Gaming Pokémon Global Link note says almost 6,000 people have been banned online for having altered save da

[RustInPeace]

Pretty sure this only affects those that were dumb enough to use max iv/EV mons on battlespot or another gamesync online function.

That's ridiculous because, while a very low chance, it is possible to get a 5-6IV pokemon legitimately. I just caught a 5IV Bold Tapu Fini today, with 29 Atk IV, damn close to perfect. My event Jirachi on OR, 6IV Jolly, Kyurem in OR, 6IV Modest.

 

[Hyoretsu]

Pretty sure a max IV/EV Mon is considered illegal or hacked.

No. You can breed to get a max IV and train them to get max EV.

 

[Demifiend]

Pretty sure this only affects those that were dumb enough to use max iv/EV mons on battlespot or another gamesync online function.

That makes no sense, having maxed IV's/EV's is not a clear indicative to say the pokemon is hacked, since that is possible within the legal and feasible boundaries of this game, if the IV's/EV's were to surpass over 31/512 that would be another story

Pretty sure a max IV/EV Mon is considered illegal or hacked.

Again, no, because a max IV/EV mon is possible, heck, if that was the case, every competitive pokemon from many competitive players would be Illegal and hacked (although, many of them do have non legit Pokemon, but legal, that's another term)

 

[Hyoretsu]

I wish that Nintendo sees the error of its ways after 80% of Pokémon players get banned.

 

[Deleted User]

with every new iteration i care less about the global link and online features. i miss the gen 5 global link. it was the best

 

[Hyoretsu]

with every new iteration i care less about the global link and online features. i miss the gen 5 global link. it was the best

I too don't use it that much (In fact, never used it in Pokémon Sun, and very few times in other games), but it still kinda "hurts" knowing that you're banned.

 

[Demifiend]

with every new iteration i care less about the global link and online features. i miss the gen 5 global link. it was the best

Remember Dream World? that was awesome and cool, sad that it closed down back then, it was a neat thing to receive Pokes with special abilities or moves only found through a website, really a cool thing

 

[Svaethier]

“At the moment there are a lot of fully legit Pokémon that just aren’t being allowed online,” said Joe Merrick, proprietor of Serebii. “Fully legit ones like the recent Meloetta event, Rotom’s forms and so forth. Even Pokémon transferred from the Virtual Console games are having issues if you evolve them beyond them being the first 151 (so, for example, Seadra into Kingdra). There’s also Pokémon with moves they can have in one Generation 1 game and not another being blocked from Bank (e.g. Mewtwo with Pay Day. Only possible in Red & Blue, not in Yellow). Also Alolan Marowak/Alolan Raichu with moves that Cubone and Pikachu could only get in previous generations.”

Looks like pokemon from the VC are being counted as illegal too :/

 

[Civori]

So theoretically, because I never registered my game with the global link, does that mean I'm safe for the time being? So if I cared to I could go and restore my save to before I hacked items/change the values to something realistic and be ok?

 

[Svaethier]

So theoretically, because I never registered my game with the global link, does that mean I'm safe for the time being? So if I cared to I could go and restore my save to before I hacked items/change the values to something realistic and be ok?

You're OK since you never registered your game with gamesync

 

[Deleted User]

Remember Dream World? that was awesome and cool, sad that it closed down back then, it was a neat thing to receive Pokes with special abilities or moves only found through a website, really a cool thing

that's why gen5 GL was the best

 

[ElYubiYubi]

If the method suggested by @EvilMakiPR worked this (quoted) will work too. It will take a week but will be more persistent and without game-breaking consequences.


I know that tempers like posts with pictures so here's the picture of a kitten

Yeah should work too. The reason I did it with Sun is because i didnt wanted to wait a week. And if you dont want to wait a week well thats the way.

 

[Flying Scotsman]

It was about time.
Good riddance, cheaters

You're a member of a forum which creates and gives tutorials on game hacks/cheats.

What were you expecting?!

You could have actually given useful discussion to this thread, rather than state a (stupid) opinion.

On topic, and away from idiotic opinions:

Wonder if NTR plugins will have any effect on game saves/somehow mark your save for a ban. I realise they do the same thing as PKHex (editing values) but it could detect it happening in real time as another factor for a ban, unlike PKHex which is comparatively offline and just "loads" the changes instead.

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Still is cheating and still is a breach of the TOS of the game.

This entire forum has ToS breaking programs, tutorials and modded games.

