Pokeman Go . Hilarious and Sad

[BetCheckBet]

I always caution about trying to feel you are above certain forms of entertainment. Reason being you come across as pretentious, narrow minded, and always a hypocrite. Looking at activities value based solely on utility is a very narrow way to view the world. On top of that pokemon go likely has more utility than many other common activities like playing video games, watching tv shows/sports, or spending time with a pet. In the end who really cares what someone does for fun? I find if someone doesn't enjoy something that is considered popular they need to find some way to justify it, as if somehow that not enjoying a said activity could make them feel there is something wrong with them. So they try and justify how terrible it is and that the people who like it have something wrong with themselves instead. And yes I realize we all do this to some extent, whether it be making fun of certain sports, movies, mainstream music ect.

/end rant

Anyways....

I've played pokemon go. It's a cool concept merging real life locations with video games. It's hardly novel but the first big app to get attention. And of course having backing of a huge Nintendo franchise is great. I'm barely level 7 and honestly don't know how much more time I will spend but its fun to do while going for walks with gf. It's kinda cool that the first pokestop I found was the Air India memorial or that I called a co worker to let her know that the mural her 12 year old daughter painted was featured as a stop. It's these social moments of discovery that make the game the most worthwhile. Gamewise it is kinda bland and has a shitty pay to win model. I think there is huge room for improvement. But if people enjoy it what's the big deal?

You can call people nerdy for going off into the park to find pokemon but in my mind its no different than when I chase a puck around a hockey rink (which aside from physical value is objectively more absurd IMO).

[SrslySirius]

I always caution about trying to feel you are above certain forms of entertainment. Reason being you come across as pretentious, narrow minded, and always a hypocrite. Looking at activities value based solely on utility is a very narrow way to view the world. On top of that pokemon go likely has more utility than many other common activities like playing video games, watching tv shows/sports, or spending time with a pet. In the end who really cares what someone does for fun? I find if someone doesn't enjoy something that is considered popular they need to find some way to justify it, as if somehow that not enjoying a said activity could make them feel there is something wrong with them. So they try and justify how terrible it is and that the people who like it have something wrong with themselves instead. And yes I realize we all do this to some extent, whether it be making fun of certain sports, movies, mainstream music ect.

Very well said.

As for pay to win, I normally hate the model, but in this case I think it's fine. You need some way to level the playing field for people with jobs that can't grind this game all day every day. As long as the game is still playable for free, and the purchases aren't overpowered, I think it's a fair system.