Pokémon Go cheaters are apparently getting stuck with crappy monsters

Pokémon Go developer Niantic has repeatedly made it clear that the company disapproves of players who use unofficial third-party software to boost their experience. Now Niantic has allegedly come up with a unique form of punishment. Rather than being able to detect and catch the fame’s full roster of pokémon, these so-called cheaters can only spot the most common creatures, like Pidgey, Rattata, and Zubat.

This “shadowban,” as spotted by The Next Web, effectively shoves players into a neutered version of the game, where they can’t see rare spawns. Last August, Niantic began issuing permanent bans to players who violated its terms of service. Players were punished for acts such as using emulators, using modified or unofficial software,...

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