#How To Get New PokeGyms

[blackuigryphonvr]

THIS is what Pokemon GO looked like in my area in 2018:

2018 iPhone Pokemon Go looking "rural"

THIS is what Pokemon Go looks like NOW (2024) where I live:

Well, I've been testing this for years, so there's definitively an ample amount of data that proves there's a group of saboteurs that target South Weymouth Massachusetts. There's also that no infamous incident in February 2020 on Reddit where they were bragging about sabotaging my area, and full on fighting with me. They even actively got me banned 3 times in 2020, and I had to change my identity, and pretend I was a dude from 2020-2022, and even changed my name 4 times. #PokemonGo

There's some evidence 🤔 it's connected to an Ingress beef as well. I've had a list of suspects as well. They seemed to have originally been targeting an Admin in my area, perhaps out of envy. They also seemed to have confused me with said admin, or thought I was his underling. That's not how we do things in Weymouth. We're not master & slaves, we're neighbors, n each player has their own unique areas of specialties.

Also, the god level players in Greater Boston live in Weymouth, not just masters of raids, getting Hundo, Shundo, n rare shiny Legendary Pokémon, but whom r naturally blessed w luck, somehow. Or, they're the very best GBL & PVP Players. I know who they r, we all know each other, do raids, share tips, help newbies, n coach people to achieve. We also cultivate tolerance, talking stuff out, n safety. We've had some bad experiences here n there, so we like women players n kids to be safe. We also interact w players in other towns, n car pooling is very popular.

As far as game play goes, we're good.

But, I'm talking about #NianticWayfarer

Because the vultures are REAL!

I've had to figure out, n navigate these punks. They appear to have OCD, n reverse psychology issues, n do stuff out of spite. There's a group of them (including on Reddit) n they take screen shots, probably have extra fake accounts, n they login to Wayfarer , n scour Wayfarer for stuff in Weymouth. Especially in South Weymouth, where we live. This has been going on since late 2019, when Wayfarer 1st went live.

We used to think it was so odd that all the best advice we dug up from Ingress players, as well as resources, for the new Wayfarer rules was not working out.

So, it was a common excuse of "lazy reviewers" or "lazy voters". But, I kept getting accused of being an "Abuser", and a "Racist". FOR PLAYING POKÉMON GO??? FOR SUBMITTING A WAYPOINT TO WAYFARER???

WHO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO???

But, I noticed that while posting inside our local Discord server, for Wayfarer, if I told everyone WHICH locations I was submitting, they'd all fail, and quickly.

But, when I submitted stuff, and DID NOT TELL the Discord server thread which ones I was doing, I noticed those usually went through.

This was a very consistent pattern. But, everyone in the server was still very status quo oriented like "it's just lazy voters".

THEN IT HAPPENED!

IN February 2020, they started bragging! IN PUBLIC! ON REDDIT! N THEY CALLED ME "AN ABUSER". THEY ALSO THREATENED TO BAN ME, WHICH THEY ACTUALLY DID.

Here in Weymouth, we coordinate, n we can be very motivated & diligent, including myself. I coached people to get really good at this. I also took much of my strategy skills I learned from playing Ingress, to strategies on Wayfarer. [ Another Ingress thingy of mine. ]

These punks also would sabotage my Google maps account. They'd move my Google points out into the ocean, or the wrong locations. This is how evil they are. They also smeared me using a fake account in Discord. They know all my social media using my BlackUniGryphon names on them. I actually never even did anything to them. I've never seen them face to face. They r just vicious. Someone also hacked my original BlackUniGryphon Reddit account n I can't even recover it because they changed the email address. They also made a Reddit account using my Google email, n got it banned for really bad behavior, n there's nothing I can do to fix it, n it gets notifications for explicit gay sex stuff, that I can't even turn off. I didn't even know they made that account until long after it was banned, because I was busy XP grinding to Level up in Pokémon Go.

This is just SOME of the stunts they pulled.

But, to show u an example of the nonsense they group vote on, n coordinate as saboteurs, the reasons they give r literally the exact SAME, including from OTHER PLAYERS I KNOW that aren't even my account.

