This Pokemon Go craze is a scary prospect of the sheep mentality of technology. Am I wrong for thinking this? I'm seeing people mobilized like crazy simply for virtual pets.
>>55609674
wow ur such a visionary
Yeah it just came out retard it'll die down
>>55609674
Good, real pets often live in misery. Who is that disgusting semen serpent?
>>55609674
The funniest part is that it is affiliated with Google. And your location has to always be on. Google hit GOLD with these normies. Data collection paradise!
>inb4 only pedos need privacy
>>55609674
More people play call of duty
>>55609708
your mother.
>>55609714
>dat feel when you have so much money, money loses its value and you buy an entire country
I think Google controls the whole world at this point
>>55609674
I'm just amazed how shit the gameplay is
The pokemon just stand there inanimately, then you throw a ball.
And this is popular?
all those pokeman go players giving their data to chinese botnet
>tfw want to play it
>tfw don't want to be max tracked
>Tfw turn location on for moments every so often to play it
also op it's just an IRL MMO that has a bunch of people in their 20s feeling nostalgic and kids love pokemon ofc it was gonna be like this.
It'll die down soon though since the "game" is essentially pointless
>can't battle random people you meet in the street
honestly that was the only reason to ever make this game and they didn't do that
ps a lot of normies have location on and like to know where they've been it's nuts
>>55609747
If you dumb it down enough, people will come. Example: iPhone.
>>55609674
pretty good distraction from all the horseshit that's been happening, dallas, turkey, france...
instead of people getting riled up and swayed by leaders who want world domination, they're busy wasting life playing videogames...
who woulda thought vidya saved teh worlds.
>>55609674
ITT people too old to remember tamagotchi
God I find those slutty trashy outfits so god damn sexy
The heels alone give me a bonner
>>55609817
You mean the shit that lasted for like one month? Yeah I remember it.
>>55609817
that shit was better than pokemon go by far.
digimon will forever be the best though
You're dumb.
Normies are sheep. Thats all this game exposes.
The world is filled with morons, never forget.
>>55609829
Lasted longer than that homey. In fact the thing that dethroned it was Pokemon.
>>55609674
Your parents probably said the same thing when everyone had Tamogaotchis and Furbys.
>>55609843
>tfw at least you could battle the digimon
>>55609994
Tamo lasted about as long as the ring pop. After that, we went on to the next toy until Pokemon became a thing.
>>55609674
Funded by 2 intelligence agencies.. I'm sure it's totally not a excuse to skirt due process via consent.
>>55609997
At least those didn't rape your privacy.
>>55610022
>It was first sold by Bandai on November 23, 1993 in Japan
>As of 2010, over 76 million Tamagotchi's have been sold world-wide
jeez
>>55610059
I'm just speaking from the trend in our school at the time. We're not the whole world, but I like to think a school full of all ethics and ages knew the latest trends better.
I haven't been outside since it started.
>>55610084
It has reached the point that Im more afraid of running into a pokemon go player than a thief
>>55609747
Fucking seriously? I thought the point was battle others for their pokemons.
>>55609737
wh-which country?
>>55609674
>pidgey
>not krabby
>>55609754
it actually america you faggot
Pokemon go was developed by a corporation that willingly help intelligence agencies of the west.
A way to bypass the inability of such agencies
>>55610145
Yes it is literally CIA
>>55610145
>>55610180
>>>infowars
>>55610198
Assuming everyone who is speculative of this is a Alex Jones flunky
I don't mind helping the CIA develop a deeper understanding of the movement habits of our citizens. It will only lead to them being better able to protect us.
>>55610270
You give a government as much power as we have been over the years in the name of "Protection" and you will eventually have a tyrant police state.
It's bad enough we've already got laws that turn our country into a dictator ship in the event of a "National Emergency". I'd rather not have agencies passively collecting information without cause or suspicion just because it "will protect us".
>>55610122
from what i hear there is no battling
>>55610331
I'm playing it now and while it's a nice spin on traditional Pokemon, they should definitely let you battle wild Pokemon and train your team and battle other trainers so it'll be more like Pokemon irl
>>55610353
They already said that their licenses on mobile is strictly for getting players to buy the games on their platform. So it would be counterproductive to give the app more gameplay.
>>55610383
Why not sell the game on Android?
