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I just swung by the vet school and every one of our statues is a poke stop... and there's a gym next to the ER entrance.
Nice! I'm hoping there's a gym near my vet school.I just swung by the vet school and every one of our statues is a poke stop... and there's a gym next to the ER entrance.
Off-topic of Pokemon Go, but +1000 points for using an avatar with one of the best cats in gaming. Glad to see someone else like that gameI can only imagine how competitive the gyms located in/around colleges and schools are going to be...
I'm currently still level two and trying to catch pokemon as I walk to and from work, but there are poke stores and gyms everywhere on my work campus! Now if only it weren't so hot, humid, and miserable to walk outside.
Yay! I'm glad you recognized him! Haha. I wasn't sure if it was too obscure an avatar but it's cute regardless.Off-topic of Pokemon Go, but +1000 points for using an avatar with one of the best cats in gaming. Glad to see someone else like that game
Pokémon Go is the catalyst for me getting a smartphone.
Recommendations, everyone?
I'm so split between Apple and Android devices. I have an iTouch that I love, but it's wifi only.The Samsung Galaxy S7 (or S5, if you don't want a brand new phone -- would not recommend the S6) is a really solid, reliable smartphone with Android OS. I am personally not a fan of iPhones/Apple products. I had an S5 for 2 years and recently upgraded to an S7 edge, and I've been very happy!
It depends on where you're located. I use Verizon Wireless, which I believe offers PAYG. I'd check coverage maps for your location and wherever you go most, or where you may end up.I'm so split between Apple and Android devices. I have an iTouch that I love, but it's wifi only.
Follow up question. Sprint, AT&T? Other PAYG service provider?
go to the store and play with them. If you're more comfortable with Apple, you may want to stick with them.I'm so split between Apple and Android devices. I have an iTouch that I love, but it's wifi only.
Follow up question. Sprint, AT&T? Other PAYG service provider?
Yeppp, pretty much. I'm not an Apple person in the way of other products like computers, but I did love my idevices (old ipod nano and itouch) so that level of app support was one of the main reason why I decided an iPhone for my first smartphone. The customizability thing is definitely my biggest problem with it though, super frustrating and why I'm not a general Apple fan...buuut i'm also not a big fan of the android OS (though the selection of phones is pretty awesome), and Windows' app selection is sad, so I can deal with the downsides.Apple drives me crazy because of the lack of customizability but they also have fantastic support and a lot of apps, so there's ups and downs there. Depends how much you like the Apple spiel in general.
Yeah I liked my old Apple music devices. My whole family actually has iphones (and macs) except for me... partially at my urging because they kept asking for computer help. They're great devices, just frustrating to me when I'm used to being able to do emulators, customize out the wazoo, etc.Yeppp, pretty much. I'm not an Apple person in the way of other products like computers, but I did love my idevices (old ipod nano and itouch) so that level of app support was one of the main reason why I decided an iPhone for my first smartphone. The customizability thing is definitely my biggest problem with it though, super frustrating and why I'm not a general Apple fan...buuut i'm also not a big fan of the android OS (though the selection of phones is pretty awesome), and Windows' app selection is sad, so I can deal with the downsides.
Every day during our lunch break, someone puts a lure on the aquarium entrance pokestop that's reachable from the break room. It's a great system
It kills me that I haven't been able to challenge any gyms yet though--can't walk over to the one at work due to public phone policy (unless you're willing to change out of uniform after clocking out ). Passed by some interesting gym locations in nearby towns (so many of them are at churches?), but I still haven't gone into my own town with it yet so I wonder what points of interest there are.
You just reminded me about a chem TA I had in undergrad who was obsessed with Windows phones. He figured out my lab partner had one and he talked to her about them literally every day.Yeah I liked my old Apple music devices. My whole family actually has iphones (and macs) except for me... partially at my urging because they kept asking for computer help. They're great devices, just frustrating to me when I'm used to being able to do emulators, customize out the wazoo, etc.
Windows phones... lol.
You're not missing out on much in gyms. They're super super glitchy right now (lots of fights will freeze with your opponent having 1hp left...), honestly pretty frustrating. I'm just doing the catching thing and holding off on them right now. Plus team Mystic already holds most of them around here.
I saw 5 on campus this morning when I went to work... We're supposed to be this huge research institution but the summer interns/post-bacs/probably post-docs too are having a field day with the amount of pokestops here. Haha.This was hilarious. Three poke stops with lures on campus...
But it's also a great bonding opportunity. Hike around town to explore and catch pokemon, with drinks after? Yes please. We have a pokemon go post on our class page already.Not sure how I feel about PokemonGo coming out right before starting vet school... This could be seriously dangerous!
I'm doing that on Saturday...I just need to go ahead and get a new phone I guess
whatever their new waterproof phone is - it's not actually waterproof and there may be a lawsuit soon. I'd probably keep that in mind.
S7Are you talking about the new S7?
The S5 and S7 are water resistant -- up to 3 feet for up to 30 minutes. I ran mine through the washing machine once by accident and it came out okay. Do you know which phone turned out not to be waterproof and what happened to it?
