Get off your fucking phones.

A fucking Zapdos? OP gimme your adress...Fuck man.

>>48526887
Is Zapdos a rare one? Because if it's one of those bats that come in millions, the guy is arse. If it's a rare one, you gotta understand, man.

I mean, we got a guy that freezes up for solid minute every time a remotely attractive woman walks by, this is no worse.

>>48526976
I don't know/care. But if you came over to play tabletop, then put your fucking phone away at the table and don't ask me "what happened" while you fucked off focusing on something else.

>>48526887
Eat shit faggot. You want players invested in your game, be better at running it and make it more involving.

You're competing with and losing to a phone, you fucking shitter. The fault is with you since you're a bad DM.

>>48526887
Everyone in my party plays Pokemon Go.
If there's a Zapdos in the room, we are putting the game on fucking pause.

Nigger I don't care how good the game is. There's a zapdos nearby I'm getting it, and you can suck a dick

>>48527028
You hunger for constant attention rivals some of my exes.

>>48526887
Man, fuck you. It's Zapdos, ass clown. Hell, I'd stop pissing mid-stream for a Zapdos.

This thread is how manners and common courtesy dies.

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>shit DM's complain about their players instead of looking in the mirror when their game gets boring

>>48527092
>>48527083
>>48527050
>>48526896
>>48527150

cell-Phone obsession has made you a bunch of unaware, mouth-breathing fucktards. there isn't a right way to live, but I know constantly staring at a phone screen while you're with other people is fucking retarded.

>>48527028

Man, it's a fucking Zaphdos. A rare legendary goddamn pokemon. If you're starving for so much attention you need the dude to stay at the table every minute, just pause the game for an interval or two so your folks can go catch some pokemon for a bit, then set up a rule later like

'10 minutes an hour, we'll stop and you guys can go get some refreshments, play pokemon go, etc. but when it restarts, you gotta turn off your phones.'

Is it so fucking hard to institute a rule like that?

>>48527187

Or maybe, just maybe, you're a shit DM who's making your players attentions divert to their phones, playing Pokemon Go while your dming because they're bored as shit.

Losing attention to a game like that in a RP heavy TT is the fault of the DM, without a doubt, 9 times out of ten.

>>48527187
>constantly staring at a phone screen ... is fucking retarded.
Agreed. Fortunately we're some 5 years away from (consumer-affordable) display glasses screen and 10-15 from contact lens display. I wouldn't dare to predict if they completely replace mobiles and tablets, but they certainly will be a good alternative.

>>48527265
You can assume I'm a shit DM or whatever. Before Pokemon GO, I never had this problem.

It's like all of you are too fucking autistic or oblivious to just admit that people eye-fucking their cellphones all day is shit behavior, and you are just one of them.

>>48527187
Dude, everyone is a bunch of mouth breathing fucktards. I'm a fucktard, you're a fucktard, OPs a fucktard.

Nobody cares. This is the world we live in, so you can be the tard that embraces it, or the tard that opposes it.

It's okay, op. We know you just made this thread to bitch about all this new fangled cellphone business. Its clear no one would actually want to play with you

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>>48526887

>OP insults player for being distracted by legendarily rare pokemon on a board full of nerds

I wonder if OP also makes his players were diapers. Not because it would be his fetish, but because he won't let them leave for a bathroom break.

Who am I kidding, it's OP's fetish too.

>>48526976
Zapados is one of the legendary birds, nigga, I didn't even know they'd released them yet.

>>48527310

Then institute a goddamn rule you mouth-breathing autist similar to bathroom breaks, 10 minutes every hour for them to go out doing whateverthefuck then turn off the phones when it's game time.

Unless you're a goddamn moron who wants them to sit through several hours straight sessions w/o bathroom breaks, drink breaks or snack breaks.

>>48527408
how fucking retarded would someone have to be to NOT already take breaks? we take like 1 an hour; to smoke, phone surf, talk, shit, piss, whatever.

>>48527394
Oh man. How do legendaries work here? Will they "respawn" at the same location? Or do they appear once at a random place and then somwehere else?

>defending pokemon go

I understand /tg/ is playing contarian because its part of the contract you sign when posting here, but its not even a game, its a hollow snd transparent geocaching scheme, with some elements of crowd behavioral analysis and microtransactions to offset cost, with the trappings of nostalgia as a vehicle for downloads.

Defending it even ironically is basically signaling that you have given up on meeting the very low bar that has been set to be considered a thinking human being.

