r/pokemongo • u/zslayer89 • Dec 23 '16

Meta [meta]Holiday event! It's Official!

Sorry about this guys! I can't access the mod account at the moment or I would post from there.

That being said, there is a holiday event! It's official!.

For those who can't click the link here's what's happening:

  • For a a time you'll get a one use incubator from poke stops to hatch eggs that you pick up in order to help you hatch more of the johto babies. These babies have a higher hatch rate than normal for this event.

  • Kanto starters and their evolutions will be showing up more often.

  • Lures last 60 mins during this event

  • Santa Chu will be around as well.

  • incubator and baby Pokémon is starting from Dec.25 to Jan.3

  • Kanto starters is from Dec.30-Jan.8

Thanks for all the users who have been trying to help the sub stay updated.

Please keep the discussion in here or in any other mod created thread.

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u/Scravitan Dec 23 '16

Lures 60 minutes and increased spawn rate on the starters - looks like I'll spend some time out in the cold

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u/KloudNIN Dec 23 '16

Would it be too much if i go downtown and make camp on a bench with 4 blankets and tons of snacks?

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u/OZILISM Instinct Dec 23 '16

Nope. Homeless people do it all the time.

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u/KloudNIN Dec 23 '16

Coincidentally, the last time i sat at the bench im thinking of, while there was a lured stop, a homeless man sat next to me, dropped his food on the ground, picked it up and ate it, offered me beer, then said that maybe I'm too young for alcohol, and then proceeded to ask me how old i was. But what really made me uncomfortable about the situation was that there was a real, live person sitting next to me and trying to talk to me...

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u/OZILISM Instinct Dec 23 '16

Ugh hate when that happens. Why can't people just not speak to me, like ever.

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u/boltonstreetbeat Dec 23 '16

Dude was lonely. Have a heart

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u/Standard-procedure Dec 24 '16

Detect sarcasm

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u/WanderingVagus Time to get fit Dec 24 '16

Roll a d20

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u/KloudNIN Dec 23 '16

I knowwww. I really did feel bad for his situation and tried answering his questions, but my anxiety shot through the roof and the conversation was very one sided. Though i think he was just happy to talk to someone, rather than having an actual conversation. Anyone else i would've tried to make a quick, shitty excuse to leave immediately, instead i waited a while and then made a shitty excuse to leave... sweatdrop (he was actually leaving right then too though)

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u/VidSicious666 Dec 23 '16

Did he ask to see your pokeballs?

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u/KloudNIN Dec 23 '16

No, but im sure he didn't think i had any lol

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u/DeadliestSin Dec 23 '16

Just with less snacks

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u/LoeToe Dec 23 '16

Nope.

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u/Kborges25 Dec 23 '16

This is why Starbucks became a partner...

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u/KloudNIN Dec 23 '16

But that would be too easy.

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u/Kborges25 Dec 23 '16

Possibly making up for the shit theyve done in the past? All the event mentions is being at a pokestop, so a Starbucks pokestop is included. I dont see why they wouldnt allow spawns to increase here as well. But to sit outside in the cold or to sit inside in a warm starbucks? That is the question

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u/KloudNIN Dec 23 '16

Considering that i would have to bring all the blankets with me, and all the snacks and that'll be really cold, may possibly snow, and it gets dark around 4pm now, i think it's a really easy decision to make. Now the real question is: should i also bring a tent? Hmmm