A Positive Childhood Memory, Turned Reality: Pokemon "GO"

Tournaments:  How Will the In-Game PVP League Change Their Turnouts  Since player vs. player was released in Pokemon GO, there has been a trend I have seen whilst participating in local tournaments.  Having played Pokemon since my early childhood, I loved the idea of using the Pokemon I caught while out hunting in the "real world" for battle.  This added a new dynamic to the game that several YouTube creators jumped on, showing their knowledge for how each league, and the Pokemon you could use in them, measure up.   Now, someone will say that my experiences and opinion don't measure up because I have only competed in two local tournies.  Well, both times, the teams were all pretty much the same for each competitor besides myself, and one other.  Anytime someone got me as a match, they had to take a minute to figure out a counter.  That is why I like that the GO League because it is blind, random, and free-style.  People may also s...

Yesterday, January 17th, I set a goal for myself to try and hit in Pokemon GO: get my highest "heart level" buddies all to the "best buddy" status.  As you may have read in my latest blog, or seen in my latest YouTube video, 3 of the buddies I have been walking were really close: Virizion (First Raid 98 iv), Ferrothorn (Maxed, Lucky, 96 iv), and Glaceon (Maxed, 93 iv).  These are not the choices most people would make, but, I am not most people.  If you really paid attention to my video, I have been slowly working on 10 other buddies besides these three, hence why it has taken me a good while to get even one of them to a "best buddy."   My first best buddy Pokemon reached was Virizion and it did not happen until I was almost done with my afternoon walk in City Park because, that morning, I thought Glaceon was close enough to hit besties, but, I maxed it at the "20 hearts," besides it bringing me a gift/souvenir, so I knew my goal of making...

Being that Pokemon was a major part of my childhood growing up, I love playing Pokemon GO while going out to explore the world.  Anyone who is close to me knows just how much I enjoy hunting for these imaginary pocket monsters on a day-to-day basis.  When Niantic hinted at an adventure involving the buddy Pokemon you have walking with you, I hoped for it to be where the Pokemon was on the screen with you.  Lucky me, I was right! The next step was deciding which Pokemon to walk and have them along side you in your daily hunting adventures.  With the highest buddy level being set as a "best buddy" and the reward only being a 1 level CP increase, plus it wears a ribbon, I personally decided to have fun with it while also walking things that may be relevant to when the Battle GO League is released.  I recorded a shot video and uploaded it to YouTube but I do want to explain more of it here.  youtu.be/Q5kIh67LRHw  (Related Video Link) People of...