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Pokemon Go Leads to Reckless Driving, Injuries, and A Corpse (chicagotribune.com)
Since its release Wednesday night, Pokemon Go has already gone on to become the top-grossing game in the three countries where it's available, and Forbes contributor Tero Kuittinen calls it "the first example of an AR product becoming a national obsession." An anonymous Slashdot reader writes:
Some fans are now tweeting about playing the game while driving, and the Chicago Tribune quotes one user who says "Pokemon Go put me in the ER last night... Not even 30 minutes after the release...I slipped and fell down a ditch." In Australia the game has been leading some players to their local police station, and a woman in Wyoming reports that the game actually led her to a dead body floating in a river. And at least one Pokemon Go screenshot has gone viral. It shows a man capturing a Pokemon while his wife gives birth.
The app's popularity has created lagging servers and forced Niantic to delay its international roll-out, meaning "Those who have already downloaded the game in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand can still play it, while those in the U.K., the Netherlands and other countries will have to wait." Meanwhile, Motherboard warns that a malicious sideloaded version of Pokemon Go is being distributed that actually installs a backdoor on Android devices, and also reports that some players are already spoofing their GPS coordinates in order to catch Pokemon without leaving their house.
The app's popularity has created lagging servers and forced Niantic to delay its international roll-out, meaning "Those who have already downloaded the game in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand can still play it, while those in the U.K., the Netherlands and other countries will have to wait." Meanwhile, Motherboard warns that a malicious sideloaded version of Pokemon Go is being distributed that actually installs a backdoor on Android devices, and also reports that some players are already spoofing their GPS coordinates in order to catch Pokemon without leaving their house.
Once everyone remembers that physical activity and going outside are exactly the things they're trying to get away from by playing video games, people will get sick of this.
All that's left is to predict the total body count.
So, Pokemon Go is written in...Go? :)
Ezekiel 23:20
This is admittedly interesting news, but what I'm really dying to know is what Kim Kardashian has to say about Pokemon Go.
I'd also like to know more about the top 10 weirdest things that have happened to people while playing Pokemon Go and how to easily make hundreds of dollars a week by playing Pokemon Go.
Or, better yet, hold people responsible for their own actions..
There is only one solution for XXX = "I myself".
If Pokemon can get one into the ER and one is not just an undiagnosed case of epilepsy than oneself is responsible.
What is it with the people? Did nobody do OHSAS for your everyday life?
Only on the job you have people thinking for you.
And reminding you about the previously unkown hazzard, slippery when wet?
Don't drill into a generator?
When grinding use protective googles?
When loud use ear plugs?
Don't let idiots handle guns?
Sometimes I think we need Darwinism 4.0-beta3, natural selection by degree of situation awareness.
Thank you Pokemon you got rid of at least some people,
sadly the safety standard in todays cars is too high and people survive their dumbness and even Pokemon!
Yes, this was a rant!
just disable the game when in moving vehicles
I ride the bus and the train. I'm not driving. I can hit many Ingress portals on both routes. Why would you want to ruin it for me? Why do you hate me so? What did I do to you? /me 's eyes start to well up.
The "landmarks" come from a game called Ingress. It was the precursor to pokemon go.
:)
In that game users could submit ideas for the spots that would become portals(now pokemon stops). They are supposed to be places of interest, sculptures, murials, historic or interesting buildings. I'm proud (or sad) to say that many of the spots in my area were submitted by me a couple years ago.
You'll understand if one day you make enough money to own something and pay taxes.
lucm, indeed.
You let your 20 something son out of the house all by hisself at midnight? You are a bad parent. You should be arrested for neglect.