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This paper doesn't seem to know that all gyms are also pokestops but bases a lot of the analysis on this incorrect understanding.

by jayd16 5y ago

jerrysievert 5y ago
The paper is based on the first 148 days of the game. At that point, gyms were not pokestops. That addition came later.
- alasdair_ 5y ago
  Somewhat embarrassingly, I was the person that wrote the code that put the gyms into the game and even I forgot that they didn’t function as pokestops in the beginning. That being said, safety was the number one criteria for placement every time. I spent so much time making sure we didn’t have things showing up in dangerous places like freeways. The idea that I did something wrong and that as a result someone may have been harmed is terrifying.
  - zpk65 5y ago
    What are you talking about? There are gyms at seemingly every travel stop on I-80 in Ohio and I can easily spin them passing by at highway speed as a passenger. They’re in range of several travel lanes because the gym dots are at the entrance door. They’re also not accidents because many are Starbucks promotions. Do you mean “don’t accidentally create pokestops literally on the freeway?” As in, 12345 I-80 as an address? Because I can think of many counterexamples to what you’re saying here.
    - alasdair_ 5y ago
      Yes, I mean literally on the freeway (or inside a nuclear power plant, or in the ocean, or many many other restrictions). A "travel stop" is a place designed for stopping so that sounds perfectly reasonable there would be one there.
CrazyStat 5y ago
Gyms could not be spun for items when the game first came out, which is the time period covered in this paper. The gym rework about a year later added that ability.
- lixtra 5y ago
  What about placing a Pokémon in the gym? This can be done while driving by.
  - CrazyStat 5y ago
    During the first year with the prestige system it was rare that you would find a gym just sitting around with an open slot. Typically you had to battle repeatedly at a friendly gym to increase prestige to open a slot for your pokemon, which takes way too long for a drive-by.

This paper doesn't seem to know that all gyms are also pokestops but bases a lot of the analysis on this incorrect understanding.

by jayd16 5y ago

This paper doesn't seem to know that all gyms are also pokestops but bases a lot of the analysis on this incorrect understanding.

jerrysievert 5y ago

The paper is based on the first 148 days of the game. At that point, gyms were not pokestops. That addition came later.

alasdair_ 5y ago
Somewhat embarrassingly, I was the person that wrote the code that put the gyms into the game and even I forgot that they didn’t function as pokestops in the beginning. That being said, safety was the number one criteria for placement every time. I spent so much time making sure we didn’t have things showing up in dangerous places like freeways. The idea that I did something wrong and that as a result someone may have been harmed is terrifying.
- zpk65 5y ago
  What are you talking about? There are gyms at seemingly every travel stop on I-80 in Ohio and I can easily spin them passing by at highway speed as a passenger. They’re in range of several travel lanes because the gym dots are at the entrance door. They’re also not accidents because many are Starbucks promotions. Do you mean “don’t accidentally create pokestops literally on the freeway?” As in, 12345 I-80 as an address? Because I can think of many counterexamples to what you’re saying here.
  - alasdair_ 5y ago
    Yes, I mean literally on the freeway (or inside a nuclear power plant, or in the ocean, or many many other restrictions). A "travel stop" is a place designed for stopping so that sounds perfectly reasonable there would be one there.

CrazyStat 5y ago

Gyms could not be spun for items when the game first came out, which is the time period covered in this paper. The gym rework about a year later added that ability.

lixtra 5y ago
What about placing a Pokémon in the gym? This can be done while driving by.
- CrazyStat 5y ago
  During the first year with the prestige system it was rare that you would find a gym just sitting around with an open slot. Typically you had to battle repeatedly at a friendly gym to increase prestige to open a slot for your pokemon, which takes way too long for a drive-by.