^ I've noticed that too, only lvl 8 though. I think they added that recently to try to increase in game purchases.
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Originally Posted by Obsideon
What team colour is everyone here? I think I might have made a mistake by taking Team Instinct lol. I didn't get a chance to scope out my area before I clicked a gym and Professor Willow forced me to pick a team haha. I read the descriptions and I like them the most. Then did some quick google and realized they are the least popular team, and most of the gyms around my home are Team Mystic
Oh well, I prefer being the underdog anyway.

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It's better to be on Valor or Instinct IMO, that way you have more to do (ie more likely gyms nearby are one of the other types). If everyone chose Mystic then pretty quickly there's not much to do.