Well , to each their own . I respect everyone ' s opinion just as I respect the gun for it ' s ability to take a life , with utmost respect . You are free to decide what to love , and that ' s that . As for answering questions as to what is stuffed in my Bible , that , my friends , is Sage . The question regarding what kind of sling that is , well it ' s a basic rifle sling that I cobra weave stitched with about 50 feet in two different colors of 550 paracord . Also thanks for the compliments on my small collection . I ' m proud of what I have accumulated , and wish I had all my other guns that I have sold throughout the years , but don ' t we all . <| sep |> Thank you very much for this post , this was an eyeopener for me . Seeing the game through the lens of casuals and the game being mostly for casuals really helped ! For weeks , I ' ve been trying to find new goals in the game . Finished the regional pokedex weeks ago , holding 10 gyms since midAugust as Instinct in a suburban town in Europe right now actually 20 since months , even postupdate , we still maintain our 20 level 10 towers , while leaving a few gyms at schools for lower levels and players of other colors . I didn ' t know anything about Pokemon when I started , jumped the hype train and chose yellow bc I liked the color . Got sucked in . Played with a limited internet connection and without spending money all these months . Networked and organized our team with a FB group right after the game came out , works great . Been maintaining gyms , chasing rares , grinding with the guys I met through the game the last weeks . And sitting on 2 . 1 million stardust even before this event . But what for ? So yeah , had the feeling throughout the last weeks that there isn ' t really much more to play for . All this hardcore grinding to get better mons , keep our territory at least that was a goal , for what ? I ' ll ponder about it a bit more , but in the end , I think I ' ll also take the road of playing whenever I feel like , gonna be outside anyway , or just have time to kill somewhere . Like a casual . Still should be fun . And if the next gen comes out , will hunt a bit to have the dex full again , and then switch back to casual . Much healthier lifestyle in the end , probably . P . S . Guess I won ' t get that stylus I planned on ordering for the winter hardcore play after all