What is the point you're making here? All you're doing is reminding us what the forum does. Stating the obvious contributes absolutely nothing to this discussion (if I wanted a reminder of ToS issues, I could look at the main subforum title ("3DS Homebrew development and emulators").

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So theoretically, because I never registered my game with the global link, does that mean I'm safe for the time being? So if I cared to I could go and restore my save to before I hacked items/change the values to something realistic and be ok?

In the same boat as you.

Never registered with Gamesync (couldn't be bothered, and none of the features I use needs it anyway) so you're fine for the time being. So far, in order to ban you - you need a gamesync ID and since we don't have one, they can't punish us since they can't detect it.

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“At the moment there are a lot of fully legit Pokémon that just aren’t being allowed online,” said Joe Merrick, proprietor of Serebii. “Fully legit ones like the recent Meloetta event, Rotom’s forms and so forth. Even Pokémon transferred from the Virtual Console games are having issues if you evolve them beyond them being the first 151 (so, for example, Seadra into Kingdra). There’s also Pokémon with moves they can have in one Generation 1 game and not another being blocked from Bank (e.g. Mewtwo with Pay Day. Only possible in Red & Blue, not in Yellow). Also Alolan Marowak/Alolan Raichu with moves that Cubone and Pikachu could only get in previous generations.”

Looks like pokemon from the VC are being counted as illegal too :/

This honestly doesn't surprise me in the least. Nothing in recent memory Nintendo has made, has been 100% bug proof or patched soon after the bugs appear.

Lets not forget the time they tried to patch the Wii to block the homebrew channel [it didn't work]...and how that exact same update bricked non-modded/homebrew'd consoles as well.

 

[ars25]

got banned on my moon oh well. just to add more info i had 9999999 festival coins so i guess that was my reason.

 

[RustInPeace]

About legit pokemon being deemed illegal, what the hell is up with VC transfers? I spent too much time genning a Moltres, Flame Body and Shiny, even injected it in Yellow, transferred just fine into Bank. I could not send it through GTS at all, even changed the met level to 58 to make it legally Modest. Nothing, removed shininess, Flame Body (turns out HA is mandated), every possible combination, nothing worked. Not sure why didn't just import the checks from Gen VI, while it's not perfect and made way for illegal ball combinations, it's more solid than this. Just today I traded a shiny Diancie, which is very rare given that less than a handful of distributions of that happened, yet I can't send this Moltres, I can't trade over a Shiny Galileo Rayquaza.

For fuck's sake, an HA Shiny Aldora Moltres, not legal at all because these events are supposedly shiny locked, passed through. How can people really accept the legal checks when they're twisted and convoluted and sometimes just plain wrong?

 

[Imacaredformy2ds]

About legit pokemon being deemed illegal, what the hell is up with VC transfers? I spent too much time genning a Moltres, Flame Body and Shiny, even injected it in Yellow, transferred just fine into Bank. I could not send it through GTS at all, even changed the met level to 58 to make it legally Modest. Nothing, removed shininess, Flame Body (turns out HA is mandated), every possible combination, nothing worked. Not sure why didn't just import the checks from Gen VI, while it's not perfect and made way for illegal ball combinations, it's more solid than this. Just today I traded a shiny Diancie, which is very rare given that less than a handful of distributions of that happened, yet I can't send this Moltres, I can't trade over a Shiny Galileo Rayquaza.

For fuck's sake, an HA Shiny Aldora Moltres, not legal at all because these events are supposedly shiny locked, passed through. How can people really accept the legal checks when they're twisted and convoluted and sometimes just plain wrong?

Lolwut
I did manage to transfer the Galileo Rayquaza and a ton of other shit from gen 6
Also a lot of edited and genned mons

 

[RustInPeace]

Lolwut
I did manage to transfer the Galileo Rayquaza and a ton of other shit from gen 6
Also a lot of edited and genned mons

I did that too and the Rayquaza wouldn't trade, yet genning a shiny Rayquaza from Gen 3 is perfectly fine. The Mew restrictions are even worse, though I'm not sure if the GF Mew from last year will pass through trades.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

Ah well, online is trash and Sun and Moon was kinda bad anyways.

 

[GilgameshArcher]

The save or the LFCS are being banned this time?

 

[RustInPeace]

The save or the LFCS are being banned this time?

The save is banned, basically a harder version of a soft ban when disconnecting in the middle of a trade or battle. Bright side is today, legit 5IV Tapu Fini and just now, legit 5IV Tapu Bulu, with the right natures.