I strongly urge you to reconsider, or at the very least consider suicide.

>>48527455

this autist is sounding like someone who doesn't have a rule like this at all and is complaining people are using the breaks to play pokemon go

>>48527464
By what I've heard they follow the same random timed spawn distribution as other Pokémon, but they despawn immediately once someone catches one at that location.
So, unlike regular mons, only one person can catch one from that location.

>>48527494
are you even reading the thread, faggot? OP is complaining that people are whipping out phones to play Pokemon GO during GAMEPLAY.

>>48527221
>'10 minutes an hour, we'll stop and you guys can go get some refreshments, play pokemon go, etc. but when it restarts, you gotta turn off your phones.'
>Is it so fucking hard to institute a rule like that?
This.
I wouldn’t know a Zappa-dose from a Monka-chew, but if the players wanna pause 5-10 minutes to grab a pokemon, a cigarette, or a cup of coffee? Have at, perfectly reasonable. I dig me my coffee breaks.

But if you’re not paying attention to the game because you’re focused on your phone, I will have you put them away, confiscate them like you’re twelve, or ask you to leave. Game time is game time and paying attention is simply being respectful of others’ time.

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>you will never run a game interesting and engaging enough that the players become fully immersed and forget they even have phones

I want to die.

My party is usually pretty focused until the last few hours. But if the gm is talking to one person out of the group, then the others usually just talk to each other or go on their phones.

I would say it is disrespectful, but it's nothing compared to the worst that could happen. People need to get up and stretch their legs after a long session.

Chill out bro, is it worth starting an argument with something this petty?

>>48527468
Well, the game is kind of pointless yeah (and what game isn't?). But you gotta appreciate it as a proof-of-concept, technologically it's integrating things that were not used on any other project before (not in combination, that is) and it can be used as a platform for further development.

Also it got some people to actually walk outdoors that normally wouldn't do it all year long.

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>tfw poorfag
>tfw shitty tracfone
>tfw haven't been brainwashed by the iJew

>>48526887
No OP, YOU are not playing Pokemon Go. Get with the fucking picture and download it. Team Mystic for life.

>>48527468
/tg/ is surprisingly normie and mainstream as fuck in tastes. Now that doesn't really mean anything, not good, not bad, but its just how it is.

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>>48527570
>>48527468

>>48527564
>invite friends to dinner; tell them the dish
>buy ingredients
>prep
>cook meal
>have people over to eat together
>person whips out a bag of McDonalds at the table


it's the same shit and you would be put off as fuck if that happened.

>>48527570
Further development of what tools? The technology Pokemon Go uses has been field tested by other types of apps for years. There isn't a single shred of innovation inside of the app, instead it cynically uses those to mine information off of your use of the app, fleece you with gambling tactics, with no other gameplay elements besides tapping and swiping up.

Congratulations, you got out of your chair for Pokemon. You might as well have done it for Hello Kitty or Bratz or Skylanders, all equally hollow branding successes thanks to mindless bandwagoning.

Do you REALLY feel like anyone deserves a pat on the back for this?

Don't even try.

>GM has a scene focused NPCs jacking off
>whip out phone and play an actually good game
If you aren't gonna entertain me then why should I pay attention to your puerile schlock

>>48527657
>has been field tested by other types of apps for years
Name three.

>Do you REALLY feel like anyone deserves a pat on the back for this?
The developers certainly do.

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>>48527693
>Name three

All navigation apps services, chief among them Google Maps.

Field Trip.

Now.

I can go on because it isn't difficult.

>The developers certainly do.
A made to order app that innovates nothing and sells likes hotcakes due to competent branding they didn't even contribute to.

Congratulations, you're a fucking retard and I'm giving you an C+ for shitposting, because any simian could do better. At least you got a passing grade.

>>48527657

The key you're missing here is that it's pokemon and it ties catching Pokemon in with your GPS, making certain places as PokeStops or Gyms or whatever.

Through this ingeniously cynical tactic, it's far better done than your examples because they don't have the wide appeal of Pokemon Go simply due to the brand itself. If this had been Hello Kitty, Bratz or Skylanders, it would've died in a couple of weeks.

Sure, you would have the same collection mechanic, the same GPS mechanic, but what makes Pokemon stay is the gyms, the teamplay, the Pokemon catching, the childhood glee of being able to see Pokemon everywhere you go and catch them on the fly as you're walking to school or work or whateverthefuck.

