A Pokemon Go player who legitimately racked up more experience than anyone thought possible was apparently soft banned thanks to Niantic’s anti-cheat algorithms.
Austin, Texas, player Jimmy Derocher came up with a 0.2 mile loop that he could repeat to earn a million experience in the game in just one day, which he then livestreamed to prove there was no cheating going on. But after about half a day of his loop — and 600,000 XP — the game’s anti-cheat code kicked in, effectively soft-banning him for 24-hours.
Derocher raised money for charity during the stream thanks to watchers on Facebook. Hopefully, he’s also raised some awareness in Niantic that its anti-cheat measures need a bit more work so they don’t flag legit players.
Source: Facebook via Kotaku
