{"id":348,"date":"2018-06-14T16:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T20:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2018-06-25T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T16:14:19","slug":"chester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/pokemon-report\/cities\/chester\/","title":{"rendered":"Related Profile: Chester, UK (July 22 and 23, 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>&lt;&lt; See also our <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/pokemon-report\/\">Report Overview<\/a>\u00a0on Pok\u00e9mon GO and Playful Cities<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>In partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/bigheritage.co.uk\">Big Heritage<\/a>, the city of Chester in the UK hosted two days of play through a historical lens. They created antique-looking Pok\u00e9mon GO maps, certificates for Pok\u00e9mon GO History Explorers, and \u201cPastPorts\u201d to be stamped at key physical locations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105\" style=\"width: 909px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterRaidCrowd1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"909\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterRaidCrowd1.png 909w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterRaidCrowd1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterRaidCrowd1-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture posted by @ChesterPokeGo does a great job capturing the bustling sense of the event created by the many attendees. Note how the relatively narrow streets enhance the feeling of crowded vibrant energy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 15,000 players attended, according to organizers and Niantic. By some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesterchronicle.co.uk\/news\/chester-cheshire-news\/chester-goes-pokmon-go-crazy-13375070\">estimates<\/a>, the event it brought \u00a33m in spending power to the city. For a city with a population just shy of 80,000, the interest was considerable.<\/p>\n<h2>Selected Pictures<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PoGoHubTweetCrowd2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PoGoHubTweetCrowd2.png 391w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PoGoHubTweetCrowd2-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hint of the density at the Chester event, as discussed on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterMap3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterMap3.png 397w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterMap3-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Print map created by The Big Heritage Festival that combined Pok\u00e9Stop locations with historical and event locations that they wished to highlight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterVikings4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterVikings4.png 445w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterVikings4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterVikings4-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat was one of the physical installations to augment the event, as covered on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtFruitBat\/status\/888816308623732736\">via\u00a0@AtFruitBar<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ArticunoCastle5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ArticunoCastle5.png 675w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ArticunoCastle5-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The physical view (at left) was sometimes very different than the digital view (at right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" style=\"width: 426px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterPassport6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterPassport6.png 426w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterPassport6-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To remix the event, organizers offered players a &#8220;PastPort&#8221; to guide their visit, shaping game play and the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterPassportInside7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterPassportInside7.png 488w, https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ChesterPassportInside7-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Niantic promoted the event publicly. This Tweet highlights the inside of the &#8220;PastPort.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Read more:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Reflections by Dean Paton, Founder of Big Heritage on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nianticlabs.com\/blog\/bigheritage013118\/\">Playing with the Past &#8211; How Pok\u00e9mon GO is inspiring people to discover Heritage<\/a>&#8221; on the Niantic blog (January 31, 2018)<\/li>\n<li>For context on how cities can use Pok\u00e9mon GO, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/pokemon-report\/download\/\">final report<\/a>. Officially the Chester experiment was outside the scope of our formal report; yet the case has many intersections with the models in the report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>&lt;&lt; back to our <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/pokemon-report\/\">Report Overview<\/a>\u00a0on Pok\u00e9mon GO and Playful Cities<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;&lt; See also our Report Overview\u00a0on Pok\u00e9mon GO and Playful Cities Overview In partnership with Big Heritage, the city of Chester in the UK hosted two days of play through a historical lens. They created antique-looking Pok\u00e9mon GO maps, certificates for Pok\u00e9mon GO History Explorers, and \u201cPastPorts\u201d to be stamped at key physical locations. More [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":174,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-348","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348\/revisions\/670"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}