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[-] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago
[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 40 points 1 year ago

But what star level was it?

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

They don’t have to catch them all.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sadly in 2017 there was no star level appraisal system. Third party tools (might have?) existed at that time, but it doesn't sound like they used any.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

A high level!!

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

So I watched the video and it sounds like they were also using a website to determine where Pokemon were appearing. Reading the Vice article the quote "and that they were only monitoring a tracking application to catch mythical creatures" appears.

I mention this both because I find it interesting. The phone app will show you Pokemon nearby, but if you've caught the Pokemon before you can only see in your immediate area (the immediate area is wider for rural areas, but hardly enough). They also seem to know exactly where each Pokemon who pops up is, with more accuracy than you would get from the phone app and likely further away from where they were.

And the second reason is that, while the video proves plenty, I assume they were using their car computer to check a Pokemon tracking website. I would bet the start of this investigation came from checking the logs on that device.

[-] FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At least tell us if it was a Shiny. Come on man.....don't skimp on the details of this Togetic.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Shiny Togetic wasn't available in the game at the time. (I had to look it up to be sure.)

Plus when someone gets a shiny, they aren't quiet about it.

[-] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Gotta catch ‘em all (thieves)

Cops: I sleep

Gotta catch ‘em all (pokemans)

Cops: real shit

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Pieces of shit.

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Can't wait to see this episode of The Rookie.

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

we love our police don't we folks

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