Gym Tours

A year ago, I mentioned that another use of Pokémon Go is as a tour guide, whether of present or non-present things. Of course, even with the game being used as a tour guide, players would probably can't help but play through the things presented on the tour. The case is true for something I've been doing lately with (the help of) a friend, where we take a trip to certain Gyms and take them down and over, and/or put something in them. As a special case of the above, I call it a "Gym Tour".

When I and that friend go on a Gym Tour, we sometimes decide on a particular area beforehand, though at other times and even after having decided on an area, we go straight to whichever Gyms we can find and deal with them. What often happens is that we end up distributing our load, as we're both of different teams; I take down Gyms of my friend's team and my friend takes my team's Gyms down, while we negotiate the Gyms not of our teams' colors. It can get complicated considering that we have different Gyms with different progressions, and that some of the Gyms we desire for one person instead go to the other.

Due to the nature of the streets in my local area, sometimes we make our way past one Gym only to return to that Gym later on; it means that we often make our way in a non-linear, even irregular fashion. Sometimes, there are also the unexpected things that we encounter, like traffic jams in the morning (which prevents a more timely approach), and someone else attacking a Gym that either one of us desires to take over. At the least, what happens is that we should end up with a bevy of Gyms that we advanced the progressions of and are ready to furnish coins at a later time, if not on the same day.

Others who wish to conduct similar tours can certainly do better than us. The right time and the right places for Gyms should help out in going through them quickly and efficiently. It's also wise to plan out which Gyms to take, as far as possible, to allow for equal distribution. And if the unexpected does occur, one should have a backup plan or be adept at devising one on the spot. With luck, the Gym Tour should become more successful.

The "Gym Tour" is not quite a "tour" in the usual sense that one may not leisurely make way through a series of Gyms, but it should result in an advancement of gameplay progress. Even so, in making one, it may accomplish some sightseeing purposes, which is another point of a tour, and a more central one at that. Both could be considered the opposite sides of the same coin; accomplishing one accomplishes the other, and that should be a great thing in and of itself.

One year ago: (A Further) Local Ex-Raid, 9/10/2018
Two years ago: Cosplay: BJF - Shizen ni Modoru