A Message from the San Francisco Police on Pokemon Go

[ShivaFan]

San Francisco Police Department

‪#‎SFPD‬ POKEMON GO SAFETY TIPS:

As the Pokemon Go fever hits the Streets of San Francisco, we want to take a few minutes to remind you/your kids of some simple safety tips.

So as you battle, train, and capture your Pokemon just remember you’re still in the real world! Other law enforcement agencies throughout the world have already reported accidents, injuries, and string of robberies where suspects have set up fake ‘Pokespots’.

-Know your surroundings and pay attention to where you are going/who is around you. Slow car paralleling a person on foot, might be a sign it’s a getaway car. If you get the sense you are being followed or set-up for a robbery, head to a lighted area with people around.

- Watch where you are going, please don't look down at your phone while crossing streets, getting off buses, or even while walking. Please obey traffic laws.

-Do not run into trees, meters, and things that are attached to the sidewalk; they hurt.

- Do not drive or ride your bike / skateboard device while interacting with the app.

- Know where your kids are going when playing with the app, set limits on where they can go, so they don't keep going trying to get that Pokemon.

- Tell your kids about stranger-danger because the app may bring strangers together in real life at 'pokestops.'

- Do not go onto private property, dark alleys, or areas that you usually would not go if you weren't playing the game.

 

[Laika]

San Francisco Police Department

‪#‎SFPD‬ POKEMON GO SAFETY TIPS:

As the Pokemon Go fever hits the Streets of San Francisco, we want to take a few minutes to remind you/your kids of some simple safety tips.

So as you battle, train, and capture your Pokemon just remember you’re still in the real world! Other law enforcement agencies throughout the world have already reported accidents, injuries, and string of robberies where suspects have set up fake ‘Pokespots’.

-Know your surroundings and pay attention to where you are going/who is around you. Slow car paralleling a person on foot, might be a sign it’s a getaway car. If you get the sense you are being followed or set-up for a robbery, head to a lighted area with people around.

- Watch where you are going, please don't look down at your phone while crossing streets, getting off buses, or even while walking. Please obey traffic laws.

-Do not run into trees, meters, and things that are attached to the sidewalk; they hurt.

- Do not drive or ride your bike / skateboard device while interacting with the app.

- Know where your kids are going when playing with the app, set limits on where they can go, so they don't keep going trying to get that Pokemon.

- Tell your kids about stranger-danger because the app may bring strangers together in real life at 'pokestops.'

- Do not go onto private property, dark alleys, or areas that you usually would not go if you weren't playing the game.

Also worth adding this news story about players being asked not to play at the US holocaust museum;

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...us-holocaust-museum-asks-players-to-stay-away

We really are losing touch with reality aren't we?

 

[Father Heathen]

This game has boosted Nintendo's market value by 9 Billion in a matter of days.

 

[Father Heathen]

Also worth adding this news story about players being asked not to play at the US holocaust museum;

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...us-holocaust-museum-asks-players-to-stay-away

We really are losing touch with reality aren't we?

Blame the parents, not the tech.

 

[Quintessence]

We really are losing touch with reality aren't we?

This game disgusts me from the bottom of my soul. But this probably isn't the thread/area to rant about that.

 

[Jumi]

We really are losing touch with reality aren't we?

Just so many around us that it's becoming noticeable. But it's always been that way, you just wouldn't notice it because it was normal at the time.

 

[Laika]

Just so many around us that it's becoming noticeable. But it's always been that way, you just wouldn't notice it because it was normal at the time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...abbed-while-playing-refuses-to-get-treatment/

Dear god, It's a zombie apocalypse!

 

[Twilight Hue]

Here is the man responsible.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_Iwata

The villiany! They say he "assisted" in the creation.

Baw hahaha!!!!

 

[Jumi]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...abbed-while-playing-refuses-to-get-treatment/

Dear god, It's a zombie apocalypse!

Yeah it's nuts, but it was just as bad when I was a kid, only different interests people were fanatics over.

 

[Quintessence]

Just so many around us that it's becoming noticeable. But it's always been that way, you just wouldn't notice it because it was normal at the time.

I live in a college town, so I've definitely noticed the detachment that comes from using mobile devices on a regular basis. However, when it gets to the point that some morons box in my car earlier this week to play a stupid dumbphone game, I call foul. Actually, I call for a ban on the game.

Sorry, I said I wouldn't rant. I lied a little.

 

[ShivaFan]

This actually just happened in my neighborhood - some guy just drove a car into the tree of a nearby front yard of a house who was playing this game while driving. This is going to kill people.

My suspicion is that zombie-some-one is going to somehow manipulate-hack the game and do mayhem.

Then tonight my wife woke me up from my nap (yes, I take naps) to say my daughter wanted to teach me how to play this Pokemon game - I yelled get out of the room but now feel bad.

There is something bizarre abouut "collecting" things. I have that tendency myself. I am a collector (old rock handbills from the 60s local S.F. bands, old coins and paper money from India, old black bat Batman cards, stuff) and I see how this works in the Pokemon thing it is collectung addiction. I even have some prize Pokemon cards when they first came out including some valuable dragon or something worth money - I thought it was like an investment and actually looks like they are becoming valuable - but this is well, something is very wrong about it.

 

[Spideymon77]

Here's what they have to say in one sentence.
"Have common sense you dumb f***s."

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It sucks that I'm trying to learn how to better socialize with people, and all people want to do anymore is have their phones glued to their hands and welded in front of their face. I don't feel awkward or left out when I'm sitting in a group where everyone suddenly starts getting on their phones, but how I do miss the days when people had to talk to each other when they were in the room and not ignore them because they are out somewhere else.

 

[Aštra’el]

Haters gonna hate. I've been leveling up my Alakazam and just been destroying everything with it.

 

[Father Heathen]

I think a game that makes you go outside, socialize face-to-face, get some sunlight and some exercise, etc. is a great idea, but should be designed in a way that doesn't cause these sort of issues.

 

[Ouroboros]

Obama tried for years to get kids out and walk, but it took Pokemon only 24 hours to do the same.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I think a game that makes you go outside, socialize face-to-face, get some sunlight and some exercise, etc. is a great idea, but should be designed in a way that doesn't cause these sort of issues.

I thought the same thing, but of course we've already been having problems with people being focused on their electronic device and not paying attention to what is around them.
I also heard from my nephew that around here there really aren't any good or even halfway decent Pokemon to catch. I thought about trying it myself, but I'm going to let the initial surge/craze die down some since my Internet is not good enough to muscle through such massive traffic and because I don't have a data plan for my phone.

 

[Laika]

The Zombie Apocalypse continues...

 

[Ouroboros]

Instead of "Don't Text and Drive" we'll soon see signs next to the street "Don't Pokemon and Drive."

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I downloaded Pokemon Go today, and I was actually really impressed with it, so far. But I didn't really get to play it, more just see that it has you roaming around on real roads, how you can take pictures of the real world with Pokemon inserted into the picture, and how it highlights real-life landmarks (don't know what purpose it serves in the game yet). Kinda sucks living out in the country though, because I really doubt there are any stops or gyms anywhere near.