Yesterday I Learned

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
09/10/2018 at 12:55 • Filed to: pokemon go, pogo

You have to evolve it WHILE ITS STILL YOUR BUDDY to count. Man, I hate games where you have to Google how to play them, because instructions unclear.

You’re supposed to be an Espeon, you shit.

For the Ripple In Time special research, it simply has two tasks: Walk with Eevee as your buddy for 10km, and Evolv e Eevee into Espeon during the day.

It doesn’t say to evolve the Eevee you walked 10km with during the day, OR to keep it as your buddy when you evolve it..... fuck this game. Now I have to go get MORE exercise I don’t wanna.

DISCUSSION (16)

bob and john > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 13:03

honestly, I am fairly convinced that 6 months last year when everone was playing PKGO was the closest we will ever get to world peace

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 13:09

Oh shit, good to know! I am currently doing that research and I'm terrified of screwing it up. Stupid adorable Eevee...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 13:14

I haven’t been able to log in for the last 4 months or so. I decided it was a sign and just haven’t tried to figure out why.

Dusty Ventures > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 13:24

Instructions unclear pretty much defines what I remember of the PKGO experience. I never did learn for sure whether you want to throw the Pokeball when the colored ring is biggest or smallest.

nerd_racing > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 13:29

Yep, gotta keep it as your buddy, and you have to make sure it pops up that you got the second candy. Sometimes it will say walked over 10 km but it lags showing you the candy earned. Enjoy your next 10k walk! I maxed a second account last month. I’m done grinding out xp now.

Kim Jong - Healthy > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 13:37

TIL there are more ways for eevee to evolve besides jolteon, flareon, and vaporeon.

After they developed more pokémon after the original 150, I stopped laying attention. This was like 15 years ago now that I think about it, thanks for that trip down memory lane

Kim Jong - Healthy > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 13:42

I stopped playing one day last summer when I was super faded on my day off in LA.

I found a wild arcanine and was hopelessly following it around until I caught it. once it settled into the ball, I look up, and i’m about five feet away from the front door of a Police substation...during the rumors about it being created to spy on you and being you to areas of high surveillance.

I took that as a confirmation and deleted the app right then and there.

Zaxbys > bob and john
09/10/2018 at 13:59

That was 2 1/4 years ago. It was so great and so short-lived...

Takuro Spirit > Kim Jong - Healthy
09/10/2018 at 14:03

There’s still a few more that haven’t been added to the game.

bob and john > Zaxbys
09/10/2018 at 14:41

wait it was that long ago? fucking hell

Ash78, voting early and often > bob and john
09/10/2018 at 14:52

Also the most walking through bad neighborhoods ever done by professionals on lunch break.

Ash78, voting early and often > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2018 at 14:54

I’ve missed all three stages of Pokémon. First, it was just this Japanese cartoon that gave people seizures. Meh.

Then it died for years and came back as something for little kids, with toys and cards.

Then it died again for years and came ROARING back as the kids from Phase I and II were now adults and willing to play again, as long as it was on their smartphone and didn’t make them look like children :D

My son has like 5 distinct Pokemon games on his Nintendo DS. He can’t even tell me why they’re all different, either. This is business acumen.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures
09/10/2018 at 14:58

You have to hit within the ring and you want it to be the smallest ring you can hit . You also want to throw curve balls if possible (put spin on them) and the color of the circle tells you the relative level of the P okemon you’re throwing your ball at (which affects the probability of catching them), ranging from green (easy, highly likely) to red (hard, less likely) .

Dusty Ventures > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
09/10/2018 at 15:10

Yeah, I understood the color telling the strength of the Pokemon, I just didn’t know the bit about the size of the ring

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures
09/10/2018 at 15:15

It took me quite a bit of trial and error to figure these things out. It really does need a lot more explanation.

Nauraushaun > Takuro Spirit
09/11/2018 at 16:59

Lol I did the same thing