A Belated Thank You We Should All Be a Part of

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There are several reasons each individual should be thankful, many things of which aren't shared but personal. Even if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be thankful for the things you have. Only a week late, there is one person we should all consider thanking, and that is Satoshi Tajiri.

Tajiri had a dream, it began with his love for insects. He was very fond of insects and tadpoles found in the suburbs of Tokyo; later to form the idea of one of the largest creative franchises in the world. He loved insects so much, he wanted to share the thrills of collecting them with other children.

Getting a few of his friends together, Tajiri created Game Freak. When Tajiri discovered the Game Boy and Game Boy Linking Cable, his dream grew bigger, imagining the insects traveling through the wire.


Ultraman; a fantasy TV series influenced Tajiri to further his creation when the protagonist of the series used monsters that were contained in small capsules. He later pitched "Capsule Monsters" to Nintendo, only for his idea to be dismissed. Later on, Tajiri befriends Shigeki Morimoto who pitches the idea to Nintendo once again.

Once the game was funded, it spent 6 years in development, leading to a financial loss, and "Capsule Monsters" being changed to the well-known game "Pocket Monsters". Several members of Tajiri's team left him, while he stayed with his ship, everyone thought to be sinking. Many unpaid hours went by while the rest his team, including him, finished the game.

If it weren't for Tajiri being stubborn about his creation, we wouldn't have the Pokemon we know and love today. Though his team also deserves a big thank you for sticking with him through his long journey, and Nintendo as well for helping make it possible for everyone to share the joy of collecting "insects" Tajiri had.

Of course, if it weren't for Niantic, we wouldn't have Pokemon go. Though through a bit of hardship, not being very communicative and drastic changes to the game, we owe them a big thank you too.

I would like to Thank,

Satoshi Tajiri and his team, Nintendo, and Niantic for all of their hard work!

How to Increase the Chances of Hatching Pokemon you Want

As far as I am aware, this is still a theory but it deals with the biome weather dependency and biome exclusive trails. For those who aren't sure what a biome is; it is a fairly new term used to describe the different habitats such as forests and tundras. I'm not sure of what biomes are in Pokemon go other than a water and grass biome, mostly because of where I live.

Well, what does any of this have to do with hatching eggs? About a week ago, it was cold damp and rainy for a few days in which I was able to hatch eggs still, though it wasn't my common fire or grass types. It was literally water Pokemon one after the other. It is safe to say however that Water Pokemon do spawn more when it rains because that was practically the only thing spawning. I'm still working on testing this, but I believe it to be true because there is a spot I normally walk to get a good sum of water types. I normally end up with 10-20 within the route, nor included what I get from eggs.

I didn't think much of the Pokemon I got out of eggs I hatched while walking this route, mostly because I thought it was by chance. Well the more I started hatching, the most water Pokemon I got, this was also when it was raining a bit though it was clear at the time I walked. I realized what was happening after hatching several eggs, which most were, of course, water type.

Have any 10km eggs you hope to become one of the one of the few water types you can get from them? Well, I would hold off hatching them until it's either cold damp and rainy unless you live near a water biome spawn. This could greatly increase your chances of getting Dratini's if you are still after that Dragonite (like me). Remember, though you have a (possibly) higher chance of getting water types when conditions are right, doesn't mean A) you will get a water type 100% of the time and B) you will get the Pokemon you long sought for and C) this is still speculation in which I hope to get hard evidence for, before I say rather or not it's legit. 

Though this theory makes sense doesn't mean it is true, that's why it is merely a theory. If you wish to be a part of testing this theory, please don't hesitate to let me know your data.

How to Get a "Nice" Throw Every time!

I'm unsure if this is a glitch or if it's programmed into the game, either way, I got Nice throws left and right. Until I figured out why now I get the accuracy bonus almost every time I go to catch a Pokemon. The times I don't however, are because the circle that grows and shrinks isn't the right size. Yes, that's right, the key to getting a nice throw all depends on the size of the ring indicating the difficulty of the catch rate. Not only that but did you know that the smaller the circle the better chance you have of catching a Pokemon? 

