Belated Free-for-All!

[inkstone]

Hello trainers!

I hope you're enjoying the double XP/stardust event and that, if you live in the US, you had a lovely Thanksgiving.

The current in-game event + Ditto + CP rebalancing seems to have stolen a lot of attention, so not much in the way of news. I did find this little piece about how PokeGo can be used to encourage interest in conservation efforts. I thought it was a nice change of pace from all the "POKEGO IS DESTROYING OUR PARKS!!" articles, which -- if you do enough digging -- a not-insignificant number seem to stem from affluent people freaking out over the riff-raff.

Since it's been a while, how are y'all doing? Enjoying the in-game event? Struggling to find a ditto? Mad about the CP rebalancing? Let's chat.

Comments

[brightknightie]

I've found a big park in my area with 11 pokestops. When I can get there, I walk it in a brisk circuit and get the tenth-pokestop-in-30-minutes payout... as many times in a row as I can find the time for.

I've also found a restaurant where I can sit between 2 pokestops; when I take myself out, I take myself there. ;-)

Good luck!

[tyger]

Hooooly crap, that's awesome! I didn't even know there WAS a ten-in-30min bonus!

Maybe when I can walk better I'll try and find somewhere I can do that too! :D

[brightknightie]

Here's a Trainer Tips video about the "mega-pokestop" bonus. And here's the Silph Road discussion.

Spinning 10 unique pokestops in ~30 minutes or less (some say ~45 minutes or less; I try to be on the safe side), with no more than 9.9 minutes between spins, makes the 10th pay out with double XP and 6-9 items (reportedly, up to 10 if an egg is present; I've never noted this). It's okay to hit the same pokestop multiple times within the duration, but that pokestop counts only once toward the 10.

Apparently, there's an extra bonus if you can manage 20 unique stops, but it resets after that.

[tyger]

That's pretty sweet! :D