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Google Giving Mystery Gift For Those That Found 151 Pokemon on Maps April Fools
- Thread starter Vanillalite
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For real?
Well you could try what others are doing and tweet @googlemaps and/or #pokemonchallenge
sixteen-bit
Member
will you have to hunt on a map for the mystery gift?
I just noticed something kind of shitty:
Google didn't reply to very many people who followed the directions in their tweet. They tweeted asking for replies on the 16th (with the promise of a 'surprise').... But most of the tweets Google replied to were from April 1st or April 2nd.
Some of them had no hashtags, and others weren't tweeted at Google Maps; I have no idea how they even found them.
so.... I guess there's no reason to complain about 'missing out', even if the prize ends up being something cool. I caught 'em all, tweeted at the correct time, and still got nothing. Plenty of others are in the same boat:
http://www.reddit.com/r/googlepokemon
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/qt60ccbXZq4
Google didn't reply to very many people who followed the directions in their tweet. They tweeted asking for replies on the 16th (with the promise of a 'surprise').... But most of the tweets Google replied to were from April 1st or April 2nd.
Some of them had no hashtags, and others weren't tweeted at Google Maps; I have no idea how they even found them.
so.... I guess there's no reason to complain about 'missing out', even if the prize ends up being something cool. I caught 'em all, tweeted at the correct time, and still got nothing. Plenty of others are in the same boat:
http://www.reddit.com/r/googlepokemon
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/qt60ccbXZq4
You have to physically go to the location you found Mew.
I'll just wait at the foot of the amazon river and collect all the unclaimed pokemon google glasses
They posted pictures of those Pokemon Master business cards, so I'm guessing they're just printing high quality versions of that for everyone.
[edit] I replied to their Google Plus thread both the location of where I found Mew and a link to my album showing proof I found it. I didn't know there was a Tweet on it also.
I got the Google Plus notification about a week ago and just now filled it out.
[edit] I replied to their Google Plus thread both the location of where I found Mew and a link to my album showing proof I found it. I didn't know there was a Tweet on it also.
I got the Google Plus notification about a week ago and just now filled it out.
They posted pictures of those Pokemon Master business cards, so I'm guessing they're just printing high quality versions of that for everyone.
[edit] I replied to their Google Plus thread both the location of where I found Mew and a link to my album showing proof I found it. I didn't know there was a Tweet on it also.
I got the Google Plus notification about a week ago and just now filled it out.
Is it a universal link for the redemption? or is it unique per person
bummerThey aren't
I'm not sure. I think it's unique to the user. They sent me a link via Google+ notification and it seems that after you fill it out, you have the option to "submit again." So I imagine if I shared the link, it might just erase my info in place of the last person who filled the form out.Is it a universal link for the redemption? or is it unique per person
You had to reply to one tweets or Google+ feeds asking users to post where they found their 151st Pokemon. They contact you from there.
Bomber Bob
Banned
Yeah it's not cool but whatever
Of course, Pokemon is a Nintendo franchise, and they own part of The Pokemon Company too, so there's no workaround. We had a whole thread before of people claiming Nintendo was not involved just because it was a actually good marketing move and you know, how in the world could Nintendo do something like that? Nintendo does nothing right.
BronsonLee
Member
Never saw anything related to this online or announced at all; weird deal, Google!
Replied to the tweet, I guess we'll go from there, but
Replied to the tweet, I guess we'll go from there, but
everyday math
Banned
We need to....Misty. Hehe
