Kyle's Book Of Nonsense For Cool People

Unit 17 - The Longest But Probably Most Interesting Unit Yet

Introduction

Story and challenge time!!!

So with the release of Pokemon Go and me attending an anime convention as well, I have a lot to talk about :P I won't have many "walls" this time, I'll just label the stories so that you can choose which ones interest you. Or you could just read them all! You never know, I might have some really interesting things to say ;)

This is going to be looooooooooong!!!

The Convention In General

I did have a lot of fun at this convention, probably a lot more than previous years, but ironically the con itself wasn't as good. The stores were crap and attendance was way down, making the halls surprisingly easy to get through. Quite simply it didn't seem as lively as usual.

However, I will have to say that the most likely perpetrator to this is probably Pokemon Go, since half of the con were probably out playing the game at any given time XD Let's talk about that!

Pokemon Go And Perfect Timing

#TeamMystic

Ok, now I've gotten that out of the way.

So the timing for Pokemon Go's release was pretty much perfect for this con. Actually, the first day of the con, I even saw the 50-60 year old host (who is awesome btw) playing the game outside and almost asked for a picture with him and a pokemon. The next day he actually opened up ceremonies with "welcome to the Pokemon Go convention!!!" Yes, there were that many of us playing, and it was ridiculous. There were certain pokespots that were lured almost 24/7 because they were accessible from within the building. Also competition was intense for the few gyms in the area. They often wouldn't stand for more than an hour or two if you were lucky, though one was staked down pretty well by a CP 1467 Lapras. That one isn't falling for a few more days I would imagine.

Also, with the loads and loads of people playing the game around the clock, I have never felt safer walking around town at midnight. Even well over a mile away from the convention spot you would always have another group of players visibly nearby. Hundreds. And hundreds. Of players. Everywhere. I simply can't explain the pure awesomeness that is the feel of this.

The poor police though. I wonder how long it took for them to realise what had happened to their cities XD I was actually at my local park at one in the morning with my friend because there was a gym there and a policeman confronted us. He asked us what we were doing, and we said "playing a game."

"Pokemon Go?"

"Yep."

He then told us that we couldn't go any further into the park than the parking lot so we called it a day after that lol.

So I'm sure all of you avid players have been draining your batteries dry time and time again. My friends and I have found the absolute beauty in a thing called external batteries. You can get them at Walmart for just $10 and essentially double your battery life, often even more than double. Pretty much the cycle is almost drain your phone's battery, plug in your external battery, play until you're tired and stop at an outlet, charge both the external battery and your phone at the same time, repeat. Also battery saving mode is awesome! For those who don't know, if you turn it on you can tilt your phone at the ground and your screen will become dark, saving a whole ton of battery.

My friends and I have been playing for hours upon hours. Yesterday it got so bad that one of my friends left the convention early because of a sunburn and didn't come back today. That's right, us pasty white nerds are outside so long that we turn into lobsters XD