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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by jhchen on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:53PM (#12147034)
I think what the OP means by winning is keeping control of the gym, to your point exactly.

I am also at level 23 and can take out pretty much any gym. But right when I walk out of range, someone half my level using either a full six roster or type advantage or both will boot me out. When the game came out I could maybe stay in control of a gym for a day but now it has not exceeded half an hour so I no longer try.

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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by jfoutz on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:10PM (#12147125)
There is no keeping gyms. The game is seeing how many you can grab before you cash in your rewards.

I think this is a nice change from ingress, where there was very little a low level player could do about a high level portal.

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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by TeMPOraL on Friday July 22, 2016 @07:07PM (#12147419)
Indeed. Few days ago I took over a gym on my way to work. I thought, hey, there's another gym right next to the office. I'm not going to be greedy, I'll just take that other one and cash in. I don't think I made it to the tram stop 5 minutes down the road before someone took that previous gym back...
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