These r all submitted around the same time n from different accounts of different players, n all in Weymouth. SOUTH WEYMOUTH actually.

Notice they cited "Rejection Criteria" as "Temporary or Seasonal Display", or "Generic Business". Another bogus one is "Mismatched Location"

Notice how they're all the same?

They pick the same reasons, to intentionally sabotage it. Other times these locations were submitted, they'd use different coordinated rejection reasons that were exactly the same reason, as tho they pre-determined what the rejection reason would be. Like "BAD Photo" or "Orientation of the Photo", or "Blurry Photo", or "Racist", or "Abuse" or "Unsafe".

This time the saboteurs chose "Generic Business" or "Temporary".

Also interesting to note is, we haven't submitted anything in months except for 1 guy I know, and he gave up for a long while in Weymouth. I haven't submitted anything in months, other than Appeals...

Well, we did a batch, n u can see the dates showing January, then placed them on hold. Of those batches we did, we told no one publicly, just ourselves.

And, since the vultures were not on the prowl, they started getting approved. These were locations that were the stubborn ones. The ones that obviously go through in other towns. And, things getting approved started creating new PokéGyms as well. Plural.

So, after a while it's hard to keep it quiet, and we bragged a lil bit.

Well..... the vultures noticed, n went to Wayfarer, n sabotaged the last of the batch in Voting.

I've gone through this process over & over for years. All predictable patterns at this point.

Bur, the stuff that we, or I, couldn't get through in 2019-2022, is pretty much LIVE & in the Niantic games now. We know IITC MOBILE, we know Ingress, we know Wayfarer. We know how to change our writing styles, we know how to adapt. We know long term strategy. I even use decoys as a method to test if the vultures are active. I'll submit something intentionally knowing it's got a lower chance of passing (because I know the rules from the older systems) n when the vultures r out, it'll get rejected quickly. But, there's times when my decoys passed through. Which shows that it's subjective, and not objective.

Like I wouldn't expect a bland generic coffee shop, or plain or pizza takeout, to go through. In my opinion, it should be a special & unique one, or ethnic one. So, objectively that shouldn't really go through. But, ones that actually SHOULD COUNT N QUALIFY SHOULD go through. But, if it was in Weymouth it wouldn't, but in other towns it would, n did.

When it comes to being a hateful person, there's only so long u can keep that up, because it's toxic & draining. So, they often give up, n stop logging in to sabotage the area because we don't submit anything.

It's basically like applying principles from Algebra, or mathematics. Like subtraction is addition in reserve. Or, division is multiplication in reverse. Or, things like factors & variables. If u get more & more data that shows a result, we can plot that data.

We can find: trends, averages, rates, coronation.

And even tho originally there were no jerks in my face telling me they were sabotaging me/us, they eventually DID brag on Reddit. They also expressed their motives, which were often an attachment to this idea of weilding power over others, a drive to feel superior, or righteous. Or psychologically weaponizing rules. If u gotta behave like that to pretend u r the hood guys, n I'm the bad guy, u r seriously sick in the mind.

But, even BEFORE they bragged about it, I could tell something was up just by analyzing the patterns in the results, n treating as experiments using the scientific method.

I could think working backwards & forward, like Algebra using variables and factors.

I could also change the way I wrote my blurbs to see which tested better.

Despite the haters, I (and my Community) have turned a desolate place into a thriving one.

Anyways, I won't be mentioning names. There was at least 1 player from Reddit that we smoothed stuff over with.....

But, I won't be naming them. I still will do raids with naughty players because I find they can overcome prejudice by exercising tolerance. I also believe in talking stuff out. But, let's be clear, some people actually r sick in the head, n WANT TROUBLE. If they talked it out, they wouldn't have strife, drama, n trouble because it's something they feed on.

I've also noticed that, sometimes some people can suddenly change. It does happen. N there's no logical explanation. Sometimes, not everything is logical.

U also need to be flexible, but also not end up inside a trap of some sort, mentally, metaphorically, energetically, egotistical, pridefully, ideologically, or otherwise.

