15 Gamers Who Were Banned For Absolutely Ridiculous Reasons

Sometimes bans are for a reason. These ones are not, they're just ridiculous.

Posted By | On 27th, Nov. 2017

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Planning costs Pokemon Go player a soft ban – Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go challenges its players to catch them all in the real world, and one day Jimmy Derocher wanted to be the very best, like no-one ever was. Derocher planned a circular route and used in game mechanics such as lures to draw extra Pokemon spawns, lucky eggs to boost experience gain and personal rules like speed to make an attempt to earn over a million experience points within a single day. By hour 13, the anti-cheat measures in the game called shenanigans and stopped allowing Derocher to catch any Pokemon, just for using in game mechanics.


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