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    Pokémon GO - Research from this subreddit published as an academic paper!

    February 11, 2021

    Pokémon GO - Research from this subreddit published as an academic paper!

    Research from this subreddit published as an academic paper!

    Posted: 07 Feb 2021 05:36 PM PST

    Hi everyone! I'm Kathleen, a game researcher and some of you might remember I was here doing a survey study in early 2020.

    I'm now back to report on the findings of that study. Our paper has been published in an open access journal (free to access) at https://doi.org/10.2196/25117 . We found that gaming during COVID-19 improved mental health, and outdoor exercise games (Pokemon GO / Harry Potter: Wizards Unite) helped maintaining exercise routines during the pandemic. Currently it is the only study that looked at how games have affected mental health during pandemic isolation, and we showed games are providing a positive effect despite negative claims by some media.

    I'd like to thank everyone who had participated in the study, for giving us your time and telling us your experiences. It would be great if you can promote the paper to your networks, or just let your friends and family know the potential benefit games can produce!

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    Please read this post regarding the rules of the sub before posting

    Posted: 06 Jan 2021 04:49 AM PST

    As we hop into the new year we are making a bigger effort to curb rule breaking posts before they happen. We hope that an education effort will help and have already started with an auto mod message DMing all posters a link to the rules with a message about rule 2b and rule 3 being the most broken rules of the sub so they have a chance to self regulate.

    The rules for the sub are available here in their entirety, but I will break them down into shorter versions in this post for everyone

    So here we go

    Rule 1: Be kind, Be civil, Don't be a creep, don't witch hunt.

    Rule 2a: All posts must be relevant to Pokemon Go, and not simply Pokemon in general. This means that art, crafts, memes, must use assets from Pokemon Go. This means your meme templates need to have something from Go in them. Simply saying something is related to the game is not enough, you must show us it is related to the game if you are posting images.

    Rule 2b: Non AR INGAME SCREENSHOTS and VIDEOS must be posted as a link in the BODY of the post, supported by 100 characters (not 100 words). This formatting rule only applies to Non AR ingame screenshots and videos, and not memes, art or AR images.

    Rule 2f: Please do not share trainer codes for any reason. There is a dedicated subreddit for that, as well as a Discord.

    Rule 3: No cheating. Do not tell others how to cheat, where to get advice on cheating, or how you do or have previously cheated. Play the game the way the creators intended. These are the trainer guidelines as defined by niantic

    Rule 4: Don't spam. If you want to share a Discord, Etsy, website, survey, give away, etc ask permission in modmail first. Unless your group page offers something unique that an affiliated sub or discord doesn't, you will likely be denied, but we are always open to hear about new ideas.

    Please remember this is only a short breakdown of the bulk of the rules, and that the rules in their entirety are available in the hyperlink above.

    Now, a lot of users ask why to some of these rules so here we go. Here is one resource to the why.

    Rule 1: Because nobody likes jerks. We are all here because we love the game. If you have a problem with a user on Reddit, modmail us, if you have a problem with a trainer in the game, contact Niantic. The user base is not here to fight any battles for you.

    Rule 2a: There is another Pokemon sub of equal size. If you want to show off your cards, plush collection, surprised Pikachu meme, general Pokemon drawing etc, it is better suited there. We obviously don't want content that has nothing to do with the game either, there are like a million subreddits, find the right one if it has nothing to do with PokemonGo.

    Rule 2b: We have a bot that removes non ar ingame screenshots and that is literally all it does. It is about 50 percent effective, and still performs something like 10k actions a month. The bulk of our human moderation is honestly catching what it misses. The subreddit would be overwhelmed with non ar screenshots, and essentially useless if we did not attempt to mitigate this through forcing users to post them differently than other images. The alternative to this rule is to simply ban non ar screenshots.

    Rule 2f: Similar to rule 2b, when friend codes first came out, and about every time there is a make 3 friends mission, the sub gets flooded with requests. The automod is much better at catching these than Magic eye is at non ar screenshots so you don't see it, but the spam can get pretty significant, even in the comments on top level posts that have nothing to do with friends codes we see dozens of automatically removed attempts to share codes.

