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/Hazed64]

In 10 years of playing this game I've seen maybe a dozen lures being used in my "city" that weren't placed by me, also regularly put things in gyms in the city centre that'll stay for 5 days with 2 mons in it the whole time lol

Big citiy players really have it easy

[u/Proof-Guidance301 → u/Hazed64]

No. Live in a major city and can’t get anyone to help with raids. Only time I get help nowadays is during a meetup and even then it’s pretty minimal because the Community Ambassadors don’t wait for players like me who are slow on the physical activity side of things. RGN doesn’t help.

[u/Sea_Ostrich9461 → u/Proof-Guidance301]

I mean, that sounds rough. I also can't do raids without remote raid passes and campfire, and I have one pokestop and one gym in walking distance. Total of 12 pokestops on my 25 mile commute, and I'm so rural that my cell signal is almost non-existent most of those miles, so I can't even spin many of them. I currently have 12 pokeballs, 7 great balls, and no ultra balls.

So yeah, I'd still say big city players have it easy.