Pokémon Go: Week 12 + Viridi

[nanila]

I suspect I’m now over halfway through the lifecycle of Pokémon Go. I’m still enjoying my weekly urban Pokéwalks, but the thrill of catching enough unusual-to-me Pokémon or otherwise acquiring enough candy to evolve them is beginning to pall. I’ve just about come to terms with the fact that leveling up now takes weeks. I’d like to maintain my interest long enough to get to Level 30 or to the point where I can evolve the remaining 30 or so evolvable Pokémons in my repertoire, whichever comes first, but both possibilities seem rather distant right now.

That said, I have enough candy to evolve my Omanyte and my Seel, and I hope with enough walking I should be able to evolve my Koffing and my Jigglypuff. I hatched another Vulpix from a 5 km egg so that’s nearly walkable as well. The Spreadsheet of Evolve decrees that I should hold off on evolutions until my next Lucky Egg. I’m over halfway through Level 24, so I’m gritting my teeth and grinding through to the Level 25 rewards.

I currently have three - three! - 10 km eggs to hatch. I was so excited about this I spent some precious Pokécoins on an incubator. The first one is nearly ready.

I discovered that Kensington Gardens now seems to be a Diglett nest. I caught four on my last walk through it, having never seen one there previously.

On the other end of the necessary-user-input spectrum, Viridi continues to be a quiet source of daily pleasure. I share here two images of my plant pot. The first was taken on the day I started playing. The second is one month later, when everything bloomed. <3

Comments

[redsixwing]

You got me into Abyssrium. >.> Thanks!

The succulents are very cute.

I do hope Pokemon Go releases some new Pokemon (or some new features) soon; I'm enjoying it less and consequently playing it less, and I really would like to evolve this Kadabra some day.

[nanila]

Huzzah! Have you seen that there's a Halloween event going on in Abyssrium? I recommend checking sir tap tap's guide again for tips on how to get all the Halloween fish.

I am totally with you on the PokéGo assessment and I also have a Kadabra and a grand total of six Abra candies. :/

[redsixwing]

I did see the event! I just got my first football fish and am saving up for the bone dolphin.

I quite like the cute little ghost fish. It's a good thing, too, as I will need a lot of them if I want the ghost dolphin... But I will probably keep some of them around after the event ends, just because.

Abras are so hard to catch, too. /o\

I wonder if Niantic is betting on the new core Pokemon games boosting the popularity of the app again? I wouldn't count on it.

[haggis]

You inspired me to get a Viridi garden and it is making m v happy!

[haggis]

I have just got an Aloe Vera which going to be huge so I rearranged my little pot to fit it in 😀But the seedling starts off so smol!

[nanila]

Awww, good luck with your aloe! May it grow (very slowly) into a big healthy plant. :)

[nanila]

YAY! :) I do like it because you only need to check it once a day and the music is very soothing. It's such a slow, stress-free pace at which to play a game.