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The World's First Pokémon Trainer to Catch 'Em All Reveals His Poké-Hunting Secrets

From Cosmopolitan

Do you remember a time before Pokémon Go? A time when our lives were dictated by anything other than (Poké) balls, (Zu) bats, and (incu-) 'bators? I don't. And probably neither does tacotuesday123, an Imgur user who posted his or her entire, completed Pokédex to the site yesterday.

Tacotuesday123 is a person of few words. The below pictures were captioned with nothing other than "Full Pokedex." There are of course some Pokémon missing, but that's probably because not all of them have been released yet and others you can only unlock when you're physically in the region they dwell in.

Maybe tacotuesday123 isn't as committed of a player as we once thought? If tacotuesday123 were dealing with this as a serious business, tacotuesday123 would've flown wherever tacotuesday123 needed to in order to unlock Pokémon 083, 115, 122, 132, 144, 145, and 146.

It's OK, tacotuesday123. We can't all be real trainers. You'll get there. One day.

Update 7/25, 10:08 a.m.: Business Insider reports Nick Johnson of Brooklyn is tacotuesday123, the first man to actually catch 'em all. Johnson does in fact have a job (he is the head of platform with startup Applico) and allegedly did all his hunting after work, but it took him several long nights to reach his goal.

He reportedly left work at 6 or 6:30 p.m. for two weeks and walked an average of 8 miles around Manhattan and Brooklyn each night in search of Pokémon, though the second-to-last Pokémon he needed (a Porygon, which was also the hardest to catch, he says) was in Jersey City: "I may or may not have seen it on the radar and then ordered an Uber to drive me around until I found it."

You can read more about Johnson's Poké journey (as well as read his tips for elevating your hunting skils) here. Or you can get off the internet and see where the hunt takes you. The title for second-fastest trainer (and, most importantly, first female) to catch 'em all remains up for grabs. I'm outta here.

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