S’porean Caught All Pokemon In Record Time, But Netizens Are Furious

Joseph Schooling has put Singapore on the world map by being the fastest swimmer, and 39-year-old Terence Ho might just put Singapore on the world map by being the fastest Pokémon trainer.

Ten days after the release of Pokémon GO in Singapore, a Singaporean claimed to have caught all Pokémon available in the Pokédex, even suppressing the first publicly known person who has caught all Pokémon on 21 July 2016 by catching even the region-exclusive Pokémon.

In a The New Paper interview, Terence, an app developer who has a full-time job, claimed to have caught all the 145 Pokémon, including four region-exclusive ones. Region-exclusive Pokémon are only found in certain regions: they comprise Tauros in North America, Kangaskhan in Australia / New Zealand, Mr Mime in Europe and Farfetch’d in Asia

So far, the only other person in the world who has reportedly caught all 145 Pokémon (including region-exclusive ones) is Ahmed Ali from London. Mr Mime was caught in his region, Tauros was caught when he was in the US while he was on a university trip, and Kangaskhan and Farfetch’d are from hatched eggs. Unlike Terence, Ahmed has just completed his degree and is currently waiting to start work in September—that means he’s hunting down Pokémon full-time.

The first report of someone who caught all Pokémon in his region is Nick Johnson from the US, walking a total of 208 km to achieve that status.

Terence, also the founder of SG Pokémon GO Singapore Facebook Group, spent a total of $150 to buy Pokecoins. While he did not mention the number of hours he walked, he claimed to have walked “many hours” after work many nights.

At level 25, he read up on the latest news on the locations of rare Pokémon. In order to catch the region-exclusive Pokémon, he gave his account to friends in these regions and got them to help catch them.

According to the video interview with The New Paper, his account had seen and caught three Kangaskhan (Australia / New Zealand), one Mr. Mime (Europe) three Farfetch’d (Asia) and two Tauros (US).

And of course, here we are in Singapore going crazy over one Snorlax.

The Internet isn’t exactly happy, though. While someone else claimed to have caught all 145 Pokémon 10 days before the release of the game in Singapore, some notice that sharing account might be considered unfair.

In the developer’s Pokémon GO Trainer guidelines, it is mentioned that methods “of cheating, unfortunately, are limited only by cheaters’ imaginations, but include at a minimum the following: using modified or unofficial software; playing with multiple accounts (one account per player, please); sharing accounts; using tools or techniques to alter or falsify your location; or selling/trading accounts.”

But anyway, since Singapore now has a Pokémon trainer, maybe we should all just cut down on going to Hougang and focus more on, like, real exercise like IPPT?

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This article was first published on Goodyfeed.com

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