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Nope, pick whatever one you like best (i.e. biggest, or best pokemon teams on it, best color, etc)

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
That sounds right. From what I read, you should be evolving before upgrading, because you should find better bases to evolve from as your level goes up.

I'm going to agree. I tried out on a weedle bumping the CP to max then evolving it. The Beedrill was fully maxed to my level cap that was it. It was only marginally better than my previous Beedrill. So yes, just stockpile your stardust


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Ok word issue.


My son has no Google sign in option on his phone. Ideas? I've had him delete the game and install again. Still nothing, I'm basically a moron when it comes to Android fixing and Google searches just brings me to the iOS Google issues that's its not a huge issue if he has to restart by using his Pokemon trainer account, but being able to just sign in and go would be better.

 Nithaniel wrote:
just got this yesterday. up to level 3. pretty cool. actually walked 45 mins to work instead of driving for the first time.

Its getting me moving.

are there any differences between teams?

Valor are cultureless savages, and Mystic are overly sensitive and full of themselves.

Instinct is obviously the best choice- everyone is so friendly and nice!

So regarding the teams, are there any benefits in becoming a member in a team that has most gyms around you, or vice versa, is there any benefit in picking the one that has least gyms?

That question implies that you are not going to single handedly defeat all the gyms in your area and become their master. If that is the case, I would avoid Mystic.

Usually you don't want to constantly be fighting over gyms- one win out of the way places are better to collect bonuses because they don't switch sides as much. If all you ever see are Mystic or Valor gyms though, it might be beneficial to join up so you can reinforce the gym and collect bonuses that way.

I really just went with mystic cause I like articuno. Seems like the gyms change around a lot here anyway so it didn't matter so much, especially not until I have stuff around 1k it seems. Almost got a pinsir to 500 and it's nothing compared to the gyms I've seen so far.

Team Blue, because it's the most popular overall.

 n0t_u wrote:
I really just went with mystic cause I like articuno. Seems like the gyms change around a lot here anyway so it didn't matter so much, especially not until I have stuff around 1k it seems. Almost got a pinsir to 500 and it's nothing compared to the gyms I've seen so far.

If you've got a few Pokemon that are strong against the type of Pokemon at the gym(and plenty of potions/revives) you can take on the 1000CP Pokemon. You just have to wear them down, and you can take over the gym.

 KingCracker wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
That sounds right. From what I read, you should be evolving before upgrading, because you should find better bases to evolve from as your level goes up.

I'm going to agree. I tried out on a weedle bumping the CP to max then evolving it. The Beedrill was fully maxed to my level cap that was it. It was only marginally better than my previous Beedrill. So yes, just stockpile your stardust


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Ok word issue.


My son has no Google sign in option on his phone. Ideas? I've had him delete the game and install again. Still nothing, I'm basically a moron when it comes to Android fixing and Google searches just brings me to the iOS Google issues that's its not a huge issue if he has to restart by using his Pokemon trainer account, but being able to just sign in and go would be better.

remove the account then add the account again. That fixed it for me.

The wife and I went Team Mystic/Blue. I understand why many people might choose Valor or Instinct, since their little one line blurb of exposition makes them sound like the kickass/badass teams.

 Wolfblade wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
That sounds right. From what I read, you should be evolving before upgrading, because you should find better bases to evolve from as your level goes up.

I'm going to agree. I tried out on a weedle bumping the CP to max then evolving it. The Beedrill was fully maxed to my level cap that was it. It was only marginally better than my previous Beedrill. So yes, just stockpile your stardust


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Ok word issue.


My son has no Google sign in option on his phone. Ideas? I've had him delete the game and install again. Still nothing, I'm basically a moron when it comes to Android fixing and Google searches just brings me to the iOS Google issues that's its not a huge issue if he has to restart by using his Pokemon trainer account, but being able to just sign in and go would be better.

remove the account then add the account again. That fixed it for me.

Tried that too but that didn't work. Figured it out though, his phone didn't have Google maps app on his phone. Installed that and presto there it was.


I'm just saving up star dust now and leveling, my strongest is only 643 and I can beat some of the lower tier Pokemon but the the around me seem to be guarded by 1000+ Pokemon on the top. Though I did find a gym I think I can take soon, I was wearing them down by beating up the first two Pokemon, it felt great!

Waiting to evolve my Pokemon before using the stardust. I've gone on holiday for the weekend and the drive up to Blackpool was surprisingly eventful in regards to completing the Dex.

As long As you can beat the first and or second Pokemon you can cut the gym by 1000 rep or whatever and keep doing that till they lose slots. Then you get down to just 1-2 left. Try to use types against the toughest guys.

Gym stuff is fun but I don't have time to work on any. Mostly I've been catching random poke's and hatching eggs hoping for that big score. Finally got a 10k egg but with my luck it'll be something good with negligible CP.

Yay, just got my first Jolteon from an Eevee evolve. My first two were both Vaporeons (and my wife's one try so far was also Vaporeon), so I'm happy to have an electric Pokemon to use against all the Vaporeons I've been seeing. That is the unfortunate side effect of Eevees being so common, that you also see so many of their evolved form around. But I haven't seen too many Jolteons.

I really want a Pikachu, just because (and I didn't know about the starting Pikachu trick). Unfortunately, Fort Worth doesn't seem the best place for them. I saw one online map showing various Pokemon sightings, and Houston is almost yellow with Pikachus, but I guess that's the oil and gas industry for you.

Supposedly you can name them Sparky, Pyro, or uhh....something, and get the appropriate variety. There's an article or Reddit or something. Haven't tried t yet.