Unfortunately, in this case, you want the circle to be the largest it can get. I have noticed that if it's just below the white catch frame circle then you still have a fairly high chance of getting the "Nice" throw, but not every time, like when the circle is on the catch frames shown in the picture above. I know it doesn't show that I got a nice throw, but try to get that screenshot was hard enough, trying to make sure everything was set. 

Either way, this may take a bit of practice, kind of like getting the curveball down (I still haven't mastered the curveball). If you are able to time things right when you throw curveballs, then this little trick will help you get not only a 10 extra experience for each catch but 20 extra points. It may not be much, but after level 20 any little experience is well worth it. Let me know if you are able to get nice throws left and right after reading this... friends are amused with me able to do this. Don't forget that curveballs increase the catch rate and so do accuracy throws, being guaranteed a nice throw should surely help in harder catches.       

Preparing for Second Generation

As many of you may not already know, there will be a new list of Pokemon entering Pokemon Go sometime in December. Most of them will be completely new, while others have are new evolutions to existing Pokemon, Some are first stage evolutions, other are final stage. Here is a list and a theory based on current amount of candies it will take to get some of the new Pokemon right when they are first released!

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Pichu - Unevolved form of Pikachu, 25 candies to get Pikachu and 100 Candies to get Raichu

Crobat - Final stage of Golbat, 25 candies to get Golbat, 100 candies for Crobat

Cleffa- Unevolved form of Clefairy, 25 candies to get Clefairy, 100 Candies to get Clefable

Igglybuff - Unevolved form of Jigglypuff, 25 candies to get Jigglypuff, 100 candies to get Wigglytuff

Steelix - Evolved form of Onix, 50 candies to get Steelix

Politoed - 2nd choice final evolution, 100 candies just like Polywrath

Slowking - Final Evolution of Slowpoke, 25 candies for Slowbro, 100 candies for Slowking

Bellossom - 2nd choice final evolution, 100 candies just like Vileplume

Tyrogue- Unevolved form of Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, will work like Eevee, 25 candies have a
chance to get Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, or Hitmontop

Hitmontop- Evolved form of Tyrogue, 25 candies with a chance to get out of the three

Magby - Unevolved form of Magmar, 50 candies

Shoochum - Unevolved form of Jynx, 50 candies

Elekid - Unevolved form of Electrobuzz, 50 candies

Espeon, Umbreon - two more evolutions to Eevee, 25 candies as a chance to get (plausible easter egg, higher chance to get Espeon in the morning and Umbreon at night)

Kingdra - Final Stage of Horsea, 25 candies to get Seadra, 100 candies for Kingdra

Porygon 2 - Evolved form of Porygon, 50 candies

Blissey, Evolved form of Chaney, 50 candies

Scizor - Evolved form of Scyther, 50 candies

Please keep in mind this is all speculation, the amount of candies it can take to evolve these Pokemon may be different, though chances are most of these will be correct due to the system now. Most Pokemon with 3 evolutions will take a total of 125 candies, 25 for the second evolution, 100 for the third. Most Pokemon with 2 evolutions take 50 candies to evolve.

Pokemon Hotspot: River Greenway Bluffton Indiana

Walking the River Greenway in Bluffton Indiana with my mom, brother, and a friend, This is what we came across. I live in a more rural area than most people so to most this probably isn't a whole lot, but to me, this was like winning the lottery. If you live around the area then this spot is differentially worth checking out. There aren't any Pokestops (yet) so I would come with a good 100 Pokeballs per hour you plan on walking... yes I went through over 100 Pokeballs within an hour. 

I started from the beginning of the trail, which you can get to by turning east on the first road past Hardees, I walked for about 30 minutes and turned back around after reaching a red bridge. Walking that distance helped me hatch 5 2k eggs and 3 5k eggs within the hour. I also put 2 incenses up which I was lucky enough to get a Dratini off of. 