The tech's been here to do this, yes, but the success is almost entirely due to the admittedly very shallow, very meh gameplay.

>>48527853
And there are people in this very thread defending this sort of braindead drooling over their Android platform instead of engaging in the hobby this board was created for.

Defend this.

>>48527896

Institute a goddamn rule you simian, or tell them to shut off their phones during gameplay. It's not that hard. It really isn't. Unless you're shit at social interactions and can't manage to pitch your voice higher than a whisper.

In which case, you just tell them over the phone 'pls don't bring ur phone over.'

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>>48527808
>Google Maps.
>Field Trip.
>Now.
Sure, they work with maps in real time, so does average car navigation. But they are predominantly passive listeners, you can't interact with the data or only in very slow inflexible way (my street isn't even on Google maps because it was made less than 1 year ago and they don't bother updating that frequently). I don't think any of them integrates with pictures you take in real time either. And if I'm not mistaken Field Trip and Now are virtually irrelevant outside of first world because nobody even adds the points of interest there. (before you say areas outside of first world don't matter anyway - the point is pokemon works there)

As for innovating nothing - sometimes the progress is made simply by the right combination of existing ideas.

>>48527896
>instead of
Taking 10 minutes off the main activity is not "instead of it". By that logic you would be taking shit in the office "instead of" doing your work there. (assuming you have a job at all)

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tldr everyone's having fun except op and they refuse to get with the Pogrom

mixed reality geolocational shit is the future. the internet will have a large chunk of AR just like in NuShadowrun, and there's nothing you can do to stop it

unmutual badwrong ungood doesn't like the future delibered them by authoritarian high modernism, capital, etc

this is now thatguychat sosayeth some lowly not even a sympathizer

>>48527394

They aren't out yet. They're in the game code but so far they're not catchable.

>>48526887
Maybe you should run a more compelling game then OP. At least one that isn't less interesting than Pokemon fucking Go.

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>>48528470
>blame OPs game you've never seen
>not people and their shitty phone addictions

Whole lotta retarded in this thread.

>>48528515
Omar?

>>48527653
No, I would let them have my food and their Maccas, because I don't get offended whenever people have certain dietary needs. Someone is vegan, someone's a vegetarian; it really doesn't matter. I'm not so stuck-up that I won't work around the issue. It just means that I have to put in a little extra work and that's important to me because my friends are important to me. The fact that you expect people to come and dance for you like monkeys is obviously some sign of mental instability possibly an attention craving need or outright narcissism. Get help.

Zapdos isn't in the game yet you philistine.

>>48526887
>there's a zapdos
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING NIGGER GO CATCH IT!

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>>48526887
>Zapdos on Pokemon Go

Either OP is full of shit, or his game was such ass, that his players stooped to such a desperate lie to get away from the game.

Lookin' bad for you either way OP.

>>48528515
>two games
>two mediums
>one is more engaging and successful despite server issues and glaring game design flaws
>the other is likely using a crappy system with a weak plot poorly designed characters and settings and cringe inducing dialogue.

If OP actually knew what he was doing as a GM he wouldn't have this issue. Blaming 'phone addiction' is just a way for him to not address what he is doing wrong.

>>48527138
>>You hunger for constant attention rivals some of my exes.
>>48528564
>>The fact that you expect people to come and dance for you like monkeys is obviously some sign of mental instability possibly an attention craving need or outright narcissism. Get help.

>Trying this hard to make paying attention to the game an extremely unreasonable demand
I’m not either of those anons but, while the “ur game sux” responses are lame, these are just hilariously bad.

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>>48526887
Here's why OP is a faggot.
>Zapdos hasn't been seen in the game yet. By anyone
>You don't have to get up to catch the pokemon if they appear.
>Using such a weak story to start a convo about something that's already been discussed and agreed upon numerous times on /tg/.
>Using nerdy bait to start a thread about shitting on nerds.

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>>48528706
I've had a similiar situation as OP's. Everyone was fully invested, except one fucker that was a tag along. Tried to get him invovled, but couldn't detach his hands from his phone long enough to pay attention. The other players were good though. There are just some people that aren't interested in tabletop...why he kept showing up was probably the company, and free food.

Good goddamn you people are fucking dense. I just named a random ass Pokemon. I don't know what piece of shit he was catching. Why is this combined faggotry so, so thick?

>>48527574
Hell yeah my poor brother!

