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Pokemon go is a cultural moment it's one of the biggest Pokemon video games of all time and it's available on iOS and Android you're just starting iosing beginner is just for you and if you're really obsessed with the game already I've got the advanced tip to be the very best and I'll help you conquer the gyms so let's go Jamal if you're just starting on Pokemon here are some tips for you first you'll have three Pokemon and choose from at the very beginning squirtle Charmander and Bulbasaur who is the best but if you really want to pick Pikachu you can simply walk away from your three options four times on the fourth time Pikachu will appear you'll toss a pokeball at it and you'll have it in your collection how we're doing you toss the Polka ball you might ask well it's quite simple put your finger on the ball flick it forward there are more advanced techniques we'll get to those later every time you catch a Pokemon you'll get Stardust you know get candies candies are specific to the type of Pokemon you have so if you catch a whole bunch of zubats they're going to have a whole bunch of svet candies and when you have enough you can spend those and some star dust to evolve as you back into a new creature in this case a goal bat while you're on your past walking about you're going to see a little blue post those are poke a stops I'm going to ever you visit one you can collect free items by spinning the little token nearby these refresh every five minutes so if there aren't a lot in your neighborhood you can double back after a while and collect more stuff we'll get into what those items do later but for now make sure that every time you visit your collecting free things now as you're playing you might find that the screen freezes or it doesn't connect to the internet there are a number of bugs in this game it's still relatively new but we expect a lot of those to get fixed in the coming weeks so make sure to keep the game updated regularly okay these are the final and most important tips for a Pokemon go beginner first get a battery pack if you can afford it it will be a huge help you don't want to be out in the middle of nowhere searching for a Snorlax only for your battery to die and you not know how to get home even if you have the battery pack conserve your battery if your phone has the option go into settings selected power saving mode but only if it doesn't affect your GPS and inside the Pokemon app you can select another power saving mode from settings when you choose it you'll have the normal phone screen but if you flip it upside down it dims the game saving a little bit of power it'll buzz your phone if a Pokemon is nearby lastly and here is where I don't know if I would encourage this but maybe you're becoming a bit more of a hardcore gamer you can turn off the AR mode not seeing a Pokemon and the world around you but seeing it inside of the videogame its joyless and I don't know anybody who would want to do it except for maybe my friend Ross alright at this point you've committed yourself to pokemon you've maybe drained your battery once or twice maybe you've hit level five they decide to pick a team you started to question things like what if footprints actually mean and what are the ethical implications of domesticating aggressive animal by cramming them into a tiny ball thinking realize you don't really care about this emotional trivialities because for you Pokemon has become a numbers game and to be very the best be very best you're gonna have to get those numbers as high as possible so when your kitchen Pokemon you probably notice the ever shrinking colored ring it's green you start out but later on you'll start seeing yellows oranges other shades of red and what that means is those Pokemon are both powerful more powerful and also harder to catch now later on you'll get things like great balls and ultra balls which will make it easier to catch them but there's also these things called raspberries and once you've hit level eight you'll start seeing these pop up his items use a raspberry beat the Pokemon it'll start liking you and that's when you get it now as long as you toss the pokeball into the outer ring you still have a chance of catching the Pokemon but there's a method to the shrinking rings madness and that's where we're going to get extra points landing the ball within the smaller ring gives you some bonus experience points if you get a fuller ring it's a nice 410 points a half ring gives you a great 450 points and you can realize your dream of becoming an inhuman Pokemon catching machine and excellent on the small ring won't let you 100 extra bonus points and for another 10 experience points you can spin the ball ahead time give it a nice little curve it is an acquired skill and remember it's a lot easier to get a nice every time so sometimes a Pidgey in the hand is worth more than lot of missing pokeballs also turn off AR mode look if you have it on obviously you can make a lot of memes but the Internet has made literally every funny joke about Pokemon already you're not going to add to this all you care about is the points get those points turn off fair mode you might even save a little bit of battery that's extra pokemons in the long run okay so