Pandora's Box behind Pokémon GO

In Greek mythology, Zeus gave Pandora a mysterious box and asked Pandora not to open. Pandora, who was given "Curiousness" by Hera, could not withstand the temptation to drive, and finally opened the box. Greed, jealousy, jealousy, pain and other human evils were released, but before "hope" came out, Pandora closed the box and locked it in the box forever.

After the game "Pokémon GO" (hereinafter referred to as PMGO), the players appeared in various signs like the mythical Pandora's box after the opening of the human projection, discussions about rumors, quarrels, FakeGPS, security threats filled with social networks.

Blue is the hot trend of Pokémon GO in Google Trends

gossip

The rumors about PMGO have been endless, because the game is hot, Nintendo's market value has risen by half a Blizzard or a Supercell. The concept of AR has also become a hot topic for everyone. "Isn't it a good VR first year? How is AR first fired?" "Yes, but what exactly is AR?"

It is just that the public does not understand this part of the content, there are rumors on the Internet. However, many times the uncertainty of the official attitude is also one of the reasons. Whether China can play or become a hot spot on the Internet.

The popularity of Pokémon GO will drive the concept of AR?

How to say it, the AR technology has a high ceiling and the lower limit is very low. The simplest Snapchat can be called AR. In fact, it is just to add projections of other objects in the real viewfinder when taking a photo. There is a real effect. Of course, AR knows more about the high-end devices such as Magic Leap and Hololens. Generally speaking, AR has two points, one is computer vision, and the other is dynamic mapping of the user's surrounding environment.

After the popularity of PMGO, it is often referred to as the AR game in the mass media, and the argument that the concept of AR will rise is also common. But from a more rigorous point of view, PMGO is an LBS game, not an AR game. Even if the AR element (camera) in the game is removed, it will not affect the integrity of the game.

Can China play PMGO?

To be honest, this question is difficult to answer. But there is still no conclusive evidence that China can't play, yes, the ambiguous reply on Facebook that mentions China can't play has been officially deleted. Of course, there is no conclusive evidence that China can play, but there is a first point to explain that this game has not unlocked GPS in Japan, and China has also unlocked and can play in the time when Japan was unlocked. From an optimistic point of view, it is only a matter of time before PMGO can play in China, and it is likely to be unlocked together with the Japanese area. After all, "Ingress" can be played in China, and PMGO has no more specific reasons to lock up China.

This game is a conspiracy of Japan and the United States?

Because the game will generate data based on GPS positioning in real time, some players are worried that this is a Japanese-American conspiracy. In fact, this view has already appeared in the operation of "Ingress". At that time, players can also submit the portal application, and the domestic explosion Related news. However, if you play it, you will find that the game is not vertically positioned. If it is a survey, will it be too watery?

To be honest, this is a very "Ingress" application portal.

Niantic became famous overnight?

In the non-technical field, yes. Developed by Niantic, the game uses Nintendo's IP, which is not part of Nintendo's promise of the first five mobile games next spring. This is also the first time Nintendo has had such a great cooperation with Western companies, but in terms of IP, this work was born with the golden key. As a company independent from the alphabet (Alphabet, Google's parent company), Niantic has long been known around the world, and Niantic CEO John Hanke is the pioneer of the entire electronic map industry. Google Earth and Google Street View are all involved in the production. of.

Facebook recently began to spread an article, although some inspirational lyrics, but the basic calendar of John Hanke before the success of PMGO, 20 years of accumulation. The title of the article is very bloody, citing the words of the famous American comedian Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) - "It takes 20 years to make an overnight success".

Western "Friends Circle Explosion Article"

dispute

Online games inevitably lead to disputes, and nowadays it is called "tearing". Even if a game makes social functions very weak, it is hard to avoid. You can't do it in the game, players can go to the social networking platform. Forums, post bars, official website customer service, etc., right, and know, this new popular social platform. Once you have something in your game that is unilaterally pleasing to the eye, you can “know”.

PMGO's now published version has weakened socialization to almost no, but it is not exempt, of course, does not rule out some positive energy, but the player community may be a negative energy gathering most of the time. The same is produced by Niantic, PMGO's predecessor game "Ingress" is like this. Many players are not very familiar with the game's disputes, mainly because the game's player community is concentrated in Google Plus (Google's social platform).

The Chinese community of "Ingress" on G+ is called "Ingress Player Distribution Center", where many active "Ingress" players are gathered. As a circle of sharing joys and sorrows in the game, an angry topic can always be the climax of hot discussion. An important factor in choosing this as a battlefield is to be able to circle players in other regions and increase your influence.

Just search the questions under the Ingress theme

If online game players have an unpleasant situation in the game, mutual spray, small speakers, PK, corpse, etc., most of them are solved online, and many times the picture will be happy. If you are not good, you will put a meaning of "single father and son, not sala". You are very serious about the "about", the other party may not necessarily pick up.