>>48528821
And you did the adult thing and talked to him about it right?

And when/if that didn't work you simply told him he was no longer welcome, right?

You didn't just bitch about it on 4chan, right?

>>48527653
>food analogy
Fuck off faggot.

Cell phones are killing smoking, an actually, physically addictive thing that people do even though it harms them. Well, actually phones are harmful. But that can be fixed with a little wire mesh or lead or tin foil. Anyway, pocket computers are pocket computers, and if you can't compete you can't compute.

What you need to do, is run a game people are interested in, or realize that people want to socialize and not particularly game. If people just want to hang out, then congrats fatguy, you have actual friends, you ma-

they just congregate in your house, you're just their captain nemo you sorry piece of shit

>>48527634
10/10 Post-tumblr styled comic

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>>48528914
More like the problem sorted it's self out. He kept to himself for the most part, and later was replaced with other friends that were invited. Wouldn't really call him a onlooker at that point..as the only thing he looked at was his phone.

>>48527634

dear god mike and jerry are learning

they're learning to make their characters emote without resorting to red eyes or SHOUTY CAPS

i can see facial expressions what the shit

>>48529340
>>48529040
>>48528242

Maybe the OP should run a game people like.

Like GURPS :o

>>48528824
Because it's Friday night, and we have nothing better to do. You brought this on yourself, normie.

>>48526887
nigger you can't even GET zapdos in game, stop bullshittin

>>48527984
>moving the goal posts
>claiming other apps are first world only while pokemon go somehow isnt
>picking and choosing the least interesting or impressive innovations like overlays (which snapchat was doing before and other apps were doing before that) like they mattered

And on top of all that, animeposting.

What is your point? What are you arguing?

Your post essentially amounts to

>lay off Pokemon Go, it has a couple of basic features i find interesting and never knew about until i jumped on the bandwagon!

I'd tell you to improve your post quality if I thought you could. Instead I'm telling you to stop posting at all.

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I feel so old right now, what the fucks Pokemon GO? And if it gets people outside and walking instead of being on there computer all day like me what's the problem?

>>48530056
I don't know, why don't you download the app and go outside to try it for yourself right now? You'd be doing yourself a favor by having a little fun and educating yourself about the topic, and you'd be doing us a favor by leaving.

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>>48527028
>Obviously doesn't know proper pokemon lore
>Doesn't appreciate players taking small amounts of time to do other things
>Stick-up-ass mindset towards anything that deprives the DM of attention

>>48530071
Did I say something to piss you of? Was just asking a question.

Can't download since I have an old ass phone.

>>48530056
nothing, until you start playing it at the game table.

>>48530106
>DM attention
>everyone is waiting for them to stop fucking off so the game can continue

>>48530153
You could've just read the thread and found out what the problem was instead of jumping in and asking what amounts to a really dumb rhetorical question. The problem is a) it's trash and b) it's fucking up tabletop gaming. You know, like the hobby this board you're posting on was made for?

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>Its an "OP hates something popular because contrarianism gets him the (You)'s that he craves thread

>>48530213
Point taken.


Why would anyone play that piece of shit? It's like if Black Friday was on your phone, had no sales, and internet problems.

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> Starting up game
> One player is doing the "last time, on D&D" recap
> Skype player is consistently distracted, due to his inability to focus on one glowing rectangle instead of the other glowing rectangles on his screen
> Interrupts the recapping player
> "Hang on, I'm going to put up some incense so I can play Pokemon Go while we do D&D"
> Everyone yells some variation of "NO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING" at the same time

Why would you even bother to show up for D&D if you aren't going to fucking play D&D? Why is the siren song of the mobile phone so captivating to the weak-willed?

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>not taking it as a sign your group wants to run PTA/PTU

I mean, come on. They're dropping all those hints right there.

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>>48530056
Its an Augmented Reality geo-caching game for smartphones centered around catching virtual pokemon in real life locations.

>>48530258
Mayby he's actually scared that after finding a megabishbakanono you'll getting trampled to death after 5billion pepole rush to get the pointless game thing?

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Jesus Christ this thread is hillaryos

>>48527187
If you spent more time staring at a phone screen you might learn capitalization.

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>>48530429
Really great contribution to the discussion friendo. You did it.

>>48526887
If you're really that pissed off about people playing Pokemon GO around you, just do what I did and buy a cellphone signal jammer. I guarantee they won't be able to play with that baby active.