I'd pay up to 4 or 5 dollars for this shit if they included these features
>>55610353
lmao why did you make your avatar a nigger
>>55610411
This makes more money
>>55610424
Yeah but it's less fun.
Plus lots more people have Android than a dedicated console
>>55610416
He's just super tan from spending all day every day at the beach
There is a public park near where I work that has an island in this river that's been renamed "pokemon island". and there are 50-60 people there at all day shuffling around like zombies. At lunch I saw what must've been 150 people yesterday.
Does PoKeMon Go even have a multiplayer element?
>>55609817
Tamagotchi didn't collect your data
>>55610449
Unfortunately, no.
>>55610440
They don't give a fuck about your fun
They just want all these retards to play and market the game for them
>>55610471
How many people own a smartphone?
Vs
How many people own a Nintendo?
>>55610477
Probably could map them out and come close to 1:1
>>55610411
The primary purpose of the game is not to make money, it's a data collection app, which just so happens to print money
>>55610486
I'm pretty sure it'll be more like 100:1
Also I doubt the Android app would kill console sales much, but it would increase profit a lot from all the fans on Android and iPhone buying it
>Level 20 accounts listed for $300-$400 on ebay
>API calls reverse engineered
>Python bots for pokemon go written
I wonder if it's profitable. Put 1 and 1 and 1 together and get a free few hundred bucks?
>>55610486
not even close brah
>>55609674
they hire strippers that fat?
>>55610570
Where is info about the reverse engineering?
So wait, is this game really just walking around and hitting a button when you see a pokemon, so you can add it to your collection? There's no actual gameplay involved? No battles? What the fuck. Why would anyone care about this. This is too autistic for normies.
>>55610856
Welcome to phone apps, like cookie clicker and candy crush
>>55610856
>no gameplay involved
just perfect for normies
>>55610856
>Skips over the social aspect, calls it autistic
4chan analysts, everybody
people are going out in groups and collecting pokemon together, it's gamifying walking around together and meeting people, which already gives a dopamine boost
>>55609820
kill yourself, nigger.
>>55610895
You're right in a way. But as someone who doesn't really like social interaction, I can think of so many reasons to go outside that are better than this. I could understand how it's a draw when I thought it was an actual game, but not this.
>>55610924
Coffee shops, tourist attractions and libraries and stuff are already pokepoints, so people are going to libraries, coffee shops, and businesses together with friends.
Businesses are literally buying lures to lure groups of people to their stores to play in groups and buy stuff and it's working, McDonald's has already landed a deal for sponsored pokestops with i'm assuming legendary pokemon
it's fucking horrifying but as a social event it's probably decent fun
>>55610353
>shitskin
>green eyes
lmao
>>55609737
Apple and Google both tried to buy Greece but were denied, so now it's time to take over countries sneakybeakylike.
>>55610895
There is no social aspect. You underageb& like to delude yourself, saying that pressing an upvote button on the post of someone you've never heard of, you'll never see face-to-face, and you'll never know, is "socializing". You kids have no clue what that word means.
Know what's NOT socializing? Playing with your phone at a family dinner. Checking facebook every 5 seconds while on a date. Playing pokemon go while at work. Keeping up with the latest tweets while on break.
>>55610924
I don't know if you ever heard of or played Ingress, but the main point of the game is taking control of Pokemon Gyms, which used to be Ingress Points. You level up your pokemon, evolve them, collect them as usual, and travel to a gym and battle a gym leader, and if you win your team takes control of the gym on the map
i'm not actually sure how it works in gameplay as i'm in canada and not bothering with sideloading
>>55610270
:^)
>>55610957
Waht do pokestops do?
>>55610981
I've seen a shitskin with green eyes.
They're pretty rare but they exist.
>>55610987
You're aware this game is GPS based and you must literally show up in person to play, correct
spare me the "born in le wrong generation" spiel, faggot.
>people are having fun doing things
>must be a botnet
>>55609747
I played it for about 30 minutes.
It's a blatant cash-in on the Pokemon brand and nostalgia. People have such fond memories of Pokemon because of the trading and battling aspects. Pokemon GO has neither.
It's really disappointing, because the game concept has so much potential. Instead, this will probably just die out in a month or two.
