May i ask where you live that those things are something you need to fear for?
And would it help if you go do your CD’s in large groups? If you stay together with 10+ people you wont risk being mugged right?
This time of year here it doesn’t get dark until 9.
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I live in an 18th century Georgian farmhouse in a quaint village surrounded by beautiful countryside… however there are no Pokémons here.
So I have to travel to my nearest town… a typical northern-English market town where folks go about their business early. The shops are shut and the place is almost deserted by 4.30pm (the last bus out is at 5:08). The only people left are generally drunkards, the unfortunate homeless and gangs of youths.
Thanks to the Tory government cuts and the ridiculous emphasis on Brexit there is no significant police presence or anything else to assuage anti-social behaviour. I, personally, have been accosted, abused and berated on a half dozen occasions while playing Pokémon Go in this location.
I know it’s not Niantic’s fault things are this way. If they could figure out a solution to make the hours variable so everyone could participate when things are best for them then they would not alienate so many potential players. And more players means more profit.
Ah ok. Now i get the picture.
Yeah that seems like a big issue. You know if this is localized to a few towns arround you or a bigger issue in England (Great Britain?) as a whole?
If more towns/cities have issues with this you might be able to get some help from Niantic, if enough people start poking them.
Their support is horrible, but if you hit that 1 out of 50 people who are willing to help you you might be able to get something changed.
Just hammer on that safety issue. Its something they may care about cause they dont want problems with that.
I can attend neither this one nor August’s. Unless I have awesome luck.
I won’t go on about because it would bore everybody rigid and it’s not really relevant to the game we’re here to discuss - but there has been a systematic lack of investment over decades which has meant market downs like the one near me are in terminal decline.
My local town has a population of around 35,000 (serving a larger dispersed rural community of around 75,000) and simply does not attract the funding with has re-invigorated many of the bigger cities in the UK.
The hospital has closed its doors to emergency patients and the school system is rated the worst in the entire country. There are hundreds of other similar towns suffering a similar fate.
Enough said… it’s all too depressing.
I’m lucky as I can choose to go some place else to play my game.
First World Problems eh? All the best and shiny Alolans all round! 
🥳:+1:
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Not boring at all, in fact interesting and educational on what it’s like in other parts of the world. We see what you describe depicted in movies from time to time that after certain hours the gangs come out and rule the streets terrorising others in the community so they bunker down after hours.
Makes me really appreciate the freedom I have to move around at all hours apart from a few isolated areas that I know there is a small element of risk like you describe.
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Again that idiotic time. What idiot thinks it’s a good idea to start events in the summer on the hottest time of the day: 4:00 pm! Also it’s right on dinertime for many people. I really don’t get this!
Hottest time is 12:00 - 15:00. Thats why they do it 16:00.
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On 12:00 the sun is at his highest indeed, but after that the atmosphere keeps warming up for a couple of hours, reaching its hottest around 16:00. Depending on circumstances this can be earlier or later, but they decided now to start the event at least around the hottest moment of the day. (Sources are metheorological institutes)
You can see the effect too when looking at the weather. As example the local weather on my work for today:
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So it seems. Ive been lied to all my life.
BUT theres something else. Since the sun is highest between 12:00 and 15:00 it is the most powerfull at those times. So its the most dangerous. I think people mean that when they say the regular “12-15 warmest” line.
On the other hand, keep in mind that the final hour is much cooler than the first hour of the original, and thats all that matters (since its 3-6 v 4-7)
As they seem to target 10k egg, 3 tier evolution Pokemon for Community Days for August I would say the likely remaining candidates are Ralts, Porygon, Shinx or Gible.
Ralts is the most likely one of them.
It is a shame that they’ve moved July’s Community Day has been pushed forward an hour. That will be an hour less I can play.
Yes, Ralts is the obvious. Gible everybody wants, but they like that we suffer…
I thinks they have a department of “sadism and torture” at Niantics headquarter…
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Shinx’ Shiny is already released AND Shinx is not available in the wild, so Shinx is highly unlikely.
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Gible is not in the game for that long, so I really doubt this one.
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Kirlia evolves into either Gallade or Gardevoir, and you need to use a Sinnoh Stone to evolve Kirlia into Gallade. If I’m being honest I don’t think Niantic will give both Gardevoir and Gallade special moves and they will probably neither give away five free Sinnoh Stones again.
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Porygon requires even more Evolution Items.
The likeliest is probably Trapinch, but I do not want that as I likely can’t play during August CD and Shiny Flygon is one of my favorites.
My guess is Ralts Community Weekend, Charm and Superpower/Drain Punch respectively, 5 Sinnoh Stones
If they are to make a weekend again, or if they are to make a Ralts CD, this is the perfect opportunity
There’s only one day in August announced for Community Day.
Quite sure August wasnt announced yet, was I wrong?
EDIT: Yup, I thought theyve only anounced days up til July
Maybe CW in October? No way they are letting Ralts sly, and with Trapinch likely gone next month and Gible being released just two months back, they wont really have a choice for October
They could just do a rerun of a previous CD. I wouldnt like that, but i wont be suprised when they do it.