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Lured Up Podcast 310
Record Date - 6/20/2024
Publish Date - 6/23/2024
 
June is definitely not the calm before the GO Fest storm as we have had non stop events like Spelunker’s Cove and Scorching Steps. We take a look at what makes these events tick and how we can tell the difference between a filler event and an event that actually has substance. The 8th Anniversary Event looks to be a much needed step in the right direction, bringing a comprehensive lineup of bonuses and features. One thing that has been missing from our game screens lately, is new Pokémon in the wild.
 
Mega Rayquaza is coming back at the end of the month and the Community is still salty about Elite Raids. While the majority on social are clambering against the Elite Raid decision, in-person communities are already planning to have an amazing day of Raiding with their Communities. The differences between actual IRL Communities and those that virtue signal for them on Twitter is more clear than ever. While Elite Raids are far from being universally loved, it still asks the question of how do you make this game difficult and how can you keep things exclusive?
 
Michael Steranka sat with Tom Phillips of Eurogamer and discussed some of the most relevant topics in the Community zeitgeist. While it was refreshing to hear questions being asked that matter to the Community, Steranka did often play the PR card and didn’t divulge much, leading to an overall feeling of, “We are working on it”, as a response to every question that was asked. Niantic has asked us to have faith in the process before, but this time the Community is more demanding than ever.
 
Finally we wrap things up with a Raid Guide and Battle Party for Mega Rayquaza! Ice is all you need to worry about here and it will make sense to support that with a Mega of your own. We look to both GO Hub and Pokébattler for tips on what to bring.



Spelunker’s Cove: https://bit.ly/LU309SpelunkersCove 
Scorching Steps: https://bit.ly/LU308ScorchingSteps 
Horizons Event: https://bit.ly/LU310Horizons
8th Anniversary: https://bit.ly/LU310Anniversary 
Mega Rayquaza: https://bit.ly/LU310MegaRayquaza 
Notable: https://bit.ly/LU310Notable 
Michael Steranka: https://bit.ly/LU310Steranka 
Mega Rayquaza Battle Party: https://bit.ly/LU310MRayCounters 
 
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
 
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
 
Executive Producer 
Paul Bhatt
 
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
 
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Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
 
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
http://smarturl.it/pokechill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
 
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
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http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity



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Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.
Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
 
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Lured Up Podcast 309
Record Date - 6/13/24
Publish Date - 6/19/24
This month is moving fast and we have a ton of events to get through before GO Fest NYC. This week brought us Slumbering Sands and Goomy Community Day, but then landed us directly into Spelunker’s Cove.The second half of the month will also be busy with Scorching Steps and Cyndaquil Community Day Classic. It would be impossible to forget about Mega Rayquaza coming to Elite Raids, which will close things out for June with a bang.
The Wayfarer Community has taken the front row on social media this week as a Trainer’s posting of their suspension. In typical fashion, some Trainers on Twitter rushed to their support, looking for a small opportunity for them to champion for the Trainer they think was incorrectly suspended as well as being able to bad mouth Niantic. While all the mud was flying on social, the Trainer in question posted screenshots with Niantic Aaron, which inadvertently proved that the OP was suspended with proper reasoning. Right about then was when some of the loudest Trainers on Twitter fell silent.
Finally we are excited to announce that we will once again be a part of the Niantic Notable Trainer Meet and Greet at GO Fest: NYC! Check out LuredUp.com for details on our GO Fest plans, including the return of the NY State of Grind!
Shared Skies: https://bit.ly/LU308SharedSkies
Slumbering Sands: https://bit.ly/LU308SlumberingSands 
Goomy Community Day: https://bit.ly/LU308Goomy 
Spelunker’s Cove: https://bit.ly/LU309SpelunkersCove 
Scorching Steps: https://bit.ly/LU308ScorchingSteps 
Cyndaquil Community Day Classic: https://bit.ly/LU308Cyndaquil 
Wayfarer Drama: https://bit.ly/LU309Wayfarer 
Notable Trainers: https://bit.ly/LU309Notable 
NY State of Grind: https://bit.ly/LU309NYStateOfGrind 



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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
 
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
 
Executive Producer 
Paul Bhatt
 
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
 
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Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
 
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
http://smarturl.it/pokechill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
 
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ 
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity



Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024
Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.
Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
 
#pokemon #pokemongo #podcast
 

Lured Up Podcast 308
Record Date - 6/5/2024
Publish Date - 6/9/2024
 
We are back in the saddle and ready to ride! We are excited to be back to our weekly schedule and pumping out podcasts! Thanks to everyone for baring with us as Ken finished his move!
 