Pokemon Go Improved Traking

In this update, the nearby tab has been updated. There now is a nearby along with a sighting. Still learning a bit about the new tracking system, it seems they whole things isn't working for everyone at the moment. Some only see the sighting section of the new and "improved" tracking system, while other see both features. I can't say much on the nearby feature because it doesn't work for me. Hopefully, though things work and Pokemon can now be easier to track. 

 Along with implementing a new tracker, there is now a "safer" way for player who drive. All though anyone can just tap the "I'm a Passenger" to allow the game to work after traveling so fast, it was more of a safety for Niantic more than the players. By approving you are a passenger so you can still play the game on the road, if by chance you are actually driving and playing, then it basically waves Niantic from any and all responsibility from those who choose to play the game while driving. All though Niantic still wasn't to blame for people playing and driving, it's now official that Niantic can't be blamed for stupidity of the players, though it will still happen.

The accuracy bug was also fixed in this update. For those who don't know what the bug was, basically experience wasn't given to those who threw a nice, great, or excellent. At first many thought the feature was taken out of the game because people were leveling too fast (not sure how that theory came about leveling is balanced coming from someone who plays a handful of MMO's). 

Don't Evolve Your Pokemon Until You See This

Before you evolve your Pokemon, mainly the ones you plan on using for future battling, check out Pokeadvisor. This website will access your account, and by allowing it you can see all of you Pokemon's IVs, rated by a percent. Instead of just choosing your highest CP Pokemon, you may want to check it's IVs first. Evolving a high CP Gastly for the intention to use a Gengar to battle, it turns out it had really low IV rating. Though it would turn into a high CP Gengar, it would have been extremally weak.

An opinionated percent to start evolving your Pokemon would be a 90%  Pokemon. IVs are judged by the stats your Pokemon has, so you can see exactly what it's missing. The cap for the three stats; Attack, Defence, and Stamina, are all 15 for all Pokemon. If you could deal with missing a few points off these stats, then go ahead and evolve. 

Checking your IVs in the Manager tab isn't the only thing this website is good for. When you are in the "manager" tab you can search for the Pokemon you want and even sort by CP, A-Z, Number, and recent. If you have recently caught a Pokemon and you want to see what it's IVs are, you can hit the refresh button next to the sort by every 5 minutes.

When you first log in you will be on the trainer tab. With this, you can see your trainer profile like in the game. It will tell you how many Pokemon you have caught from the Pokedex, a total amount of Pokemon caught and seen, your catch rate, and the total amount of Pokeballs thrown. There is also a gym and other box within the trainer tab. The gym box tells you how many prestige points you have earned, how many training battles, and regular battles you have won, and it even lets you know if your defender bonus is ready.

Last but not least the Pokedex tab. There isn't much of anything special with this tab, it lists all the Pokemon in the correct order, and it tells you how many candies it takes to evolve, It also tells you the typing of the Pokemon if you click on one. If there is a specific Pokemon you are looking for you can type its name in the search bar and be on your merry way.

Capture and Flee Rates

These rates are effected by your level, this is a list of the base catch and flee rates gathered from the game data. Pokemon with a 0% catch rate are believed to be gifts or rewards later in the future, though it doesn't explain why they have a flee rate. Perhaps this is where the theoretical master ball comes into play? 

   Catch Rate:  Flee Rate:

1. Bulbasaur -                                     16                10      
2. Ivysaur -                                           8                   7
3. Venusaur -                                        4                   5
4. Charmaner -                                   16                 10
5. Charmeleon -                                    8                  7
6. Charizard -                                        4                  5
7. Squirtle -                                         16                10
8. Wartortle -                                         8                  7
9. Blastiose -                                         4                  5
10. Caterpie -                                        40                 20
11. Medapod -                                      40                 20
12. Butterfree -                                     10                  6
13. Weedle -                                         40                 20
14. Kakuna -                                         40                20
15. Beedrill -                                        10                 6
16. Pidgey -                                          40               20
17. Pidgeotto -                                      20                 9
18. Pidgeot -                                         10                 6
19. Rattata -                                          40               20
20. Raticate -                                        16                 7
21. Spearow -                                       40               20
22. Fearow -                                         16                 7
23. Ekans -                                           40               15
24. Arbok -                                           16                 7
25. Pikachu -                                        16               10
26. Raichu -                                           8                 6
27. Sandshrew -                                   40               10
28. Sandslash -                                     16                6 
29. Nidoran -                                       40               15
30. Nidorina -                                      20                 7
31. Nidorino -                                      20                7
32. Nidoqueen -                                  10                 5
33. Nidoking -                                     10                5
34. Clefairy -                                      24               10
35. Clefable -                                        8                 6
36. Volpix -                                        24                10
37. Ninetales -                                      8                 6
38. Jigglepuff -                                   40               10
39. Wigglytuff -                                  16                6
40. Zubat -                                          40              20 
41. Golbat -                                        16                 7
42. Oddish -                                       48               15
43. Gloom -                                        24                7
44. Vileplume -                                  12                5
45. Paras -                                          32               15
46. Parasect -                                     16                 7
47. Venonat -                                     40                15
48. Venomoth -                                  16                 7
49. Diglett -                                       40                10
50. Dugtrio -                                      16                 6
51. Meowth -                                     40                15
52. Persian -                                      16                  7
53. Psyduck -                                    40                10
54. Golduck -                                    16                  6
55. Mankey -                                    40                 10
56. Primape -                                    16                   6
57. Growilth -                                   24                 10
58. Arcinine -                                     8                   6
59. Poliwag -                                    40                 15
60. Poliwhirl -                                  20                   7
61. Poliwarth -                                 10                   5
62. Abra -                                         40                 99
63. Kadabra -                                   20                   7
64. Alakzam -                                  10                   5
65. Machop -                                    40                 10
66. Machoke -                                  20                   7
67. Machamp -                                 10                   5
68. Bellsprout -                                40                 15
69. Wheepingbell -                          20                    7
70. Victreebell -                               10                    5
71. Tentacool -                                 40                  15
72. Tentacruel -                                16                    7
73. Geodude -                                  40                  10
74. Gravaler -                                  20                     7
75. Golem -                                     10                     5
76. Ponyta -                                     32                  10
77. Rapidash -                                 12                    6
78. Slowpoke -                                40                  10 
79. Slowbro -                                  16                    6
80. Magnimite -                              40                  10
81. Magniton -                                16                    6
82. Farfetch'd -                               24                    9
83. Doduo -                                    40                  10
84. Dotrio -                                     16                   6
85. Seel -                                        40                   9
86. Dewgong -                               16                    6
87. Grimer -                                   40                  10
88. Muk -                                       16                    6
89. Shellder -                                 40                  10
90. Cloyster -                                 16                    6
91. Gastly -                                    32                  10
92. Haunter -                                  16                    7
93. Gengar -                                     8                    5
94. Onix -                                       16                    9
95. Drowzy -                                  40                  10
96. Hypno -                                    16                    6
97. Krabby -                                   40                  15
98. Kingler -                                   16                    7
99. Voltorb -                                   40                  10 
100. Electrode -                                16                    6
101. Exeggcute -                              40                   10
102. Exeggcutor -                             16                    6
103. Cubone -                                   32                  10
104. Marowak -                                12                    6
105. Hitmonlee -                              16                   9
106. Hitmonchan -                           16                    9
107. Lickitung -                                16                   9
108. Koffing -                                  40                 10
109. Weezing -                                 16                   6
110. Rhyhorn -                                 40                  10
111. Rhydon -                                  16                    6
112. Chansey -                                 16                    9
113. Tangula -                                  32                    9
114. Kangaskhan -                           16                    9
115. Horsea -                                   40                   10 
116. Seadra -                                   16                    6
117. Goldeen -                                 40                   15
118. Seaking -                                 16                     7
119. Staryu -                                   40                   15
120. Starmie -                                 16                     6
121. Mr. Mime -                             24                     9
122. Scyther -                                 24                     9
123. Jynx -                                     24                      9
124. Electrabuzz -                          24                     9
125. Magmar -                               24                     9
126. Pinsir -                                   24                     9
127. Tauros -                                  24                    9
128. Magikarp -                            56                    15
129. Gyarados -                               8                     7
130. Lapras -                                  16                    9
131. Ditto -                                    16                  10
132. Eevee -                                   32                   10
133. Vaporeon -                             12                    6
134. Jolteon -                                 12                    6
135. Flareon -                                12                    6
136. Porygon -                               32                    9
137. Omanyte -                              32                    9
138. Omastar -                              12                     5
139. Kabuto -                                32                     9
140. Kabutops -                            12                     5
141. Aerodactyl -                          16                     9
142. Snorlax -                               16                     9
143. Articuno -                               0                    10
144. Zapdos -                                 0                    10
145. Moltras -                                 0                     10
146. Dratini -                                32                     9
147. Dragonair -                             8                     6
148. Dragonite -                             4                     5
149. Mewtwo -                               0                   10
150. Mew -                                     0                   10