>>55610843
Found this via google: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongodev/
>>55610331
You can battle gym leaders who will inevitably be 100x stronger than you, and no real way to improve your own strength apart from tedious low level pokemon trade
>>55611032
They're adding trading in an update, and more features to come
They know how to keep people playing, i just hope the initial trend dies off and it leads to a more sustained playerbase of less crowds of retards
>>55611013
Yeah, like those social events I make with friends. And we show up in person to have dinner. And they spend half the time or more on their phone.
>>55611092
Don't bother, he's probably not even in high-school yet.
>>55611054
reddit comes to rescue for some real useful information. meanwhile 4chan is full of porn and speccy
>>55611092
You have shitty friends, why get mad at 4chan for it
My friends leave their phones at home
>>55611013
How is it even socializing if you're not even looking at their face and constantly looking at phone.
https://youtu.be/jOeZBW9Lwos
>>55610838
>pokemon questionable aged third world prostitute
>>55609674
>he wasn't alive when tamagotchi was popular
>>55611116
It's like someone went up to God and said, "Take Sean Penn's face, and make it even douchier."
>>55611239
People never were THAT into tamago-chan. Yeah it was popular and kids had them and shit. Even some adults did, but it wasn't anywhere near on that scale, didn't care about your physical coordinates, didn't send your info and the info about everything you look at straight to google and the NSA, etc. Right now something like 90% of people play pokemon go. Not even 10% of people had an egg-cchi.
>>55611280
Maybe you lived in a poor neighborhood? If you didn't have some form of digital pet in my class, you were a loser. Same shit with pogs.
>>55611364
OK jamal
>>55611116
Meh, pick your poison. I'd still rather wade through the porn and speccy that read the cringy reddit circlejerking.
>>55610838
>CP 59
wew lad
>>55610895
>social aspect
what social aspect?
as far as i can tell, there is no reason to interact with others in this game. no multiplayer, no trading
it's just a way for nu-males to think their new favourite game helps connect with people.
>All these dumb fucks botching about Pokemon go and it's lack of features and extensive botnet
>not buying shares in Google, Niantic and the Pokemon company before the craze hit
>>55610856
>>55610872
>>55610879
>>55610895
Shut up you stupid goys and buy some pokecoins.
>multiple people are doing [insert arbitrary thing] at a time
>THOSE SHEEPLE, WEHN WILL THEY LEARN
>>55612441
Exactly. Exploiting humanity has never felt so good.
>>55612477
The corollary:
>I am better than them for not doing [arbitrary thing]
>>55609714
Pedos would love it if little girls had no privacy :^)
>be pedo
>work at google
>kidnap a new loli every week
>>55610895
I'd hate it if my friends were fucking pokemon nerds
>>55612441
>all this bitching about features
>implying Nintendo would take one of their most valuable handheld IPs and and stick in on mobile where they have to share profits
You're right, /g/ is dumb
>>55611032
For me the nostalgia has always been in catching em all. In the show there are even people who don't fight, just train. It's def a shitty cheap cash in of the ip, but it's exploiting the collecting of Pokemon, which has always been the franchise's corporate tag line and it works.
>>55612441
>buying shares in Google, Niantic and the pokemon company
are you stupid? niantic and the pokemon company aren't public
niantic is no longer a part of Google, so buying Google won't make you money
only if you bought Nintendo a month ago would you have made money.
>>55609674
It would be perfect if:
>No Google affiliation
>Made by Nintendo/GF/TPC
>Traditional battles/trading
>Organized regional gyms w/actual people as leaders.
>Tie in to Sun|Moon
>You can send your 'mon to Sun and Moon vice versa when they come out.
I loved playing pokemon and running all over my suburbs/the woods as a kid. If Pokemon go was out and integrated like that, my friends and I would be missing for days at a time during the summer.
>>55610986
source?
>>55609714
Its made by niatic, same people that made ingress. Google also collects data from there, but until Pokemon go came out no one cared although they're both location based social games.
Cucks.
>>55609687
don't mean to be a dick but that's the wrong use of the word.
>>55609674
You aren't wrong, mobs are scary.
>>55612742
You can be a dick if you're right
>>55613027
Was he right though?