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So I did name one Pyro And he did end up a flareon so maybe that works.

Crap, I need another Eevee then, both the ones I evolved earlier turned into Vaporeon and Flareon. Both in the high 800's.

There was a big Pokemon Go event in downtown Springfield, Missouri tonight. Had a DJ playing music at the square (including the Pokemon theme, lol), lots of restaurants and bars in the area doing specials, like pizza places giving you free stuff based on your trainer level or discounts if you could prove you caught all three starters (my favorite were the Pokemon-themed shots and cocktails, but I was driving, so none for me), and a few THOUSAND people showed up just to walk around and catch Pokemon all night. A local news outlet was reporting that there were about 5,000 people gathered there, but I'm not sure exactly how many of us there were. I left after 1AM, after the second time my phone died (didn't bring a portable charger with me and I was getting a little tired anyway), but there were still plenty of people going at it. So much fun. Lots of people wearing Pokemon shirts, some people even dressed up; saw a couple girls wearing Pikachu costumes and there were more than a couple people dressed as Ash Ketchum, or at least wearing the hat.

Favorite part of the night was this one guy on the sidewalk yelling "THERE'S A MACHOKE!" and watching people flock over to his group in an attempt to catch it, lol. I found a Psyduck at one point, but the game was lagging something terrible and it got away from me. :(

Speaking of which, that was the only bad thing, really. For a while the game was almost impossible to play, it kept lagging and freezing up like crazy. Apparently the servers couldn't handle having that many people in one place all playing the game at the same time. Well, and there was that time a Squirtle ran away from me on the walk back to my car, that was disappointing. Also, there were so many Pokestops all over downtown that my bag actually filled up at one point (and that's even with a bag upgrade), I was chucking potions constantly just so I could keep getting more balls. Thought about trying some of the gyms but I don't have anything that can handle some of the Pokemon these people had defending...I swear I saw a CP1500-something Vaporeon at one of them.

 GrimDork wrote:
Supposedly you can name them Sparky, Pyro, or uhh....something, and get the appropriate variety. There's an article or Reddit or something. Haven't tried t yet.


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So I did name one Pyro And he did end up a flareon so maybe that works.

Rainy for Vaporeon
Sparky for Jolteon
Pyro for Flareon

Was reading about it earlier, nice easter egg to these guys.

 GrimDork wrote:
As long As you can beat the first and or second Pokemon you can cut the gym by 1000 rep or whatever and keep doing that till they lose slots. Then you get down to just 1-2 left. Try to use types against the toughest guys.

Gym stuff is fun but I don't have time to work on any. Mostly I've been catching random poke's and hatching eggs hoping for that big score. Finally got a 10k egg but with my luck it'll be something good with negligible CP.

My wife got a 10k and it was an Aerodactyl inside the was pretty beast. As for gyms I'm on the fence with how that works, as far as battles go. I seem to attack when I want to dodge about half the time, that's REEEEEEEALLY annoying.

Finally found a gym I could fight, and servers go down as I'm about to take out their last pokemon...

Yeah, I noticed when I dodged and it says I dodged as well then I just randomly die anyway... Kind of sucks at the moment I went mystic cause the area seems to be all but completely dominated by valor now.

Managed to catch a pretty sweet Vaporeon earlier. Coupled with the two Eevee I already have that makes the Eeveelutions easier to get than I thought it would be.

Squirted was mine for the taking but the game froze unfortunately...

My new battlecry is Eevees for the Eevee god, Eevee candy for the candy throne!

From my Facebook feed...

I have lost 8 lbs and 1 waist size since Pokemon Go came out... this game is dope

Sigh... I guess I have an actual reason to do this now. :(

Yeah I've been walking like mad since it came out. The loop that comprises my street is somewhere between 0.5-0.7 KM, so three trips around theoretically cracks a 2 KM egg. Only the baby is willing to take three trips around with me though...

Evees are crazy available in my area. Not so much as pidgies or rattatas, but fairly common.

OP should have a poll so we can see whether Dakka is Team Mystic, Instinct or Valor xD

I chose Instinct, even though the rest of my friends chose Valor. Might have to reset it if possible...or just destroy then at gyms xD

We can't change teams without creating a completely new account, which technically also breaks the ToS...

So it's an uphill battle for me right now, but at least instinct has come back to fight off some of the valor spamming going on..

well Michael Page got into Pokemon it seems and he caught a ?

Anyone else's legs hurt from all the walking they've been doing? lol, I'm about to go out and walk around the neighborhood at fething 3am just to see what I get...famous last words, probably.

Not that I live in a super dangerous town or anything, but still. I know I won't be the only one, either, I saw some other guys out playing when I was driving around a while ago.

Gonna have to try some of the gyms again, I think I finally got a contender. Thinking about naming him the "Exeggcutioner"! XD



Also, there seems to be some conflicting info on how to get the strongest Pokemon. Obviously you want to find the highest level Pokemon you can as a base (the one above was a CP448 Exeggcute if I'm not mistaken, and was pretty far along on the curve), but I was under the impression that powering them up and maxing out their CP level before evolving them was the best way to get stronger Pokemon, and I've seen some people suggest the opposite, that powering them up before evolving is a waste of stardust and you're better off waiting until their final stage and then powering them up, or that doing it this way actually makes them stronger than if you maxed them out earlier. Would my Exeggutor have been even stronger, or had more "potential", if I maxed out that CP448 Exeggcute first, or was evolving it the wise decision?

No, it simply would have used less stardust either way it should have ended up the same.

Also, the Eevee nickname trick might actually work. Named a CP400-something Eevee "Sparky" and got a Jolteon.