07-24-2016, 05:52 PM
It's a new phone / tablet game. I played World of Warcraft way back in 2005-9, and I get the impression that it's similar to that. Monsters have 'spawn' points, except that they're in real-life situations e.g. outside Sainsbury's or on a road roundabout or inside a leisure centre.
How does it work though?
In World of Warcraft, Blizzard (the game makers) would allocate a specific area for a monster type and they would roam around in that area. If players kill the monsters, they'll spawn again 5-10 minutes later in the same area. You also had rare monsters which were sought after by the players, again running a parallel with Pokémon.
In Pokémon, who allocates the monsters? The game makers or the players? As an example, one of my local hospital's casualty / A&E department has been turned into a Pokémon spawn point. If it was the game makers, then I think it's in bad taste as it's meant for casualties and players are going to interfere with it. If it was a player that added the hospital to the game, then I could consider that as irresponsible at best and an internet troll (like Golden Goose) at worst.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sto...e-36834080
Where does it end though? Could my house/garden potentially get added as a spawn point? I'm wary of teenagers trespassing into my garden. It reminds me of an incident 5 years ago when some chavs went into my garden and stole all of my LED solar lights. Easy pickings while I was at work one day, and it could be anyone's garden if they get added to the game.
How does it work though?
In World of Warcraft, Blizzard (the game makers) would allocate a specific area for a monster type and they would roam around in that area. If players kill the monsters, they'll spawn again 5-10 minutes later in the same area. You also had rare monsters which were sought after by the players, again running a parallel with Pokémon.
In Pokémon, who allocates the monsters? The game makers or the players? As an example, one of my local hospital's casualty / A&E department has been turned into a Pokémon spawn point. If it was the game makers, then I think it's in bad taste as it's meant for casualties and players are going to interfere with it. If it was a player that added the hospital to the game, then I could consider that as irresponsible at best and an internet troll (like Golden Goose) at worst.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sto...e-36834080
Where does it end though? Could my house/garden potentially get added as a spawn point? I'm wary of teenagers trespassing into my garden. It reminds me of an incident 5 years ago when some chavs went into my garden and stole all of my LED solar lights. Easy pickings while I was at work one day, and it could be anyone's garden if they get added to the game.