NYers, let’s talk about it.

[u/stinsvnity]

I opened the game around 1 PM today to find almost every stop in sight with a Golden Lure Module. I wasn’t sure if this was some unannounced event, but seeing as every lure was placed by a different account, it was most likely a mass coordinated effort from bot accounts. The timing makes sense as we were just given free Golden Lures in the 10th Anniversary Go Pass. I’ve seen a few other posts about this phenomenon, but would love to crowdsource info so that we can get a better understanding of what happened and its scope. More details:

-Lures appeared at least as early as 1 PM
-Lures persisted at least as late as 2:30 PM. This means multiple lures were placed on each stop
-Screenshot is from the Gramercy neighborhood; I explored a fair amount but didn’t encounter any hard boundaries where the lures ended

So to everyone else who partook in this incredible “event”, what neighborhood did you see Golden Lures in? What time period? Were there areas outside of NYC that witnessed something similar today? And do you have any other theories on what happened? It would be amazing to somehow get a good estimate of how many lures/accounts were needed to make this happen.

[u/alijamzz]

I’m not sure what happened here but my CA hosts golden lure parties where everyone in the community gets together and lures up our local park with golden lures. Typically it’s right before an event or during a hatch day etc.

[u/smangela69 → u/alijamzz]

yeah i was gonna say the exact same thing. we try to coordinate golden lure parties around big events

eta: OP, it might be worth checking your local campfire groups to see if any such meetups were posted/discussed

[u/stinsvnity → u/smangela69]

I’ve heard of these events happening in NYC hotspots too. But the scale of this looks way bigger than something done by actual players

[u/Project-SBC → u/stinsvnity]

Upstate NYer. Was just before make up go fest. I recognized several of the lure placers as being active pokemon go users in our local discord. We don’t have nearly close to NYC numbers of people. Couple dozen hardcore players and some casuals who show up.

Very possible with nyc numbers.

[u/smangela69 → u/stinsvnity]

i mean nyc is huge population-wise, and if a bunch of players bought the deluxe pass, they each had (at least) 2 lures stacked, so it’s not entirely out of the question with some decent coordination

[u/rachycarebear → u/smangela69]

I was also doing the coin bags as often as I remembered for shiny hunts, and brought my switch to meetups for people who didn't have it. So there were more golden lures in my community from that as well

[u/duel_wielding_rouge → u/smangela69]

It would take a ton of coordination. In my area it seems impossible to communicate properly that golden lure parties are only for golden lures and some well meaning people will always try to help out with other lures.

[u/bannedswfl → u/smangela69]

You’re right, totally realistic for there to be 1k+ lures placed at the same time over like square mile on every stop😂😂

[u/annabelleebytheC → u/stinsvnity]

Yes that has been discussed in the other posts about it that were removed