Pokemon Go

[Raider]

Not necessary, some pass the account to someone in US to catch one.

According to the official Pokémon GO Trainer guidelines players are, shockingly, not allowed to cheat.

"Methods of cheating, unfortunately, are limited only by cheaters’ imaginations, but include at a minimum the following:... sharing accounts...".

The Pokémon GO Terms of Service states that:

"...our Trainer Guidelines... govern your use of our Services."

In other words, breach of the Guidelines can give rise to a reason to apply the banhammer. Given that they can "terminate your access to and use of the Services, at [their] sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you", there is a good chance that you could get banned for this.

For the time being I wouldn't suggest account sharing. Just wait until trading starts, which at the current rate should be some time in the next 5 years...

[tron07]

I like the new appraise feature, anything decent will head straight to the candy factory.

Anything strong will keep for later to check IV stats.

[Raider]

Well my pokemon adventures are over. Can't believe they are blocking everyone with a rooted phone. It is like the best thing about androids! Oh well, at least I won't be there to witness them completely screw this game up although I'm a little pissed about all the wasted hours and money...

[1AZRAEL1]

What do you mean they are blocking rooted phones? What is the benefit of a rooted phone for this game?

[Raider]

What do you mean they are blocking rooted phones? What is the benefit of a rooted phone for this game?

If your phone is rooted you can supposedly download unofficial apps that help you cheat in the game. So based on their thinking, everyone who has a rooted phone is a cheat and is banned from playing on a rooted device. Since all my devices are rooted the game is over for me...

[1AZRAEL1]

Hopefully it does stamp out the cheats. It's sad that people have to cheat to enjoy the game. Unfortunately the ones that aren't cheating suffer. Way of the world ain't it? Some people do the wrong thing so a blanket ban is imposed.

[Raider]

Hopefully it does stamp out the cheats. It's sad that people have to cheat to enjoy the game. Unfortunately the ones that aren't cheating suffer. Way of the world ain't it? Some people do the wrong thing so a blanket ban is imposed.

The stupid thing though is that the cheats are the ones who will be able to figure out how to circumvent this whilst us not so tech savvy people (I had a friend root my phone for me) will be screwed. All this will do is prevent those who don't cheat from playing. Stupid move. Wonder if I can get a refund on my coin purchases.

[1AZRAEL1]

I hate cheats. It removes the fun. They all do it for bragging rights, but it's hollow.

You can always try kick up a stink to try get your money back, but I don't like your chances. Maybe with enough bad publicity over this they might bow down.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I booted up pokemon go last night and went for a walk. My Pokemon nearby showed NO pokemon nearby for the whole walk.

Bloody hell. I know I am in the country, but holy pooopaloops. That's just a big whack of BS.

[Zippo]

Managed to get a PoGo Plus device and it is awesome.
With my "new" list down to 13 Pokemon that I can at the moment, my reason for hunting is candies and XP.

Being able to use the plus while driving gives me a chance to get a few Stop and Pokemon I wouldn't have been able to get before.

It is not perfect at all, but it is good.