I Played Pokémon GO's Biggest Event on a Deserted Island

[@twgaming1186]

The pokestops with no photo and description were added by Niantic themselves a few years ago in some countries that didn’t have much Pokémon Go activity. It was done using some automatic system that made most random businesses and points of interest POI in game. They just added these in Brazil a few days ago too

[@pascalqr3306]

Correct, they were imported poi’s from Foursquare.

[@domomitsune5920]

My apologies, I may be responsible for some of those submission of pokestops with no pictures. I was there a couple years ago, and I was kind of in a hurry. I was randomly submitting as many as possible, and I think some of those may have been mine. Unfortunately some of those older ones do not show who submitted them or a picture if you didn't submit one with the request.

[@hellogood7239]

Lol

[@irhtsy]

How could I get some of these in my town

[@domomitsune5920]

@@irhtsy good question. I need some of these in my area.

[@vbgcfan]

I know YT algorithm probably doesn't favour this kind of videos/schedule but your travel videos are always my favourites. Good for Chance for not wanting to be on camera, I hope you had a nice family trip despite the stomach bug.

[@ferasdasouki]

I got this video on the KZbin home page xD maybe they listened xD

[@lilcyhrtbrk358]

Funny enough I don’t watch Pokémon go videos at all and I’ve only been recently introduced to this guy via his Travel videos 😂

[@Paulovlyra]

​@@lilcyhrtbrk358 Me too 😅

[@firestartermoogi56]

Hi Nick! I will be 68 next month, and my heart smiles every time I see you playing Pokemon go with your Mom. I hope your sister was able to heal up quickly 💓 so she could enjoy the rest of the trip, but sorry you got sick too! I hope you all are back to good health by now. Good to see your videos again. Y'all take care! 🥰

[@I-Ate-10-Homelessmen]

Happy early birthday

[@firestartermoogi56]

@ThatOneAmericanAndGermanDude Thanks 😊 wasn't fishing for birthday wishes lol. My 44 yr old son plays pokemon with me when he has rare free time, and seeing Nick with his Mom is something I identify with. He has a good bond with his family which really makes me smile 😊

[@Tryhd_nerd]

Happy birthday!!🎉

[@firestartermoogi56]

@Tryhd_nerd thank you 😊 I appreciate your kind wishes.

[@mccubbinash]

The next video title. I participated in the Rayquaza raids while on a meteor in outer space.

[@deadmanfan1000]

Lol

[@WaltRBuck]

The population was low, but their were a surprising number of pokestops!

[@zenox0288]

Seems Nick just travel to Places so he can get content,thats why hes account are kinda "casual"

[@irenea8132]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ggggg4830]

The best Pokemon go content on youtube since 2016... Please bring back the OG trainer tips theme

[@MrE_]

Bring back Juan!

[@dangermouse3314]

Yes, I concur with the sentiment above

[@xxXMekoXxx]

For real agree with this!!

[@danonod]

Oh yeah, I missed that intro

[@TheDaveyStu]

Chance! We miss you! Hope he's doing well, good to see your family out playing with you again. 😊 I love these videos, playing in interesting places where no one else does. PoGo is such a fun tool for exploring a new place. I think even if I do one day stop engaging with the continuous content additions, I'll still open the app every time I go somewhere new.

[@aaroniemcwonley]

12:30 OGs will remember Chance the legend

[@IsaacLoneA]

The photoless PokeStops were imported by Niantic from a database called Foursquare. They used these imports to populate more Pokestop in rural countries (Turkiye, Brazil, India, Phillipines.). Alot of those imported locations don't even meet the actual approval criteria of Wayfarer.

[@jonaykon]

That explains why i have a preschool stop with no picture

[@MarkBailey]

I saw one in Lanzarote a year or two ago. I pinned the postcard as it was unusual to have no photo!

[@Nyitemare]

Foursquare! oh my god now THAT is a throwback!

[@starrimoss7377]

@@Nyitemarefoursquare still exists in australia huh

[@Kshitij_Ballaya]

bro actually putting out quality content

[@TheGrammarPolice7]

Since 2016!

[@Kshitij_Ballaya]

@@TheGrammarPolice7 facts

[@fossilpharaoh]

I just love this so much. You're not getting heaps of hundos or shinies, but this video truly is an adventure, all your videos are.

[@Mephy.]

In Turkey too, these no-picture stops emerged about 3 years ago. Over time as people took their pictures, the number of no-picture stops decreased but at least my group and I stopped taking pictures. They all appeared out of nowhere one night so yeah it is probably automated from Niantic's end

[@neoklast]

Türkiyenin neresinde oynuyorsun? İzmirde isen birlikte oynayabiliriz dostum

[@Mephy.]

