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Man Quits His Full Time Job to Play Pokemon Go Game

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: July 16, 2016
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A man in New Zealand has resigned from his job so he could play Pokemon Go full time.

Tom Currie was a barista and bartender at a seaside restaurant on the Hibiscus Coast near Auckland, before becoming a Pokemon Go fanatic.

Pokemon Go is a location based reality sensation mobile game that has gone viral.

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“When I resigned, I didn’t tell my manager I was going out into the world to hunt Pokemon,” he told Newsbeat. “But after my story got picked up I gave him a courtesy call to update him just in case the media contacted him.

“I have been meeting heaps of people, tourists travelling the country and other Pokemon trainers at the small (sometimes huge) public gatherings.

“When you and your friends have to physically go for a walk or run to catch a rare Pokemon in the area and you all catch it, that is definitely a highlight.”

Tom says he’s also starting to get recognised in New Zealand after various websites and newspapers ran his story.

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He says he’s relying on friends and family to help out but admits his parents are “a little bit baffled”.

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