{"id":18621,"date":"2016-07-13T16:39:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T16:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=18621"},"modified":"2016-07-13T16:39:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T16:39:52","slug":"tips-for-playing-pokemon-go-at-baylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2016\/07\/tips-for-playing-pokemon-go-at-baylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for playing Pok\u00e9mon Go at Baylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baylor<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a strange phenomenon happening at Baylor, and the rest of the world. Students are aimlessly wandering around campus, phones in hand, exclaiming to each other about stops, lure modules, eggs, gyms, teams, claiming they\u2019re seeing Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure by now you\u2019ve guessed what they\u2019re talking\u00a0about: Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/a>. For the unfamiliar, it’s a game — an app for your phone — based on the 20-year-old franchise\u00a0that\u00a0transforms the world around you into the Pok\u00e9mon universe, using augmented reality<\/a>\u00a0technology. Via\u00a0the app, users explore the world around them, catching Pok\u00e9mon and battling against each other in imaginary gyms.<\/p>\n

[SEE photos of Pok\u00e9mon all over campus on the Baylor Facebook page<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes,\u00a0it\u2019s all a bit strange and nerdy.\u00a0But the strangest part of it all? I\u2019ve joined them.<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s easy to\u00a0get sucked into the game — and it’s been a fun new way to explore the Baylor campus. Along the way, I\u2019ve learned some helpful\u00a0tips and tricks:<\/p>\n

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  1. The best places to catch Pok\u00e9mon are Moody Library<\/strong>, McLane Stadium<\/strong>, and Armstrong Browning Library\u2019s Garden of Contentment<\/strong>. They\u2019re surrounded by Pok\u00e9stops, where\u00a0you can continually restock on Pok\u00e9balls. Plus, it\u2019s highly likely that another trainer has added a lure module to that Pok\u00e9stop. To top it off, they\u2019re all beautiful locations to visit with friends as you play!<\/li>\n
  2. The most common Pok\u00e9mon you\u2019ll see on campus (and most everywhere else) are Pidgey<\/strong>, Zubat<\/strong>\u00a0and Rattata<\/strong>. If you\u2019re looking for some water Pok\u00e9mon — especially to evolve your Magikarp into a Gyarados — your best bet will be buildings near water. Check out the Baylor Marina<\/strong>, McLane Stadium’s riverfront and basin<\/strong>, and the Turner Riverfront Athletic Complex<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. If you\u2019re already past level 5 and ready for some action, the gyms on campus are McLane Stadium<\/strong>, Robinson Tower<\/strong>, McCrary Music Building<\/strong>, Pat Neff Hall<\/strong>, Armstrong Browning Library<\/strong>, and the BSB fountain<\/strong>. There are some intense battles to gain control of these gyms, with trainers collaborating in their respective teams to take over and defend them.<\/li>\n
  4. To get even more tips of how to catch \u2018em all on campus, check out the growing communities in the PoGoWaco<\/a><\/strong> Reddit group and the Baylor Pok\u00e9mon Go Facebook group<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    One last tip, and perhaps the most important one: Make sure you\u2019re paying attention to your surroundings while using the app! Baylor should remain a welcoming\u00a0campus, so\u00a0enjoy the game — but don’t get so caught up in it that you\u00a0fail to be friendly to others around you.<\/p>\n

    Sic \u2019em, Pok\u00e9mon trainers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    There\u2019s a strange phenomenon happening at Baylor, and the rest of the world. Students are aimlessly wandering around campus, phones in hand, exclaiming to each other about stops, lure modules, eggs, gyms, teams, claiming they\u2019re seeing Pok\u00e9mon. I\u2019m sure by now you\u2019ve guessed what they\u2019re talking\u00a0about: Pok\u00e9mon Go. For the unfamiliar, it’s a game — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-for-fun","category-photo-galleries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}