@@neoklast İzmir'de okurken oynadım 4 sene ama geçen sene taşındım İzmir'den artık kayserideyim. Arkadaş ekleşebiliriz tabi

[@jeffsmith8842]

Add your friend code from turkey 🇹🇷 😉

[@kevinlin9578]

Any tips about the local Pokemon Go scene in Turkey? Going to visit Istanbul and Cappadocia in October, would love recommendations on meeting folks for trades or raids

[@neoklast]

@@kevinlin9578 if you are going to visit İstanbul I can recommend you ''Kadıköy'' is one of the best places to play pokemon go there is too many players in there also when there is a PoGo Fest you can easily find the community in a place walking together! Sorry thats all I know about İstanbul and unfortunally I live in another city called ''İzmir'' if you ever go there try to go ''bornova'' there is a lot of pokestops and gyms with too many people joining raids etc.

[@jamiehnm]

I love watching your travel videos! I’m from Guam and of course with all the similar looking beaches and plants, I can almost imagine that you came here. Thank you for sharing the world from your POV with us!

[@samtaylor8440]

Hey! I found your channel a few days ago and I’m so glad I did! I’ve gone back and watched so many of your old videos and I was hoping you’d release new content! So happy to be here! can’t wait to see more 😊

[@hyunkim2530]

Sad I couldn't DM you.

[@Ray-lw2rh]

@@hyunkim2530 Creep

[@Frosty_Acid]

Thanks for chance reveal @ 15:45 ! Clutch sunglasses angle

[@domomitsune5920]

What a coincidence, I have already been there. I was there 3 years ago, with the intention to play Pokemon go. I was trying to visit places that were so remote, the chances of Pokemon being knocked out of gyms would take more than 24-hour. I had to use work vacation time. So why not do something fun. I even controlled all of the Pokemon gyms for Mystic for almost a week. It took me less than a day to go over the whole entire Island and take over everything. I think one of my Pokemon is still in one of those gyms on the island. And that was well over 3 years ago now.

[@kennethlingad]

wow, i get how that trainer feels to meet someone or a total stranger who also plays PoGo in a rural area here in the phillippines, he must be surprised to meet you

[@sonicwind1901]

Two options. A few years ago Niantic did a sweep and just added Pokestops of certain points of interest and if they didn't have photos within their mapping data they look like this. The other option is Niantic didn't used to sweep strictly for copyright photos now they do so sometimes stops wont get pulled but the photos will if the algorithm thinks the photos might be infringe on copyright. Either way the solution to this is to add photos to the stop and it will get approved and add the photo where it is missing.

[@tomwhitmore6199]

Actually cool concepts for pogo KZbin videos

[@oXSimonXo]

Mabuhay, Nick! Hope you enjoyed your stay in the Philippines! I'm headed there myself in two weeks. Couldn't be more excited for the visit after watching your video.

[@HICARO]

So nice to see you playing Pokemon Go with your family! I miss those old videos.

[@wv.]

Imagine trying to 'spin a new pokestop' after a week of being there

[@Pxnda999]

Or live there lol

[@AshHart12392]

That thumbnail is 10/10. Amazing concept and visual.

[@cindyskimmyhorn4779]

Love this content! You aren’t bragging about all the shinies you are getting like some others do. Great video! Beautiful place.

[@Ben79k]

You always come up with wonderful and unique video/ travel combos. Love it.

[@Holboell]

Real honest content, love that there is no deleting shinys or accounts, but just playing in a location where thing are working against you…. you are a genius..

[@Pokeradar420]

gegius?

[@Holboell]

@@Pokeradar420 genius…😊

[@soivivek]

Hope you're feeling better. Thanks for the great content!

[@anamistica]

I like it when your family joins in to play with you in the videos ❤

[@jaketaste5020]

Congrats Nick! Been a fan since 2016, great to see you still out there making videos! Much love man!

[@Mugdorna]

Nice long video. Great. Been watching you since August 2016.

[@Bluebloods7]

y lie

[@aaroniemcwonley]

4:01 love the beat sync with the dive!

[@imchris7898]

I really love your content where you travel to different countries while playing Pokemon GO. I was so surprised to see you traveling and playing POGO in the Philippines. Wow!

[@filipefm2972]

Here in Brazil they just added a ton of these pokestops with the generic pokestop picture. They are all local businesses, that are not sponsors , but are marked in Google maps.