There's no 1 set way of doing anything, n no 1 definitively correct method or WAY of accomplishing it.

No good deed goes unpunished.

U could do everything 100% perfectly flawless, n still get screwed. Because it's not actually about being right. N that's WHY it stings.

But, get stung enough times, n u get thicker skin, or u don't even feel it. It's just a number.

I coached so many players through this same mayhem. Remember, it's NOT REALLY ABOUT YOURSELF, IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOUR PRIDE MEANS ACTUALLY VERY LITTLE....

But, let's keep it real, the BRAGGING is built into the game... so, u should show ur accomplishments....

I honestly wouldn't have even cared.... but, those vulture made me into this.

HATERS CAN KISS IT!!!!

你不知道我是谁！

Anyways, it turns out YOU DON'T WHO WHO I AM!

[quandaryitem]

on pokemon go

you catch pokemon. there are about a thousand of them. at least at some point people acted like "completing the game" meant catching them all. i'm not sure if that's still true

the world your character inhabits is a map of this one, when you move around in the real world, your character also moves

you can see pokemon on the map and if you are close enough you can click on them, which then takes you to this mini game where you throw pokeballs (you have a finite number of these) at them

you have to throw the ball at the pokemon, if you can throw a curve ball (this is done by drawing a circle which makes the ball spin, then throwing it at an angle) and also get the ball within this circle which keeps shrinking, you increase your chances of catching the pokemon

there are also berries you can feed pokemon, this makes them move around less or easier to catch or increase the amount of pokemon candy they drop

each pokemon has a Combat Power or CP for short, this is basically a measure of how strong they are in battle. i think it also affects how hard they are to catch

so pokemon drop pokemon candy, a certain amount of it is needed to evolve a pokemon or increase their CP or give them new, stronger attacks. candy is specific to the type of pokemon, so you might accumulate eevee candy, pikachu candy, etc

some pokemon can only be caught by evolving the more baby pokemon, so the game goes from "catch one of everything" to "catch a LOT of certain types", it's kind of a grind

on the map you can also find pokestops, you can also click on these, they are like these special checkpoints that drop a random selection of pokeballs and berries and other game items. these refresh every five minutes. they are associated with some location in the real world, like a plaque or a park or a statue or whatever

in order to upgrade pokemon (by increasing CP or adding new attacks) you also need stardust, this is totally fungible, a little bit of it is dropped when you catch a pokemon but you also get it as a reward for completing quests and winning battles

there is this guy, the professor, who is responsible for the storyline of the game, i just skip through all the dialogue because it's kind of boring though. he gives you these quests which mostly amount to completing some task such as "Catch 10 Fire Pokemon" etc. these quests grant you rewards such as experience points (you can collect XP to increase your level), stardust, pokeballs, berries, etc. they also give you encounters with pokemon, which can sometimes be quite rare

so one objective of the game seems to be to make your pokemon stronger, but why? well you can use them to fight other pokemon. one situation you encounter is with TEAM ROCKET, who appear randomly on the map, they are the villains of the game, you can fight their pokemon with your pokemon. this mostly involves a lot of frantic tapping of the screen. as reward you usually get XP, stardust and some items.

you may also get the chance to catch one of their pokemon. these particular pokemon are always corrupted in some way, like they have been turned into twisted evil forms. this makes them extra aggressive and harder to catch. you can spend pokemon candy and stardust to purify them though? i'm not sure what the point of this is but doing it feels like i am writing the wrongs of the world somehow

after a while of playing the game you will run into certain limits, for instance you can only carry a certain number of items and a certain number of pokemon. you can discard items and you can transfer pokemon to the professor (which gets you one corresponding candy in return) to free up space. alternatively you can buy more space using pokecoins

in order to acquire pokecoins you can purchase them with real currency, or you can use pokemon gyms (pokegyms?). like pokestops these are special locations where you can put one of your pokemon, then strangers come along and battle it. when your pokemon runs out of "motivation" (this can be replenished by feeding it berries, strangely you can also feed other peoples' pokemon) it is returned to you and based on how long it managed to stay there, you receive pokecoins

