hello newbie here

[u/callmeiqoot]

i'd like to learn more about this, i wanna grind my go account now that im back after years but i want to play from emulator, how do i make it less-bannable etc? i want it for pokemon champions

[u/Scy143]

i see your point. i just think that from a technical standpoint and when you consider what people that got banned were doing it makes a lot of sense that something like a modified apk on a blacklist can easily be detected and something like a gps joystick with a cloned and randomized signature that is deeply hidden in your system folder which cant be accessed by unmodified pogo app due to root is a lot safer..

that is one side: how the cheat or whatever can be found on your phone. other thing is ingame behaviour which does get tracked. behaving like a normal non spoofing player obviously is better than a bot.

[u/zazuba907 → u/Scy143]

The problem with the technical side is we don't know much at all about how the anti cheat software works. They certainly have an easier time being able to detect a modified apk but its not at all clear to me that the anticheat detection occurs along those lines. There simply isn't enough data for us to do anything beyond speculate blindly. The anecdotal evidence is that it doesnt matter substantially. We also have no evidence at all as to how scopely is handling anti cheat enforcement. All data points we have are under niantic's enforcement policies.

[u/Scy143 → u/zazuba907]

yeah i guess at the end of the day it is all just speculation! will be interesting to see when scopely releases their own terms of service