New temp ban only post here!

[exileofdragon]

hmm someone actually got unbanned "using apeal" Niantic took away my perma-ban!

[Aragath]

I smell BS on the post above me... :P

[UpToMyNutsInGuts]

I smell BS on the post above me... :P

Yup,, no way in hell that's legit

[Aragath]

I got my ban on sunday morning after not botting for many days. I used my main to bot 2 lvls.. Tho I downloaded the APK file when I was in Spain for the holidays.

I legit lvled it to lvl 24 with grinding and farming like hell.. I spent around 1800k NOK ( Norwegian Crown)... And they banned my account. I hate myself for using my main!

sent them an email saying that I indeed was botting and that I felt bad for doing so and hoped that they could give me my acc back. Guess that will NEVER happen u.u

[xplict34]

I was thinking about that, they have the burden of proof, if not "in dubio pro reu"

Has anyone actually read the Terms of Service?

Termination

"We may terminate your access to and use of the Services, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may cancel your Account at any time by accessing the Pokémon GO Help Center, available at Pokemon GO. Upon any termination, discontinuation, or cancellation of Services or your Account, the following provisions of these Terms will survive: Arbitration Notice; Content Ownership; Rights Granted by You; Effect of Termination on Trading Items, Virtual Money, and Virtual Goods; Feedback; Disclaimer of Warranties; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability; Dispute Resolution; General Terms; and this sentence of Termination."

Bot or no bot, they can terminate access and use of service to your account at anytime, for any reason they want.

Effect of Termination on Trading Items, Virtual Money, and Virtual Goods

We may cancel, suspend, or terminate your Account and your access to your Trading Items, Virtual Money, Virtual Goods, the Content, or the Services, in our sole discretion and without prior notice, including if (a) your Account is inactive (i.e., not used or logged into) for one year; (b) you fail to comply with these Terms; (c ) we suspect fraud or misuse by you of Trading Items, Virtual Money, Virtual Goods, or other Content; (d) we suspect any other unlawful activity associated with your Account; or (e) we are acting to protect the Services, our systems, the App, any of our users, or the reputation of Niantic, TPC, or TPCI. We have no obligation or responsibility to, and will not reimburse or refund, you for any Trading Items, Virtual Money, or Virtual Goods lost due to such cancellation, suspension, or termination. You acknowledge that Niantic is not required to provide a refund for any reason, and that you will not receive money or other compensation for unused Virtual Money and Virtual Goods when your Account is closed, whether such closure was voluntary or involuntary.

We have the right to offer, modify, eliminate, and/or terminate Trading Items, Virtual Money, Virtual Goods, the Content, and/or the Services, or any portion thereof, at any time, without notice or liability to you. If we discontinue the use of Virtual Money or Virtual Goods, we will provide at least 60 days’ advance notice to you by posting a notice on the Site or App or through other communications.

No one reads the full TOS when they sign up, but it is pretty clear they can ban anyone at anything and for any reason.

[AgentAtavar]

Has anyone actually read the Terms of Service?

Termination

"We may terminate your access to and use of the Services, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may cancel your Account at any time by accessing the Pokémon GO Help Center, available at Pokemon GO. Upon any termination, discontinuation, or cancellation of Services or your Account, the following provisions of these Terms will survive: Arbitration Notice; Content Ownership; Rights Granted by You; Effect of Termination on Trading Items, Virtual Money, and Virtual Goods; Feedback; Disclaimer of Warranties; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability; Dispute Resolution; General Terms; and this sentence of Termination."

Bot or no bot, they can terminate access and use of service to your account at anytime, for any reason they want.

No one reads the full TOS when they sign up, but it is pretty clear they can ban anyone at anything and for any reason.

Well, that's a common sentence.
Blizzard had the same (and still has). I can assure you: they have no right to ban individual players for no reason. It can be groups or regions - but almost no law court in the western world will accept this kind of arbitrariness, no matter if you write it in your tos or not.

[HiI'mNew]

"In dubio pro reo" is only suitable in lawcases (ex officio crime) i guess....
Here, we would have other rules to follow...
In Switzerland it would be "Treu und Glauben" and "guter Glauben" wich is "good faith" in US Law iirc.
Still, who claims any rights for himself needs usually to proove them.

Has anyone actually read the Terms of Service?

Termination

"We may terminate your access to and use of the Services, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may cancel your Account at any time by accessing the Pokémon GO Help Center, available at Pokemon GO. Upon any termination, discontinuation, or cancellation of Services or your Account, the following provisions of these Terms will survive: Arbitration Notice; Content Ownership; Rights Granted by You; Effect of Termination on Trading Items, Virtual Money, and Virtual Goods; Feedback; Disclaimer of Warranties; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability; Dispute Resolution; General Terms; and this sentence of Termination."

Bot or no bot, they can terminate access and use of service to your account at anytime, for any reason they want.

Effect of Termination on Trading Items, Virtual Money, and Virtual Goods

We may cancel, suspend, or terminate your Account and your access to your Trading Items, Virtual Money, Virtual Goods, the Content, or the Services, in our sole discretion and without prior notice, including if (a) your Account is inactive (i.e., not used or logged into) for one year; (b) you fail to comply with these Terms; (c ) we suspect fraud or misuse by you of Trading Items, Virtual Money, Virtual Goods, or other Content; (d) we suspect any other unlawful activity associated with your Account; or (e) we are acting to protect the Services, our systems, the App, any of our users, or the reputation of Niantic, TPC, or TPCI. We have no obligation or responsibility to, and will not reimburse or refund, you for any Trading Items, Virtual Money, or Virtual Goods lost due to such cancellation, suspension, or termination. You acknowledge that Niantic is not required to provide a refund for any reason, and that you will not receive money or other compensation for unused Virtual Money and Virtual Goods when your Account is closed, whether such closure was voluntary or involuntary.