so pokecoins are the real in game currency. there are all these other items and quantities you have to keep track of but this is the real one, which can also be used to buy more items and things that can progress the game faster or give you access to rarer and stranger events that i haven't taken part in yet

there are other ways to acquire pokemon: firstly you can trade them with other players (you have to have added them as a "friend" by sharing a code in real life and also be standing near them) and secondly you can hatch eggs. you sometimes get eggs as a reward for completing quests. to hatch an egg you have to put it in an "incubator" and walk a certain distance (something between 2km and 12km). surprisingly enough, you only have a certain number of incubators and most of them can only be used a set number of times. you can receive more of them as rewards for completing quests and things like that or you can buy them with pokecoins

now i feel like i've explained enough. i had to do this otherwise i would end up interspersing my opinions about the game with explanations of the game mechanics and it would feel so awkward like the digressions are getting too long and too detailed. it feels like the details of it fit together in such a way that if i were to explain pokestops for instance then i would also have to explain all the items, and the map, and so on

sometimes i think about adding to this article and then i think ok, i'm going to play the game for a bit to remind myself of things and then i just get so lost in it and forget about writing. fortunately it's not that interesting so i am able to drag myself away from it. like although it must have taken a huge amount of work to model all of those pokemon and do their cute animations and statistics and so on, it feels much less like a labour of love and deep detail than the original games

for example the music is just not that good. and you can hear where it loops, the track just stops and then it restarts again. it's also just a bit harmonically and melodically boring. it feels flat and second order, like they had listened to the old pokemon soundtracks and decided to make something like that, rather than just imagining from scratch what an overworld theme or battle theme would evoke and trying to make music that fit that mood. it's sad because this game has made so much money, why couldn't niantic go ok, this was a success, why don't we give something back? i know, everyone who says this is just misunderstanding capitalism. but i feel entitled to it somehow because the game itself feels so much like gambling, i want it to make an effort to draw me back in. like a casino serving free drinks. charm me. make me feel like i'm worth it. cos i sure as hell don't!

ok there are things i like. i like the character design. it's kind of impressive that nintendo keep trying to make more pokemon when there are just so many. in some ways this is the big draw for me, i am walking around the world or waiting for pokemon to respawn and then i find a new creature i haven't seen before. and ofc now it's in 3D, and the size of it and how it moves around affects how hard it is to catch. so a small pokemon really feels small. probably my favourite design (although i don't think it's the cutest) is darumaka, which is like this little guy who looks like the traditional Daruma gurning japanese doll heads. he has little legs but he is always tripping over them and rolling around joyously, which makes him quite hard to aim at but it is adorable

there's also this guy Sobble who is like this teary eyed little tadpole newt, but when it evolves it turns into drizzile which has more of a lizardly quality and is sort of slouching a bit and has a bit of hair draped over its face. it's a moody teenager pokemon

[etraytin]

Quarantine, Day 110

June 29 

I learned today that Quibi is releasing a celebrity fan-created remake of The Princess Bride, which the actors all did from their respective homes with things they found laying around the house. I have seen some clips and they look amazing. Now I'm going to have to figure out what the hell a Quibi is. Just writing that sentence makes me feel super old, but there are a lot of platforms out there in the wilds of the internet these days. 

In other news from today, I once again did not go anywhere. Going places is highly overrated when instead you could stay home and scroll through alarming headlines and Facebook posts. Scrolling through alarming headlines just makes staying home seem more attractive, so it's a self-perpetuating cycle that leads to good social distancing and nervous reflux. The kittens are helping, or at least Bixby is helping. Barry remains extremely hissy, so I'm probably going to have to start accustoming him to people by wrapping him snugly in a blanket and cuddling him whether he likes it or not. Oddly enough this is a tried and true tactic for feral kittens, but I need to get some welding gloves first. Another bite would have me on antibiotics for even longer and probably consign Barry to immediate TNR (after a bite hold), and I don't want that to happen. It is possible that he will never be more than a human-accustomed feral or a barn cat, but I'm not giving up yet. Bixby will now just let me pick him up whenever; he is a mellow little fellow. 

