I wish it would 
It's the big thing amongst my fellow agents. I must stress, I have not participated.
Have you?
I bet Jen has. 
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Baz posted:
No way .....I had enough of Pokemon ( with my grandkids ) in its initial form !!
Don't blame you Baz.
When the tide turns, and they all start targeting......US!!!!!! ......eeeeeeK!
I'm convinced this will all end in tears 
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I'm convinced this will all end in tears
*Clambers out of ravine, empty handed, and with a broken phone*.......So am I 
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I'm convinced this will all end in tears
It already has done Dame, I heard one person stumbled into a drugs exchange!!!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
It already has done Dame, I heard one person stumbled into a drugs exchange!!!
17 year old shot dead, kids could end up in all sorts of dangerous places.
Dame_Ann_Average posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
It already has done Dame, I heard one person stumbled into a drugs exchange!!!
17 year old shot dead, kids could end up in all sorts of dangerous places.
We were talking about this and how easy would it be for potential paedophiles and kidnappers?
It's on my phone and i have caught some yes 
But it's only cos my 5yr old wanted to play and my 12yr old sons phone couldn't get it. I was dragged out by them on Saturday and the pokemon thing was boring as hell... But you know what? It did get us out and about, through woods and the park etc and the kids enjoyed it so it's not all that bad.
I intend to remain blissfully ignorant of all Pokemon related items
I let my friends son download and play it on my phone, I thought it would be much more exciting. I found that it didn't actually get me to walk anywhere special to find a pokee 
and when I was out walking anyway, there were none to be seen
Kaytee posted:I intend to remain blissfully ignorant of all Pokemon related items
Ditto.
Dame_Ann_Average posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
It already has done Dame, I heard one person stumbled into a drugs exchange!!!
17 year old shot dead, kids could end up in all sorts of dangerous places.
"Pokemon Go teens stuck in caves 100ft underground":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...d-wiltshire-36805615
It sounds like it all could have ended very badly:
'One member called for help when they "miraculously" found a phone signal.'
Jen-Star posted:Some woman found a dead body while playing it the weekend it was released!
I do fear it placing rare ones on motorways or something equally as dangerous though... ppl who desperatly wanna get them all will risk it
I don't usually mention "real life" on this forum, but the company I work for does work for the rail industry, and they're contractually obliged to pass around Network Rail safety briefings to everyone. The result is I often find rather unpleasant notices in my mailbox describing how some rail worker got his hand stuck in railway points, or nearly cut his throat by accident while operating a grinding tool. 
However Friday was a little different: we got a NR briefing warning staff to be aware of "civilians" playing PokÃĐmon Go in and around railway "infrastructure". It included two screen snapshots: one of a PokÃĐmon actually on the railway track (the player was standing near the edge of a station platform), and another of one on a level crossing. What was perhaps even more unnerving was that as well as warning staff about players putting themselves - and others - at risk, they were also warning them about how to deal with such players: the implication being that some players haven't been too happy to have their concentration broken by some railway worker trying to point out to them that playing an app game while standing in the middle of a level crossing isn't perhaps the safest thing to do... 
Eugene's Lair posted:Jen-Star posted:Some woman found a dead body while playing it the weekend it was released!
I do fear it placing rare ones on motorways or something equally as dangerous though... ppl who desperatly wanna get them all will risk it
I don't usually mention "real life" on this forum, but the company I work for does work for the rail industry, and they're contractually obliged to pass around Network Rail safety briefings to everyone. The result is I often find rather unpleasant notices in my mailbox describing how some rail worker got his hand stuck in railway points, or nearly cut his throat by accident while operating a grinding tool.
However Friday was a little different: we got a NR briefing warning staff to be aware of "civilians" playing PokÃĐmon Go in and around railway "infrastructure". It included two screen snapshots: one of a PokÃĐmon actually on the railway track (the player was standing near the edge of a station platform), and another of one on a level crossing. What was perhaps even more unnerving was that as well as warning staff about players putting themselves - and others - at risk, they were also warning them about how to deal with such players: the implication being that some players haven't been too happy to have their concentration broken by some railway worker trying to point out to them that playing an app game while standing in the middle of a level crossing isn't perhaps the safest thing to do...
Good grief Eugene. Such individuals are contenders for the Darwin Awards
FYI, Network Rail Safety Bulletins can be accessed online.
The bulletin I referred-to above can be viewed in pdf format here:
Eugene's Lair posted:Jen-Star posted:Some woman found a dead body while playing it the weekend it was released!
I do fear it placing rare ones on motorways or something equally as dangerous though... ppl who desperatly wanna get them all will risk it
I don't usually mention "real life" on this forum, but the company I work for does work for the rail industry, and they're contractually obliged to pass around Network Rail safety briefings to everyone. The result is I often find rather unpleasant notices in my mailbox describing how some rail worker got his hand stuck in railway points, or nearly cut his throat by accident while operating a grinding tool.
However Friday was a little different: we got a NR briefing warning staff to be aware of "civilians" playing PokÃĐmon Go in and around railway "infrastructure". It included two screen snapshots: one of a PokÃĐmon actually on the railway track (the player was standing near the edge of a station platform), and another of one on a level crossing. What was perhaps even more unnerving was that as well as warning staff about players putting themselves - and others - at risk, they were also warning them about how to deal with such players: the implication being that some players haven't been too happy to have their concentration broken by some railway worker trying to point out to them that playing an app game while standing in the middle of a level crossing isn't perhaps the safest thing to do...
See, this is exactly the type of thing i was talking about! Why are some people so stupid.