So today I went on a family trip to the movies, and was able to make a drive-by Gym visit in traffic on the way back (was already a blue/mystic gym so it was just the "training" thing), but this is exactly what happened.You're not missing out on much in gyms. They're super super glitchy right now (lots of fights will freeze with your opponent having 1hp left...), honestly pretty frustrating. I'm just doing the catching thing and holding off on them right now. Plus team Mystic already holds most of them around here.
Where are my Blizznerdies, Legion is coming. As are application deadlines but who cares about those right
Where are my Blizznerdies, Legion is coming. As are application deadlines but who cares about those right
Blizzard is one of my all time favorites! Have never played WoW though. I'm more of a Diablo and StarCraft fan. Good luck with your application!
ILLIDAAAAAAAAN
I'm enjoying it so far. Getting level-carried, but the questing is good!
You're a vet student you can't have time for such silly games (though you're right, and Stormheim's story is great).
You're a vet student you can't have time for such silly games (though you're right, and Stormheim's story is great).
I'm a vet and I have time for silly games!!
Which is why I'm only 102, even with the carry. A level a day is what I've allocated. And after studying. (Just finished Val'sharah. I had opinions.)
You can play "silly games" or keep up with other hobbies as a vet student too...As an adult vet of course you have to have time for silly games, silly.
You can play "silly games" or keep up with other hobbies as a vet student too...
As an adult vet of course you have to have time for silly games, silly.
An adult? Where? WHERE?
(This post brought to you by M. Night Shyamalan)
That's the twist.
This entire forum doesn't exist.
SDN IS A LIE
Mine would contain a lot of really poor dice roles.We're all just figments of someone's imagination. Sick, twisted, nerdy figments, forced to play the roles we've been assigned.
...I wonder what my character sheet would look like
Mine would contain a lot of really poor dice roles.
Stay/go? Role a 4, get neither and wallow in panic until next turn.
Stay/go? Role a 3 and go, but all the treasure turns out to be fake. Lose a turn!
Roll for armor against job loss and financial struggle? Roll a 5, get armor, but face a troll who traps you in armor and squeezes you until the armor is crushing you.
What will you roll now?
This is more of a rant, but it's Wow based so I'll put it here.
Legion came out and I'm trying to keep playing with my guild. I've known these people for years and years, plus I want to keep interests in things other than the all consuming maw of vet school.
My guild actually did help me level up pretty quickly (mostly in the actions of one person) but gearing takes longer. We set a minimum ilevel requirement for raiding so I have to meet it.
One girl offered me a spot in her mythic group (she and her husband are tank/healer) to try and gear me this week. They said they do 1-2 mythics a night and like to take the same people. One to two is at most what I can handle so it seems perfect. I can't chain spam mythics on the weekend because of another exam. Tuesday runs go well, we clear three instances.
Last night at 9 pm I got a text saying they would run all the rest of them In one chunk if I wanted to join. I said I had an exam tomorrow, and could probably run one. They said they would pug the rest of them, because someone had plans on the weekend (the whole weekend?) and it was now or never for me. They wouldn't work with me, wouldn't compromise or anything. The conversation was pretty cold, tbh. It was a huge slap in the face.
Lockouts don't expire until TUESDAY but you have to run them all now? The attitude I got was really unsupportive. Wouldn't have joined up with them in the first place if I knew they would pull this. I've tried to explain how difficult it is to budget time to even play at all, but they all work 9-5 desk jobs and don't understand the magnitude of vet school. It makes me question whether putting in that time to be raid ready is even worth it.
This is more of a rant, but it's Wow based so I'll put it here.
Legion came out and I'm trying to keep playing with my guild. I've known these people for years and years, plus I want to keep interests in things other than the all consuming maw of vet school.
My guild actually did help me level up pretty quickly (mostly in the actions of one person) but gearing takes longer. We set a minimum ilevel requirement for raiding so I have to meet it.
One girl offered me a spot in her mythic group (she and her husband are tank/healer) to try and gear me this week. They said they do 1-2 mythics a night and like to take the same people. One to two is at most what I can handle so it seems perfect. I can't chain spam mythics on the weekend because of another exam. Tuesday runs go well, we clear three instances.
Last night at 9 pm I got a text saying they would run all the rest of them In one chunk if I wanted to join. I said I had an exam tomorrow, and could probably run one. They said they would pug the rest of them, because someone had plans on the weekend (the whole weekend?) and it was now or never for me. They wouldn't work with me, wouldn't compromise or anything. The conversation was pretty cold, tbh. It was a huge slap in the face.
Lockouts don't expire until TUESDAY but you have to run them all now? The attitude I got was really unsupportive. Wouldn't have joined up with them in the first place if I knew they would pull this. I've tried to explain how difficult it is to budget time to even play at all, but they all work 9-5 desk jobs and don't understand the magnitude of vet school. It makes me question whether putting in that time to be raid ready is even worth it.
Ech, that sucks. I know the feeling - I've been dying to play but work schedule just has not allowed much. Actually that's one of the reasons I never really joined a guild because I knew my schedule would just be too impractical for that. I'm almost entirely a pickup PvPer/BG pugger.
Maybe one day I'll get into raiding.
BTW hope the lab exam today went well or at least tolerable! I didn't see anybody crying during either session so that's a good sign I guess