The kiddo did not have a very good day and had a hard time articulating why he was so unhappy, other than the fact that his chore was to clean his room and I also made him take a shower. Of course in times like this, I suppose it's valid to just wave a hand vaguely around and say "everything!" when somebody asks you what is wrong. We made some plans to go out tomorrow; we'll actually drive to a couple of Pokestops and the Pokegym, and we'll hit up the little thrift store. He's also getting a fan for his room in the next grocery order, which should increase the general happiness quotient too. The next grocery order is becoming quite large, though I am sure I will edit it some when I finish organizing the pantry. We definitely do not need any more salsa or pancake mix, I don't care how long we're stuck indoors. 

The garden on my balcony is doing great at least. It helps to be able to go out and sit there whenever I want to (despite the enormous bugs at night). My bee balm has opened large bright pink flower heads and is attracting pollinators to my little corner of nature. I learned many years ago that if you want to get bees and other pollinators up to the second floor of an apartment building to pollinate your tomatoes and strawberries, you'd better make a strong pitch with some bigger flowers! I had a potted hummingbird bush last year that was amazing at drawing in hummingbirds (and bees) but it sadly did not survive the last cold snap of the winter. My blueberry bush is in its second summer this year and is growing very nicely after spending a year as a collection of slightly leafy sticks. Next year, if all goes well, I might actually get some blueberries! The rosemary, also in its second year, has gone feral and no longer cares if I do anything for it or not. It is huge and woody and beefy enough to fend for itself. I also have bowls of peppermint and pennyroyal this year, two plants of the mint family that I should be careful not to confuse because one makes a tasty tea and one is basically poisonous. My "make tea from as many of my plants as possible" project has been on hold while I'm busy with kittens, but I did do my homework first, as that would be an ignominious hospital visit. 

[polishtamales]

STORY TIME! - Pokemon & Children!

STORY TIME!

Rewind back to 2000! Y2K sorta didn’t follow through, Jenifer Lopez's boobs happened at the Grammys and people tried killed each other for the PS2s! Then of course, the Pokemon craze was still going strong!

Not only that, I got my first job ever at Toys R Us! Working in the R-Zone (fancy name for their video game department) had it’s quirks. Not only did I have the luxury of working with awesome people, but the opportunity to snag discounted Brady guides for a penny! Also as a nice bonus, I was also the store’s “Gym Leader.” For those that are way too young to remember, Toys R Us partnered up with Wizards of the Coast to promote their card games, specifically Pokemon on weekend mornings. The initiative was a way to drive traffic to the store, while promoting the latest Pokemon sets and/or selling merchandise in general. In order to legitimize these “demo” days, WotC would send kits with a handful of DCI cards and a Pokemon League booklet for each player that attends. Players would be awarded 1 stamp for each game played and additional stamps of they met certain conditions in their booklet. Once they collected enough stamps, they would be awarded a badge and an exclusive promo card;  which ranged from Holographic Mews to the Surfing Pikachu as seen in the photo!

Also, everything was completely free! No loot boxes or micro transactions!  

Seeing as how plentiful these kits were (hundreds of promo cards), I gave out way more promo cards than I should have, but in my mind, they were just kids! So if it was a little girl with her Pikachu deck, I would generally straight up give her a promo Mew card for just for playing; but for every random college kid that just rolls in, they had to go through the entire booklet for stamps. The whole damn thing.

We had so many different types of people coming in the store, ranging from pre-schoolers to men in their 50s. Even Chrisbo, of Pokegym and judge fame was there with his kids each week. It was kinda funny seeing moms driving by to pick up their husbands and kids, but that was the whole point of the partnership with WotC. In store traffic and a whole lot of it!

Also, Yes, you could even challenge the Gym Leader for stamps... Although it was some what soul crushing for some kids and their parents. If you don’t remember, the competitive constructed side of Pokemon was extremely fast and broken. Unlike some Gym Leaders in the SoCal area, I had a fully stocked Wigglytuff and a Mewtwo/Haymaker deck. I was the Dark Souls of gym leaders in a weird twisted way.

