"I picked up Go again last year after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. That diagnosis is now officially as gone as it can be."

#PokemonGO: Those who understand the diabetes terminology can check this post for the details, but in this context the tl;dr is that Pokemon Go has been one of a handful of "exercise games" I've used to get rid of the diagnoses. It's not something you can technically get rid of completely, though for it to become a problem again I'll likely have to make the same bad choices that would give it to me again from scratch, so for all intents and purposes, it's gone.I will say that Go is a good motivator for exercise, assuming you get motivated by it. Special events, eggs, and the buddy system are particularly helpful motivating factors, and activity sync on iOS is an absolute godsend. The same goes for the inclusion of mega energy and XL candies as buddy rewards.At the same time, there are aspects with the game that aren't great for this purpose. The wait time for (solo) raids, the unnecessary animation time to catch pokemon, and similar "walking pace slowdowns" make more sense from gameplay perspectives than exercise ones. I hit lv 40 four years ago and stopped playing after raids came out due to the feeling of needing to chase them around all the time, and I think the only reason Go helped me this time around was a decision to stay more casual and focus on things like buddies instead of anything requiring 5* raids. Luckily the game is extensive enough to allow for cherry-picking features.These type of stories are a dime of dozen for these games, but at least this adds a bit to the pile. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/3uG0OwG