As an LBS game, the biggest difference from a regular online game is that the game must ask the person to reach a certain place in order to perform the corresponding operation. PMGO has the existence of a pavilion, there are also three camp settings, players can occupy the pavilion to accept the challenges of other camp players, but also can challenge the players of other camps. And it is very important that you can keep a pavilion from being compromised and provide a certain amount of "salary" every day. It is said that the trainer ranking system will be provided in the follow-up, and you can think of how much this ranking will be related to the pavilion. .

In "Ingress", there have been cases of blue-green camp players who started their hands because of the appearance of others. But in the final analysis, there are also differences in the ownership of the "territory". The data of the Dojo and Elf stations in PMGO itself comes from the Portal in Ingress, so we can also imagine that the Ingress will have more portals and more pavilions. Places may become places where disputes arise.

Foreign players design icons that appeal to camps and crickets

cheat

All the online games can not escape the topic, the most popular FPS game "Watching Pioneer" in the current open competition mode, the number of plug-in cheating players is gradually increasing. Single-game games use some modifiers to cheat, self-entertainment is good, but online game cheating, affecting not only the game experience of other normal players, but also the entire game environment.

The biggest enemy of LBS games is fake GPS simulation (FakeGPS). This is also a major problem that has come with since the birth of "Ingress". "Ingress" players are not "people are equal in life". In addition to the initial few official portals in the game, most of the portals are for this game. Players upload photos with their own GPS information and appear on the map after review.

PMGO's user guide clearly states that the following behaviors are cheating: 1. Magic change client; 2. One person multiple number; 3. Shared account number; 4. FakeGPS;

Foreign players have very dense portals because of their superior network environment, which also allows them to have more elves and pavilions in PMGO games. Domestic players, even in the open lock zone, may find it difficult to see elf stations and pavilions in their own cities. Many times, the development of Ingress in China is basically a perfect community in some big cities with early players.

If I am a new PMGO player living in the urban-rural combination of the third-tier city, when I open the game and want to follow the tutorial to play this game, I may find that there is no elf station at all. What can I do? If I don't go to a place with a fairy station, is it always stuck here? The game's novice tutorial clearly has access to the wizard station.

If you can modify the mobile phone's GPS information, do a "speak and go travel", it is much easier than going out personally.

There are already many countries in the world, such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Germany, etc. There is no problem playing this game in Canada bordering the United States. Nowadays, many players pretend to play PMGO games in these countries through FakeGPS, so that other players who can't play can be envious and eager to try.

A friend in Ottawa, Canada, playing the "Watching Pioneer" at home can catch a dream between the three elves, the evil capitalism!

But this is clearly prohibited in the TOS (Terms of Service), all cheating including the use of FakeGPS will face the danger of being named, but when it will be sealed, it will not be easy to say how long it will be sealed. Niantic is always slower in the efficiency of "Ingress" to deal with aircraft. There have been players who used aircraft to cover a large field covering the whole of Europe to test Niantic's responsiveness, while ridiculing the official confirmation that the account is inefficient.

Now that PMGO is a little different, Nintendo is basically zero-tolerant in cheating. Once there is cheating, Nintendo will not condone this behavior. Processing efficiency is now very fast, and there may be a sit-in effect.

"Is it worth it?"

Besides, no cheating is a code of conduct that players should follow, and it cannot be because the title is not cheating. Many cheating players will think that they will be blocked when they are blocked, and they will not be able to change their accounts. Indeed, for cheating, the law is not as self-disciplined.

A large number of players have now issued non-cheating initiatives, as well as players' signatures against cheating. This is a call for a pure game environment, and many players who are new to LBS games can't understand it. A game that has not been unlocked in China, you don't care if you can play, but you don't care about cheating. Is it a big problem?

It is very necessary to give the player an alarm in advance. Before the game starts, it forms a subconscious mind that does not cheat, and it is harmless to the pureness of the game environment. It's hard to say that the country is already smouldering, but at least the soil for cheating has begun to spread. One of the hottest platforms for game promotion today is the live broadcast of FakeGPS, which is not a good start for PMGO.

Mobile game live home has a lot of PMGO live recommendation, in fact, basically FakeGPS cheating

There is also a multi-number behavior, and there are many disputes about the number in Ingress. Why can't you make a number? If you play WOW and play tribes, you can play another league. In the game designed by Niantic, the number will bring a big advantage to one person, and it will be very unfair to other players.

It is said that in the future, the game will open up the exchange system, and maybe there will be communication evolution to encourage socialization. A dual-player player has a major number, then apply for a trumpet to fetch a special Pokémon through FakeGPS, and then exchange it with his own number. The small seal will be sealed, and the large-scale illustrations are collected anyway.

In PMGO's trailer, there are players collectively capturing images of Super Dreams in Times Square. This is probably the gameplay of PMGO in actual live events. At present, there is no player to unlock the 150th Super Dreams. It is possible for two players to get two super dreams when they go to participate in the event. One person has two or more legendary treasures, which is unfair to other players, and some Taobao merchants can also trade discounts.

â–  Security risks

If cheating is an inevitable game of online games, then daily game attention to personal safety is a unique hidden danger of LBS. Most of the Pokémons in PMGO will appear near the Elf Station, so whether the location of the Elf Station is safe or not will be an important issue for many players.

