like an awful cheap gift unless you knew.
He has since given up Pokemon for Minecraft and YouTube
 
I downloaded it Saturday after first hearing about it from a new friend that is also a Pokemon fan. By fan, I mean I love their designs and have played some of the main series games. So far, I like it. The main problem is that it glitches a lot and they limited it to Generation 1 Pokemon and, as a person who started playing with Generation 4, that really disappointed me as all of my favorite Pokemon are not in Pokemon Go. But, maybe they’ll appear in updates. Anyway, if it seems like people are obsessed with it, it’s just new and people will get over it soon.
 
I honestly do not know why so many people get hung up on the “occult” problem of Pokemon, when really there isn’t any. A cigar is a cigar, and I find these accusations nothing but a knee-jerk reaction. This comes from a culture whom uses element of their mythology in their media and it happens to look vaguely demonic from a western view. Its mostly just oni. Now excuse me while I go play some Doom.

The real problem with Pokemon go, is that it’s kinda dumb IMO. This is the current fade that most will tire of shortly, thought with the pokemon powerhouse name behind it and updates means it will probably be popular for a good while. I’m not a fan of pokemon but I can see fans of the series keeping up with this. My complaint with this app is the same with the games, in that they are very grindy and a massive time sink
 
I know games in general like such you just have to be careful with. Sort of like watching Harry Potter and such. Just keeping the catholic faith in mind, etc.

I’m just trying to detox from technology. I’m not a fan of Pokemon in general but I have many friends that are addicted. (Not extremely or anything, but definitely their #1 game) and I just get into thinking what’s the good/point of it? It’s to pass time by, get exercise, “hang with friends” (by the quotations I mean while there may be conversation, I just don’t find it the same when glued to ur phones). I kind of just wish it didn’t take that for people to get out into the real world. And they aren’t even completely in it when they are concentrating on catching a phantom Pokemon.

I get bored with life easily. I have a short attention span (although reading articles is a habit that I can spend a while on). I’m trying not to be online or such just to pass time unless I’m talking with a friend. I want to get into other things and technology is just unmotivating me to do anything. I’m trying to live with the motto “what can I do today that is important?”

Pokemon go I can see causing issues. And yes while people do exercise more, it’s technology that I think is the root of laziness. There’s a family I know of Catholics that are just adorable. They have 7 children, the mom isn’t even 35 and their oldest is 11. But they don’t have a tv or any electronics really. They have a computer that the mom will put on a Catholic tv episode and a few other things, but otherwise they entertain themselves like the old days.

I just think living like that is an awesome vocation. They aren’t out of the loop or anything, but it just seems like a good way to live and that’s kind of how I would like to live. But it’s difficult with technology at your fingertips. Pokemon go I just think isn’t the best way. And like someone said about the messages in the show and such, I agree. The point of the game is to just catch all the Pokemon like in the show. That’s really it. Idk it’s just my take on the game.
 
My youngest brother was really into Pokémon as a kid and I often played it with him. I wasted a lot of time one summer when I was home from college playing Pokémon for Gameboy, but I did enjoy it a lot.

As a teacher, I’m not a fan of the cards as they’ve caused me some drama this year. Our principal seems to feel that there is some social skills value in them and he allowed 4th and 5th graders to bring them with the stipulation that they were only allowed to play at recess with other 4th and 5th graders and there was no trading allowed.

I had a student that was so obsessed with them that he would not leave them in his backpack. I had him for hall duty in the morning and every time he thought I wasn’t looking he would take them out and start showing them to others. I had to confiscate them on two occasions and both times he ended up with an office referral for insubordination because he refused to hand them over. He was literally hysterical over losing them, even though he knew that’s what would happen if he got them out.

His mother had to come up to the school to retrieve them from the principal and she was livid because she had taken them from him after the first time he got in trouble and he had snuck into her hiding place and taken them back. In the past, we’ve had kids bring money and valuable things from home (without their parents permission) in order to trade for cards. Half the time, they don’t even know how the game is played!

