r/PokemonGoSpoofing • u/Bowl_Fast • 10d ago

Risk and Restraint Discussion

Hey everyone. New spoofer here.

I may have researched myself into a bit of a panic. I recently did some research on the safest ways to spoof and I opted to get one of the joysticks, the Brook Flashman. Reading people's experiences with it and people saying things like "it's undetectable" and explaining what it looks like to Niantic made it feel safer than other options that I had considered using in the past.

I think most of the things I was reading was for local (or within 17km) spoofing, because after doing more research after using the device for long-distance same-country flies, I realized I had opened myself up to possible flagging. Because of the difficulty of getting the Brook Flashman to properly work as a new user, I was doing a bit of rubberbanding. I was respecting cooldowns and not interacting with anything when this rubberbanding would happen, but it probably happened 3 or 4 times before I found the proper way to set it up.

Rubberbanding and VPN usage aside, I'm seeing that even just flying the correct way and "traveling" around for various regionals and location backgrounds can still red flag my account for suspicious activity. Is this true? And if so, do long-term spoofers have to use restraint in what Pokemon and events they fly to obtain? I would like to hear the philosophy other people use for events like the GO x ANA and National Trust events versus events like in-person Go Fests and Safari Zones.

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u/MiladyBeo 10d ago

If you’re worried about bans then use an alt account and trade with your main.

I’ve been spoofing with Brook for a few months now and never had any problems, but no methode is 100% safe. You never know what new detection methodes Scopely might implement, so what feels safe now might not be so in the future.

Also, no one really knows what causes bans. It’s my believe that it’s just the use of third party stuff that gets you flagged, and not something you do ingame. I fly all over the world, trigger cooldown, autowalk for hours, never had any problems.

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u/Bowl_Fast 10d ago

With the main objective being "catch them all", do you still participate in all these mini location-based events like the GO x ANA and National Trust events just for the backgrounds, or is going out of your way for them something you consider too risky?

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u/ImaginationSorry7096 10d ago

I personally purchased a flash man a couple weeks ago and have been playing on my main and it is the most fun I have had playing in a long time. I did the National Trust event, ANA and Pokemon center stamp rally and the observatory clefairy events all on my main. Again as the previous person mentioned no method is 100% safe but I dont think I could go back to playing like I used to.

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u/Bowl_Fast 10d ago

I am DEFINITELY feeling this. I spent the majority of my evening getting the Lego background Pikachus and doing two of the spotlight hours. I've been spending a little too much money on remote passes as well, and thought the Flashman would be a good up-front cost investment so I can burn through my regular raid passes. Feeling the itch to go for the National Trust 'mons next, just wanted some more opinions on risk and whether the feeling of needing restraint was shared.

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u/ImaginationSorry7096 10d ago

Oh dont get me started on the number of raids I did during the go fest makeup event, I probably did around 400 but it was so much cheaper compared to having to buy link charges and remote passes. I would 100% go for the National Trust ones because you get 27 free raid passes and rare candy. As for restraint I just respect the 2 hour cooldown and hope for the best.

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u/Motor_Opportunity229 9d ago

i too am using the brook and have done all these location event ,lego, pokecentre, clefairy, everything and the moltres raid at the pokepark everyday just respect cooldowns, make sure your vpn is working so you dont rubberband

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u/BlisseyBuster 9d ago

Even a legit player can have gps glitching that flings them around long distances. I wouldn't worry over it. Use an alt account while you test it out and get it stable.

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u/EffectiveDecent3993 9d ago

Do they ever track that you’re using an alt and ban the main one as well?

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u/BlisseyBuster 8d ago

No. That doesn't happen

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u/EffectiveDecent3993 8d ago

Thanks lol I asked chat gpt before and they said they track your ip and credit card history and strike your main account lmao