Bawléymon Go listeners claim they have been moved on by police and threatened with fines, after a large crowd flocked to an otherwise quiet South Coast beach. Racecourse Beach at Bawley Point has attracted listeners in great numbers, with three Bawléystops intersecting at the location.
Areas with a concentration of Bawléystops - the game's landmark-based locations that provide songs and hipster points - are favoured by players looking to pad out their end of year lists.
But residents and campers at the quiet beach are fighting back, with one telling us that there was "complete chaos" and "massive levels of noise" climaxing at midnight on December 31st.
One resident, who did not wish to be named, said: "I think one of them was listening to Muscles. Muscles! Do they have no respect.
"This beach is supposed to be for the kids, families. Yesterday people were knocking down sand castles, dancing and listening to music, if you can even call it music."
There were also reports of residents waterbombing Bawléymon Go players.
Bawléymon fans have taken to Facebook and Reddit to organise and advise other players, with groups and subreddits dedicated to finding the best locations to catch songs for their end of year list.
It is also possible for a listener to add a lure module known as a "New Radiohead Single" to a Bawléystop, which attracts hype to the area, benefiting all other listeners nearby.
One of Racecourse Beach's new-found guests had bought a new pair of thongs to brave the hot sand - just so he could play Bawléymon Go for longer.
"We didn't know [the list] would be this big," he said. "This beach is the best place to find Bawléymon. "It's all over Facebook - the groups, the pages."
Bawléymon Go has seen a massive uptake since being released on New Years Eve, already overtaking Chill FM in daily active listeners.
The South Coast's chief bikini inspector and deputy mayor Mr Healthy Tan told the Herald that the council had rostered extra rangers, undertaken extra waste collection and is issuing free ear plugs to deal with the influx of players at Bawley Point.
"Bawléymon Go provides a wonderful opportunity for people to enjoy the sounds and sand of this beach in a fun, interactive way but we ask people to do this in a safe, considerate manner," he said.
"Our first concern is for people's safety, staying alert to their local surroundings: look where they are dancing, check for sharp shells before crossing the sand and don't swim after eating.
"When playing Bawléymon Go, we ask that people do this with consideration to where they are."
"Gotta catch em all."
100 Abbe May - Are We Flirting?
99 Nine Inch Nails - She’s Gone Away
98 Nevermen - Mr Mistake
97 Courtney Barnett - New Speedway Boogie
96 Violent Soho - How To Taste
95 The Avalanches - The Noisy Eater
94 Waax - This Everything
93 Deftones - Hearts / Wires
92 Hinds - Warts
91 Army of Bones - Batteries
90 Weyes Blood - Do You Need My Love
89 Tobacco - Human Om
88 Suede - Like Kids
87 Dinosaur Jr. - Love Is...
86 Radiohead - Decks Dark
85 PJ Harvey - The Wheel
84 The Flaming Lips - The Castle
83 Floating Points - Kuiper
82 The Dandy Warhols - Catcher In The Rye
81 At The Drive-In - Governed by Contagions
80 Neko Case, k.d. lang, Laura Veirs - Atomic Number
79 Blood Orange - Best to You
78 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
77 Garbage - Empty
76 Radiohead - The Numbers
75 Savages - The Answer
74 Alex Lahey - You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me
73 Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
72 Deftones - Acid Hologram
71 The National - Peggy-O
70 Pixies - Tenement Song
69 Bon Iver - 33 “GOD”
68 Car Seat Headrest - The Ballad of the Costa Concordia
67 Swans - Finally, Peace
66 Savages - Adore
65 De La Soul (feat.Justin Hawkins) - Lord Intended
64 Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
63 EL VY - Are These My Jets
62 Moses Sumney, Jenny Lewis & Friends - Cassidy
61 The War On Drugs - Touch of Grey
60 Massive Attack (feat. Ghostpoet) - Come Near Me
59 Super Furry Animals - Bing Bong
58 DJ Shadow (feat. Run The Jewels) - Nobody Speak
57 The xx - On Hold
56 Courtney Barnett - Three Packs a Day
55 Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N)
54 Lambchop - NIV
53 Portrayal - Solecism
52 Blood Orange - Hands Up
51 Violent Soho - No Shade
50 Massive Attack (feat. Azekel) - Ritual Spirit
49 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
48 Solange - Cranes in the Sky
47 Underworld - Motorhome
46 Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
45 Lambchop - The Hustle
44 Tkay Maidza (feat. Killer Mike) - Carry On
43 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Need You
42 Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World
41 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - A Minute to Breathe
40 Tim Minchin - Come Home (Cardinal Pell)
39 Grandaddy - Clear Your History
38 Kim Gordon - Murdered Out
37 Grandaddy - Way We Won't
36 Middle Kids - Your Love
35 The Flaming Lips - Space Oddity
34 Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird - Melbourne Bitter
33 The Avalanches - Subways
32 Dinosaur Jr. - Tiny
31 The White Stripes - City Lights
30 Malcolm Middleton - You & I
29 Deftones - Phantom Bride
28 Brendan Maclean - House of Air
27 DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall
26 Radiohead - Ful Stop
25 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Robot Stop
24 Violent Soho - Viceroy
23 Tom Adams - The Last Farewell
22 David Bowie - Dollar Days
21 Julia Jacklin - Coming of Age
20 Deftones - (L)MIRL
19 Nine Inch Nails - Burning Bright (Field on Fire)
18 Radiohead - Daydreaming
17 Tobacco - Gods in Heat
16 James Blake (feat. Bon Iver) - I Need A Forest Fire
15 De La Soul (feat. Damon Albarn) - Here in After
14 Underworld - If Rah
13 PJ Harvey - The Community Of Hope
12 Iggy Pop - Gardenia
11 Let's Eat Grandma - Rapunzel
10 Lambchop - In Care Of 8675309
9 Car Seat Headrest - Vincent
8 The Drones - To Think That I Once Loved You
7 Christine and the Queens - Tilted
6 Middle Kids - Edge of Town
5 Abbe May - Doomsday Clock
4 Malcolm Middleton - Summer Of '13
3 David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away
2 Dinosaur Jr. - Goin Down
1 Radiohead - Burn the Witch
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