Pokemon Go and other crazy shite

in my life time people using a phone to chase cartoon characters around town, and then getting run over or causing traffic accidents. go Figure.

Turkey leader has arrested his entire country just to be safe.

Trucks are now weapons of mass destruction???

china is building an island and going to war over it. Just in case somebody else wants it.

golf is being played at the olympics but there are no golfer going. so the caddies will be playing instead.

People now shoot police instead of the other way around.

Scotland just hosted a soccer world cup for homeless people from around the world.

My advice to anyone over the age of 25 and who plays Pokemon Go should honestly pour themselves a drink or better still get someone to do so, and a rather stiff one at that, and then seriously consider their life choices

I prefer bubble With Saga chook

FROM THE RACING POST..................................................................................

Pokemon Go goes where the Jockey Club has been



By Robin Gibson 12:00PM 19 JUL 2016


OBVIOUSLY the big thing since last time is Pokemon Go. It's the AR (augmented reality - keep up) game that lets you hunt the old-hat cartoon critters on the streets of your town. It reportedly already has more users than Twitter in the US. A big USP is that it "forces players to wander through the physical world". Radical!

Some of this wandering, clearly undertaken by novices, has been reckless. Police in New Jersey have warned citizens whose reality has been augmented by a biff to the head, or worse, that: "Normally you wouldn't go to a deserted alley at 3am. That shouldn't change just because an app said you should."

It would be sad if the catastrophic impact of actual reality caused the downfall of PG but, for the time being, everyone's a wanderer.

It's turned out creepy for people who live in converted churches. The virtual Pokemon ‘gather' at these buildings (out-of-date street maps, apparently), thus attracting stupefied humans, who wander up and mill around outside your dwelling at all hours. Nothing new if you live in south London.

At this rate, as Bob (@In_Ludo_Veritas) points out, it won't be long before the 2m hurdle at Plumpton is disrupted by wandering gamers chasing Pokies up the final furlong.

Bob also flags that punters, in Australia at least, can bet on where ‘legendary' (don't ask) Pokemon will be found in Sydney. Hyde Park is favourite, the Opera House second. You have to wonder if some at developer Niantic Labs might stand to benefit.

It all brought to mind Racing Explained, the Jockey Club Racecourses AR app from about 18 months ago. Who would have thought JCR would be so far ahead of the game? Well, anyone who reads Surf & Turf. They know that far from the drool-encrusted, tweed-wrapped toffs of myth, the JC are more cutting edge than a Channel 4 documentary on poultry shears.

Yes! Racing Explained was just like Pokemon Go, enabling you and your phone to wander parts of the racecourse you might not otherwise have reached, like Mama J's contemporary Italian cuisine at Market Rasen.

I say ‘was', because Racing Explained, like an unconverted church, has fallen into disuse. And that's not because Lincolnshire police have warned punters to avoid Mama J's. No, RE just never took off.

What causes these untrends? RE was well received at launch. You can only conclude timing is everything. The Jockey Club were too far ahead and now RE is like an abandoned Sinclair C5 on the hard shoulder, with Teslas roaring past. It still lists Aintree as home of the Crabbie's Grand National, and no-one got round to doing the augmenting for poor Nottingham: "Nottingham will be appearing in time for racing next season."

Mind you, where are the Teslas? Google "horseracing augmented reality" and it's clear there's been little advance.

Top result is from Innovate UK, offering a £25,000 award to develop an AR racing app. But that is from about 2013 (Innovate UK's website not, seemingly, being a practicer of what it preaches). It might even have been won by Racing Explained.

Bettingapps.co.uk (an affiliate betting site) addresses the issue, concluding: "Being able to point your phone at a horse and getting the name, jockey, current odds and an opportunity to bet with a tap of the screen? This would make life so much easier."

Well, how can you put this? YES, IT WOULD. It's curious that an AR racing app is not yet in store. One exists. Go to Vimeo, the poncy Farrow & Ball of video sites, and search "augmented reality meets racing". There's a prototype produced for the Hong Kong Jockey Club by the German company Figge+Schuster quite a while ago.

Guess what? It's really good. You can easily picture yourself pointing it at a saddlecloth. Go on, someone, do it.

A few light years ago I pointed out the website of shrewd Newmarket trainer Julia Feilden and its excellent picture of a dog forking hay, unequalled to this day.

Juliafeildenracing.com has now been transformed into a slick and modern affair. It's an exemplary site with clean lines and lots of info - well worth a look, not just for punting insight.

The team page has been boosted and features a good standard of comedy. The forking dog, now assistant trainer, has been joined by another smaller one, who handles health and safety in a high-vis jacket. There are other four-legged employees too. I think they all live in, but it doesn't say.


They've seen the
future - it's stupid.

chicken n chips wrote: My advice to anyone over the age of 25 and who plays Pokemon Go should honestly pour themselves a drink or better still get someone to do so, and a rather stiff one at that, and then seriously consider their life choices

No offence.. But you spend your days watching horses run around in circles.
These people (Myself included) are enjoying a game and for that matter my fat ass is getting some exercise for once LOL.. yea so what i walked 2kms on Sunday to hatch a egg and find various Pokemons in my neighbourhood had fun doing and met a few people along the way doing the exact same.. the point about Pokemon Go is that

I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause

I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Each Pokemon to understand
The power that's inside

Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all
Its you and me
I know it's my destiny
Pokemon, oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through

You teach me and I'll teach you
Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Yeah

Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face
I will battle every day
To claim my rightful place

Come with me, the time is right
There's no better team
Arm in arm we'll win the fight
It's always been our dream

Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all
Its you and me
I know it's my destiny
Pokemon, oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through

You teach me and I'll teach you
Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
Yeah

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Actually i dont sit around watching horses run around in circles all day. Its you who runs around in circles chasing after what?