Originally Posted by
wrenparah
Dunno if anything of the sort was posted earlier
I have a 33, a 28, and a 22. The 33 was found to be "banned", however I haven't been able to snag the nickname of my trainer yet, so I'm still pretty hopeful (not really, but it's fine). The 22 and the 28 were botted with PokeFarmer quite a bit, and I'm assuming PokeFarmer bot is as human-like as it gets (no sniping option really, unless you put in the coordinates manually, which is apparently a horrible idea right now).
Both the 28 and the 22, I'll occasionally log in with my phone (with GPS/Location turned OFF), just to hatch eggs, etc. As of now, I've also turned off the "Use Lucky Egg" option on PokeFarmer (I want to avoid being 30+ for the time being, just to be safe).
I'm also a little disappointed that my 33 had been banned; I'd probably put in about $20 worth of eggs/incense, and had a decently impressive collection of Pokemon, but I suppose that doesn't matter, considering I took the risk. I can at least hope that it is only a 7-day ban, as I've seen a few people post (again, this is me being slightly hopeful, considering the nickname is still unavailable to take).
For the 33, I also attempted to manually snipe a Pokemon in North Carolina, a short time after using the bot in Los Angeles. Funny thing is, I did a similar thing with my 22 account, so I'm assuming it has to do with the level of the account, but I keep hearing that they only really "investigate" accounts 34+ ?? Whatever the case, again, I'm "hoping for the best; preparing for the worst".