[@momoerichan]

Hi Nick😊Your adventure videos are one of a kind and so much fun! And your voice and the way you speak are easy for me as a non-native English speaker to understand!! Thank you for your awesome video✨

[@Nyitemare]

So cool to hear Chance was chillin behind the camera, home the lad is doing well!

[@bethannmorgan4999]

Sorry to hear you guys got sick on the trip!! Hopefully you and your sister still had a good time.

[@senoemo]

this is why Trainer Tips is my most favorite Pokemon GO Trainer youtuber. take care

[@dertyluck]

26:04 this game cracks me up man 😭 will Niantic ever get it right 😆

[@jackyu4714]

Pokestops with no pictures are the stops manually added by niantic by dumping them from foursquare database. They did it in many countries to boost gameplay. There were 3 waves of such additions here in India recent one being less than a year ago. Mind you that all these stops are very low quality and just generic things

[@klone57]

Love seeing you play pokemon go your way :) great vid

[@GenesisStrike1]

The goat and godfather of po go KZbinrs.

[@Keerruu]

bro, the other island above Siargao is my place and I'm the only one playing pokemon go on it. You'll be surprised to see a little town with less than a 1000 people but filled with gyms and stops after I started nominating them.

[@squatsngiggles]

I absolutely love your content, it is the best!

[@TheGunner9307]

I'm saying this again and again. You're the best Pokemon GO content creator! So beautiful places and amazing game adventures! Thank you Nick!

[@CLIPZED101]

Photo-less PokéStops in Pokémon GO are PokéStops that appear on the game map without a corresponding photo or image in the game’s database. These PokéStops are usually created from real-world locations submitted by players through the Niantic Wayfarer program, but the photo submission may not have been approved, or there may have been an issue during the submission process.

[@ryancolegrove5994]

Looked like a super fun place to play the game. Even if the shiny haul was low, lots of good island vibes. Looked like you had a nice family trip. Hope the stomach bug has passed!

[@FrankieIpp]

It's always fun to play with family.

[@jemovimm9020]

Love these videos, Nick! Thank you for making great content still, and taking us along when travelling. Gorgeous place, will probably never get to go myself.

[@WallBreakerOfficial]

The travel videos are by far my favorite.

[@TheVoyagers.]

Damn I haven’t watched your videos in over 4 years or so. You look so different and but im very happy to see that your channel is doing well. I hope you are doing well too. All the best

[@leveractionlarry9695]

I love how your standing next to what looks to be a cell tower/ power substation when the game refuses to load. For future reference strong electrical signals directly interfere with gps

[@itsJoshuaSkyy]

Please keep doing these forever. You make me want to travel and play the game

[@jericofernandez7399]

Hi Nick im from the phillipines i always watched you videos enjoy youre stay in the phillipines godbless

[@IamArloFischer]

Nothing better than Nick traveling and playing Pokemon Go. Trailer Tips soon?

[@kentdiamante1213]

Family visiting from abroad would always only drink soft drinks to keep the bug at bay. Filipino stomachs are lined with steel. Not even bottled water is safe sometimes. Hope you all got better from the stomach bug and hope you come back to the PH again! :D

[@AboveAllBeOriginal]

i live for these

[@kmichalene]

You have such good content! You keep things interesting!

[@5kiana]

I love this! Everyone wants the big city. It looks lovely there.

[@darthelbow3190]

Always enjoy your content. Thanks for the entertainment and keep up the great work.

[@mpthree101]

My family and I went there last year. We really enjoyed it. The food is also amazing, a lot of choices. I also left a few routes there for pokemon.

[@randysanders3511]

Good to see the family out shiny hunting again 💪🏾

[@PTVargo]

It's cool to see people actually being helpful and caring In your videos. I have the opposite experience with my local communities 🤣🙄😬

[@KaiPoGo780]

That pokestops are given by NIANTIC no trainer nominated it

[@GokuBurakku_92]

Siargao is such a great island, luckily I got the chance to go there many times so far

[@chazclark86]

Love this! This is why I love you and Daxi, you guys go to rural places and do your things! Mad respect man! Maybe the little amount of people there wasn’t at the required level to make stops, or maybe Niantic added some randomly idk. Anytime I’m somewhere I knew I’ll catch everything and do all activity. Haven’t been abroad for a long time tho lol. Bro if my phone loaded like that I’d freak out 😭🤣 GG’s keeping cool 🤪 I had holiday hundos and decent ones I’ve kept from being away with the kids and wife. Happy you found another player and done a raid that’s awesome! Probably made that dudes day man! This why you should have caught everything haha! Any really food ones would have that catch stuff of a memory lol. But GG’s! Sorry about the book lol. Massive big up brother! Edit massive congrats on filling your dex!!!!

