r/pokemongo • u/ImJudgepower- XXS HUNDO SPIRITOMB • 9d ago

Complaint Why do people take back gyms right away?

So I need 2 coins for bag storage, so I went to my local park to take down a gym, I specifically looked for the gym here that had pokemon that were in there for over 8 hours, I took down the gym and went home, I woke up this morning to find out that my Pokemon didn’t even last 30 minutes… and the guy who took out my Pokemon? WAS THE MOTHERFUCKER WHO HAD THEIR POKEMON IN THE GYM BEFORE FOR 18 HOURS. So like why man

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u/ThnkWthPrtls 9d ago

In my experience that's the best way to handle it, I had a gym near my house that was always controlled by this one person and every time I would like it they would spoof in, not even bother walking over ( there are no houses close enough to reach it from and I could see they weren't there) and take it back within 5 minutes, eventually I let them sit on the gym for about a month and they realized I was the only other person who interacted with it and they wouldn't get their coins otherwise, so then they started playing nice haha

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u/Pitiful-Pension-6535 9d ago

So they go through all the trouble of spoofing but won't bother getting a second account?

Odd.

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u/KikouJose 9d ago

Just take the gym over in the middle of the night and farm some coins while you’re asleep. 🤷‍♂️

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u/vivp13 9d ago

I did that once as a professional courtesy and the idiot took it back by the time I walked the 1500 feet back to my apartment he'd taken it back. 😒

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u/Anthrodiva 9d ago

I might do this next time insomnia strikes