Now You Can Hire Someone to Play Pokémon Go for You

What is this world coming to?

By Dominique Haikel Jul 14, 2016 6:39 PMTags
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Is this extremely brilliant or the world's laziest invention to date (or both)? By now you've been smacked in the face with so much Pokémon Go on social media, you probably don't even need to play the game to know what it's all about. You already know that the game involves a lot of walking in order to catch 'em all. Sometimes that walk can lead to finding the occasional dead body, falling in a ditch, or even scoring a date with a fellow enthusiast.

What happens when you want to play the game, but just can't bring yourself to move? We present "PokeWalk," a service that takes your phone, walks it around, and returns it to you with even more Pokémon than you could have ever imagined. This is either a really great way to get your phone stolen or the equivalent of waking up on Christmas morning.

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The site explains, "Imagine a world where you had the flexibility to do what you wanted to do like watch TV, sit on a stationary bike, stand on a skateboard, and not have to move to collect Pokémon. We want the millions of Pokémon Go players to have the freedom to do what they want without the pressure of walking." But like, don't they want to play "Pokémon Go?" Does not compute. 

For $10, $15 or $20, PokéWalkers (?) will trek up to roughly 6 miles, so you don't have to. While it may seem lazy to some, this could be an excellent service for those who may be unable to partake in the game due to the inability to walk while playing. 

So what happens if they fail to catch more Pokémon? Apparently, they'll run around the block "as fast as they can" along with refunding your money. Sounds fair to us. 

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