"GO Fest + The Silph Road: What you need to know! Important News and Details for the Weekend."

#PokemonGO: Travelers,GO Fest begins tomorrow and we're happy to share that the Silph Road team actually has media credentials and will be covering the event. We plan on conducting Silph-style interviews with key individuals about the future of the game and will have lots to share in the post-event wrap-up. Stay tuned!Not only this, but we have hundreds of our veteran (and new!) travelers heading to Chicago to attend. The Silph Road will be showing up in force!If you're heading to GO Fest, read this list carefully and you'll get the best the Silph Road team has to offer for your GO Fest trip!1. The Big One: The Official Silph Road Meetup / After-Party! (INCREASED CAPACITY)At 8pm, right after GO Fest ends at 7pm, the whole Silph Road team is heading north a few blocks for pizza, drinks, and a fun time together at the official Silph Road meetup.The whole Silph Road is invited! Come hang out with the team and our friends, grab some food, try to beat Dronpes at ping-pong, play a round of mini-golf or check out the barcade! The Silph Road team would love to meet everyone from the Road who made the trip to GO Fest! (Minors are allowed with an adult, and travelers under 21 will be just fine to stay til close with us.)If you missed getting on the official guest list for the Silph Road's official meetup, don't worry!We've just re-negotiated with our venue to allow walk-in's to ride on our group rate for $15 a head until the venue fills up - which should be several hundred more folks.You'll just pay at the door ($15) and will receive:A drink ticketAccess to the Silph Road's reserved spacesA $10 game card to FTW games (an awesome barcade attached to the venue)Bowling/Billiards/Ping-PongYou won't be able to get in on the Silph Road's pizza mountain, but you will be able to buy food at the venue. It's not Chicago deep-dish, but ... you try fitting several hundred Silph Road travelers in one of Chicago's finest deep dish restaurants. ;)Here's the address, travelers: http://ift.tt/2tnDdSr. Team Rocket?A chunk of the best Silph Road gear has gone missing - and we're 99% sure it's Team Rocket's fault.We've received reports that Rocket has made off with the goods via zeppelin, so we're tracking their airship on the Nest Atlas. Help us track their activities!Rumor has it Rocket has something nefarious planned for inside GO Fest itself - so look sharp, travelers! Keep an eye out first thing in the morning Saturday for a chance to thwart the dirty dogs and get a chance at reclaiming some of the best Silph gear we have to offer! You'll probably need to bring your A-game for whatever happens in Butler Field...3. Getting Your Silph Gear!If you're one of the hundreds of travelers who marked their Silph gear pre-order for pick-up in Chicago, then don't worry - your swag is safe. BUT be sure to meet us at one of the following two times:8:30AM4:00PMright outside the entrance to Butler Field (across the street) to get yours! Here's a handy map:Map to Swag Pickup »We'll have a very limited quantity of Silph gear on hand for sale, including Silph lapel pins and stickers - but it'll go first-come first-serve and we don't anticipate it to last long!4. Final Chicago Itinerary & TipsHere's the itinerary for the day, gang:8:30 AM - Silph Swag Pickup! At Art Institute across from event entry gate9:00 AM - Event Early Entry10:00 AM - Event Begins11:00 AM - Catch Challenge #1 (30 min)1:00 PM - Catch Challenge #2 (30 min)- Lunch -3:00 PM - Catch Challenge #3 (30 min)4:00 PM - Second Swag Pickup! (Same Place)6:00 PM - Mystery Challenge7:00 PM - Event Ends8:00 PM - Silph After Party (Pizza, Drinks, & Games)!Tip: Weather looks ... unpredictable. A storm is brewing, travelers. Though you can bring backpacks, umbrellas are prohibited. So consider a poncho and a waterproof phone case (or ziplock bag)!5. Non-Chicago Meetups!Not in Chicago for GO Fest? Groups are meeting up all over the world to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of GO Fest and participate in the Global Catch Challenges together!Give this a read to get up to speed on Catch Challenge Mechanics: http://ift.tt/2gQBmn1 here's a map of potential local meetups:Global GO Fest Meetup Map »6. Join us on Discord!We have nearly 800 travelers already on our GO Fest + Silph Road meetup Discord server. Join, so we can broadcast major news to our travelers at the event, and help coordinate meeting up inside Butler field!GO Fest + Silph Road Meetup Discord ServerWhat a fun week we have in store in Chicago and around the world, travelers.For those heading to GO Fest in person - be sure to come say hi to the team!For the rest of our travelers around the world, feel free to post questions you'd like to see us cover in our press interviews, and we'll share information as we finalize it. :)- Executive Dronpes - via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2uOMdnH