--- title: Watch This Pokemon Go Player Take Out the Competition description: A friend knocks another friend down in pursuit of a Pokemon Go creature. canonical: https://time.com/4408467/pokemon-go-player-knocked-down/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-15T18:42:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:27.779Z og:title: A Pokémon Go Player Totally Knocks Down a Competitor in This Hilarious Video og:description: If you're in the path of a Pokémon Go player, you're in the way og:url: https://time.com/4408467/pokemon-go-player-knocked-down/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92388921e486d7e1/69889c19a988cabf576b8a2b/gettyimages-547453322.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pokemon Go in Los Angeles og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Pokémon Go Player Totally Knocks Down a Competitor in This Hilarious Video twitter:description: If you're in the path of a Pokémon Go player, you're in the way twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92388921e486d7e1/69889c19a988cabf576b8a2b/gettyimages-547453322.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Pokémon Go Player Totally Knocks Down a Competitor in This Hilarious Video by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 15, 2016 6:42 PM UTC  Pokémon Go is being used as a tool to help people to register to vote. Pokémon Go is being used as a tool to help people to register to vote.PG/Bauer-Griffin-GC Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 15, 2016 6:42 PM UTC A [_Pokémon Go_](http://time.com/4404282/pokemon-go-john-hanke/) player took out a fellow gamer in the race to [capture one of the monsters](http://time.com/4400791/pokemon-go-iphone-android-nintendo/), and there’s hilarious footage, [Tech Insider reports](http://www.techinsider.io/pokemon-go-mob-runs-after-squirtle-video-2016-7). A bunch of people at a Bellevue, Washington park were playing the game, which seems like a great way to suppress reality introduce goals into your life, when a “Squirtle” appeared and everyone lost their collective minds. The players traveled toward this “Squirtle” at various speeds that are all directly proportional to each individual’s zest for life. On his way to the target, one guy appears to body check another guy, sending his phone flying. (He’s probably a buddy because what’s a friendly smackdown between buds when there’s a rare monster on the scene?) The player quickly recovers, but let this video be a reminder to all citizens of the world that if they’re in the path of a Pokémaniac, they’re in the way. \[[Tech Insider](http://www.techinsider.io/pokemon-go-mob-runs-after-squirtle-video-2016-7)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4408467/pokemon-go-player-knocked-down/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4408467/pokemon-go-player-knocked-down/"},"headline":"A Pokémon Go Player Totally Knocks Down a Competitor in This Hilarious Video","datePublished":"2016-07-15T18:42:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:27.779Z","description":"What's a friendly smackdown between buds?","url":"https://time.com/4408467/pokemon-go-player-knocked-down/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Internet","Video Games","viral","Nintendo","Viral video","Pokemon","pokemon go"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92388921e486d7e1/69889c19a988cabf576b8a2b/gettyimages-547453322.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92388921e486d7e1/69889c19a988cabf576b8a2b/gettyimages-547453322.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pokemon Go in Los Angeles","caption":"Pokemon Go in Los Angeles","creditText":"PG/Bauer-Griffin-GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4408467/pokemon-go-player-knocked-down/","name":"A Pokémon Go Player Totally Knocks Down a Competitor in This Hilarious Video"}}]}] ```