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"No rare pokemon should be allowed in school" french Minister of Education said.
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Snkfanatic
Banned
What does this have to do with anything though?
DrunkShogun
Member
Makes sense for security purposes at least. Would be a whole other issue if it was a complete ban on Pokemon.
SaucyJack
Member
Where are these posts coming from?
Just because bigger problems exist doesn't mean smaller ones can't be dealt with.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Now I remember that Kalos=PokeFrance...
I was thinking more Team Flare Admin...minus the hair...
Angry ignorance although to be fair the OP is leaving out a lot of details. She was asked a question about it, she said they were going to talk to Niantic about not putting rare Pokemon in schools, everyone in the room including her had a little laugh about it and then it was onto another topic.
It's not unreasonable to want to avoid having hordes of 20 somethings intruding into school playgrounds to catch an Articuno.
Skittzo0413
Member
She looks exactly like Marcy from Married with Children in that OP photo... weird.
But yeah, it's definitely a reasonable request to make but who knows how hard it is to implement. I don't know if Niantic/Google have a record of the exact locations of every school in any country, let alone all of France.
But yeah, it's definitely a reasonable request to make but who knows how hard it is to implement. I don't know if Niantic/Google have a record of the exact locations of every school in any country, let alone all of France.
The hospital system that I work at had all spawns removed from their properties. Went from being able to catch a nice amount of Pokemon everyday and then one day it went to nothing showing up in the nearby box.
All they have to do is contact Niantic and they'll block out the school grounds from spawning any Pokemon.
All they have to do is contact Niantic and they'll block out the school grounds from spawning any Pokemon.
Icyflamez96
Member
WOW! I saw this last night and I thought it said "No Pokemon should be allowed in school."
Her specifying no "RARE" pokemon makes this infinitely more funny.
Her specifying no "RARE" pokemon makes this infinitely more funny.
It will be. They have upped reserves for regular patrols.
Glitchesarecool
Member
Pokemon (and videogames in general) was hard banned at my elementary school as it was seen as a major distraction even during free time. At my junior high, in a different district, you could get in pretty big trouble for playing the card game. Rumor was that a lot of cards were being stolen, especially from the kids who brought those super rare Charizards in.
yanipheonu
Member
Not really. Wtf is she even talking about "rare Pokemon should not be allowed". It's a compeltely misunderstanding of how the game even works. It's all procedurally generated. She has no idea what's she's talking about.
Real talk: if the Pokemon thing really is a distraction, why are they letting cell phones in the classroom in the first place? And if they aren't, why is Pokemon GO an issue then?
And I mean, you know trespassing laws do exist right? It really isn't an app's fault people are going where they clearly shouldn't be.
This all seems kneejerk and inconsequential, honestly.
I'm kinda baffled people are on her side.
Icyflamez96
Member
Don't they use google maps data stop pokemon spawns in certain areas? I don't see why they wouldn't be able to do that for schools.
I don't see how that is her problem, it is on Niantic to solve it.
Prevention over criminalization is a thing.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Put them in caves or power plants, much safer.