[@nanders03]

fun seeing pokemon at random off the beating path plays. hope you had fun traveling as well

[@jojidb11]

Siargao!!! Amazing!!! Didn’t know they had gyms! Hope you also had fun surfing!!!

[@KeViNMCMXXCIX]

Good stuff! Always like seeing these!

[@BetoTheButcher]

These are my favorite videos of yours to watch

[@hectorruiz7987]

The grind wasn’t optimal but the vibes were immaculate as always 😎

[@candychimes8184]

Wish you stop by Davao City too. There's much more active groups playing here. We also have alot non picture pokestop and gymns. I always thought it's because the picture submitted is not up to par.

[@Anne-qk3ch]

This is such a cool adventure, thanks for sharing!

[@hawkteflon]

Intro: Oh, this will be like playing in my village. Seeing all of the poke stops and gyms: Oh, nm.

[@zhequia]

Watching this and 1. Very happy you went to Siargao - this city is near where I am from Butuan City and 2. When I saw your mom, my GF asked where Chance was and 12:30 got me excited! Hiiiii! Chance!!

[@kayle1270]

Amazing place, just really immersive and best quality video thank you for this🇵🇭

[@ShatadruSensharma]

So refreshing to see this rather than all the LA videos with people getting 10,000 shinies. This is so much more relatable.

[@Omargtrejo]

Your travel vlogs are off the hook Nick !

[@NYBsnark]

Scrubtched up face when checking stats. OMG I think we all do that! With the ‘ok’ response. So funny. I feel your pain. I did global go fest on St Martin in Dutch side capital. zero other players. Saw a few signs of life but no live players.

[@hudsonfrank1121]

At least with the campfire you can check out a grid before you go as to make sure there actually is a grid there before you go. Unlike the old days where you could not. It was a gamble or word of mouth.

[@mayormikes777]

Thanks for all your videos btw Nick 😊

[@greenlightcity]

Aweseome video as always! Was cool seeing you play in the homeland.

[@Tubbaflubba]

I love these long form videos!

[@rizzlerazzledazzle]

I had a similar experience on Block Island, RI for global fest this year. Cheers!

[@danielinigodeguzman6246]

im from the ph and i am happy to see you enjoy it in the ph

[@Whurlpuul]

I love the pokemon go travel vlogs.

[@michelletxmischief4390]

So bummed I barely missed your raid invite! Hope your stomach bug didn't last too long. Great video, as always.

[@charlesschwartz7284]

Nick actually a real one out of them I feel the most genuine and people person and someone I could see myself around. Poke daxi not bad also but the rest seem full of themselves and I like nick content alot and the places he visits and bring us all along to see. Sorry about your sister hope your trip turns out good and safe travels.

[@tumekemuch]

Amazing the way you showcase pokemon go on real adventures chur, always loves these video bro and always stay safe

[@tonyd3056]

They could make those animations for mythicals more immersive, it would be cool to see the other random pokemon in the video spawn in the wild after catching Marshadow or other legendaries

[@stephaniesimpson-white3293]

Going to the Philippines is on my bucket list. Gorgeous vid as always, glad you had fun!

[@Wildlife_reDiscoveredYT]

Eyyy! Welcome to the Philippines, Nick! I hope you've had a great time!

[@Bjorntveitan]

Welcome to your Humble Kingdom “Philippines “🇵🇭 😀🎉

[@gvue4396]

Good video, I also miss your old videos where you feature other trainers playing in their rural area.

[@kuttysark2386]

Sorry you got sick! Fun video with the fam! Chance is too cool for us now lol

[@espurrlady3397]

That was a super interesting video!! How fun! (Except for you and your family getting sick.)

[@RyanCanning]

A lot of people had better answers about your photoless stops but technically stops submitted through ingress also don't show who subbed them - I usually sub through ingress for portal keys and AP despite never playing

[@pangchoak5774]

Travelling content are the best❤

[@rebeccarose7405]

Love your travel videos! ❤

[@seerepetrov2708]

no wonder I didnt saw you on the others videos, you always appeared

[@zafrier]

For it to be deserted it has a lot of stops and gyms. I went to El Nido on 2019 and all I got were 3 gyms (one near at my place, another in town and another at the El Nido airport that might not be anymore since when I touch it on the map it keeps loading). Loved the place though.

[@TheEccentricMage]

+1 for the Chance reveal