New Update "Fixes" 3 Steps Glitch?

As many of you already know Pokemon Go's 1.1.0 update which came out yesterday, adding a few new features and a few bug fixes, ended up being the end to the tracking system... or was it? There was a theory going around before this patch came out that the 3 step glitch would be fixed, but when their servers can handle it. 

The thing about this glitch, it really wasn't a glitch. Niantic had disabled the feature for better gameplay. At that time servers were overloaded and the game along with many players experienced problems. Not knowing a whole lot of why this very helpful extension to the game caused that much stress on Niantics servers, but it did so Niantics response was to disable it. After many reports of the system not working, and many assuming Niantic wasn't taking action or recognising the issue, Niantic had known all along.

Many players upset about the "glitch", there were helpful maps that would show you where the Pokemon you were vigorously searching was, and it even gave you how much time it had left until it despawned. The only map that I really know of was Pokevision. I say "was" because their servers are down. Not because they are experiencing problems or the creators are doing maintenance, but Niantic finally shut them all down. A few days ago, Niantic stated they planned on shutting down all apps that allowed the players to cheat. Some may agree or disagree that sites/apps like Pokevision really is cheating, but it doesn't matter what the player base says. Niantic saw it as a form of cheating (not to mention the creators hacked into their coding).

Is this the end of tracking Pokemon?  Don't get your hopes up, but keeps your spirits high. Niantic did say they would fix the issue, and removing it completely from the game isn't a fix. In a post, a few days ago, Niantic said they liked people actually searching for the Pokemon though one thing they misconstrued is the fact there were a lot of people using some kind of map to show the Pokemon's Locations, so not many actually searched for them. What made the game fun was knowing rather or not you were getting closer to the Pokemon you so desperately need. 

What will probably end up happening is Niantic will add it or some kind of tracking system in their next big patch. The reason why is because searching for Pokemon in large cities is almost impossible without tracking them. In rural areas where I live, you basically have a 50/50 shot of which was the Pokemon is. I can also see Niantic leaving the tracking system out, but that would be more for a trading purpose, forcing players to interact and trade.

Changes:

Today Niantic did conform that they will be adding a new tracking system in the game. Doing a bit of research, it sounds as if they may have changed their tracking to the steps after releasing the game from beta. The old tracking system is what Niantic plans on using once again. For those who don't know what the old system was, it showed you how close a Pokemon was using meters.

This being said, there should be another update here within the coming week or 2. There have been several people upset about this update, saying Niantic lied about new feature that weren't added in this patch, however, they never specified when those features would be out. They just hinted towards them being a part of the same update. Fixing the tracking system was one.

