Rrrrrr

[randomling]

I really like the collection aspects of this game, but I'm out of Pokeballs, which is partly because my hand-eye coordination is ridiculously bad and so I'm wasting many balls on most Pokemon I catch. I refuse to spend real money on more balls, mostly because my funds are pretty limited, but this is stupidly annoying.

Compounding this is the fact that I'm disabled and my ability to walk around the place visiting Pokestops is relatively limited.

I don't really want to be like "this is not the game for me" but it's getting annoying.

(Sorry for the whine, I wanted to grumble somewhere people might be sympathetic.)

Comments

[yhlee]

You have my sympathies. I'm sorry the game is being a pain for you.

(I'm not physically disabled, but I live in Louisiana and between the summer heat and the fact that I get migraines in heat and bright light, walking around to play this game is a bit of a hurdle.)

[randomling]

Thank you ♥

And yeah I can see how that would be hard! I hope the weather cools off soon and it gets easier.

[senmut]

Allergies, high pain, and high heat have kept my collecting to a minimum. I am fortunate that I do drive and pass a pokestop bonanza on my way home from work. Several of them are accessible from the car.

But I understand you and hear you. I really hope the makers can figure out alternative ways to reward pokeballs to people.

[lemon_badgeress]

It certainly is frustrating. I am fortunate in that I have been able to locate two restaurants, side by side, both with pokestops, both frequently lured, where both of them are accessible from a range of parking spaces behind them. I tend to park at least once a week and spend an hour alternating spinning the stops and reading fanfic on my phone. Without that I wouldn't be playing still, because I both live and work in a relative pokemon WASTELAND.

I really hope they find ways to improve this aspect of the experience too.

[lilacsigil]

There's only one pokestop in my town, and it's not near my house, so I can only really get there once or twice a day on workdays. So it can be pretty limiting. I hope that when they eventually bring in the ability to swap pokemon with people they also let us give pokeballs and items to other people too.

[monanotlisa]

The trading is gonna be great! I want one of the many Charizard from my pokéfriend Albert, and am happy to give him one of my Electric Pokémon.

Unsolicited Advice Alex, please do ignore if desired <3

[kaberett]

me_and spotted that people are selling plastic guides that rest over device screens in order to make the coordination of throwing easier -- would you be interested in me (asking him to) hunt(ing) down a link?

[worlds_of_smoke]

Being physically disabled myself and not being able to walk around much, you definitely have my sympathy. I really wish they'd do something to make it more accessible. I've managed to hatch like 3 eggs, but that's only because I don't drive, so I can keep it running while I'm being driven around to appointments. Even then, it takes forever.

[tyger]

Graaaaaah, yes, I feel you. I mean, I'm lucky in that my grump is mostly temporary, but...

I broke my ankle a couple of weeks ago, and sure, while I was in the hospital it was fine, I was right on top of a pokéstop, since I've been home... *grumblefaces*

There's a pokéstop literally a hundred meters or so down the street! But can I go tap it noooo. Stupid radius. Stupid ankle. Stupid hills meaning I really can't hobble along on my crutches even that far just yet. *grump grump grump grump grump*

Also even though I have been doing ridiculously exhausting amounts of hobbling around, I've got all of .1 on my egg gauge. *sighs* 100m! In a week! So active!!! Bluh.

(Not even going to go into all the other local stops which would usually be an easy walk away, but right now might as well be on Mars. Nope.)

And while I'm at it! Game, why you make it so hard for people without data; when I was in the US and on wifi only I could do pmuch jack shit, this is really dumb. :| And there's a fuckton more wifi in the US than there is here! But it was still really hard because ugh stupid radius is so tiny and aaaargh.

GRUMP GRUMP GRUMP in my day pokémon was in black and white and you had to convince your parents to keep buying you AAA batteries!!! *shakes cane* And none of this health shit, even when the pokémon pikachu came out you could cheat it easily by jiggling it up and down! And something something missingno something okay I'm done now. >>;;;;;;;;;

[dickgrayson]

I hate when I run out of Pokeballs! You are welcome to talk here! Can you sit at a place and stock up? I have a few restaurants that I can eat and realx. Every five min I go to the pokestop from my table.

[silveradept]

Accessibility is a big concern for the game, so your grump is echoed by plenty of people finding it difficult. And with a dearth of stops, it's even more so.

Also, judging depth on how far away a pokemon is is very hard. The ones that are quite far out usually take a few tries before realizing how hard to throw it.

[ephemera]

I really really hit the "depth" problem today - it took a throw or two to realise that I needed to be going "deeper", and then about 50 shots to get two that actually achieved that depth - thank frell the second ball held it!

[ephemera]

Would suggestions / advice be welcome?

(I just burned over 2/3 of my pokeballs trying and failing to catch a Scyther today, because I just couldn't get the "depth" right no matter what I did, so *sympathy*)