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Re:Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users by bskap on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @06:27PM (#12348287)
Why do you think there's a competition for valuable pokemon? When a pokemon spawns in an area, it spawns for everyone in that area and everyone who stops by can catch it. You're not competing with everyone else to get there first.
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Re:Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users by duaneb on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @07:43PM (#12348665)
> When a pokemon spawns in an area, it spawns for everyone in that area and everyone who stops by can catch it.

Well, until someone catches it. Then it disappears.

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Re:Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users by cstejerean on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @09:56PM (#12349131)
Have you actually played the game? There is no competition for catching Pokemon. They spawn and disappears after a certain amount of time, which mapping apps by the way used to show you. Other people catching Pokemon has zero influence on your ability to catch the same Pokemon.
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Re:Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users by greedo on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:17PM (#12348803)
Uh no. It doesn't disappear because it was caught.
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