“Using bots and “spoofing” players” GPS location are also prevalent means of gaming the system, and Twitch is helping to crack down.
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This could make it a lot harder for players to stream their Pokémon Go adventures, considering the game requires you to actually get up and go outside to play. Players who violate the Niantic definition of cheating are violating Twitch’s Rules of Conduct and Terms of Services as well, and the consequences are pretty clear. I believe a tracker is fine for the time being since the game in its current state only provides useless options for what is a central part of the experience, and IV calculators are all good given that players use them for the real Pokémon games.
“Recently we issued a statement that streaming content on our services which violates third-party terms of service or other user agreements is a violation of our own Terms of Service”, the post reads. That includes “cheating in online multiplayer games” as defined by the game developer. Beginning today, August 8, users who broadcast Pokémon Go with the help of cheats will “receive a strike on their account”, as detailed in a Twitch blog post.
This ban presumably includes the (now defunct) “Twitch Plays Pokemon Go” channel, which used an account controlled by a Twitch chat room to control an account Global Positioning System spoofed into New York City. The streaming website has issued a harsh warning to all of its users, stating that those who would use third-party apps and Global Positioning System cheating programs to play the game would receive a “strike” on their account.
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Niantic has promised that bans are coming to accounts that jumped ahead of cheating, so hopefully Niantic can wipe out what’s become a serious problem for the month old game.