The motherload of info dropped this past week with Shared Skies being announced as the 15th Season of Pokémon GO. We have plenty to dig through as we have our June content update as well as details on the first few events of the season. We begin with a recap of the first event of the month, Stadium Sights. While we enjoyed this event, we weren’t able to capture a Shiny Emolga. Add another chase to our running list.
 
Save the dates have been released for this season’s Community Days, and we have Goomy and Cyndaquil on the schedule for June. While May saw a ton of XP events, it looks like June will be all about the Stardust. This month will absolutely keep us busy as we ramp up to GO Fest. Make sure you stay tuned for our GO Fest announcements coming soon!
 
Up next on the calendar is Slumbering Sands, which brings us new costume Pokémon and a new Shiny! Timed Research will be delivered thanks to the GO Plus+ which is reminiscent of the Sleeping Snorlax event from a year ago. We also have a $2 Timed Research, which we both agree is a fair price when you factor in the gameplay experience, items, and rewards. 
 
Looking ahead we have Scorching Steps, which while an Egg Event, seems to be making it a bit easier to deal with. There are a spread of chase Pokémon available during this event, including Shiny Larvesta which will show up in 2km, 5km, and 10km eggs, as well as Turtanator, which can be chased via Field Research. All in all, we are pretty hyped for this event, and think it will be a nice lead in to the return of Mega Rayquaza.
 
There were a few tidbits of miscellaneous news to cover including winning a personalized PokéStop at GO Fest: Madrid, the GBL Season update, and Trainer losing their account to a hacker. We knew comparisons would be made to FleeceKing and the Community won’t let us forget.
 
Mega Rayquaza is the big topic of the week as we discuss the ups and downs that come with an Elite Raid release. We are split on this one, but the Community is nearly in agreement that they are not in favor of M. Ray coming back as an Elite Raid Boss. Make sure you jump over to our Twitter and join the conversation. We would love to hear what you think about this situation!
 
Shared Skies: https://bit.ly/LU308SharedSkies 
GBL: https://bit.ly/LU308GBL 
June Content Update: https://bit.ly/LU308June
Stadium Sights: https://bit.ly/LU308StadiumSights 
Save The Date: https://bit.ly/LU308SaveTheDate 
Goomy Community Day: https://bit.ly/LU308Goomy 
Cyndaquil Community Day Classic: https://bit.ly/LU308Cyndaquil 
Slumbering Sands: https://bit.ly/LU308SlumberingSands 
Ivone: https://bit.ly/LU308Ivone 
Personalized Pokéstop: https://bit.ly/LU308PokeStop
Scorching Steps: https://bit.ly/LU308ScorchingSteps 
Poke The Bear: https://bit.ly/LU308EliteRaids 
WoodWoseWulf: https://bit.ly/LU308WoodWoseWulf 
 
LuredUp@PokemonProfessor.com    
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
 
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
 
Executive Producer 
Paul Bhatt
 
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
 
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Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 
Tetracase
GameChops -

Lured Up Podcast 307
 
Apologies on how late the audio version of this episode is! We had some major tech issues that we finally have worked through! Hopefully the quality is ok!
 
Niantic dropped a news bomb just in time to close out the Season of Wonders. We run through a huge list of items and bring in Chris and Jamal from Wayspotters to help make sense of the latest Wayfarer Challenge!
 
Flock Together - https://bit.ly/LU306Flock 
Catching Wonders - https://bit.ly/LU306CatchingWonders 
Wayfarer Challenge - https://bit.ly/LU307Wayfarer 
GO Hub Wayfarer - https://bit.ly/LU307GOHubWayfarer 
Wayfarer Criteria - https://bit.ly/LU307Criteria 
GO Fest - https://bit.ly/LU307GOFest
GO Fest Sendai - https://bit.ly/LU307Sendai 
Lapras Café - https://bit.ly/LU307Lapras 
Necrozma - https://bit.ly/LU307Necrozma 
Pokémon Fusions - https://bit.ly/LU307Fusion 
Ultra Space Wonders - https://bit.ly/LU307UltraSpace 
No Comment - https://bit.ly/LU307NoComment 
 
LuredUp@PokemonProfessor.com    
Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639 
 
Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!
 
Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate 
 
Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork 
 
Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
 
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
 
Executive Producer 
Paul Bhatt
 
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
 
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://twitter.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
http://facebook.com/GameChops
http://youtube.com/GameChops
http://www.gamechops.com
 
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
 
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
http://smarturl.it/pokechill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
 
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ 
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity



Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024
Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.
Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
 
#pokemon #pokemongo #podcast
 

Lured Up Podcast 306
Stream Date - 5/8/24
Publish Date - 5/12/24
 
As we approach the final weeks of The Season of Wonder, we discuss the overall flow and cohesion of the Season. Most notably, the Rediscover Campaign has reached its finale with the release of the improved AR experience. All of the new releases that we have seen this season are still sitting in the shadow of GO Fest, which won’t even happen until next Season.
 