    Rule 3: No one likes cheaters. Even if there is some justification for cheating, like say, there is a pandemic and going outside is risky for your health, the risk to your account is not worth it, and we do not want to be responsible for spreading information that may result in bans. If you are unable to play fair, don't play until you can. There are lots of other games that you can play in the meantime.

    Rule 4: We are not here to make money for any one, we don't make money being moderators. We want anyone who is turning a dollar off linking to this sub, to also be an active member. We want any one using this sub to do research to be verified to some level so we know users aren't being sent to risky sites. We don't want to direct users to cheating groups, and a fractured community is not very beneficial to most users, so we want to peak at any Facebook, Discord, Telegram or similar group before allowing it to be posted. There are already a few well established groups out there, and the affiliated discord is run by different moderators than this subreddit.

    As a warning to all users, we have started issuing short bans for minor rule violations because the rules have been excessively ignored in the past.

    We have a 0 tolerance stance on cheating in this sub and bans are significant to permanent for all rule 3 violations.

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    Nice start to the day!

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 03:41 AM PST

    Too lucky for a shiny...

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 11:40 AM PST

    Idea: Raid battle summary. From the journal screen the user can click on a completed raid and view a full summary of their battle. You’d gain insights to how do by percentage and how you can improve your teams performance.

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 06:38 AM PST

    Ah yes, sunny weather

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 12:17 AM PST

    Trying to start Wonesie Wednesday for raid hours! Was a lot of fun. Got some looks. But a lot of smiles and giggles.

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 05:34 PM PST

    Its freezing cold outside

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 07:30 AM PST

    Please read, understand, and share

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 03:56 AM PST

    Please read, understand, and share

    With the barrage of new nominations being submitted, most are ineligible and clog the system. Please understand the criteria and stop submitting bad spots. Real spots will appear faster if we are not constantly denying peoples houses or pictures of their children.

    Thank you

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    This made quarantine a bit better.

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 10:31 PM PST

    Finally got Mew!

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 11:57 AM PST

    Gyarados in the wild today!

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 07:58 AM PST

    I got a shiny Celebi!

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 09:45 PM PST

    One of my best days in Pokemon go

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 04:52 AM PST

    Just caught a wild Gyrados, evolved my Charmeleon into Charizard and powerd up my Shadow Mewtwo from 940 cp to 1511 cp 😁

    Im gonna try to get a shiny Gyrados now!

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    The full shiny line

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 07:48 AM PST

    My first catch of the day! Living the American dream now, hanging out in my cubicle with me...

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 07:27 AM PST

    How can I tell if a raid is weather boosted before raiding?

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 07:46 AM PST

    I'm joining more remote raids to try and catch a lot of latios/ latias but I want weather boosted catches. I don't wanna joins the raid of it's not weather boosted so is there a way to tell if it's boosted or not before going into the raid? like a change in cp or a weather symbol somewhere?

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    My first shiny legendary!! New fav boi

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 01:33 PM PST

    Catch a ditto tasks :(

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 07:45 AM PST

    Will dittos have increased spawn rates in the upcoming events. I've been stuck on these two challenges for a long time and don't really have any challenges left to keep the game exciting Anyone know anything that could help me out

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    What causes the instant catch?

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 07:17 AM PST

    I don't know what it's called so I'll try to describe it the best I can. Every now and then when I catch a pokemon, instead of the typical three shakes it takes to catch it, it does one. When it does one a unique pattern of stars come out and I get the pokemon. I don't know why this happens or what causes it, if anyone knows please let me know. Thanks!

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    I am excited for the return of this cutie. Was one of my first spinda and I haven't seen anyone else in my area with one of these

    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 06:03 AM PST

    Hundo Gyarados

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 09:12 PM PST

    I got a Hundo Gyarados from my first Mega Gyarados raid!! I think I need more characters so adding more so this post doesn't get removed lmao

    Hundo Gyarados

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    My most niche Pokemon yet, 1337 shiny shadow zero

    Posted: 10 Feb 2021 03:11 PM PST
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