I did make certain exceptions though. If it was an eight year old with pre-constructed deck, I would play a “Who’s that Pokemon” game instead for stamps. If it was a random college student trying to flip the promos on eBay or swap meet, they really had to fight for it. Really hard...

Well, nothing lasts forever as the Pokemon craze died down in 2001 and so did the Pokemon League partnership program with WotC. As our store’s remodel was completed, so did our last Pokemon event in the store. I can still remember this 9 year old kid, Evan, saying good bye to me, as he hugged and cried his eyes out. For a good 5 minutes in the middle of the video game aisle.

As I was trying to signal my current preoccupied situation to coworker (being clutched by a crying kid and all); it was at that moment that I realized just how innocent a child’s viewpoint can be.

Was I a hero or his best friend?

Or maybe the self-realization that he would never get new Pikachu promos...

Thanks for reading!

[fitnessexpert00-blog]

How Pokemon Go Turned Couch Potatoes Into Fitness Fanatics Without Them Even Realising It

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How Pokemon Go Turned Couch Potatoes Into Fitness Fanatics Without Them Even Realising It

Pokemon Go is taking the world by storm. Within days of its US release, its number of daily active users caught up with longstanding apps Twitter, Snapchat and Google Maps, and it became the biggest mobile game in US history. Since then, the game has been launched worldwide, creating a user base which spends more time playing Pokemon Go than the average Facebook user spends on site.

The app is supposedly generating upwards of $10m a day in revenue from the sale of PokeCoins, and is so engaging that people have walked into lakes and fallen off cliffs while playing.

This latest version of the Pokemon game has also been hailed for increasing physical activity in a group of individuals that have traditionally been seen as couch potatoes. Since 1980, worldwide obesity has doubled. Likewise, people are spending more time sitting down. Pokemon Go is undoubtedly a great tool for boosting physical and mental health, and could probably claim to be the most successful health app on the market without even trying to be. But why is it so motivating for some, and how can we harness this power to change other behaviours?

Mind the gap

Each of us possesses an intention-action gap (IAG). This is the discrepancy between our ideal self what our values and intentions are and our real self, that is what our actions actually are, what we actually achieve. The bigger the gap, the worse it is for us: if our intention is to spend 30 minutes a day being active and yet only do this maybe once a week, then we will be frustrated with ourselves and have poorer health outcomes.

The IAG concept has been studied extensively in the context of saving the planet. We might all say we want to behave responsibly and reduce climate change, but how many of us actually do things that are consistent with this, such as recycling, buying sustainable produce or reducing air miles? The theory applies equally to health behaviours too. So how do we close this gap?

The world is becoming bipolar between those that embrace exercise and those that do not. While obesity accelerates, so does the popularity of triathlons and many other sports. For some, exercising is intrinsically motivating and we need not worry about them, but the rest need a different approach.

We know from the history of behaviour change that people dont like being told what to do. So for those who are not motivated to exercise we need to find an alternative way. Self-determination theory argues that we will work energetically to satisfy three core psychological needs: autonomy, competence and relatedness.

A person will engage in exercise if they choose to do so (autonomy), feel they are gaining valuable skills or achieving a goal (competence), or enjoying social interactions (relatedness). And thats where Pokemon Go comes in: it motivates users because it provides a pure form of these core needs. You can choose when to go Pokemon hunting and which Pokemon to hunt. By catching and training Pokemon you gain levels and status, and walking up to 10km can hatch rare Pokemon eggs that you have found. Additionally, you can hunt in packs or with one or two close allies, or share augmented reality snaps over social media.

Still behind a screen but gamers are getting out and about thanks to Pokemon Go. Wachiwit / Shutterstock.com

The game harnesses our vulnerability to a phenomenon known as stimulus-bound behaviour. Because the world is so complex and we have limited processing power, our brains automatise much of our behaviour, developing habits. These operate by identifying stimuli in the environment that we have specific automatic responses to, like braking at a red light. This stimulus control is incredibly powerful in controlling behaviour. In Pokemon Go it is harnessed by tracking specific Pokemon, PokeStops, and PokeGyms. Essentially we relinquish control over goals and actions to these stimuli, but while they can support bad habits encouraging some to smoke, or buy that sugary coffee they dont really need they can also help us achieve our chosen goals.

