![]() ![]() ![]() Sniping was so popular dedicated websites like PokeSniper and PokeZz gave an endless list of coordinates to any Pokémon you could dream of. You would need to teleport to the Pokémon, click on it to enter the capture screen, then teleport back to your initial location. Spoofers used a method of teleportation called sniping to catch 100’s of rare Pokémon a day. Sniping And Powerhouse PokémonĪs part of Pokémon Go, you need to get your hands on rare Pokémon like Dragonite, Snorlax, Tyranitar and others. This would maximise prestige gains and get a gym to level 10 in under 10 minutes (the BubbleStrat has been since removed from the game).Īll of this pushed many players away from the gym system all together, as high level snipers were too strong to stop forever. The Strategy would involve putting exceptionally weak Pokémon in a gym and using weaker ones to take them down. They used techniques like the BubbleStrat to make this go quicker. So, if one of their gyms got taken it would be theirs again in about one minute. The following video clearly illustrates how Spoofers operated during that era:īotters used similar things, but their software would automatically fill the gyms up again. They could quickly get back to a gym to reclaim it if taken from them. This caused the main problem people had with Spoofers, kicking their Pokémon out of gyms and putting up their own instead. This would go up until you had 10 Pokémon in gyms, for which you would get 5000 stardust and 100 PokeCoins every 21 hours. However, the only way to procure them in the game was through the gym system.įor every 21 hours your Pokémon was in a gym you would get 500 stardust and 10 PokeCoins. Spoofers and Gym TakeoverĪfter about a week of playing, people realised how valuable PokeCoins (the in-game currency) were in order to advance. Ultimately, this led to a new problem: spoofers and Gym takeover. In addition, they taught their viewers how to gain access to the apps and the art of utilising them. Youtubers used bots to spawn Pokémon like MewTwo and other tools to show and appeal to their fanbase. The main issue wasn’t really the clickbaiting (though it was still a problem), the problem was the promotion of spoofing and botting. Thumbnail of Ali-A video titled “Pokemon GO – LEGENDARIES FROM 100km EGGS? (ARE THEY REAL)” In all fairness, they were just “normal businessmen” trying to earn some views. This tactic did work remarkably well, raking in millions of views for people who used it.Įven regular, legitimate, Pokémon Go YouTubers like Ali-A and Mystic7 did a bit of clickbaiting in order to get some views, however, they didn’t use the app, just the images that other app users posted. Youtube Clickbait and the rise of cheatingĪfter roughly 48 hours of the game’s release, a group of 4 YouTubers realised they could make a lot of money by using these apps and using titles like “OMG! SUPER RARE SHINY EGG HATCH POKEMON GO!” and “NEW BEST POKÉMON GO HACK!” This meant that when software like this was released, it became a very popular tool to use. The game Wasn’t built to stop any 3rd party software from coming online and altering things in the game. Soon after launch, an app downloading platform called TuTuApp (known for releasing hacked versions of games) saw a niche in the game. Ultimately, this did push many players away. These short-cuts and the fact that Niantic wasn’t ready for such huge numbers resulted in numerous issues with servers and a general lack of content. ![]() ![]() In order to get the game out on time some short-cuts may have been taken by Niantic, the developers of both Pokémon Go and Ingress (more on Ingress later). On July 6th, 2016 a game was released and it sparked a worldwide obsession making over 100 million people run outside for a game. Game release and the beginning of cheating Youtube Clickbait and the rise of cheating.Game release and the beginning of cheating. ![]()
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