>>48530905
I mean, yeah, they're illegal, but so is everything fun, and would the cops really go after someone for stopping a bunch of people from playing games?

>>48530322
Are you having a stroke?

>>48527688
Then look me in the eyes and tell me why you're bored faggot.

I'm the one busting my ass with prep work trying to make things fun for everyone. If only you aren't entertained and think busting your phone out mid game to do other shit is fine, that's cool.

If you're not having fun then leave dickhead. Don't sit there and mope like an entitled toddler.

>>48530919

They'd likely investigate it. Most uses for cellphone jammers tend not to be so innocent.

>>48531250
Use one with a radius of effect of 10 metres. Have the game in a room in the centre of a large house. Don't have it on the rest of the time.

>>48529133
They picked that style because it upsets people like you.

>>48527187
>RPG obsession has made you a bunch of unaware, mouth-breathing fucktards. there isn't a right way to live, but I know constantly staring at dice or a character sheet while you're with other people is fucking retarded.

In other words, it's like almost any other sort of hobby.
And by the way, people were literally saying this same shit about reading newspapers on the train.

>>48531513
factual reference needed

>>48527265
There is this one dude I game with who has his phone out at the start of the session, and will pick it back up after 10 minutes no matter what.

Some people are fucking addicts man.

>>48531774
I think I have seen him do this during movies in a theater.

The bastard might actually need to go to a 12 step program to get off reddit.

I think the game is retarded, but if my player asked me if we could pause (or he go away for a minute, while I attend to another player) because he wants to catch a rare pokemon, I wouldn't have problem with it. Just have enough courtesy to ask, that's all it takes, I am here to play a session that I prepared, respect my time and I will respect yours.

>be dm
>player instantly pulls out his phone
>constantly distracts players
>never even tries to roleplay
>give descriptions for every single attack because players just want to hit the thing in the same way every time
>"guys i'm bored wanna play pokemon go?"
Really dude what the fuck was i doing wrong, the most interesting thing he's attempted so far was jumping from one platform to another.

>>48526887
Zapdos doesn't exist in pokemon go yet. Either you're baiting or your players hated your game so much they lied about it for a break.

Why lie op? Are you that upset by other people's fun that you have to make up stories to shitpost about on an anonymous imageboard?

Zapdos isn't currently in the game.

>>48532130
Clearly tabletop isn't for him. Kick him

>>48532165
>Clearly tabletop isn't for him. Kick him
I mean he's one of the main group though, and i really don't know who could replace him, and to be fair i wasn't really describing his attacks with interest, there's only so many ways you can say "your shot misses", he's playing a halfiing rouge with a short bow, maybe i should ask him to change into a more interesting class? He mostly just sat at the back and shot shit with arrows.

>>48532190
Kick. Him.

>>48532195
Couldn't i just say no phones at the table unless on breaks? i mean the dude didn't really get a chance to roleplay at all

>>48526887
Pokemon GO was an ingenious move on Nintendo's behalf.
A classic franchise, with classic pokemons - except casualized and brought to the most wide platform available, using the monetized F2P model. Backed by a excessive marketing campaign, it's no wonder it became an instant success despite (or maybe even because of) the lack of depth.
Personally, I don't care for Pokemon GO, but you have to admit - Nintendo won the entire casual market with a single game.

>>48532259
Nintendo had nothing to do with Pokemon Go. They released a statement recently saying as much.

>>48526887
My last session one of my players pipes up mid play
>"anon, can we take 5? There's a jigglypuff nearby."

I spent 3 fucking hours making your new character sheets for this session, no you fucking can't.

>>48532487
>3 fucking hours
u wot m8

Also asking for a 5 minute break for anything is pretty reasonable.

>>48532487
>3 fucking hours
What were you playing?

How is that an issue at all? Pokemon GO spawns pokemon in the same location rarely; the game is about wandering around to find pokemon, not camping your ass on the couch and them coming to you. If there's a 'mon in the house, it takes about 30 seconds to catch it, then you're done for a long-ass time.

If the players want to ditch your game to go 'mon hunting, they don't want to play in the first place, but if it's something that's in the house, you can chill for 30 seconds while your players do something else. Do you also get pissy when someone has to go to the bathroom?

>>48532259
True this is
>>48532439
Whoever gets money for it can now bath in orchid oil

>>48532241
If he's bored enough to want to disrupt the whole party, just let him find something he'll be more interested in.

