Who's stoked for Pokemon? !

Mint Aero

Gotta catch'em all! PO-KE-MON!!!!

So stoked for this.

Fr_Dougal

More pumped than stoked so I am.

Atlantic Dawn

I think anyone over about 16 playing it should be locked up.

Samaris

I'm wanting to give it a shot. Doubt my phone can run it though. Still, it's a knacky idea and looks rather entertaining.

biko

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Penny Tration

Excited? I've been playing for over a week already :pac:

Its been here since this morning

Bit late to the game OP.

Penny Tration

bluewolf wrote: »

Its been here since this morning

Unless you used an apk, then it was here 10 days ago


But yeah op, it's been released now in Ireland. Wouldn't bother for a while though, the servers are being hammered

riffmongous

Lol, apk ftw no0bs

Penny Tration

Penny Tration wrote: »

Unless you used an apk, then it was here 10 days ago


But yeah op, it's been released now in Ireland. Wouldn't bother for a while though, the servers are being hammered

Yeah I should have said officially

marcbrophy

Can't wait to see the first joe.ie story about some pleb walking wrong way down the motorway trying to catch one

I was out yesterday evening in a busy area and saw a large group of random people converge on a single spot, then all start laughing. All of them with their phones out, so I assume it was PG.

Anything that brings strangers together and makes them laugh is ok by me

Don't think it's my thing though.

skywanderer

I prefer to hang out with women and I abandoned such childish things and video games when I discovered girls back around when I was 13.

kfallon

What is this Pokemon Go? I see it pop up on my twitter feed but have no idea what it is. Cba googling it either

skywanderer

skywanderer wrote: »

I prefer to hang out with women and I abandoned such childish things and video games when I discovered girls back around when I was 13.

You should never stop enjoying playing imo. You can be as adult as you like, but it's nice to have a little child like fun too.

Doesn't make you less of an adult.

Candie

Candie wrote: »

You should never stop enjoying playing imo. You can be as adult as you like, but it's nice to have a little child like fun too.

Doesn't make you less of an adult.

Plus the exercise is good

Winterlong

I have no idea what you all are on about.

*leaves thread feeling culturally obsolescent.

me_irl

... still not sure how it works.

kfallon

I just googled it, think I saw an English hen party this morn playing it, thought they were lost looking at their phones.

Morto for them.....

Atlantic Dawn

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I think anyone over about 16 playing it should be locked up.

biko wrote: »

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

skywanderer wrote: »

I prefer to hang out with women and I abandoned such childish things and video games when I discovered girls back around when I was 13.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f68VXKMZT1Q

suicide_circus

As an adult, the only thing that you should be stoking is the boiler on a ****ing steam engine.

alchemist33

Servers unavailable all day. Pile of ****e.

kfallon

suicide_circus wrote: »

As an adult, the only thing that you should be stoking is the boiler on a ****ing steam engine.

Or some mot's 'growler' with your fingers :pac:

ardinn

cant see it on playstore for my s3 - any ideas?

lawlolawl

I'm sorry but I'm too much of a MAN to partake in this silly children's game.

I have MAN THINGS to do like eating a steak, sexing the women and playing sports

Um, sports don't count as childish because of reasons. I AM A GROWN MAN CHASING A BALL AROUND A FIELD.

GLaDOS

If I had the time I'd be playing it Downloaded the .apk but haven't really played it at all.

Being an adult sucks

moonlighting

The King of Moo

I assume those of you saying it's too childish for adults to play have also never seen a superhero film or eaten anything sweet recently.

Live and let live: we all need to have a release and indulge our inner child a little.
And imagine if Pokémon GO were, shock horror, enjoyable to play for adults or children, regardless of the Pokémon trappings.

Icyseanfitz

But I'm a MAAAAN a lad I know put a post up on Facebook saying every man that plays this game should hand in their man card.......same guy does nothing but take pictures of himself, his hair, his dinner etc.

haha its great craic, particularly if you grew up in the 90's with the cards and the games.

pgj2015

I will loose all respect for anyone I know who plays this game. grow up.

Arne_Saknussem

Doesn't it like scan your house using your camera etc and send all that information to Google?

Penny Tration

skywanderer wrote: »

I prefer to hang out with women and I abandoned such childish things and video games when I discovered girls back around when I was 13.

Ah would you stop. It encourages players to get out, exercise and interact with other people. Absolutely nothing wrong with any game that encourages exercise.

