Quote (Canadian_Man @ Jul 17 2016 02:43pm)

You mean the average forum-goer? Hahaha.

Internet users getting out of the house is very scary.

There are definitely normal people playing. Maybe 50% of the players? But there's a *HUGE* number of weirdos out there. I get backlash for saying that on forums because the forums is where they live (maybe 20% of people on forums are normal?). Statistics. Accurate.

Quote (proccy @ 17 Jul 2016 02:49)

you're overreacting

Quote (CenturyLink @ Jul 17 2016 03:45pm)

I'd take anything said on these forums with a grain of salt. Really holds no merit.

Quote (Surfpunk @ 17 Jul 2016 15:58)

If the OP doesn't like the game any more, cool beans. It's not everyone's cup of tea. One of the biggest things I like about this game is the rise of some incredible viral marketing around it. That, and it's a good way to get some exercise, something I need to do a lot more.

Quote (KungPeriodFu @ Jul 17 2016 08:48pm)

lol

Quote (Canadian_Man @ Jul 17 2016 02:44am)

Went to the beach with my gf. Got back to car. My car was parked by a gym. Decided to start battling the gym in the car. Two 12 year old boys start circling around my car (twice), as if that's normal, peering in. On the second round about my car they ask if we're battling the gym. My girlfriend says "no?". They start walking around a bit further away from the car, but keep peering back at us as if trying to figure out what we're doing.

That pissed me off. Social skills out the window. Stalking level pretty high.

Then I went to a different beach with my girlfriend tonight, and the pier was jam packed with people playing the game. Four pokestops all packed together on the pier. People weren't enjoying the starry night or the ocean breeze, just playing pokemon. I wasn't playing, but I pulled out my phone once we left the pier to see what was stationed at it.

Fuck this game. I thought I could enjoy it here and there, sort of like a pass-time sort of thing, on walks. It's not social it's just weird. It's off my phone.