We have the right to offer, modify, eliminate, and/or terminate Trading Items, Virtual Money, Virtual Goods, the Content, and/or the Services, or any portion thereof, at any time, without notice or liability to you. If we discontinue the use of Virtual Money or Virtual Goods, we will provide at least 60 days’ advance notice to you by posting a notice on the Site or App or through other communications.

No one reads the full TOS when they sign up, but it is pretty clear they can ban anyone at anything and for any reason.

Law > ToS.

Listen, ToS are a contract. When you sign a contract if certain terms on it are not legal. the contract is null and void. I can't bind you to a contract where you signed that you will sell me your oldest son. Even though you signed it it is illegal, and so if you dispute me in court I will lose. Does not matter if they say that in their ToS, they are still obliged to give me a reason why, and provide proof if I demand it. They write that because they count on the ignorance of the masses, and most people are too lazy to contest them in the first place.

[Koniki131]

Hello Everyone. I'm from Poland and i was traveling over half of county to get pokemons. Never used bots adn never even got further than 300 km from home.. I'm fighting for my fully legit lvl 30 account that currently cant get data from server.... I've send an appeal ticket to niantic and few minutes later i had this responce:

"Trainer,

Thanks for contacting us regarding your sign in issue with Pokémon GO. If you’ve signed into Pokémon GO and it appears that gameplay progress has been reset, be assured that your gameplay progress has NOT been lost. It remains safe and intact. You may have inadvertently created a new Pokémon GO account by unintentionally signing in with a different email address or login method.

If you haven’t already, please try the following:
* iOS users: Please review the login tips outlined in the Pokémon GO Help Center (Account issues and help logging in – Pokemon GO).
* Google Account users: If you’ve signed into Pokémon GO using your Google Account and it appears that you’re level 1, you may not be signing into Pokémon GO using the correct Google Account. Please try signing into any alternate accounts you may have used to create your Pokémon GO account.
* All Trainers: Keep in mind, there are two login methods for Pokémon GO. Trainers can use their Google Account or their Pokémon Trainer Club account to create a Pokémon GO account. If you create an account with one login method and later attempt to use the other login method, a second account is created. To resolve this issue, log out of your account then log back in using your original login method.

Please note: for security reasons, we’re unable to provide you with the email address you use to sign into your account.

-NianticOps"

I Can't figure out what does it mean. They still checking account or what?

[unknown222]

Hello Everyone. I'm from Poland and i was traveling over half of county to get pokemons. Never used bots adn never even got further than 300 km from home.. I'm fighting for my fully legit lvl 30 account that currently cant get data from server.... I've send an appeal ticket to niantic and few minutes later i had this responce:

"Trainer,

Thanks for contacting us regarding your sign in issue with Pokémon GO. If you’ve signed into Pokémon GO and it appears that gameplay progress has been reset, be assured that your gameplay progress has NOT been lost. It remains safe and intact. You may have inadvertently created a new Pokémon GO account by unintentionally signing in with a different email address or login method.

If you haven’t already, please try the following:
* iOS users: Please review the login tips outlined in the Pokémon GO Help Center (Account issues and help logging in – Pokemon GO).
* Google Account users: If you’ve signed into Pokémon GO using your Google Account and it appears that you’re level 1, you may not be signing into Pokémon GO using the correct Google Account. Please try signing into any alternate accounts you may have used to create your Pokémon GO account.
* All Trainers: Keep in mind, there are two login methods for Pokémon GO. Trainers can use their Google Account or their Pokémon Trainer Club account to create a Pokémon GO account. If you create an account with one login method and later attempt to use the other login method, a second account is created. To resolve this issue, log out of your account then log back in using your original login method.

Please note: for security reasons, we’re unable to provide you with the email address you use to sign into your account.

-NianticOps"

I Can't figure out what does it mean. They still checking account or what?

This does not mean anything, this is an automated e-mail that they send to every ticket. You can't even be sure that they're reviewing your case, they might just be slacking off and laughing at the amount of complaints they're receiving.

[Mayban36]

hmm someone actually got unbanned "using apeal" Niantic took away my perma-ban!

Bullshit he got banned and unbanned the same day
??????????????
the only e-mail you will recieve in the same day is the automatic one

[Nemm]

Law > ToS.

Listen, ToS are a contract. When you sign a contract if certain terms on it are not legal. the contract is null and void. I can't bind you to a contract where you signed that you will sell me your oldest son. Even though you signed it it is illegal, and so if you dispute me in court I will lose. Does not matter if they say that in their ToS, they are still obliged to give me a reason why, and provide proof if I demand it. They write that because they count on the ignorance of the masses, and most people are too lazy to contest them in the first place.

Gee, as Germany keeps telling Game developers they can sue and get injunctions for bot developers who never agreed to anything, I doubt your going to have a good case here.

[HiI'mNew]

Gee, as Germany keeps telling Game developers they can sue and get injunctions for bot developers who never agreed to anything, I doubt your going to have a good case here.

That is besides the point

[xdarklolx]

i had a lv 33 bot account which i used to take down gyms so i dont have to worry about heal pokemons in main account, i stopped leveling that account because it was being usefull for me, but last night i decided to bot again in that account and this morning i was perma-banned from that account. i still have 2x lv 30+ accounts but not from same team. feelsbadman

[RWHID]

I think I was banned today. I sent in an email. I hope they unban me. I feel so lost without Pokemon Go. LOL

[Tony96]

I think I was banned today. I sent in an email. I hope they unban me. I feel so lost without Pokemon Go. LOL

Get a life dude