Pokemans and how to catch them with your phone - friend codes in OP

tl;dr Nox android emulator is incredibly easy if you want to GPS spoof and don't want to go through all those steps for Bluestacks.

I did have a bunch typed out explaining why I tried out an emulator with GPS spoofing, but no one really cares, and whether I've justified it in my head or not, none of you give a shit and the people that think I'm a cheater will think that no matter what. I will say that I doubt I'll be very competitive in this game no matter what, because I'm not motivated enough (cheating or not), but whatever.

Anyway, instead of doing all that crap with Bluestacks, if you can use the Nox android emulator, it already has built in location settings right out of the box, no rooting, no adding other programs, nothing. I didn't watch that video far enough to see how the GPS spoofing worked in their method, but this one literally pulls up a Google maps view and lets you click (or type in a search to get you close) where you want to be and then select to move the GPS there. It is so easy that if you were so inclined you could keep clicking and moving it a little bit at a time to simulate walking around even.

This now allows me to sit at work where I'm literally in a Pokemon wasteland, and instead pretend I'm sitting at the park 2 miles away and collecting Pokestop rewards. I still plan to walk during lunch and somewhat after work (my neighborhood isn't conducive to a lot of walking around not paying attention to your surroundings though), but at least now I'll have all the Pokeballs I need instead of running out because there isn't shit near me.

Also, if you have a zoo nearby, they seem to be incredible, as everyone probably already surmised. The Sacramento Zoo has a shitload of Pokestops within a minute or two walking distance of each other, and tons of spawn points, including water spawns. Of course, you have to pay to get into the zoo, so that's probably not a great long term plan, but if I had a kid it would be a great weekend trip. And you get to see real animals!

Decided to take advantage of a day off (had to meet plumber) and took my wife and toddler downtown Ann Arbor to roll deep in pokestops, which I need to collect to build up enough great balls to catch pokemon at higher levels.

Half hour through trip, kid is inconsolably crying. Wife's pokemon app is constantly broken (same phone / service as me, Nexus5x, T-Mobile, but her pogo breaks more often than mine). Had to go home, barely got any pokestops =\

We went to the nearby mall. It has a level 10 gym (highest I've seen, 8 pokemon in it?) and one pokestop. Almost no pokemon in the mall though. I was a bit surprised by that. I wonder if that'll change in the winter time where the only place to really walk around is in the mall.

Lenas_sl said:

All that was figured out without GPS spoofing. /r/TheSilphRoad made an app to record a ton of readings while playing and analyzed it. Knowing whether or not legendaries are in-game has no bearing on anything, doesn't change how you or anyone will play, and is a flimsy excuse to hack something. Enjoy your cheating tho.

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I think this is too aggressive. People who cheat either by driving/gps spoofing are only really deserving of shame if:
1. They build up super tough pokemon via cheating then roll over gyms.
2. They're not enjoying it and quit the game when they might have enjoyed it otherwise.


Personally I'm not sure what my game operation will be in a week or so. I got the game because I could play it while being with my toddler, but I live in a pretty sparse neighborhood with one pokestop. Even if I walked/jogged a small 5 minute circuit I'm going to run out of pokeballs, and I can't easily go to a dense area with my toddler for the reasons stated above.