So I get this a lot at work from people with various 3 year old tablets or phones around the Jelly Bean-Kit Kat transition surprised that they are showing sudden signs of age after the update.

All this bullshit talk of everything that went into the design and they still can’t stop making these things look like goddamned shoes on wheels.

Niantic seems to be carrying on the longstanding tradition of developers putting meaningful fixes and additions on the back burner after massive initial success, in favor of coming up with the next way to make another killing off the temporary popularity. Or extend their current cash flow as long as possible.

Yep, pretty much.

Oh they definitely “tweaked” that. I was out hunting the night before the update and made it halfway through level 20 with little to no problem catching with appropriate use of Razzberries, Greats/Ultis, and my mastery of curve throws thanks to a handy guide I came across on Imgur.

Same

Exactly.

It originally did back in the beta.

Seriously.

You don’t actually need Pokemon Go running to use PokeDetector. You only need to sign in on PokeDetector with a Google account that is already registered and set up on Pokemon Go. Basically the app logs you in and runs in the background pinging PoGo’s servers with your location at set intervals (which you can now…

That happens occasionally for me and my fellow Android-using friends if the screen shuts off while in battery saver mode and I immediately try to go back to the app. Even then it seems kind of random.

Fitting avatar.

One more tip about CP is the white bar behind the Pokemon represents the potential. The more of that bar that’s empty, the higher you can push that type of pokemon’s CP just by leveling. And yes, increasing your trainer level will increase that potential. From there, an evolution bumps the creature’s CP up by a…

I believe the point itellyou is trying to make is that we see the same techniques in today’s so-called hyper-realistic paintings, which youtube is full of.

I’ve taken to refusing to read numbers in names as letters. Sorry, Phantom L Zero RD. You’re username was unavailable. Try again.

Exactly this. It’s not about the $2 as that one guy who keeps making the same lame ass point about Starbucks keeps saying. It’s about whether or not I need the service.

Amassing fanbases of bored, overworked, vicarious teens and young adults and scamming them and their parents out of money while being low-key propped up by corporate sponsors is far more lucrative in a fraction of the time/effort.

It’s his nice cozy little waterfront estate in Orlando paid for by YouTube, Monster Energy, Activision, a whole list of other sponsorships and promotional side deals (disclosed or otherwise) and, of course, “support” from his devoted sucke—erm, I mean ‘fans.’

Given the shady way they dodged and lied about it, there’s little doubt in my mind they were at least staging lotteries if not outright rigging them.

Agreed.