Fortunately, Niantic has noticed this in the operation of Ingress, so when they ask for a portal, they recommend it in public places such as libraries, memorial parks, squares, etc. It is also prohibited in places where dangerous areas, military facilities, etc. are unsafe or inaccessible. The Elf Station and the Dojo in PMGO are all inherited from Ingress, so there has been a lot of attention in the distribution.

But it's not that all the elves are safe. Niantic officials will also have negligence when reviewing some portals, including a portal in Zhongnanhai. So far, no one has been occupied by the scooter.

New Zealand players found that an offshore fountain became a pavilion in PMGO. Two female players rowed a boat to occupy the pavilion and share the social network. I thought there should be no other players, at least not. Will be very fast. She obviously underestimated the fiery degree of the game, and soon players will also take a boat to challenge. From the shared pictures, the environment in which the challenger is located is not safe.

Hardcore player

When the US soldiers performed their missions in Iraq, they discovered the Jenny Turtles. In order to catch a small Rada, the players in Brooklyn fell to the lake. The female players found the bodies on the riverside of the game. The social news about PMGO was endless. Most of the domestic players have not played this game yet, and some may just use the FakeGPS experience player, so that the domestic security is not very high.

Can Iraq play?

Ensuring security is not just an empty talk, or a topic that I will not end up in a remote and dangerous place. A few days ago, O'Fallon of Missouri, USA, arrested four suspects armed with guns. The police found that they used the elf station in PMGO to put props on the top and let the dreams gather in the elves. Near the station, this will attract some unarmed PMGO players to come to the nearby capture wizard. The victim did not go to many remote areas, but was also at risk of being pointed at the gun.

The recent news about the "闯 police station" catching treasures is a bit boring, but in fact, "you are jealous of you," and you will not be as calm as a bystander after you are really immersed in the game. Last week, police incidents in the United States killed black people, and then five other police officers were shot dead during the demonstrations, becoming the largest police dereliction of duty in the United States after the "911" incident in 2001. Also PMGO, which was launched in the US last week, was linked. Black authors published an article "Warning: Pokémon GO may mean death for blacks" (Warning: Pokemon GO is a Death Sentence if you are a Black Man) ). The article believes that black players who are mistaken for some places may be severely sentenced or killed, rather than just being warned as white players appearing in the news.

In "Ingress", a Beijing player was hit by a speeding taxi when crossing the road in Xiamen. Unfortunately, he was killed. His name is Zhang Rengang, the game ID is @caaat, and the players call him "big cat" affectionately. I started playing Ingress shortly after his death and then knew his story. The portal that he finally occupied before his death is still standing in Xiamen. The players in both blue and green commemorate him to ensure that his name will remain in Ingress forever, and the "armistice agreement" is set on the ownership of this portal. .

Portal that has been protected by both camp players

The death of the big cat indicates the dangers that LBS games may have. These are sometimes difficult to escape from "natural and man-made disasters." After the emergence of PMGO, the popularity of social news will inevitably make me worry. I am afraid that a player will be killed when he is challenged by a certain pavilion. Then the owner's name on the pavilion may become his epitaph in this game, and the mass media. Reports are also likely to bring some unnecessary negative effects to the game.

Because China is still in the GPS blockade, I still can't confirm whether the "egg face" is the elf station or the pavilion in PMGO. If this portal appears in PMGO, I think it will become a place where many of the Ingress players will go to the memorial.

Finally, remind everyone to pay attention to safety. Don't think that the green light can cross the road and just stare at the screen. Who knows if there are any unruly vehicles? At this point, I think that the Pokemon GO Plus designed by Nintendo is very humanistic and designed to liberate the eyes of the player staring at the screen.

I just noticed that it was a stupid design, and it’s not so disgusting now.

I don't think I'm pouring the cold water of this game, because I am a loyal Pokémon player and also an Ingress player. I have no reason to reject this work. At the April Fool's Day in 2014, Google had an egg project that was co-operated with Pokémon. I was deeply involved in it, but unfortunately there was no postscript. This year's advertisement for the 20th Anniversary of the Super Bowl is a bloody event. In the most expensive time period, the advertisements can be seen in Nintendo's attention to Pokémon IP.

If you see players from other regions and countries can play this game, do you want to say "I can do that" like the characters in the video?

The GPS blockade in many parts of Asia, including Japan, may be lifted recently. As a large country with a land area of ​​9.6 million square kilometers, China is hard to ignore on the map. John Hanke once said in an interview about the LBS game: "If the game we make can only be played in San Francisco, it is not a success, we want to be able to play around the world." ("If we designed something That only worked in San Francisco, it wouldn't be a real success. We wanted it to work globally.")

Pandora's Box has been opened. When the news about the game is constantly bombing throughout China, I hope that our players can properly handle the negative energy and safety risks caused by this game. Now, we still have the “Hope” that the country can play, and we need to be prepared to face the problems that may accompany us.