now it's time talking about catching pokémon I mean catching as many Pokemon as you can as fast as you can and they're all good to get new pokemons get you you know extra experience points and new Pokemon the old ones are repeats look you can always transfer them to a farm upstate go get extra candies and don't worry they're gonna be fine professor Willow promise let's talk about those footprints basically if it's got three prints it means it's the general area it's going to show up in your little menu two is closer one is closer still and no footprints means you should be clicking on already why are you eating in that menu now there's no great way to tell if you're walking in the right direction but you can play a bit of a hot and cold game keep that 3x3 grid open to all the Pokemon the area while you walk around and you can figure out which is closer by the order of the Pokemon and why are out searching for Pokemon do not forget to use items they're there for a reason there's no point to order them at all instance will track Pokemon two at a much faster rate wherever you walk and while you're doing that might as well toss in a lucky egg they work great together because they doubles the experience points of whatever you do in a set period time as well again this is about getting as many points as you can as fast as you can but it should be clear by now that I am actually the laziest person in the world I don't want the Pokemon to like find me in the streets I want Pokemon to find me at a bar or a coffee shop or a cocktail lounge or a bar so this is when you actually get the lords lures are great because they help everyone they're like incense the attract Pokemon to the location but it applies to everyone who's playing Pokemon go so as long as you got a pokey stop near a bar or perhaps your office break room you're set I might even recommend getting friends because the friends can take turns pen down lures after you're done just sit back relax you know let the Pokemon come to you but say you want to stay a little bit more true to the original Pokemon travel across the land searching far and wide and just like when you get a bike in cerulean city getting a bike in Pokemon go completely changes the game pedaling along leisurely will get you to polka stops faster help you hatch those pesky eggs and get you to new areas to catch any Pokemon on my way to work I hit about 30 polka stops getting pokeballs items to heal and attract Pokemon as well as way more eggs and I could possibly know what to deal with mileage may vary if you're not in New York City where the landmarks are super prevalent but all the more reason to have a bike or skateboard because it will get you from one focus top to the next way quicker than walking since different pokemons are in different places it's important to get there and a bike is the most efficient way to cover all the areas you can get different Pokemon in different places like I had a sand tree when I on my way here or in my apartment all I can get our zoo bats because I don't know why now it's important to keep it slow because you're going too fast those egg steps don't count anymore so if you're in a train or a car not going to do you any good plus if you're going too fast you can't hit on those pokey stops or the Pokemon very accurately ok so let's talk about safety the bike or skateboard is for getting from point A to point B don't play while you're riding in traffic no Pikachu is worth your life or someone else's so when you're playing stay alert and use common sense and definitely do not drive and play this game so you just hit level 5 and you're ready to start taking on the gyms you can find gyms at major landmarks and areas of interest it's helpful to look at the gyms near you and see what factions control them because you can battle for control of gyms that are owned by other factions but you can only add Pokemon to help defend gyms that are owned by your faction Pokemon you add two gyms will stay there until the gym is defeated since the game is fairly new there actually is still a bunch of unclaimed gyms there'll be great gyms on your map you can conquer them by adding a Pokemon but make sure it's a strong Pokemon because that will be the only one left to defend the gym until somebody else adds another Pokemon conquering a gym is probably the hardest part of Pokemon go you select six of your Pokemon to take the gym on once the battle begins you can do three things you can tap to attack you can swipe to dodge or you can press and hold to do your special attack but the special attack only works after you filled up the blue bubble you can even team up with other members of your factions to take down gyms and working together can make beating a gym a lot easier the gym becomes unclaimed as soon as you beat the gym leader so add a Pokemon as fast as you can otherwise you risk losing the unclaimed gym to some random bystander who's just going to reap the benefits of your hard work now that you've finished your battle your Pokemon are probably fainted or pretty weak so you're going to need to use items to bring them back to health and potions and revives can be found at polka stops or you can buy them through the app train your Pokemon and conquer the city you're ready to be a Pokemon master