Naw, Green Momma and Trump were the crazies. Johnson’s inability to name foreign places was cute, but he just didn’t pull off the crazy vibe like the others.
I can guarantee you there's no fiction out there in which two female presidential candidates running against each other in 12 years try to outdo one another on the national stage with progressively more insane breast-augmentation surgeries. Reality will outpace fiction, and only a few dreamers will have seen it coming.
Pokémon: Democrat Zapphyre and Republican Ruby. Groudon confirmed GOP mascot and climate change denier, Kyogre is the saint patron of hippy-dippy liberal surfers, and of course, Rayquaza brings the thunder of radical centrism.
You know, just like those other complete failures - Angry Birds, that farming simulator. I stopped hearing about them, so obviously the only plausible conclusion is they went bankrupt and the dev teams quit on life in a mass suicide party.
It's still extremely popular and pulls in a ton of money. Niantic finally got its shit together about a year ago and started doing things that actually motivate people to play.
I believe they added in Gen 2-Gen 3 pokemon as well as battling besides a gym. Last I heard they were working on trading as well.
But yeah a huge drop off happened when they shut down all the PokeMap sites while their ingame tracker was horribly busted. Not to mention people using Lures in obscure places to rob people
Yeah it didn't happen too much but just enough for people to be concerned. I think they caught the kids who were robbing people cause they just posted up in the same spot.
I totally regret not going out there and robbing those kids.
they've implemented raids and rehauled gyms, plus added more gyms and stops (they're currently piloting a program where players can request more stops)
they've increased the maximum coin limit you can get from holding gyms and made it easier to acheive
they've released the past three gens and a small part of gen 4 (gen 4 is currently about to be fully released)
they've implemented weather and made the biomes less indicative of what you'll find
they've implemented shiny pokemon (a lot of them are released during special events and 'community day)
they do a ton of events, including some reoccurring ones like 'community day' (once a month on a weekend a particular pokemon spawns everywhere, it's much easier to find a shiny version, and if you evolve one during that time it gets a special move)
they've implemented trading and friends
probably the biggest one imo- they've added quests that you get by spinning pokestops. if you do at least one every day then in seven days you can catch a legendary or rare pokemon. there are also occasionally 'special quests' that require a lot more work that get you a mythical or unreleased pokemon
they recently connected the game to google fit so eggs hatch while you walk, even if you don't have the game open. they have extra rewards for meeting walking goals
I'm probably missing out on a few because they totally changed the game. I think Niantic forgot about the 'V' in MVP when they released it. Though you can probably only get the maximum amount of fun out of it if you live in an urban area, walk a lot, and are active in your area's community (and that community isn't full of dicks; I've heard some stories and seen some shit where I used to live).
It's nothing too exciting. There were some hardcore players where I used to live, including one guy I shared an alleyway with. He seemed to be under the impression that the gym in the alleyway was 'his', and he'd spend ridiculous amounts of time and energy trying to keep it, even well after he'd gotten the limit of coins you get from it. I would battle in the gym knowing that I wouldn't be able to take it just to piss him off. When two other gyms were added to a public place, he'd sit on a bench there WELL into the night just waiting for people to try and take the gyms so that he could quickly get them back. I'd sometime come over there at around 1 or 2am and see him sitting there, waiting to make sure that nobody would kick him out of the gym. There was literally no reason for him to do this other than to be an asshole. The combat mechanics are incredibly boring (and were even worse back then iirc), so it's not like he was deriving any enjoyment from the game. He simply wanted whatever amount of power was afforded to him by holding a city block's worth of power in a casual mobile game. The experience (and all of the raiding bugs) turned me off to the meta and social aspects of the game until I moved.
Aside from that, I've heard of people getting the cops called on them because they took "someone's" gyms, fights break out, lots of stories of people who form 'exclusive' groups and don't let anyone else raid with them, the kind of shit that you'd expect from a thirteen-year-old and not adults. Apparently some areas have a really toxic culture surrounding the game.
Hooly shit you are right about that. I'm a mod of a local discord and there's constant drama and people fracturing into splinter groups over the most petty things.
Our larger group cooperates with other DC area discords to print stickers to give away every Community Day. Except this time we missed the deadline to say we were participating, so the other planners all said "we don't like their stupid design anyway" and are printing their own design and not even telling anyone it's not the "official" DMV design and... Hoping no one notices I guess?