More Changes:

Niantic Responded to the lots of hate they have been getting from their last patch. The reason for the removal of the 3 steps is so they can improve upon it even more. The theory of them bringing it back or adding a new system seems to have been confirmed. They didn't say if they were keeping the 3 steps however, though it sounded as if it were going to change. For more information check out this post from Kotaku http://kotaku.com/niantic-explains-pokemon-go-changes-1784692551

How to Quickly get Candies for Rare Pokemon

Pokemon Go Nests have been sought out by many users once they were discovered and there are even maps for some locations that have the nests pinned. While I was in Newport, I was lucky enough to experience not 1 but 3 nests! They were close to each other, though I wasn't close enough to the Dratini nest so that still remains a shadow in my Pokedex.

A Pokemon nest is basically where there is an unlimited amount of one type of Pokemon, A breeding ground if you want to get technical. How do you know if you have come across a nest? Well, typically there will be several of a Pokemon showing up on your nearby. It is better it just accidently find a nest because they are so sparse, it would take a redundant amount of time to find a nest by strictly searching for one. 

 Other Pokemon can and will still spawn in nests, but for the most part, nests can be treated like they are unwanted Pidgeys and Weedles, that's how fast the Pokemon spawn. Though if you are after Pokemon just for the Pokedex entry, then I can attest you won't be there long. I got 50 Doduo candies in about a half hour, catching other uncommon's and rares in between.

I don't know the actual locations, but doduo was at the aquarium and Dratini was on one of the bridges close to it. Walking from Newport to Cincinnati on the foot bridge, the nest was to the left near the other bridge I believe you get to the aquarium on. If anyone has exact locations feel free to let me know so I can add them for others.

Changes:

As of today, 7-29-2016 nests have been changed. The Pokemon that used to inhabit a nest now have switched. To check out more information here is a list of Pokemon Nest Switches. Dratini nests now, sadly spawn eevees. I feel like that was a bit of a slap to every Pokemon Go player. Make a well liked/ strong Pokemon into well liked/ common Pokemon everyone has 100s of. Doduos nests however, now spawn Ponytas. Which where I'm from seems to be a fair trade (I have yet to see either in my area). Zubats... no one cares about them obviously, either I didn't find an actual nest because there aren't any Zubat nests, or Niantic has the same appeal to them as the average player does.

Catch Pokemon and Save Poke Balls

Many of my friends wonder how I'm up to par with them, yet I have a large sum of Poke Balls, even though I live out in the middle of nowhere that has 1 Pokestop. It's simple actually, I do go to town often to walk around and hit up the Pokestops there, but that isn't how or why I have so many Poke Balls filling up my; what I thought to be plenty, inventory storage. I often find myself struggling to find the item I need to delete just so I can continue to spin. It's difficult actually because I have a few revives and potions maybe 20-30 in total, so it wouldn't be wise to get rid of any more of those. Meaning I'm left with getting rid of either the starting Poke Balls or Razz Berries, which I have 100 of. I doubt I need that many Berries but you never know what you will come across. 

So this is what to do if you want to stress over a full inventory or rest relaxed knowing that you are stocked up on Poke Balls from here on out. 

Look at the Pokemon's CP, if it is below 100 then most of the time you can just catch it with 1 normal Poke Ball without throwing any Razz Berries in for the rescue. If it is between 100-200 expect to through 2-3 normal Poke Balls without a Razz Berry, and if it is above 200 CP then you should feed the Pokemon a Razz Berry unless you are feeling risky. Note how I say how many Poke Balls it should take to catch the Pokemon, this is because; unless it is a rare Pokemon, I will run from the encounter and be on my merry way. 

When it comes to rarer Pokemon I will normally feed it a Razz Berry then throw as many Poke Balls as it takes to catch it, but that's only if I need the candies for an evolution I have yet to register in my Pokedex. The reason you should be catching every Pokemon you come across is because you've gotta catch'em all, duh; but no the reason is you need to save candies for evolutions for faster leveling.