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It's true that playing in-the-flesh with a crew was the best way to play, but spoofing enabled both levelling up faster (which in turn helps the "with crew" outings) and bypassing impossible restrictions like increasing number of geo-locked critters.

It does say "gotta collect 'em all" pretty clearly...

However, I still remember the wave of people coming towards me when a Gyarados spawned right near me. I had some family with me who weren't playing (and therefore didn't know what was going on) and were quite intimidated by the sight of the approaching, stampeding crowd.