"[Discussion] I feel that this game should teach people basic game mechanics more than it does. Type effectiveness and all that."

#PokemonGO: So I was doing my normal Pogo rounds, walking around the park with all the stops and I see 2 kids sitting on a bench frantically tapping away. I deduced immediately that they played Pokemon, but as I'm a single white male and they are 2 kids I didn't go anywhere near them. At first.About 10 minutes later I here them pleading with their mum to let them try just one more time, and so I figured they were trying to catch the Machamp that was in the gym where they were sitting. Also deduced that as they hadn't done it yet they likely wouldn't be able to. So I went over and asked their mum if it would be OK if I were to KO the raid boss for them, which they got excited over.We all join the raid and when it starts I notice they're both using Tyranitar, who as most of us know gets absoutely wrecked by fighting types. I also seen them use a Snorlax and an Ursaring. Little wonder they couldn't take him down (he hits super hard btw)I feel like if more people had a basic understanding of the games mechanics they would be able to enjoy it better, and be better able to participate.TLDR: Helped a bunch of kids take down raid boss Machamp cause they had no idea their most powerful Pokemon were terrible choices to use, and would never have been able to beat him cause of it. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2uBAuFW