>>48532649
>>48532735
He probably has a shit group. Guys who can't even do their own character sheets so the DM has to do them in advance. I had a group like this once and prepping for a session was like taking on a part-time job.

Fucking what is this thread? The new headquarters of the Pokemon Go Defense Force? Yep, okay, fine, your new AR app is cute, but can't you guys just cool it for five fucking minutes with that shit and respect what the rest of us are trying to do? You have to remember that your little app is a fad, just like Angry Birds and Fallout Shelter, and all you'll have to show for it in a few weeks will be a bunch of pixels in a pretend Pokedex.

I'm not saying you have to quit it. Just save it for when you're alone and need something to amuse yourself. When you're with your gaming group, or down at your FLGS, make some proper memories. Put your phones away or go back to >>>/v/.

Our hobby is a social hobby. Engage with some other human beings.

>>48527352
>>48527408
>Pokemon GO is as necessary to living as eating and using the bathroom
Yikes. I'd tell you to get off your phones but you're clearly lost causes.

>>48532936
>>48532913
>>48532130
>>48532010
As I've said before, buy a cellphone jammer. They're only 60 bucks, and with a radius of effect of only 10 metres, you won't interfere with anything really important.

>not playing PokemonGO like a good drone

s'matter anon, don't you wanna be cool like everybody else?

>>48532966
Yep doing something against federal law seems a pretty reasonable response.

>>48532996
>Implying they'll catch you using it on private property
>Implying the neighbours won't blame it on shitty reception
>Implying the police will actually care

>>48532913
>You have to remember that your little app is a fad, just like Angry Birds and Fallout Shelter, and all you'll have to show for it in a few weeks will be a bunch of pixels in a pretend Pokedex.
And probably a bunch of fun memories too. Which they are apparently not getting from your game

>>48532966
That's retarded and you're retarded for suggesting that. One: that's illegal. Two: If you need a jammer, there are clearly other problems that need to be addressed

>>48526887
Pokemon Go is pretty gay. Now I don't have a problem if people are gay, cause if you like dick then you gotta suck dick, I get it. But I'm not into sucking dick, and I didn't invite a bunch of people over to have a gay orgy- I'm not gonna let you break away mid-game to go fuck in the bathroom.

There's a time and place for that, but during the 3-4 hours a week that we all set aside specifically for an activity that's not sucking dick, definitely isn't it. If we all agreed to this, then I think it's fair to expect adherence to it.

>>48533084
Anon, you seem to be a bit fixated on dicks.
Are you absolutely sure you aren't gay?

Pokemon GO is pure cancer, not because it isn't fun, but because the trendiest, douchiest idiots play it like crack and I refuse to be associated with them. Where I live welfare idiots just wander about playing it all day and it's ridiculous. How the Fuck do you afford a $700 phone AND a data plan, but can't buy a nonstained wife beater.

Ok, what kind of /tg/ related AR games would you like?
>40k Administratum
>players must collect and transport dataslates, scrolls etc, and solve puzzles on different locations
>lots of misinformation, missing data, corrupted data and timestamps fucked over by everything, game community must piece up the truth together from the inconsitent mess.
>Raising up in the ranks of Admin grants all kind of perks and new challenges
>Time restricted events, like X days to solve this mess and make the neccessary pencil pushing to get crusade fleet off in time to save sector or prevent famine on a system

>>48533835
None. I refuse to play AR games because I'm addicted to cardboard and little models. If suddenly I started playing that shit I would never come back. Same reason I will never play VR; I've read too much slippery slope sci-fi for that.

>>48527187
>posting from a phone...while on the toilet.

Cellphone obsession has shown me just how boring my peers are. I try not to whip the phone out in conversation but fuck man, I derive more enjoyment from 5 minutes browsing /tg/ than hours of face to face with some of my friends.

My generation sucks so much, phone use is literally better than personal interaction.

>>48533835
>AR games
Ingress has a good concept for a game that was specifically made to improve Google's geocaching.
That said, a good AR game would be something like JUNGLE (sic).
>On its surface, JUNGLE appears to be an ordinary social networking website. Members of JUNGLE complete missions in order to gain points in order go up ranks and gain temporary powers. Those who reach the highest rank (J-rank) get to meet the King in order to gain permanent powers. Given the nature of the clan, it's technically the largest of all the clans. However, most of the members are merely pawns to help carry out the clan's actual agenda.

