I don't play Pokemon Go, don't want to, but there might be some lulz-mining opportunities in the viral moment. I know that Pokemon Go has tagged Scientology Orgs as locations of some kind in their augmented reality. For some reason, they tend to tag churches of all sorts: http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/pokemon-go-westboro-baptist-church/?tw=dd I don't know if that was such a good idea against attention-whores like WBC.
We already have two scientology pokestop sightings. Austin Org (/hattip SPs FB group) Person who spotted ^^This is mulling over the idea of setting up a Pokemon Trainer Acct by the name of Xenu just to fk w/ Scn. Vancouver Org (/hattip @PezRadaron Twitter)
According to Twitter search on Pokemon+Scientology, we got confirmed sightings at DC & Nashville orgs. https://twitter.com/search?q=Pokemon Scientology&src=typd And a screengrab for Pasadena (/hattip @Megalodork on Twitter)
Gyms can be taken over by challenging the group in charge. Go gamers. http://www.vox.com/2016/7/12/12159304/pokemon-go-game-ios-android So you can buy lures, this is how 4 teenagers lurked people to desolate empty lots to rob them. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...-pokemon-go-related-armed-robberies/86922474/
There was a Pokemon gym sighting at the St. Paul org according to this:https://twitter.com/racheIIIIIII/status/751782313315463168 Also, regular Pokestop at Denmark (/hattip @Henjoness via Twitter)
Another gym was running at Cincinnati org: https://twitter.com/theREDSCARE666/status/751259237507006464 And there was a sighting as Los Feliz mission (/hattip @lilylapidese on Twitter)
<light bulb> It just occurred to me there is flash raid protester potential here. Somebody sets up a Pokemon Go gym (with a XenuCityName Trainer acct for trolling lulz) and then hands out flyers & raises public awareness on the cult's front lawn. Profit! Also, this: Pokémon Go Is Sending Lots of Players To Church
Maybe use a name more likely to be known and cause a reaction from the run-of-the-mill Scientologist. Miscavige Beats Staff LRH Vistaril LRH Fraud Sea Org Slaves
Nintendo seems to use Google Maps to build their locations from. If only there was a way to game Google Maps to game Nintendo to game their Pokemon game to game Scientology...
Yeah. That's why I'm trying to encourage anti-scn activists to get involved. For informing AND intervention potential, as well as some intel on whether or not the staff get a handle on going out and engaging with players. I would hope though, with public awareness and ridicule being at an all time high nowadays, players who encounter body routers would automatically respond negatively. And basically give staff a waft of shit for interrupting their game. Encountering what people actually think of the cult, day after day, could have an effect on staff after awhile.
Yah, it might be a very good idea to make sure that the Pokemon Orgs have warning images tagged on them in Google Maps. I don't know if they'll show up in the Pokemon app, but players might have Google Maps running too. Google Maps might be filtering images that don't relate to the location, or have been used on multiple orgs. I still think the best idea is images taken at the actual location: Virtual pickets via Google Maps Lulz review ideas: "I tried catching a Charmander here, but all I got were Body Thetans. They were Super Defective!"
Sorry.... can someone please explain to me WTF this is? A new game catching pokemon and other characters? Right? Can someone explain the location stuff? I saw on the news that someone crashed their car while trying to catch a pokemon? Sorry not game savvy
The game is geo-locational, and uses the GPS in smart phones to identify where the player is to simulate a fake virtual reality type thing where you get to a certain spot IRL to score points and gather critters.
http://www.vox.com/2016/7/12/12159304/pokemon-go-game-ios-android Pokemon Go explained in 500 words Don't worry about the players being pulled into the Cult. They only interact with other humans If they, too, are hunting Pokemon. A eager recruiter for Scientology will be avoided like a mosquito. A Pokemon Flash mob is a lovely idea. Pokemon hunters are in a good mood.
And Nintendo stuck a lot of their game universe stuff at Google Maps church locations, which tagged a lot of Orgs because Google Maps doesn't have a "dangerous mind-fucking scam" location category.
Anywhere you want to put a Pokemon gym? Somewhere where a bunch of people will come, catch a Pokemon, and then look up to see what's important. http://kotaku.com/you-can-now-request-new-pokestops-and-gyms-in-pokemon-g-1783669406
Gotta catch all those scilons who are speaking out http://whyweprotest.wikia.com/wiki/Former_Church_of_Scientology_members_who_have_spoken_out
OK now we're cooking with gas. At the Cinnci Columbus Org gym, somebody as figured out how to put a custom description on a location. In this case, "evil cult"
The toronto morgue's old location might even be listed. But I couldn't be bothered to even use the application. Hahahaha. I might though, just to label the scientology buildings (former/present) as dangerous.
I think the mapping locations of gyms and pokestops were originally laid out by players of a mobile game called Ingress. It may be possible to make edits of stops and gyms via that game. There's an interesting video on their page as well as download links for Android and iPhone. https://www.ingress.com/
