{"id":6520,"date":"2016-08-10T19:09:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T02:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6520"},"modified":"2016-08-10T19:09:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T02:09:55","slug":"stapleton-golf-cart-owners-missing-true-spirit-of-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6520","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Golf Cart Owners Missing True Spirit of Pok\u00e9mon GO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"pokemon<\/a>The hit new game Pok\u00e9mon GO is a free-to-play, location-based augmented reality game that has been downloaded over 100 million times and is being played by people all over the country. With Stapleton\u2019s massive \u201ctween\u201d population, hundreds of Stapleton kids are out and about playing the game. Many parents, however, don\u2019t seem to mind. \u201cThe game is nice because it makes kids get out of the house and run, walk, or ride their bike to do whatever they are doing in that game,\u201d said parent Amy Clinton. \u201cKids are out exploring, instead of sitting still on the couch for three hours like they normally do.\u201d Parent Kalyn Closson also is okay with her kids playing the game. \u201cInstead of sitting around texting people all day, they compete with them by getting out of the house,\u201d said Closson. \u201cIt\u2019s great to not have to yell at my kids to get outside. With this new game, regardless of how ridiculous it is, at least they\u2019re not in the house.\u201d\n\nAs with anything in Stapleton, things can get competitive. \u201cKids definitely talk to each other to let them know how well they are doing or how far they are in the game or whatever,\u201d said Clinton. \u201cI think being competitive is healthy, so that really doesn\u2019t bother me.\u201d Stapleton dad John Carman is happy kids are out of the house, but wishes they would redirect their energy. \u201cWhy aren\u2019t they playing football, baseball, or basketball?\u201d asks Carman. \u201cWho cares how many pokey thingys you get. That\u2019s really meaningless. Do some damn pushups, for Christ\u2019s sake.\u201d The game is definitely the latest fad, and doesn\u2019t appear to be going away anytime soon. In fact, some parents have taken exception to some Stapleton kids who aren\u2019t competing within the spirit of the game. \u201cThere are kids driving around on their parents\u2019 golf carts,\u201d said Closson. \u201cThe idea was to get the kids out there moving around, running, biking, skateboarding, or whatever. But these kids are cheating the system, driving around, dangerously I might add, collecting Poke points and beating my kids who are out there earning it riding bikes. It needs to stop.\u201d\nMost would agree that using a golf cart to collect points is neither safe, nor within the spirit of the game. However, at least one parent of a child using the golf cart disagrees. \u201cThe spirit of the game is to collect the most Poke things, right?\u201d said resident and golf cart owner<\/a>. \u201cAnd my kid and his friends are crushing it. I mean, they show me how many points they are getting or whatever and I tell them to take the cart as long as they want, as long as they keep winning. And drive safe of course.\u201d There are no official rules on what you can use to play the game, it is up to the individual player. \u201cI would just think that there would be some honor in the game,\u201d said Closson. There are others, however, who believe once you start playing the game, you\u2019ve lost all of your honor.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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