7.651 Players Banned for Unauthorized Data Modification

[Pokemon Trainer]

The official PGL website announced that 7.651 players are banned because they made some unauthorized modification of their game data.

[March 28th Update]
We have identified an additional 7,651 players who have engaged in unauthorized modification of their game data, and we have taken the same actions outlined below.

Thank you for using the Pokémon Global Link.

It has come to our attention that a small number of players participating in Rating Battles, Online Competitions, and Global Missions have engaged in unauthorized modification of their game data.

As a result, we have taken the following action against these 5,954 players:

- They will be excluded from the rankings of any Rating Battle they have participated in thus far.
- They will not be able to participate in any future Online Competitions.
- They will no longer be able to use Game Sync, play in Rating Battles, or participate in Online Competitions or Global Missions using the game with which they performed unauthorized data modification.

When affected players try to use Game Sync or participate in Rating Battles or Online Competitions, they will receive the following message:

******************************************
The connection to Pokémon
Global Link from this saved data
has been denied.
(Error Code: 090-0212)
******************************************

Going forward, we will take similar actions at regular intervals if we continue to identify players using game data that has been modified in an unauthorized way. If we identify that certain players are repeatedly engaging in such unauthorized behavior, further restrictive actions may be taken against them without warning.

We will continue to monitor and deal with unauthorized data modification as it comes to our attention in order to preserve a safe and fair gameplay environment for all users of the Pokémon Global Link.

We encourage all players to follow the instructions in the manual that came with their game in order to protect their saved game data and the Pokémon that they have raised. Thank you for your support and understanding.

 

[unownzone]

Awesome news! Is this in addition to those people that were banned last time?

I hear this is just for the people who alter save data for unlimited number of items and such. Unfortunately, the system can't recognize genned Pokémon yet.

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Awesome news! Is this in addition to those people that were banned last time?

Yes last time they banned 5,954 players...
They ban players that alter the save data but going to the International Championship with a Porygon2 in a Beast Ball is perfectly fine (see this thread http://www.pokemon-trainer.com/thre...17-european-international-championships.1811/ )
Joke aside, they added in the "Hack Checking Appendix" the Poké Ball and Poké Ball variations so we won't see those Pokémon anymore, but it was really fun that until December those Pokémon were "legit" to use in those kind of Tournaments

 

[unownzone]

Yes last time they banned 5,954 players...
They ban players that alter the save data but going to the International Championship with a Porygon2 in a Beast Ball is perfectly fine (see this thread http://www.pokemon-trainer.com/thre...17-european-international-championships.1811/ )
Joke aside, they added in the "Hack Checking Appendix" the Poké Ball and Poké Ball variations so we won't see those Pokémon anymore, but it was really fun that until December those Pokémon were "legit" to use in those kind of Tournaments

Oh, so Pokemon that are caught in uncatchable Pokeballs are banned now?

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Oh, so Pokemon that are caught in uncatchable Pokeballs are banned now?

Yes the updated rules added that phase about the balls
You can find the rules and the updates here: http://www.pokemon-trainer.com/thre...es-document-is-now-available.1794/#post-10485

 

[Fulure]

Nice! Although I probably shouldn't use all these Shinies I got in Trades just in case...

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Nice! Although I probably shouldn't use all these Shinies I got in Trades just in case...

But you can always have them for your collection

 

[Fulure]

But you can always have them for your collection

Yeah it was sketchy when I got a max IV, EV Trained level 100 Gigalith from Wonder Trade...

 

[Pokemon Trainer]

Yeah it was sketchy when I got a max IV, EV Trained level 100 Gigalith from Wonder Trade...

That's an epic win!!
I got from a Wonder Trade (in X) a shiny Ditto with perfect IVs that was a great Christmas gift but I know that it's hacked for sure

 

[Fulure]

That's an epic win!!
I got from a Wonder Trade (in X) a shiny Ditto with perfect IVs that was a great Christmas gift but I know that it's hacked for sure

Nice! I got one of those in a normal trade but it's probably hacked :/