On Sunday 1 st April, Niantic hit a lot of iOS players with a red warning and shadow ban. For many of us, it’s the first time we got the warning. And many so called ‘legit’ players were hit with it too. Which tells us that the algorithm they use to detect ‘spoofing’ is anything but perfect. And almost guarantees that Niantic will not enforce any permanent bans at this stage. The ‘punishment’ attached to the red warning is a little vague. Essentially, those affected will not be able to ‘see’ anything other than common mons (Pidgey, Rattata, Psyduck, Staryu, Whismur, Barboach, Poliwag, Oddish, Ponyta, Bellsprout, Paras). The Good News: Shiny hunters will still be able to catch shiny Aron and Magikarp. We can also do raids * And it’s still possible to catch a shiny raid boss. We can obtain eggs from pokestops, walk them and hatch them. * We can complete nearly all the Field research tasks. We can complete the Special Research quest and catch Mew – Ditt...
This week [Feb 28th, 2018] I caught my 240th shiny Pokemon. Not a bad return for someone who has only been playing the game for 9 months. Some Pokemon trainers focus on completing their dex. Some are passionate about collecting 100IV mons. This article is for all Pokemon trainers who enjoy nothing more than the thrill of finding shinies. It contains tips and strategies that will increase your chances of encountering and capturing the sparkly stuff. Disclaimer: The post also refers to the use of GPS tools to move location in Pokemon Go. And to multi-accounting. Both practices breach PoGo's Terms of Service and may result in a temporary ban. Which Pokemon are shiny? The code for shiny versions of all Pokemon is currently embedded in the game. That does NOT mean that they are all catchable … yet. Niantic will decide when to ‘flick the switch’ on any particular Pokemon and make its shiny version available. Today (Feb 2018) we can obtain shiny versions of the followin...