Penny Tration

pgj2015 wrote: »

I will loose all respect for anyone I know who plays this game. grow up.

Yeah because having fun while exercising is soooooo childish :rolleyes:

Riesen_Meal

ardinn wrote: »

cant see it on playstore for my s3 - any ideas?

I doubt it's compatible with the S3 tbf....

Gbear

pgj2015 wrote: »

I will loose all respect for anyone I know who plays this game. grow up.

Perhaps you've prioritised how you've grown up incorrectly.

It doesn't mean never having fun.

It does mean using proper capitalisation and knowing how to spell.

kjl

All the gym around dublin already have pretty big pokemon on them. My local church has a hypno guarding it for the last few days

pgj2015

pgj2015 wrote: »

I will loose all respect for anyone I know who plays this game. grow up.

Yeah, let's all ridicule people taking part in a harmless and enjoyable activity involving exercise and social rapport. :rolleyes:

Fair enough if it's not your thing but if you're judging and mocking those who like it then you're the one who needs to grow up.

pgj2015

Penny Tration wrote: »

Yeah because having fun while exercising is soooooo childish :rolleyes:

if you are a grown man or woman and you play this game, you are an embarrassment, how soft and easily led are we going to get?

dudara

marcbrophy wrote: »

Can't wait to see the first joe.ie story about some pleb walking wrong way down the motorway trying to catch one

I'm waiting for the first Daily Mirror story about some wan who lost 10 stone and met the love of her life while playing Pokémon Go

pgj2015

Gbear wrote: »

Perhaps you've prioritised how you've grown up incorrectly.

It doesn't mean never having fun.

It does mean using proper capitalisation and knowing how to spell.

what will be next, will grown adults be looking for their old toy soldiers and farm sets?

Arne_Saknussem

dudara wrote: »

I'm waiting for the first Daily Mirror story about some wan who lost 10 stone and met the love of her life while playing Pokémon Go

What are you going to do when it's published??

alchemist33

skywanderer wrote: »

I prefer to hang out with women and I abandoned such childish things and video games when I discovered girls back around when I was 13.

Plenty of women playing it. It'll be a great way for you to meet them.

Penny Tration

pgj2015 wrote: »

if you are a grown man or woman and you play this game, you are an embarrassment, how soft and easily led are we going to get?

What has enjoying a game got to do with being easily led? Why am I an embarrassment?

Ave Sodalis

pgj2015 wrote:

I will loose all respect for anyone I know who plays this game. grow up.

pgj2015 wrote:

if you are a grown man or woman and you play this game, you are an embarrassment, how soft and easily led are we going to get?

pgj2015 wrote:

what will be next, will grown adults be looking for their old toy soldiers and farm sets?

You sound like a very fun person to be around

Riesen_Meal

Penny Tration wrote: »

What has enjoying a game got to do with being easily led? Why am I an embarrassment?

You are an embarrassment because you fail to hold the same world view as the other poster...

How dare you!

Penny Tration

Fieldog wrote: »

You are an embarrassment because you fail to hold the same world view as the other poster...

How dare you!

I probably get laid more than the moany holes in this thread, so I win

Ave Sodalis

Penny Tration wrote:

What has enjoying a game got to do with being easily led? Why am I an embarrassment?

Because it's harder to look down your nose at people if you don't accuse them of these things. It's basic HighHorse 101, and can be found in any HighHorse manual.

iguana

I do think it's a bit shít that the Pokemon can be on private property. Sure it's exciting to find them in your house if you are playing it yourself. But I have heard complaints from people who are already driven mad by groups of kids and teenagers running around in their garden trying to catch them. It's also stupid to have them show up at dangerous and inappropriate places. People, especially kids, can get too caught up in the game and forget about common sense. It would have been better if a bit more effort was applied creating the points where the Pokemon can appear and restricting them to parks and other appropriate public spaces.

iguana

pgj2015 wrote: »

what will be next, will grown adults be looking for their old toy soldiers and farm sets?

You're adulting wrong. Toys are great fun. I have a great collection of Imaginext toys and playing with them is awesome. Sure they're officially my 3 year old's, but it's not him who's out there hunting out all the rare sets and figures.

The King of Moo

pgj2015 wrote: »

I will loose all respect for anyone I know who plays this game. grow up.

What are the last three films you've seen at the cinema, out of curiosity?