Our larger group cooperates with other DC area discords to print stickers to give away every Community Day. Except this time we missed the deadline to say we were participating, so the other planners all said "we don't like their stupid design anyway" and are printing their own design and not even telling anyone it's not the "official" DMV design and... Hoping no one notices I guess?
wtf? How can people be so petty over a casual game, let alone on an even that's supposed to bring people together to have fun? The idea that this is happening in DC is pretty funny too; have any of the splits been over political stuff?
I'm lucky that the community in the area I live in now is really laid-back, and I've been having a ton of fun playing it as a result. The game's a great way to socialize and learn more about where you live if the scene isn't tainted by petty shit like what you mentioned.
The main group I play with isn't even in the discord I moderate lol. We're a MD county and I mostly play in DC with a much smaller group around Gallaudet. The other mods mostly stick to smaller groups too in order to avoid drama.
It's almost never political except for the one weirdo who's always posting Trump memes out of the blue. A lot of it is honestly either extremely Not Online people who aren't used to the light jabbing that constantly takes place online and take everything personally, or people who have way too much time on their hands and are super possessive like the guy you described. A lot of players are older people. Boomer age even and are often retired and have tons of time to play and like that it gets them out of the house.
Our biggest drama is someone who has actually been anonymously sending DMs to people naming one particular player and saying she's going to die and even posting her address on Reddit and on The Silph Road database. Also posting porn with her face photoshopped on it. We still haven't figured out who it is but she's been laying low since then :(
A lot of it is honestly either extremely Not Online people who aren't used to the light jabbing that constantly takes place online and take everything personally, or people who have way too much time on their hands and are super possessive like the guy you described.
That's bizarre. I wonder what makes one area like that and another more laid-back.
Our biggest drama is someone who has actually been anonymously sending DMs to people naming one particular player and saying she's going to die and even posting her address on Reddit and on The Silph Road database. Also posting porn with her face photoshopped on it. We still haven't figured out who it is but she's been laying low since then :(
Jesus Christ. has anyone tried to get the cops involved?
I mean the other group is just more chill and also far more knowledgeable about the game. Smaller groups do tend to self-regard better in my experience. It started as a server for people who raid on Gallaudet campus and slowly expanded into the surrounding area and honestly I feel grateful to be part of it.
As for the other drama, not only has she gone to law enforcement, her dad works for a PI firm. But no luck so far. We have our suspicions who it is but no proof.
It was a fad, no doubt. But it made a profit so I wouldn't say it was a failure.
Problem is a lot of mobile game companies have only really got one property and when that's gone they're done (Zynga, King, Rovio, etc). Nintendo has other revenue streams, though.
I spent like 10 min being a retard on twitter and making old people mad so i think i have already contributed enough to democracy for the week maybe tomorrow
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-11-06
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1 vjaY619 2018-11-06
Sentient.
1 TSwizzlesNipples 2018-11-06
Jesus, if she actually runs again...
Look I will vote for any decent female candidate for President if I agree with her views/platform. I will never vote for a Clinton again.
1 rationalhuckleberry 2018-11-06
Be honest, did you get blue balled?
Last I checked some analysts are figuring the Dem field will be blessed with over 30 candidates. Mommy should be one.
It’s her turn.
1 error404brain 2018-11-06
If 2020 is trump vs clinton again the reeeing will blot out the sun.
1 alot_the_murdered 2018-11-06
Why didn't you vote for Stein, then?
1 TSwizzlesNipples 2018-11-06
Cuz that bitch is crazy. I voted for Johnson because I hate you all.
1 alot_the_murdered 2018-11-06
I know, she's the best 😍😍😍
1 rationalhuckleberry 2018-11-06
Unironically the only person more crazy than daddy.
1 OnlyRacistOnReddit 2018-11-06
I don't know, Gary Johnson was giving him a run for his money!
1 rationalhuckleberry 2018-11-06
Naw, Green Momma and Trump were the crazies. Johnson’s inability to name foreign places was cute, but he just didn’t pull off the crazy vibe like the others.
1 error404brain 2018-11-06
Gary jhonson was on drug 24/24 and he was still a better candidate than crystal grandma.
1 pepperouchau 2018-11-06
Because I'm being controlled by the wifi!
1 preserved_fish 2018-11-06
K for ketamine and JS for Jill Stein, baby.
1 rnjbond 2018-11-06
I hear Elizabeth Warren is running. Your chance for vote for the first Native American President
1 TSwizzlesNipples 2018-11-06
I actually would vote for her. That lady's got a set on her.