>>55613039
Hence the if
>Four weeks ago, I started to jog around the river area
>I love the scenery and the jazz
>Then after Go came along, lots of people walking around with phones in their hands
>losing faith to humanity more and more
>at university
>me and a group of friends notice there's 3 lures in the middle of campus, head out in a group of 10 or so
>slowly the group expands, and eventually we get a circle of 30-40 people sitting down and chatting, talking about school life, every now and then catching the pokemon spawning at the lure but 95% of the time is spent socializing
>there's a gorgeous bernese who i got to pet lots
>pods of us split up to look for rare pokemon, i got to catch a pikachu
>spent a good 2 hours walking around doing a glorified scavenger hunt and talking to lots of people i had never met before, and all because of a game that isn't even really a game
>4chan basement dwellers will tell you this isn't socializing and it's all phone staring
>>55612705
why are people on /g/ of all places against data collection?
you understand that big data is the only way for ai to progress right now, and in the long run it will allow the improvement of science, technology, distribution of the wealth, and a better life for future generations?
are you people really against science?
>>55613027
I guess that was a little too much for you to handle
>>55613129
I think his point is that there is that a game made by google explicitly for data collection that pokemon go is based on has been around for years and has millions of players yet nobody complained about it then
fucking sheep, going outside and having fun.
I'm smarter than everyone and don't succumb to such base desires as "fun"
>>55610257
You'd have to be an Alex Jones flunky to be this retarded
The baseband firmware on all cellphones is already compromised, why the fuck would the CIA ever need to make a game to collect data?
This isn't just data mining. They're doing trials for e-government platforms.
>an app tells customers /voters where to go
>they're giving s badge/cookie for their efforts
>people feel good about it
>all pokemon go users are middle class young adults willing to work for free
>this feels too much like election day, where shops give you free stuff if you show you voted that day
What I'm more suspicious about is that the company allows for some space for other small businesses to benefit from the hordes of users. On my city (which isn't even in a country where the app has been officially released) even a supermarket is trying to profit from this, promising a "big surprise" for the users, using a generic red and white ball in the ad.
This isn't pokemon, this is advertising. People gathering pulls in advertisers, which in turn pulls more people, which in turn pulls in more advertising until it reaches critical mass, then people move to the next big thing, which is inspired in a way with the Last trend.
During the process a bunch of people wasted a shit load of money, yes, but even more people worked their asses for FREE with no actual reward except their egos aren't crushed by loneliness and lack of meaning or so they believe.
>>55613036
Hitmonchan wins again.
>>55609708
pidgey
>>55613129
It is an erosion of rights and civil liberties before it is anything else. I support (and even encourage) voluntary data collection methods such as surveys since they are within the user's control to consent or refuse. Creating a country where nobody gets to choose if they want to close the door in the name of science is shortsighted and backfires in more ways than it helps, except for the government and the world's largest digital corporations.
test
>>55609674
Oh My fucking God. I had no Idea the Gubberment was tracking my movements through this simple "GAME"...How the fuck can I move on with my life knowing the gubberment knows i go to the store and buy cigarettes and chewing gum. Kill me now.
>>55609674
>>55609674
Holy fucking hell. I had no idea the guberment was tracking my movements through this simple game. How can i go on knowing big brother is watching me go to the store to buy smokes and gum. Fuck my life is over.
>>55613129
The kind of AI that allows for improvement of techbology and science is not the kind of AI that gathers data from people to predict their behavior and mislead them to spend money on things they otherwise wouldn't have bought.
>>55609674
Not at all OP. If you're around my age (24 to 35) you should understand the hype. I do agree I can't wait for this shit to calm down a bit but for the time being it's whatever. I mean my newfeed on facebook is overran by pokemon go and politics and PRAY FOR A CUNTREE NOT UR OWN!
It's cool. I mean the game doesn't suck, but most of /g/ would rather fap to their 2d waifu, bst threads, and linux machines. I get it. You guys hate anything popular. As soon as gen2 Pokemon come out, 1/2 the normies will drop it cause they never really played Silver and Gold and they will be like "They aren't real Pokemon!" and so on.
>>55609720
>I think COD is a good game
OK
>more people play COD
ok? So you mean 12 year olds telling me they fucked my mom last night? cool beans friendo
>>55609747
>>55610122
>>55611032
It's still very BETA. The biggest issue is that they released a game WAY to fucking early not realizing how many people would jump the train before hand knocking everything off and them having to stop and put everything back on. The game has constant glitches and Niantics is loosely trying to fix it. They are taking their damn time I can say that
>>55609799
>they're busy wasting life playing videogames...