So basically, it would go something like this:
>corporation creates a game, where you have to perform real-life task for virtual currency
>the more tasks you perform successfuly, the faster you advance in ranks
>as you advance in ranks, you receive harder and more obscure tasks and can cash-in virtual currency for real-life benefits that the corporation provides so you can perform the tasks more efficiently
>said tasks involve different things, from delivering a package or doing something innocuous for low-rank members to corporate espionage and sabotage for high-ranking members
Basically, a "game" that allows a corporation to further its agenda.

>>48533958
That would make a killer setup for any cyberpunk game.

>>48533958
In future, all jobs not done by robots are gamefied.

>>48533767
I find it weird you're trying to generalize when pretty much everyone is playing it.

>>48527570
I'm not saying PoGo is bad, but Niantic built it on the engine of their previous app, Ingress.

Ingress has a pretty cool lore and story too, which is decided by the victories of the two factions in big Anomaly events.

>>48533921

Dude, it's always been that way.

Other people fucking suck, it's been that way since time immemorial, it's only in the last century that we have had enough easily available and free entertainment to spoil ourselves and settle for the "At least I'm not bored as fuck alone" situation.

Phone-staring is the new "Sitting on a Porch"

>>48526887
ITT: Shit that didn't happen, because Zapdos isn't Go yet.

> Social rejects can't deal with people having fun
Unless they've got their phone out doing shit the whole fucking time, there is nothing wrong to checking and seeing why your phone vibrated, and unless someone was in the middle of narrating or it was an encounter, then there's equally little wrong with them excusing themselves from the table.
(but Zapdos isn't in Pokemon Go, so OP's full of shit).

>>48533958
Pretty sure something like that featured in the Stross novel, 'Halting State'.

>>48528741
He's also using an extreme example. If be said they interrupted the game to go look for a fucking Oddish or something then I'd be a bit more sympathetic but Zapdos? Even if I didn't play Pokemon Go I'd still let them go look for it because it's a super rare legendary goddamn lighting bird.

>>48534214
see
>>48528824

fucking idiot.

>>48532649
>>48532735
Writing character sheets for savage worlds (doesn't take long but an completely new system to me) what took the time was writing a load of character background stuff to help the group (who are all new players) role-play, and writing the rules for their individual edges and hindrances on the back of each sheet.

>>48532649
I don't mind taking five, what I don't like is when they ask for it just after we've had a toilet/drinks break

>>48534981
next time don't make up bullshit, idiot

>>48532866
Not shit, just new to the game. Although come to think of it, I'm new too and I put in the effort.

>>48527408
I mean I thought this was common practice but I've met people who will game for twelve hours straight without so much as a pause. That said what's the best length for a session do you all find?

>>48533767

I have a data plan that's limited 4G and unlimited 3g and its like 30 bucks a month. My smartphone was like 10 bucks when I got an upgrade from my POS flipper phone.

Stop acting like a generic smartphone is some unattainable rich guy luxury. Fuck, No consumer electronics are unattainable even on a pissant wage.

>>48534260
>there is nothing wrong to checking and seeing why your phone vibrated

Seriously. This. I'm a fucking EMT, sysadmin, and married. Even when I was still active duty people would bitch if I checked my phone during a card game. If my phone goes off, I'm going to check it. Because I'm a adult who has responsibilities that are more important than a little game.

People are going to be glued to their phones man. If it bugs you that much, implement a rule for no phones at the table. If they break it throw a cursed item at them or something.

I use a flip phone to avoid the temptation. Plus its indisputable, and I can text and make phone calls, which is all I ever should be doing with a phone anyway. Got a computer at home for a reason.

Anyway, I kind of like the feeling of being the only one with my phone not glued to my hand. And with this pokemon shit? Man, its the closest thing I'll get to walking through a herd of zombies.

>>48535606
>Seriously guys I'm checking super important shit
>Lol this cat video my friend sent me is hilarious X^D

>>48527570

>Also it got some people to actually walk outdoors that normally wouldn't do it all year long.

The people that need a pokemon app to spur activity are beyond the help that walking a few miles a day can provide.

Guarantee they get home and crack an extra can of coke to reward themselves for walking around the block. And when the app looses its popularity they'll go back to their sedimentary lives.

>>48535713
Except that one time when a tornado tore through Moore back in '13. That was a long fucking night.

Or when my wife got in a car accident last year.

Or when I got switched into the next rotation last minute.


But sure, it's all just cat videos and youtube crap.

