"I got threatened and punched while playing Pokémon Go."

#PokemonGO: So let me get this out of the way first. I'm a 16 year old guy with a scrawny build. I'm quite tall though (about 6 foot). I've been playing Pokémon Go since it came out in Ireland and I love it.Here's what happened. So I was walking through my town towards a weak gym (Team Valor) and I decided I would take it down. As I got in range I realised that there was already a group of 3 guys (about 18 or 19 years old) standing against the wall on the path. I asked if they were taking down the gym and one of the guys said that they were. I said that I would leave them to it because I didn't want to snipe the gym off them. Then he asked what Team I was on. I said Team Mystic. He mumbled something to his friends and I continued walking down the path towards an Instinct gym. I was around the corner for like 10 seconds when the same guy who had talked to me before came behind me and told me not to take down the gym I was going towards or else. I didn't head him and kept walking and when I got to the gym I took it down (it was a measly Jigglypuff). After I took it down I heard them shouting and I could hear loud footsteps. I kept on walking even though I was quite nervous. I looked back again and they were running towards me from about 100m away. I started to run away from them but they were too fast. The tallest guy grabbed me and threatened me. The other 2 guys were egging him on and shouting at him to punch me. After a lot more shouting he gave me a box in the stomach and they ran.All this happened just because I took down some douchebag's gym. Be careful when you play Pokemon Go. It isn't always this dangerous but some people are crazy.EDIT : Woah I got on the front page of r/TheSilphRoad :) (I had to scroll down a bit) via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2aYWt2G