>I code all day, fap 2 loli pron and take a shower once a week. I eat and drank durritos and mt dew
>>55609843
What a faggot. I literally know no one who likes digimon. That show and games were trash and a blatent rip off of Pokemon and everyone knows it.
WHY DO YOU THINK POKEMON HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS?
>>55610036
>be on 4chan
>all data on 4chan is being sold to support the site
>google is watching everything you do on here and collecting information and selling it out
>I don't know how data mining works and will cont to complain about it like it's Uncle Sam watching me masturbate
>>55610098
>OMG PEOPLE HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! HOW DO I SOCIALIZE?
/g/ in a nutshell
>>55610270
SURE ya do.
Listen here MR FBI
>>55614319
>Good goyim. Be on the right side of history and play Pokemon Go.
>>55609674
B-b-but Pikachu is so cute!
>>55614319
So much text, so few substantial arguments.
>>55613127
>head out in a group of 10 or so
normies
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>provides literally one example where this happens
>>55613127
Things that never happened: the post.
>>55611162
>we just kinda have to play because everyone else is playing
>>55614166
>>55614222
wise beyond your faggotry
>>55609674
nah i think you're wrong. people are going outside more and some good has come of it. let people have their fun.
>>55614222
Actually it's literally the same kind of AI. You would have had a point if instead you mentioned the kind of AI that drives cars or makes food.
>>55609714
>talking about something he doesn't understand
https://youtu.be/cDZjm4f9CEo
terrorism will kill pokemon
>>55612684
his ass
ITT:
Idiots who haven't figured that pokemons stay closer to areas where businesses pay more
You are all being baited to go shopping you idiots, is not a game, its an ad engine!
why complain about soem random game and not the actual operating system, which is owned, developed and maintained by one of the largest ad companies in history?
>>55610827
Wut? They don't let skeletons strip.
>>55616631
OK landwhale. I'm sure you're a strong independent womyn who don't need no man and you're totally healthy at just 500lbs thin.
>>55609708
We have had my dog for almost 2 years and our kids treat her like she is brand new. Do other familys act like this?
>>55609674
Decent strippers are really rare.
>>55609674
>heh.............filthy sheeple
>I'm above it all. I'm not going outside of my room
>these stupid idiots going and socializing, seeing new places, and getting exercise
>it's all one big conspiracy. Should stay inside and complain about the end like me
I wouldn't be surprised if you're using Windows, android, and nonfree software either.
Your favorite spice goes in all fields
>>55616885
>this is what underageb& normalfags actually believe
>>55616973
>freedoms
>on pokemon go
Wow goy, first summer outside of 9gag?
>>55609674
I don't care about any of that, I'm just so pissed about the heap of hot garbage that is mobile gaming.
>stop having fun normies! REEEEEEEEE
Yeah OP, it's much better to spend time on 4chan.
>>55614319
>I get it. You guys hate anything popular
More like anything period.
It's no worse than any other video game. The cash-in aspect is overrated too, the items they sell are kinda pointless, you don't need any of them, I don't feel compelled to buy them. With other games I've felt much more pressure to buy whatever garbage they were trying to sell, you don't miss anything if you don't put any money in.
>>55617023
It doesn't respect your freedoms, but neither does android or ios.
Bitching about a mobile game that will die out in a few more months as if that's the primary concern is fucking retarded when everybody is up and buying the latest samshit and ishit because it's new is like bitching somebody put paprika on your turd sandwich.
Let the people have their fucking fun, jesus.
>>55609674
shhh, just relax and enjoy the game anon...
>>55609674
>that moment when you realise
>that pokemon go was the last step
>to not a total surveillance state but
>a total surveillance world where every
>step you take is recorded not by your
>devices but the devices of your friends
>and strangers around you
>>55609674
In my mind, this is just like seeing all those iSheep
>>55617465
*tips fedora and spends hours installing a custom rom on some cheap android phone and feels like he accomplished something*
>>55609674
>This Pokemon Go craze is a scary prospect of the sheep mentality of technology. Am I wrong for thinking this? I'm seeing people mobilized like crazy simply for virtual pets.
You must be new here. People prioritizing insane wrong things is something humans did since humans humped.
>>55609674
>Am I wrong for thinking this?
yeah you're annoying and stupid and all over social medias and i wish you'd stop being so loudly and insistently judgemental of people's pass times.
>hes too much of an aspie to go outside and be social
