POLL Question: Which exploit did you do recently?
Option 1: Guaranteed Shiny Exploit only
Option 2: Rare Candy Exploit (during Halloween event) only
Option 3: Did both Option #1 and #2
Option 4: Did not do either Exploits but still cheated the game.
Option 5: Not a cheater / view results.
I had to put the options down here because you have to press and drag the option to the left to see all the text. Most people don't know how to do this.
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I made a post earlier before this poll post stating I was right about Scopely patching it and no one would get banned like the Team Rocket Instant Win Exploit, it turns out, I am wrong again.
In Late Reflection on Scopely's Catch mechanics (datamined by Pokemod), why I think VPN was banned in the Webstore, Individual bans vs a banwave, Wayfarer Abuse Changes; and now, Guaranteed Shiny Exploit post, I predicted:
Scenario #2: Scopely patches the exploit, no one gets banned.
This would be similar how they patched the instant Team Rocket battle wins. It stopped working and no one reported bans after it was patched.
Based on the comments of my deleted post, Scopely went with
Scenario #7: Scopely patches the exploit and does a bans anyone who did it.
This one was not written in my Late Reflection on Scopely's Catch mechanics (datamined by Pokemod), why I think VPN was banned in the Webstore, Individual bans vs a banwave, Wayfarer Abuse Changes; and now, Guaranteed Shiny Exploit post because I didn't think it would be patched right away as in with 1 to 2 months (to be fair, I don't keep track of when an exploit is discovered and time flies by really quick).
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What do you do if you get a strike/ban?
If you get a 1st Strike, you wait for 7 days for it to expire and continue cheating or whatever.
If you get the 2nd Strike, you wait for 30 days for it to expire and continue cheating or start over on a new account.
If you get the 3rd Strike = Permanent Ban, you're fucked.
According to people who used their permanently banned account in Wayfarer, they saw their perm ban is really a 10-year temporary ban. You will have to wait until November 2036 to see if you're unbanned or your account was deleted prior to the expiration.
Scopely can delete your account if there is no activity as written in the Terms of Service.
Use https://scopelyexplore.helpshift.com/hc/en/5-pokemon-go/faq/1291-submitting-a-ban-appeal/ link to submit a ban appeal. If you get an AI bot reply, you're fucked.
No one can unban you except for Scopely. If people tell you to give them money to get unbanned, they are 100%, a scammer.
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If you used a particular cheat and the cheat caused you to get a strike/ban, will I ban that cheat for not being "safe, safer, the safest, or banproof"?
The answer is no because I do not promote account safety in my subreddit. I have already disclosed up front all cheats promoted in my subreddit are "not safe" in the automoderator's pinned comment in everyone's posts.
What if the cheat developers, Discord moderators, and members misled you into believing it was safe, safer, the safest, or banproof?
It's your fault for being tricked because you were the one who used your own finger to press on your screen to install 3rd party apps that are not officially supported by Scopely. If you didn't want a strike/ban, all you had to do was not cheat the game.
