Pokemon GO: This Golbat-Crazed Woman Charges $20/Hour to Play the Game for You

“I will catch them all,” ad promises, and even send you hourly updates “while you’re at work/class/on a hot date”

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Craigslist

Pokemon GO — it’s not just an adventure, it’s also a job.

Or at least that’s the hope of a 24-year-old New York woman who on Tuesday posted a Craigslist ad offering her services as a $20-an-hour “Professional Pokemon GO trainer.”

Actually, the woman — whose ad does not include her name but does mention that she has a “massive tattoo” of the Pokemon character Golbat on her arm — seems to be less of a trainer and more of a gaming surrogate.

“My services are simple: I will walk around in 1-4 hour shifts signed into your account capturing every single Pokemon I come into contact with, activating every Poke Stop I pass and walking nonstop to help hatch your eggs,” the ad reads.

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