Ozfactor Posted July 21, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 21, 2016 http://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/gaming/apps/pokemon-gos-first-death-as-warning-issued-about-landmines/news-story/e29caec2a2170721b657bae6a671b118 IT WAS only a matter of time before Pokemon Go was responsible for someone’s death. Two teenagers from Guatemala were hunting for Pokemon when they were gunned down playing the wildly popular game. Jerson Lopez de Leon, 18, was killed, while his cousin Daniel Moises Picen, 17, was badly wounded. Local reports said the pair were walking along a railroad looking for Pokemon on a street in Chiquimula, 200km from Guatemala City. It isn’t clear what sparked the violent attack, but police suggest the game’s location features may have lead them into a dangerous neighbourhood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted July 21, 2016 #2 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Just the beginning, I think. Too many people not paying attention to their surroundings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 21, 2016 #3 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Who needs death dealing robots when we can let video games wipe out humanity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted July 21, 2016 #4 Share Posted July 21, 2016 i think that the people who shot him might be responsible for his death, rather than the game. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozfactor Posted July 21, 2016 Author #5 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Is this a modern example of that mad dancing in the dark ages when people danced themselves to death, others watching would start joining in , dancing and they too couldn't stop and days of mad dancing continued and people died ? Is this communal disassociation ? Life is harsh on planet Earth life is much nicer without that bothersome reality 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted July 22, 2016 #6 Share Posted July 22, 2016 On 7/20/2016 at 7:03 PM, Ozfactor said: He's got a really nice smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daughter of the Nine Moons Posted July 23, 2016 #7 Share Posted July 23, 2016 On 7/20/2016 at 9:54 PM, seaturtlehorsesnake said: i think that the people who shot him might be responsible for his death, rather than the game. This ^ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeGorilla Posted July 24, 2016 #8 Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Nonsense, here's the full story. They laughed and laughed. Then the gunfire started. Edited July 24, 2016 by Not Your Huckleberry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted July 25, 2016 #9 Share Posted July 25, 2016 These Pokemon Go people who set up the game need to be more responsible. The local hospitals have demanded they be taken out of the game. They've had people wandering all over in sterile areas, labs and many other places they had no business being. It's like these people have no common sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted July 25, 2016 #10 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Yeah, the people that shot these kids are the cause of their deaths. But, I do worry when I see young people not watching where they're going...it will eventually lead to accidents. But, just about everything humans do for fun can eventually lead to accidents. Caution is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromdor Posted July 26, 2016 #11 Share Posted July 26, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 7:36 PM, Michelle said: These Pokemon Go people who set up the game need to be more responsible. The local hospitals have demanded they be taken out of the game. They've had people wandering all over in sterile areas, labs and many other places they had no business being. It's like these people have no common sense. I think part of the reason hospitals were left in was so that children patients could play while they were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted July 26, 2016 #12 Share Posted July 26, 2016 10 hours ago, Gromdor said: I think part of the reason hospitals were left in was so that children patients could play while they were there. It probably would have been fine if they had kept it out of the restricted areas. They didn't act responsibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromdor Posted July 26, 2016 #13 Share Posted July 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Michelle said: It probably would have been fine if they had kept it out of the restricted areas. They didn't act responsibly. The capture zone for the Pokemon is the size of a residential lot. A patient should be able to get a Pokemon from their room. The people in the trees and walking off cliffs confuse me. The app also spawns them along common pathways. You don't have to do anything weird like travel in a submarine to get them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted July 26, 2016 #14 Share Posted July 26, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 4:52 PM, Not Your Huckleberry said: Nonsense, here's the full story. They laughed and laughed. Then the gunfire started. That is strange, because here I can catch pokemon that are about 200 feet away. The kids didn't really have a need to go in the back yard. In crowded neighborhoods, you can catch pokemon a (residential) street and a half away. They should have been able to catch the Pikachu from the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted July 26, 2016 #15 Share Posted July 26, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 5:36 PM, Michelle said: These Pokemon Go people who set up the game need to be more responsible. The local hospitals have demanded they be taken out of the game. They've had people wandering all over in sterile areas, labs and many other places they had no business being. It's like these people have no common sense. I've heard there have been a lot of people trying to get onto various Intel Campuses here in Oregon. Each campus covers many acres, and there are spawn points inside the campus. I don't think just because a digital pokemon is out there, that the game provides unfettered access. That is crazy. People who don't have access simply have to go somewhere else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted July 26, 2016 #16 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Anyone used the pokevision.com to find pokemon you don't have yet? It shows what pokemon are where near you. From experience, it doesn't show all the pokemon nearby, but maybe 33% to 50% of the ones that show up in the "tracker" at the bottom of the game screen. It does show current hot spots, so it is good to find pokemon fishing holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noppohn Posted July 30, 2016 #17 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Darwinism at work. 6,000 years of human civilization ends with Pokemon go,what a result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted July 31, 2016 #18 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquatus1 Posted July 31, 2016 #19 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I can't wait for the Google Glasses app for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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