1 Spookybooks2 2018-11-06
1 tyuijvhvhcfcjf 2018-11-06
I can guarantee you there's no fiction out there in which two female presidential candidates running against each other in 12 years try to outdo one another on the national stage with progressively more insane breast-augmentation surgeries. Reality will outpace fiction, and only a few dreamers will have seen it coming.
1 IDFSHILL 2018-11-06
Imagine being such a fucking normoid you actually vote in the united states.
1 -6x- 2018-11-06
Based Republican.
1 demotecontrol 2018-11-06
That’s right Republicans. Own the libs by not voting plz.
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-11-06
Unlikely. Last I checked it was the 22 year old lefties that had honest to God anxiety about voting and abstained.
1 lickedTators 2018-11-06
Republicans don't vote when their scooter breaks down or their dementia finally kills them.
1 Irrel_M 2018-11-06
How do you get...
Thank goodness the power of radical centrism protects from such things.
1 youcanteatbullets 2018-11-06
Lucky for the entire universe, trollx is not a good representation of young people overall.
1 TheLordHighExecu 2018-11-06
Statistically, young people don't vote. It's one of the few blessings that Rs can hold onto.
1 lannister_stark 2018-11-06
I thought you we're an American?
1 IDFSHILL 2018-11-06
I am.
1 lannister_stark 2018-11-06
So no vote for pizzashill?
1 Sniffposter30 2018-11-06
No incels running for office
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-11-06
Where's a Brett Kavanaugh when you need one? :(
1 Sniffposter30 2018-11-06
Drinking beer I assume
1 MDEfugeesOUT 2018-11-06
How is mommy's basement?
1 IDFSHILL 2018-11-06
Ok.
1 IamSwedishSuckMyNuts 2018-11-06
Can confirm
1 better_bot 2018-11-06
rent free
1 CulturalYogurt 2018-11-06
No. Voting is wrong. When someone tells me they voted I smile, but inside I'm laughing at what an idiot they are.
1 MG87 2018-11-06
My vote for Prop 69: "Should /u/CulturalYogurt shove Railroad Spikes up his ass?" Is a firm YES
1 Sniffposter30 2018-11-06
Hawt
1 CulturalYogurt 2018-11-06
based
1 SexyTaft 2018-11-06
I refuse to vote until Huey along is avenged.
1 mcslibbin 2018-11-06
The kingfish can
1 jwil191 2018-11-06
FDR did it
1 cmakk1012 2018-11-06
Kaiserreich is a shit game and even worse alternate history tbh
1 SexyTaft 2018-11-06
This is true but irrelevant to the fact that Huey Long was murdered by FDR
1 hlary 2018-11-06
Based. Saved America
1 SexyTaft 2018-11-06
Sinclair Lewis, shouldn’t you be busy being dead?
1 cmakk1012 2018-11-06
W👁ke
1 Jebralt 2018-11-06
Did you know that Huey Long was a real person
1 cmakk1012 2018-11-06
Did you know that no one gives a shit about Huey Long unless it’s because of KR
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-11-06
All the King's Men tho
1 Vladith 2018-11-06
It's an impossible scenario but fuck you, it's fun as fuck
Feels kind of like the anime version of WW2
1 Ranilen 2018-11-06
I think that happened like 10 seconds after he got shot.
1 Boks1 2018-11-06
Can't wait for the release of Pokémon: Let's Go, Democrat! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Republican!
1 kazanwolfdog 2018-11-06
Pokémon: Democrat Zapphyre and Republican Ruby. Groudon confirmed GOP mascot and climate change denier, Kyogre is the saint patron of hippy-dippy liberal surfers, and of course, Rayquaza brings the thunder of radical centrism.
1 KokomoOReily 2018-11-06
haha centrist green like weed haha
1 cmakk1012 2018-11-06
Deoxys is the Russians
1 ESTLQ 2018-11-06
Has there ever something that crashed and burned so hard as Pokemon Go?
It was literally everywhere for like 2-3 weeks ,and then it feels like it just disappeared off the face off the earth.
1 Argentumvir 2018-11-06
Crash and burn is an interesting way to describe an app that as of this summer was raking in 2.5 million dollars a day
1 MayNotBeAPervert 2018-11-06
You know, just like those other complete failures - Angry Birds, that farming simulator. I stopped hearing about them, so obviously the only plausible conclusion is they went bankrupt and the dev teams quit on life in a mass suicide party.
