Pokémon GO: first ban wave blocks numerous users
of David Wurm 
on August 18, 2016, 19:10 pm | 14 comments
Just some time ago, Niantic announced that it would permanently ban cheaters from the game. Some users used GPS fakers, bots or used unofficial Pokémon GO apps. Now the first ban wave took place on the part of Niantic and many players were excluded from the game.
Niantic had already warned users a few weeks ago: the use of bots, GPS fakers and other cheats are prohibited. Even using Pokétrackers that show nearby Pokémon is not allowed. All trackers were therefore blocked a few weeks ago - now it's the users' turn. Those who had not created a second account to use cheats were now excluded. All blocked users have been contacted by email and have the opportunity to report an unjustified ban.
Wrongly banned?
If you have been banned unjustly, the article in Pokémon GO Support Center read. This explains how to avoid accidental bans by filling in this form can be checked again. However, an unbanning request will currently take longer, as a large number of users will probably contact support. There is also another description of what speaks against the rules of Pokémon GO.
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If you do not receive a response or a rejection of the application from support, the account will remain permanently blocked. However, you can create another Google or Trainer Club account at any time. However, you have to start all over again and then go on the legal search for Pokémon. It can be assumed that there will be the second ban wave in the near future.
What do you mean? Are these bans justified or not? Do the cheaters spoil the fun of the other users? Feel free to discuss it with us in the comments.
I think the bans are appropriate. It's not fair to other players who play without cheats. You have to admit - it is not difficult to catch a lot of Pokémon even without cheats. You just have to play a lot and walk around a lot.
But if you live in a village ... then of course the whole thing will be very difficult without cheats.
yeah depending on where you live. it is not a bigger city problem and in the country you can forget it and honestly I bet that over 90% of the players have used a poker adar and if they ban then all of them. well, if niantic really pulls through this, the game is history))))
I also believe that many have used a Pokéradar. Most of them certainly used a second account here and were therefore not banned from the main account.
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greetings,
David from TechnikNews
I can walk around for hours in my village…. 5km with the dog, and my GPS shows 400m…. A Pokemon, usually Hornlius, Raupis or Zubats, every hour on the hour. At 3 o'clock in the night there is also an Eevee…. No pokestop in a 7km radius…. Drive to the next town to play (let them) ... Cheats are unfair, but the distribution of Pokestops and Spawner is not necessarily "fair" either.
That's right, right now the spawns in remote villages are fairly unfairly distributed. You can't even put a lock module here because you don't have a Pokéstop nearby.
Niantic really still has to work on that ...
I don't know why you're all scolding now. Also live in a village, there can catch enough Pokemon. If the balls are not enough, I'll just buy some, so what?
It doesn't cost that much .. instead of a lock module, I'll just take a smoke
@chrisi You are crazy? No pokestops with you far and wide? Then don't put any money in there ... oh
I am allowed to interfere here and do not understand until now why Niantic is too incapable of making a functioning poker radar ... if you see a Pokemon on this radar you have to search for 15 minutes until you notice that it was somewhere completely different
I know the problem too, but it should get better with the next updates.
I also did not kill and was banned
Would submit a request for removal: https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=233187
Would submit a request for removal: https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=233187
Yup. For the answer that you can wait 3 to 5 weeks. Great. That damn club doesn't deserve 5€..!! I spent 100€ on my account, walked around 170km, hatched 130 eggs, and worked hard to get to level 25. I was also able to train myself a few great Pokis by moving around within Germany for work. I was still out and about in one town in the afternoon. Turned off the GPS and drove 180km home. In the evening I wanted to go for a spin with my wife and, of course, show her my Pokis. Start the game, turn on the GPS, the image shows the location from that afternoon, then the current one, it went back and forth twice until the image froze. Then I restarted. "Data cannot be read from the server, try again". I thought, OK. Done, done. Only after the 10th time and noticing that my wife could get into the game without any problems did the bell slowly start to ring. Yeah. Contacted support... ridiculous. You might as well talk to your houseplant at home, it's more talkative. Conclusion. No matter where I've been on the internet, I've never read about a successful unban. I think this is just a nice illusion anyway. The only strange thing is that everyone who was banned was mostly between level 25 and 30. By then, if things went well, you'd already put enough money in. Could also be a scam by the sly eyes. Because if you put that much money into your first account, you'll definitely do it again in your second one. Think about it. It's all business strategy. Rip-off at its finest.
So it is, the bans the players but only so that they get even more money because players like chrisi will always put money into it anyway!