>>48535776
What he's saying is that there's a fucking difference between handling important real-life shit and just jerking around on your phone and being disruptive.
nobody gives a shit if the phone rings and it's important. It's different if you're just watching youtube or playing some game in the middle of a session.

>>48526887

You posted this on your phone.

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>>48535770
>sedimentary

Igneous, actually.

>>48535820
>there is nothing wrong to checking and seeing why your phone vibrated
This was the comment I originally replied to, because I agreed with this statement

So what was the point of >>48535713 responding to me?

Reaffirming something I all already know and made obvious that I know?

>nobody gives a shit if the phone rings and it's important.
I've played with some cunts in my life. People who explode when you check the phone even when it's your boss telling you to come into work early aka now. You guys really need to learn to chill when it comes to games of pretend.

>>48527574
Same, I actually rejected offers to buy me an iPhone when my parents got one, so I am the lowest tech one in the family,
We are actually poor and I on a permanent crusade to get them to save money.
I am using my Grandmothers hand me down phone right now.

>>48535920

First,

>more important than a little game
>You guys really need to learn to chill when it comes to games of pretend

you can't have a moral high ground while trying to belittle the very thing the message board your posting on is dedicated to.

Second, there are a lot of weird people who play these games. The normals who enjoy /tg/ related shit are adrift in a sea of <insert mental handicap here>s. You're going to run into some spergs until you find a few cool people.

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>>48535682
>Anyway, I kind of like the feeling of being the only one with my phone not glued to my hand. And with this pokemon shit? Man, its the closest thing I'll get to walking through a herd of zombies.

>>48536045
>you can't have a moral high ground while trying to belittle the very thing the message board your posting on is dedicated to.

Sorry your pride got hurt.

It is a little thing though. It's a game. One you don't get payed to play and where your performance wont leave a lasting or meaningful impact on the rest of the world. So yes, it is less important than the majority of things in life.

>Second
Been playing/running for 20+ years mate, figured that out a long time ago. It's a risk that comes with playing games in the public space.

>>48536201

Man, I barely come here. Im just pointing out your hypocrisy.

>>48532762
Nope. It spawns the same Pokemon in the same area over and over.

>>48536166

Shouldn't that be a picture of a hipster rather than a nerd? Regardless, its the truth. You ever been on a city bus and just look around to see everyone minus the driver on their phone? Its hilarious and a bit surreal. Nobodies looking out the windows, or each other or whatever, they're all just staring their hands.

>>48536393
How is it hypocrisy if it's a fact?

Games aren't important. They're just games. Vast majority of the issues people have here would be resolved if everyone just learned to chill out and not take the game so seriously.

>>48527468
> playing contrarian
> by supporting a popular fad
this is new levels of retarded

>>48536467
>You ever been on a city bus and just look around to see everyone minus the driver on their phone?
And this is a problem?

Public transportation is a boring affair, and if it's a daily commute going down the same route every day then it's even more boring and tedious. How is it bad that people are choosing to spend this time sending messages to friends or catching up with current affairs on news/social-media sites?

>>48536396
Not in the same spot though, and areas are measured by the mile. Unless OP's house is a plantation home (which would make sense for a slave driver) the odds of any pokemon spawning in the same spot more than once every 24hours is already remarkably low; let alone the exact same pokemon in the exact same spot. I live off two side roads in a small town, so sometimes whole days go by without any pokemon coming within a mile of my home; other days I'll get 2~4 somewhere in my yard.

>>48533835
I'd like it to be something like tabletop simulator AR edition.

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>>48535770
>Sedimentary

>>48536538
>a hobby where players spend plenty of time creating a character, figuring out their place in the story, contributing to teamwork and engaging in feats of imagination
>stop taking it so SERIOUSLY

I think perhaps this place is not for you dumbshit.

>>>/vp/

That's probably more your speed, you ADD riddled sperg.

>>48539457
See this is what I mean.

You're so easily injured when someone doesn't take your hobby seriously. It's not a sport, it's not a job, it's just a game. Relax.

>>48526887
No one in my group plays Pokémon Go.

Also, as a house rule we have all phones banned at the table unless serious shit is going down that demands attention, to be decided by a group vote.

We allow tablets with the rulebook pdfs on them, but that's the only thing they are to be used for.

>>48533958
Maneki neko is what you want to read.

>>48539551
>implying sports are important
>>>/asp/
>>>/sp/

>>48539728
>a god among men posts

to grace us with your presence, we are not worthy