1 mcslibbin 2018-11-06
The bartender with the biggest tits at my favorite bar likes to play pokemon on her break
that's the only time I've seen it in the last year
1 preserved_fish 2018-11-06
The revenue tax on Angry Birds is paying for Finland's social democratic programs to this very day.
1 chaneightseven 2018-11-06
ah man, 2.5 million a day? jealous...
1 tron_funkin_blow 2018-11-06
tomagatchi, furby, that asian dude who played for the knicks.
1 snallygaster 2018-11-06
It's still extremely popular and pulls in a ton of money. Niantic finally got its shit together about a year ago and started doing things that actually motivate people to play.
1 TheColdTurtle 2018-11-06
I haven't played it since the beginning what changed?
1 MDEfugeesOUT 2018-11-06
I believe they added in Gen 2-Gen 3 pokemon as well as battling besides a gym. Last I heard they were working on trading as well.
But yeah a huge drop off happened when they shut down all the PokeMap sites while their ingame tracker was horribly busted. Not to mention people using Lures in obscure places to rob people
1 TheColdTurtle 2018-11-06
Wow never heard of the lure robbing. Doubt it is fun to play because I probably have no areas anywhere near me
1 MDEfugeesOUT 2018-11-06
Yeah it didn't happen too much but just enough for people to be concerned. I think they caught the kids who were robbing people cause they just posted up in the same spot.
I totally regret not going out there and robbing those kids.
1 rabiiiii 2018-11-06
Gen 4 is currently being slowly rolled out
1 snallygaster 2018-11-06
I'm probably missing out on a few because they totally changed the game. I think Niantic forgot about the 'V' in MVP when they released it. Though you can probably only get the maximum amount of fun out of it if you live in an urban area, walk a lot, and are active in your area's community (and that community isn't full of dicks; I've heard some stories and seen some shit where I used to live).
1 MDEfugeesOUT 2018-11-06
Ok, now I've gotta hear these stories. Snally story time is the best story time
1 snallygaster 2018-11-06
It's nothing too exciting. There were some hardcore players where I used to live, including one guy I shared an alleyway with. He seemed to be under the impression that the gym in the alleyway was 'his', and he'd spend ridiculous amounts of time and energy trying to keep it, even well after he'd gotten the limit of coins you get from it. I would battle in the gym knowing that I wouldn't be able to take it just to piss him off. When two other gyms were added to a public place, he'd sit on a bench there WELL into the night just waiting for people to try and take the gyms so that he could quickly get them back. I'd sometime come over there at around 1 or 2am and see him sitting there, waiting to make sure that nobody would kick him out of the gym. There was literally no reason for him to do this other than to be an asshole. The combat mechanics are incredibly boring (and were even worse back then iirc), so it's not like he was deriving any enjoyment from the game. He simply wanted whatever amount of power was afforded to him by holding a city block's worth of power in a casual mobile game. The experience (and all of the raiding bugs) turned me off to the meta and social aspects of the game until I moved.
Aside from that, I've heard of people getting the cops called on them because they took "someone's" gyms, fights break out, lots of stories of people who form 'exclusive' groups and don't let anyone else raid with them, the kind of shit that you'd expect from a thirteen-year-old and not adults. Apparently some areas have a really toxic culture surrounding the game.
1 rabiiiii 2018-11-06
Hooly shit you are right about that. I'm a mod of a local discord and there's constant drama and people fracturing into splinter groups over the most petty things.
Our larger group cooperates with other DC area discords to print stickers to give away every Community Day. Except this time we missed the deadline to say we were participating, so the other planners all said "we don't like their stupid design anyway" and are printing their own design and not even telling anyone it's not the "official" DMV design and... Hoping no one notices I guess?
1 snallygaster 2018-11-06
wtf? How can people be so petty over a casual game, let alone on an even that's supposed to bring people together to have fun? The idea that this is happening in DC is pretty funny too; have any of the splits been over political stuff?
I'm lucky that the community in the area I live in now is really laid-back, and I've been having a ton of fun playing it as a result. The game's a great way to socialize and learn more about where you live if the scene isn't tainted by petty shit like what you mentioned.
1 rabiiiii 2018-11-06
The main group I play with isn't even in the discord I moderate lol. We're a MD county and I mostly play in DC with a much smaller group around Gallaudet. The other mods mostly stick to smaller groups too in order to avoid drama.
