August in Review

[rowyn]

 Health/Fitness
My obsession with Pokemon GO has continued in full force. It was helped along by the addition of a new Special Mission quest line, although not in the way one might think. It's not that I am playing Even More in an effort to make progress on these quests.

No, what happened is that one of the early Special Mission quests was to "add

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[sf_reader]

I topped out at about 18 friends, but have cut those who stopped opening my gifts. I have about 12 now.

The length of time bonuses are really nice. When they max out at 90 days and the 100,000 XP bonus, unless you are trading with the person, it would makes sense to unfriend and start over.

[rowyn]

It would not have occurred to me to unfriend in order to start over! I may have to think about that one. n_n

[rowyn]

Oh hey, I got an EX Raid invitation today, which I can share with one other Ultra Friend. Would you like the invite? I don't know exactly where you live, but it's at one of the Country Club Plaza gyms. On Monday, October 1, 12:30-1:15PM.

I am not entirely sure I'll make it myself, but my boss will probably be okay with me taking a long lunch to go down there for it.

Anyway, let me know by tomorrow morning if you can. I'm going to ask a co-worker if he wants it if I don't hear back from you, or if you can't make it. :) Thanks!

[sf_reader]

I live in Lenexa and work in Olathe. Thank you, but I can't justify being away from work quite that long.

I received two passes this summer. Both were for raids in Lenexa on Thursday afternoons. One was close enough to lunch that I worked it in. The other was the middle of the afternoon.

The one one I did, there were a lot of people there before it started and all were gone within 10 minutes of the start. I'm not sure how long someone would have had to wait to find other people to raid with, if they arrived late.

[rowyn]

Thanks for the info! I was figuring that I'd better be early; the raids I've done on Community Day have all been "everyone gathers beforehand" and it looked like it'd be tough to get into a large group late. I'd also wondered if EX Raid invitations were common enough that I shouldn't schedule work around it. But it sounds like they are neither particularly common nor convenient, so I won't feel bad about taking lunch around it. Since the raid itself is pretty quick, I might not even need more than an hour. (I work about 20 minutes from the Plaza).

It sure would be nice if they'd schedule these for the weekends instead, though. I feel bad for actual kids who play. :/