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Pokemon go

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    Tenger wrote: »
    On one hand I feel bad for you...but as someone with only 1 Gyarados and 145 magikarp candy I am wondering where you are finding all these magikarp...........

    I think he lives in the Liffey; no other way :P

    Seriously though, I struggled to get my first Gary and only have about 100 Magikarp candies towards my 2nd.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭hdl


    AMGer wrote: »
    Avoid the gym at the Sacred Heart church on the Folly so - I stuck a Porygon in there this morning :)

    It's not somewhere I'd normally be....but I may have to go there and take your gym down, then stick my Grimer in :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭hdl


    Seeing a wide variety of Pokemon in gyms today, instead of the usual few. Everyone must be putting in their rarer ones just to taunt everyone else :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭rustledjimmies


    hdl wrote: »
    Seeing a wide variety of Pokemon in gyms today, instead of the usual few. Everyone must be putting in their rarer ones just to taunt everyone else :D

    Definitely! I took my local gym last evening and placed a Porygon (CP ~1200) in it. Checked it this morning and someone had added a weak Muk (CP ~800) below it. No coincidence methinks.

    BRB, going out to rehome my Tangela...


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    hdl wrote: »
    Seeing a wide variety of Pokemon in gyms today, instead of the usual few. Everyone must be putting in their rarer ones just to taunt everyone else :D
    Must head out tomorrow on an 'early lunch' and plant a couple of Tauros in nearby gyms.......


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭AMGer


    Tenger wrote: »
    Must head out tomorrow on an 'early lunch' and plant a couple of Tauros in nearby gyms.......

    Potentially seeing a Tauros, Kangaskhan or Farfetch'd in a gym are the only plus to this new update. I know there's a guy in Waterford with a Kangaskhan, saw a Tauros early on (so guy may have been banned) but never seen a Farfetch'd in a gym


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭hdl


    AMGer wrote: »
    Potentially seeing a Tauros, Kangaskhan or Farfetch'd in a gym are the only plus to this new update. I know there's a guy in Waterford with a Kangaskhan, saw a Tauros early on (so guy may have been banned) but never seen a Farfetch'd in a gym

    Saw a Tauros in a red gym on Thursday, he was only 600cp so there's at least one going around still. Saw a Kangaskhan at one stage too, but not in a long time. Have never seen a Farfetch'd around either.

    I planted my Tangela in a gym this evening, it's less than 1100cp but I've never seen one in a gym before so it's probably the rarest thing I have.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    Tenger wrote: »
    On one hand I feel bad for you...but as someone with only 1 Gyarados and 145 magikarp candy I am wondering where you are finding all these magikarp...........
    I walk along the grand canal most days. I only started using pokemap is the past week, I got pissed off hearing about everyone getting great mons.
    So I just walk around areas which have previously been good to me and I can reach easily. According to the pokedex I have seen 529 and caught 516 magikarp.

    Grand canal means I get lots of magi and slow poke , poliwag, psyduck and staryu. I've transferred an awful lot of golduck and starmies. But other mons which are common to others here, like Eevee, are rare to me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    Tenger wrote: »
    Must head out tomorrow on an 'early lunch' and plant a couple of Tauros in nearby gyms.......

    You guys are all cruel. I like it.

    It's strange, doesn't bother me in the slightest. Mrs Deimos was very annoyed by the change.


  • Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 17,003 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    Tried to hit East pier again today but it was jammers, couldn't get parked anywhere near it. Managed to get a couple of seals which gave me enough candies to evolve as we drove along. Took a long walk this evening and hatched 2 eggs - 1 tentacool which brought me over the 50 candies so we evolved to Tentacruel and then a Dratini that came with 25 candies so straight away got Dragonair. Very happy with today's haul :pac:


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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,801 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    Hatched my second 10k egg today and got Hitmonlee, never heard of him up to now.

    Current buddy is Mr. M. Carp, cp153. A while to go before evolve though, with only 130 candy. He does appear a lot in Drogheda town, he must like the Boyne.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭Randomfriend


    I'm sick, hatched 4 10k's and got, 2 electabuzz, an onix and an eevee. Needless to say I have all of the above multiple times. The previous eggs were, Jynx, Onix x3, Electabuzz x2, scyther x2, kabuto x3... I'm getting pretty damn sick of them. Only ever hatched 1 snorlax, not got lapras, aerodactyl, Chancey or Magmar yet :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 Couch Potatoette


    I just caught a Kabutops outside Heuston Station. On the downside, his CP is 28!


  • Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 17,003 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    Is there any way to evolve anything other than flareons with Eevees? I know the name trick only works once for each, but I think I must have evolved about 15 different Eevees and they've all been flareons.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Toots wrote: »
    Is there any way to evolve anything other than flareons with Eevees? I know the name trick only works once for each, but I think I must have evolved about 15 different Eevees and they've all been flareons.

    You stole mine, not a single flareon yet, didnt bother doing trick as dont have any good eevee


  • Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 17,003 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    You stole mine, not a single flareon yet, didnt bother doing trick as dont have any good eevee

    Mine all are about 1400cp, but are crap in battle. I've one vaporeon and one jolteon. I wonder does it have anything to do with where you catch the Eevees.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    Toots wrote: »
    Is there any way to evolve anything other than flareons with Eevees? I know the name trick only works once for each, but I think I must have evolved about 15 different Eevees and they've all been flareons.
    As far as I can see. It's just random luck. I just get Jolteons.
    As I said before I don't catch too many Eevee
    Mrs Deimos has over 100 candy because she hasn't found the right Eevee to evolve in a while.

    Strange game :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭hdl


    I have 200 Eevee candies but gave up evolving them as all I was getting was Jolteon. Got one Vaporeon with the naming thing, but he's not good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    Just started noticing from the other day that pokemon seen in gyms are now shown as seen in your pokedex. I'm up to 93 caught and 111 seen.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    Just started noticing from the other day that pokemon seen in gyms are now shown as seen in your pokedex. I'm up to 93 caught and 111 seen.

    Yeah, a new update was released the other day. We were talking about it a few pages back. Essentially, it's crap and I now have 1 extra in my seen list so I'm not happy! You can find more info about it below:

    Twitter.
    • When viewing or fighting a Gym, any Pokemon that you encounter will be registered as Seen
    • It’ll only add 1 Seen to your Pokedex if you haven’t seen one in the wild yet
    • It is happening since today, so any previous interaction with Gyms doesn’t count
    • It will add region exclusives as “Seen” in your Pokedex also


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭smokingman


    One thing I found out over the weekend was that no matter how many gyms you have, you can only claim coins from 10... :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    Yes, but it is good to have more in your pocket, got kicked out of 3 gyms over night.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    2 hours away from having my first pokemon survive an overnight in a gym...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭mjavi


    smokingman wrote: »
    One thing I found out over the weekend was that no matter how many gyms you have, you can only claim coins from 10... :(

    WOW! Do they all stand overnight? A 1400CP starmie? I only have 1 gym that is still standing for a few days now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    2 hours away from having my first pokemon survive an overnight in a gym...
    Where are you taking them? Or are you with Instinct? Even in Dublin city centre there are gyms standing for days on end.
    I've a Poliwraith that been in Spain since I was there in early September. He's gonna have a hell of a tan when he eventually gets back to me :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭smokingman


    mjavi wrote: »
    WOW! Do they all stand overnight? A 1400CP starmie? I only have 1 gym that is still standing for a few days now.

    I'm in six gyms that are there for about a month now. Others I just dip in and out of.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,950 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    AMGer wrote: »
    My missus is from Mitchelstown so we end up heading there every so often at weekends. Small town but I have to say I've had some great catches there, walking around, doubling back on myself, just walking for a few hours on end. Caught plenty more then just pidgey and rattata.

    What did you catch? I was there for a few days last week and assumed it would be rubbish, so hardly opened the app.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    My charmander spawn lasted about 2 days before they changed it to trash again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    Diemos wrote: »
    Where are you taking them? Or are you with Instinct? Even in Dublin city centre there are gyms standing for days on end.
    I've a Poliwraith that been in Spain since I was there in early September. He's gonna have a hell of a tan when he eventually gets back to me :D

    I don't take over many gyms, I only have 70 coins total. My focus has always been on completing the pokedex rather than battling. I'm playing in Edinburgh and most of the gyms I go to require crazy amounts of training to get another position available or are low level and get turned over very quickly.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    The ones that seem to have a crazy amount of training are the ones to go for. Find the bottom one or 2 mons in the gym and attack them with a lower cp. The lower the difference the more you can raise the prestige. On Saturday I was able to jump a gym by 1200 cp at a time by beating the first 2 defenders with one guy (it required my dodging to be on point). With raises that large it does not take long to open a space.

    Even for filling your dex it is well worth is, I've usually been able to farm 2 incs every three days for the past 2 weeks.


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