It's almost never political except for the one weirdo who's always posting Trump memes out of the blue. A lot of it is honestly either extremely Not Online people who aren't used to the light jabbing that constantly takes place online and take everything personally, or people who have way too much time on their hands and are super possessive like the guy you described. A lot of players are older people. Boomer age even and are often retired and have tons of time to play and like that it gets them out of the house.
Our biggest drama is someone who has actually been anonymously sending DMs to people naming one particular player and saying she's going to die and even posting her address on Reddit and on The Silph Road database. Also posting porn with her face photoshopped on it. We still haven't figured out who it is but she's been laying low since then :(
1 ExilesReturn 2018-11-06
Posts on r/Drama and mods a Pokemon Go discord. Your dick must be covered in friction burns at this point.
1 rabiiiii 2018-11-06
Well yeah obviously
1 snallygaster 2018-11-06
That's bizarre. I wonder what makes one area like that and another more laid-back.
Jesus Christ. has anyone tried to get the cops involved?
1 rabiiiii 2018-11-06
I mean the other group is just more chill and also far more knowledgeable about the game. Smaller groups do tend to self-regard better in my experience. It started as a server for people who raid on Gallaudet campus and slowly expanded into the surrounding area and honestly I feel grateful to be part of it.
As for the other drama, not only has she gone to law enforcement, her dad works for a PI firm. But no luck so far. We have our suspicions who it is but no proof.
1 wootfatigue 2018-11-06
Nerd.
1 TheColdTurtle 2018-11-06
I feel honored to have a big snally post
1 Redactor0 2018-11-06
Snally is one of those female mobile gamers that we all have to cyberbully to earn our toxic masculinity badges.
1 snallygaster 2018-11-06
Pokemon Go shove a stick up your ass buddy.
1 seenten 2018-11-06
Except for the game constantly thinking I was driving, it was fun to snipe passing gyms while on the bus
1 snallygaster 2018-11-06
That's always fun, though it sucks that you can't put something in it if you manage to take it down.
1 lickedTators 2018-11-06
Trivia HQ
1 Van-Diemen 2018-11-06
It was a fad, no doubt. But it made a profit so I wouldn't say it was a failure.
Problem is a lot of mobile game companies have only really got one property and when that's gone they're done (Zynga, King, Rovio, etc). Nintendo has other revenue streams, though.
1 DistortedLines 2018-11-06
Please write in Tay for all positions
1 POST_BUSSY 2018-11-06
What about Missionary?
1 DistortedLines 2018-11-06
Lewd!
1 Contourboar 2018-11-06
Par Tay of the people.
1 dratamard2 2018-11-06
😡😡
1 JakeArrietaGrande 2018-11-06
Fite me irl (ง'̀-'́)ง
1 dratamard2 2018-11-06
💪🤠👊
my pleasure
1 JakeArrietaGrande 2018-11-06
You want some more custom flair?
1 dratamard2 2018-11-06
sorry this bussy is reserved 4 the r/drama mods 🍑🍑🍑
1 JakeArrietaGrande 2018-11-06
JakeArrietaGrande [M]
1 JakeArrietaGrande 2018-11-06
Have to use her full name, tho. Tay tay
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-11-06
Finally we will elect Rat-Americans to office
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-11-06
Rood!
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-11-06
it's the 21st century
rat-americans deserve to serve too bigot
1 loli_esports 2018-11-06
I spent like 10 min being a retard on twitter and making old people mad so i think i have already contributed enough to democracy for the week maybe tomorrow
1 SkipperPauline 2018-11-06
You should have voted this fucking legend in.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc-_7RCFArM
1 ArlenBilldozer 2018-11-06
Voting is for dorks.
1 Skyright 2018-11-06
Hillary 😍😍😍
1 Pickled_Kagura 2018-11-06
I unironically want to eat her loose, hemorrhoidal ass.
1 Chin_Up_Chick 2018-11-06
My favorite r/drama post ever
1 Ranilen 2018-11-06
Friendly reminder that there no such thing as too drunk or high on PCP to vote!
1 Irrel_M 2018-11-06
So retarded she lost to DRUMPT.
To be expected from someone who thinks blacks are super predators.
1 grungebot5000 2018-11-06
i was going to vote until i saw this
1 e-guy 2018-11-06
Please remember to vote early and often!