Being the very best

There are few health apps that also happen to be fun for those who are not intrinsically motivated to exercise. Pokemon Gos global release is a success story that we cannot ignore going forward: its impact on getting players up and moving is probably one of the greatest technological advances of the last few years.

Going forward, we need investment in research to help understand complex behaviour change and how we can use it to get the worlds population to be more active. Alongside this, it is clear that we need to invest in augmented reality, and explore how it can be used in mobile games. Pokemon was already an outright success before the app was released but there are many other brands and digital universes that could harness a similar approach to their future releases. Imagine competing in a 100 metre Olympic-style event against Nintendo characters augmented in real life, or hunting out rupees and other treasures to use in The Legend of Zeldas Hyrule.

By using gamified augmented reality, we can close the intention-action gap at an individual level and promote sustainable healthy behaviour without anyone even realising it.

John A Parkinson, Professor in Behavioural Neuroscience, Bangor University

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.

Read more: http://www.iflscience.com

[blackuigryphonvr]

Appeals WORK in Wayfarer

You NEED to actually write a good essay. Luckily, you get to actually type more stuff now. So you can actually write a full essay.

Don't be lazy.

Don't whine.

Don't beg.

Don't "pearl clutch", don't play victim, and don't act pathetic.

Be relatable.

Don't boast.

I have also noticed that if the Waypoint is military, especially THE NAVY, it tends to go in your favor, usually.

Be respectful.

Proofread, use correct grammar, punctuation.

Does what you wrote flow well? Does it seem annoying? Were you rude? Were you lazy? Were you thoughtless?

Did you include links, or citations to build your case?

Are you familiar with laws & local statutes?

KEEP IN MIND the REVIEWERS.

HOW DO YOU THINK THEY FEEL?

#MyPokemonGoLife #MyPokemonGoCareer

[blackuigryphonvr]

#Timburr raid #PokemonGo at the brand new #PokeGym in South Field that I made happen just a few days ago!

I was SO HAPPY when this went through last week! This was THE BIGGEST DREAM GOAL I had! I wanted this one SO BAD! I wasn’t sure if it would become a gym but I knew there was a strong chance!

I have other plans for that area! But, I won’t be divulging that intel until AFTER it happens. I don’t trust some folks anymore, n I’m tired of being black-balled, sabotaged, screwed, etc. I noticed that the locations I alerted folks to that I was submitting got screwed. But, the ones that went through, I never told anyone THAT I DID THEM.... it’s a direct pattern correlation... and, there’s been a pattern of other abuse n mistreatment directed at me, directly, overtly, indirectly, rudely, and passive aggression ON ICE! 🥶 ❄️

I’m NOT STUPID. I just can’t memorize the names of EVERY POKÉMON EVER, nor every stat or combination for PVP.... and I’m getting old. But, my brain 🧠 IS STILL WORKING! I’m just bad with names! Sheesh!

Anyways, I don’t doubt the intelligence of these persons.... but I have serious doubts about their tenacity, because there’s limits to only how far they go.

But, I MADE THIS HAPPEN because I have the gumption, strength, and resolve to go the distance, strive, try, and keep going. You might know the limits of YOU, but u DONT KNOW the limits of ME. I might be aging, and in poor health, but I can STILL gage myself and do it. I’m not afraid to fail, because I’ve failed a lot. Failure is something u can learn from.

But not trying is failure by default, defacto, because u CHOSE TO. NOTHING BEATS A FAILURE BUT A TRY!

If at first you don’t succeed, TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN! Believe it!

I have patience. I can hide my time. But, most people give up. Biding one’s time is NOT giving up. Some people only care about things NOW, but once it looses it’s luster or interest, I’ve already made my moves because I figured u weren’t looking.

If that burns u up, 🔥 it was YOU WHO BURNED YOURSELF!