Episode: NIANTIC CONFIRMS TRADING, PVP, & EVENTS COMING TO POKEMON GO

Description
Niantic CEO John Hanke recently did an interview with Vice and confirmed that Niantic is working on bringing both trading and PvP battles to Pokémon GO. He also discussed future plans for the game including events and improvements to existing features.

Read the article: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/artic... (YouTube)
 * Filmed: 2017-02-13
 * Episode number: 181
 * Location: Hollywood, CA
 * Uploaded: 2017-02-14
 * Upload number: 249

Main Points

 * In Laurel Canyon hanging out with Beau
 * John Hanke interview about past issues, what’s coming next (surpassed expectations, priority now to build cooperative gameplay, more depth than catch mechanic, trading and PVP confirmed—would already be here but for servers, new gym system to replace rudimentary one we have)
 * There are worries trading will be abused by spoofers and those with multiple accounts; biggest issue having people meet strangers face-to-face; Nick explains his radius idea again where a player offers a pokemon and requests what they want in return which can be seen within say 100 meters.
 * Possible way to prevent multiple account benefits: limit one copy of specific spawns per account
 * Hanke talked about the footstep tracker; it’s not coming back
 * Hanke says his heart is with events, but they’re complicated and still being worked out
 * Plumer Park in Hollywood, Pikachu nest, hatch some eggs, get some Togepi candy
 * Hatched Geodude, Slowpoke, Oddish