Rivals week brought us a divers encounter pool and some motivation to knock out some GBL sets. It’s always nice to when GBL events roll around because it really brings the best and worst of the community out, and it is always entertaining. 
 
Flock Together Research Day brings a nice pool of Flying Type Pokémon and the inevitable Shiny Hunt. This event looks to be a promising update to the now recurring Research Day. Catching Wonders is up next after a small stretch of vanilla spawns. The announcement of Bounsweet and Spanish language support round out our new of the week.
 
We wrap things up with a discussion about the new PokéCoin Paid Research that brings back a poor return along with a terrible condition… that you must have 3 or less Field Research in your stack when the day turns over. Oooh weee we cant wait to see this in action.
 
Rediscover Kanto - https://bit.ly/LU306Kanto
Rediscover GO - https://bit.ly/LU305RediscoverGO 
Rediscover Your Reality - https://bit.ly/LU306Reality 
Rivals Week - https://bit.ly/LU306Rivals 
Flock Together - https://bit.ly/LU306Flock
Catching Wonders - https://bit.ly/LU306CatchingWonders
Spanish Support - https://bit.ly/LU306LATAM 
Bounsweet - https://bit.ly/LU306Bounsweet 
PokéCoin Research - https://bit.ly/LU306PokeCoin



LuredUp@PokemonProfessor.com    
Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639 
 
Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!
 
Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate 
 
Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork 
 
Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
 
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
 
Executive Producer 
Paul Bhatt
 
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
 
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://twitter.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
http://facebook.com/GameChops
http://youtube.com/GameChops
http://www.gamechops.com
 
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
 
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
http://smarturl.it/pokechill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
 
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ 
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity



Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024
Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.
Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
 
#pokemon #pokemongo #podcast

Lured Up Podcast 305
Stream Date - 4/23/2024
Publish Date - 4/26/2024
 
When the Rediscover GO trailer dropped the Community was hyped and social was filled with speculation and hope of how the game would be updated. The Rediscover Yourself campaign was first up, and we are sad to say that it was one of Niantic’s biggest misses to date. This isn’t poor servers or a latency filled experience, but rather a slew of unpopular decisions that Niantic has made to advance their new Avatar update. We will take a dive down the Community rabbit hole at the end of the episode.
 
We start things off with a recap of our Bellsprout Community Day experiences, and how triple Stardust is always a popular bonus. Our first gameplay story of the week is about how Sustainability Week has changed over the years, and unfortunately not for the better. We look back to 2021 when the event actually had a real world component to it by partnering with non profits to promote cleaning up the environment. Each year since then the event has lost some of its magic, culminating in this year’s event, which seems to be falling flat. Being overshadowed by the Rediscover Kanto spawns didn’t help things either.
 
Cleffa Hatch Day will be rounding out the month taking place during the final weekend of April. The big story of the week takes us back to the Community reaction to the Rediscover Yourself update. From missing genders, to clipping assets, to a very strange art style, there isn’t much if anything that is getting high praises this week. While inclusivity may have been the goal of this update, it may have backfired.
 
We look to a pair of articles from GO Hub that cut to the chase and identify many of the issues that the Community has with the update. The site also touches on the sensitive nature and purpose of the update outside of simply an avatar graphical update. The backlash online has been significant, and Niantic has been getting dragged on this one, with a lot of toxic energy fueling some pretty negative stuff. To be plain, this week has been a disaster.
 
We want to be clear that we really believed in this update, and see the importance of greater options when it comes to character creation. We also identify however, that the execution of the update completely replacing the existing Avatar aesthetic rather than simply being in addition to it, has us all scratching our heads as to why this Niantic handled it like this. There are other important things to discuss as well regarding the sale of digital goods and how purchased items may not look or fit the avatar in the same way that originally influenced the purchase. There is a lot to unpack here.
 
Bellsprout Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU304Bellsprout 
Sustainability Week 2021 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2021 
Sustainability Week 2022 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2022
Sustainability Week 2023 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2023 
Sustainability Week 2024 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2024 
Cleffa Hatch Day - https://bit.ly/LU305Cleffa
Rediscover GO - https://bit.ly/LU305RediscoverGO 
GO Hub’s Hot Take - https://bit.ly/LU305GOHubAvatar 
GO Hub’s Follow Up - https://bit.ly/LU305AvatarFeedback 
Rediscover Kanto - https://bit.ly/LU305RediscoverKanto 
Turkey Play Store - https://bit.ly/LU305Turkey 
 
LuredUp@PokemonProfessor.com    
Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639 
 
Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!
 
Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate 
 
Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork 
 
Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
 
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
 
Executive Producer 
Paul Bhatt
 
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
 
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
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