So yeah, I think there is valid concern that some kids might get a little too carried away with them. But of course, the Pokémon Go game is more for adults and adults would never get carried away with something like that. :rolleyes:
 
I downloaded it just this Monday and love it. Mind you, I haven’t played video games since Pokemon Diamond & Pearl. I’m also 21 and a 4 year university graduate, many of us play it. I’ve met over 10 random people that first day alone while playing it or who play it themselves and we talked about it. I see a whole bunch of people outside and playing it in my area. It’s a great way to meet people. It has Catholic Churches as gyms and even led me to this prolife memorial The only downside I’ve seen is that it gets in the way of more important things. I was on my way to adoration only to run into Pokemon trainers on the way there and it cut my time for our Lord. I suggest you schedule some time for it rather than let it consume your schedule. Also, I don’t think the “occult practices” associated with Pokemon hold water, since they are imaginary creatures that have magical super powers, if we were to abandon Pokemon, Catholics would just as well have to abandon Lord of the Rings, which is full of imaginary monsters and people with magical super powers and it’s a wholly Catholic series of books written by Tolkein (a very Catholic author). Hope this helps!
 
I downloaded it on Friday, and I’m becoming a little bored and jaded with it already, I doubt I’ll be playing it anymore by the time August rolls around.

Even though you exist in the game with other people, there is little interaction between the characters, and when you do get a chance to interact, you fight, around locations called “gyms”, only the most obsessive players will win the fight, with no chance for the casual player to advance very far.
 
Well…I’m having fun. 🙂

When Pokemon Go was first announced last year, I started playing Niantic’s first major AR game, Ingress. I got out more. Saw more of my town. Saw more of other towns. Met, and had several meals, with other players in the area (there are certain important tasks in Ingress that *require *at least 8 higher level players to complete so reaching out to the community is truly a game changer). Put a lot of miles on my shoes that, to be honest, would not have been put on them otherwise.

PoGo has a different feel to it. If Ingress was one, giant, global, capture the flag game then PoGo is a lot of small king of the hill games, if you even WANT to play that way in the first place. Portals (the precursor to pokestops/gyms) are everything in Ingress but pokemon can be found anywhere. If Ingress had me exploring towns, PoGo has me exploring nature, walking along lakes and rivers and such. I saw one of the greatest sunsets of my life this week.

Also it’s more accessible to my kid. There isn’t a lot for a 4 year old to do in Ingress and the visuals are a bit sterile. PoGo has all sorts of cute critters for her to look at and she’s got really good aim!

I was at a park last night with several Ingress players working on one of those “8-player” tasks. We’re used to having the place to ourselves at 7:30pm but last night it was just *swarming *with people. You THINK that we’d all be looking at our phones and not talking to each other but that’s not true. Total strangers were helping each other “There’s an X by the gazebo.” “What team are you?” “I’m yellow too. Let’s go take that gym together”. Although we were playing a different game at the time, our knowledge of Ingress gives us an advantage in PoGo while it’s still new. We already knew where to go for gear and where the pokemon spawn in greater numbers. We spent more time talking to other players than actually playing.

I know it’ll fade a bit, but I hope it doesn’t fade too much. I don’t meet random Ingress players walking down the street. I think the great number of people playing is really making the experience for the better, in general. It saddens me when people focus so much on the robberies or people trespassing or that people need a game to go outside. PoGo is possibly going to surpass *Twitter *in users so I don’t think it’s fair to point out the few weeds in acres upon acres of flowers. I think that’s letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Yes it would be nice if no one robbed anyone or that people can go for a walk for walking’s sake. But I think something good has happened this week. People are outdoors more. People are talking to their neighbors more. People are getting within 10 yards of a church more. None of this is bad and the tool that is helping to make it happen is morally neutral.
 
If anyone wants to try the ‘grown up’ version of the game, pm me. I can send an invite.

I describe it to people as a high-tech version of capture the flag.
 
There were probably 30 people wandering around my subdivision yesterday evening, all looking at their phones. At least it’s giving people an opportunity for exercise.
 
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