

His journey as a moderator began about five years ago, as the moderator of /r/MAA for the now-defunct Marvel Avengers Alliance game. Vishal Bhatia aka vishalb777, is the seven-year Reddit user who serves as moderator of 10 subreddits, but mainly oversees /r/PokemonGoPhilly. These volunteer positions aren’t something to be placed on a LinkedIn profile, and many of their pages can go defunct or not gain enough traction (like the poor /r/Phillytech) before they find one or two that speak to the people of the internet.īut before that can happen, some serious work and time is required. In threads full of “ It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” memes, SEPTA Key questions and newcomers looking for friends, the work of a Philadelphia Reddit monitor can get lost behind the scenes. At home, the Philly Redditors linked up at Drinker’s Pub in Rittenhouse for a few hours of laughs, board games and brews. They’re Redditors, and on June 22 they were part of countless users across the globe who took part in the 10th annual Reddit Global Meetup. Vague usernames no more, users met IRL at locations all over the world. And when you do, never exchange money, only Pokémon.Philly’s infamous basement dwellers are surprisingly … social. But trading only requires you to be within 100 meters, so stay safe and don't give any identifying details about yourself to someone who you want to meet to trade, or better yet don't trade withs strangers. Regionals are highly desirable, and the ability to trade with an essential stranger could lead to problems. That will also, I suspect, be the biggest safety issue for the game going forward. Right now, it seems like the easiest way to use this system to round out your Pokédex sooner rather than later would be to snag some Regionals, which only cost 20,000 at the good friends level. If you're sending gifts, it should take 90 days of continuous gift-giving to rank up to the coveted "Best Friend: level, at which you can really start to take advantage of your expanded social network. You can level up your friendships by sending gifts back and forth as well as battling in Raids together. Getting to be better friends will help immensely with this, however, bringing the cost of the same trade to a still-substantial but eminently-manageable 40,000 Stardust.

The most expensive trade on this list is for a Legendary or Shiny that you don't yet have in your Pokédex, and it will cost you a whopping 1,000,000 Stardust. As you can see, the prices get pretty steep if you're trying to fill in your Pokédex with high-value creatures by trading with people you've just met.
