{"id":1263,"date":"2016-08-27T18:57:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2016-08-27T19:15:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T00:15:58","slug":"the-disturbing-fact-about-pokemon-spawn-points-in-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/2016\/08\/27\/the-disturbing-fact-about-pokemon-spawn-points-in-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disturbing Fact about Pok\u00e9mon spawn points in Pokemon GO"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Waiting<\/a>

Waiting for your order? So maybe a Zubat…<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Finding pok\u00e9mon in Pok\u00e9mon GO may not be a case of where you GO but where you wait.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When Pok\u00e9mon GO finally came out for Canada, I joined the millions in hunt of pok\u00e9mon. Thinking that Pok\u00e9mon GO a data hog, I used free wifi.\u00a0\u00a0 You might say it crippled me from collecting precious rare pok\u00e9mon but instead it yielded some interesting and disturbing data.<\/p>\n

For the most part, I was using a particular wifi spot which the place was free standing, not connected to the rest of the strip mall on a busy corner.\u00a0 With no real clue how Pok\u00e9mon GO should be played, I expected to have to walk up to the pok\u00e9mon to get at least within their circle to capture them.\u00a0 So I got use to exact physical location these pok\u00e9mon could show.\u00a0 While the distance I could travel from the free wifi spot was limited it yielded some 17 identifiable spawn points.\u00a0 While the early version had tracking with up to 9 pok\u00e9mon, there were some locations outside range of the free wifi.\u00a0 The newer trackless version is no different where some of the sightings are not within the test area.<\/p>\n

\"pok\u00e9mon<\/a><\/p>\n

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pok\u00e9mon GO spawn map<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

For reference, RED is definite locations where pok\u00e9mon will spawn. YELLOW is locations observed 2-4 times as spawn points while BLUE has only been observed once.<\/p>\n

The disturbing part is what each of these physical pok\u00e9mon spawn points connect to…<\/p>\n

Several cabs and pizza delivery drivers park in the two parking lots north and less amount south.\u00a0 Only one of five bus stops is a pok\u00e9mon spawn point. Interesting it is the only one with a shelter. A 24 hour fast food place is a spawn point as well as where people pull up to order and also the designated parking spots they WAIT for their order.\u00a0 The patio for the coffee place is open and you can find people late at night using the free wifi. One corner strangely is a constant pok\u00e9mon spawn point as people have to WAIT for the light to cross.<\/p>\n

One spot near the pok\u00e9stop is right beside handicap parking spot.\u00a0 It’s only until it’s late it become a constant parking spot for one of the pizza place delivery drivers.\u00a0 The two to the north are connected to parking spot and a parking meter. Another is at the end of billboard sign where a vehicle use to park regularly.\u00a0 The three blue markers I only observed once since I usually didn’t bother covering it in my sweeps. There another pizza place and at the end of the strip mall, a cellar repair place.\u00a0 I have no idea on the third blue dot what is it’s connection.<\/p>\n

Other locations yielded similar results, another restaurant had a spawn point just where drivers park waiting for their order. Another coffee place with a patio was a spawn point along with it’s drive thru window. It wasn’t until I noticed the sign on the place where people would pull up and order saying the speaker was broken and to pull up to the window.\u00a0 Another location downtown, a 24 hour bank machine was a spawn point.<\/p>\n

I doubt if any of the taxi drivers or delivery drivers are pok\u00e9mon GO players as one taxi driver hurdled abuse at me as I searched.\u00a0 SO how are these points that are connected?\u00a0 I have no clue and this is beyond scope of this article to answer. The only connection is these points aren’t on roadways or private property except to 24 hour fast food place and only apparent when you play late at night.\u00a0 All told these spawn points all had one thing in common, it’s not where you GO to find pok\u00e9mon, it’s where you WAIT.<\/p>\n

Feel free to try this experiment and publish your own results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finding pok\u00e9mon in Pok\u00e9mon GO may not be a case of where you GO but where you wait. When Pok\u00e9mon GO finally came out for Canada, I joined the millions in hunt of pok\u00e9mon. Thinking that Pok\u00e9mon GO a data … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[166,233],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pokemon","tag-pokemon-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animelondon.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}