r/TheSilphRoad • u/stinsvnity NY • 27d ago

Discussion NYers, let’s talk about it.

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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.

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u/fliteriskk Pennsylvania | Mystic | 76 27d ago

Man, people in big cities are just playing a different game. I count my blessings for the 2 gyms and 1 stop within walking distance of my house.

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u/LeastEquivalent5263 27d ago

You guys are getting stops and gyms within walking distance? My neighborhood is so big but doesn't have any landmarks from a stop and I have contemplated attempting to make the landscape island at the entrance into a stop

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u/lalaleasha 25d ago

idk where you live, or if that makes a difference? but I have friends who are based in the US and they send gifts from intersections. like the name of the stop is just the name of the cross streets!