How Pokemon Go’s Appraisal Feature Works

Recently, Niantic Labs pushed out an update to the Pokemon Go Android and iOS apps. It brought several improvements and bug fixes. The Pokemon Go version 0.35.0 for Android and version 1.5.0 for the iOS also included a new “Pokemon Appraisal” feature that allows the Team Leaders to teach you about a Pokemon’s stamina, defense, and attack capabilities.

Statements from Pokemon Go Team Leaders can be confusing

Though it’s pretty easy to learn and interact with the feature, the cryptic sentences provided by the Team Leaders are sometimes confusing. To use the appraisal feature, go to the main menu and select to view all the Pokemon you have captured. Now select the Pokemon of your choice, tap the button with three horizontal lines, and tap the Appraisal option.

From there, your Team Leader – Candela, Blanche or Spark – will pop up to tell you the strengths and weaknesses of your Pokemon through various screens. They hint at the critter’s hidden Individual Values (IVs). These IVs govern how powerful a Pokemon can become. But the statements from Team Leaders can be difficult to decipher. Fortunately, folks at GamePress have been able to decipher the code. They have posted a list of all the comments a Team Leader can make, and the Individual Values (IVs) linked to the comment.

Understanding the Individual Values (IVs)

Each Pokemon has a set of values for stamina, attack and defense. And each value is represented by a number that could be between 1 and 15. The combined value is the accumulation of these IVs. The Team Leader’s first set of information is the combined value of that creature, so it could be anywhere between 1 and 45. The second stage of appraisal is based on the highest ranking value of the selected Pokemon. For instance, if the highest IV is related to the Pokemon’s attack capabilities, the Team Leader will refer to that. Check out this video by GamePress

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Ultimate List Of Pokemon Go Gym Defenders Now Out

Pokemon Go has more daily users than Twitter, and its users spend more time in the app than Facebook’s users spend on its app. Most players are content with catching rare Pokemon, but there are some who prefer to get into the competitive aspect of this popular game.

Which Pokemon are ultimate gym defenders?

Like many other features of the game, it takes a lot of trial and error to determine which Pokemon are best equipped to battle, win and effectively defend a gym when you win it — at least until GamePress published an unbelievably comprehensive list of all the best gym defenders and their strongest match-ups, according to BGR.

Have you ever noticed that most gyms appear to be defended by a Dragonite, Lapras or a Snorlax? The reason is because those Pokemon have the least weaknesses, which is useful in defending a gym, the report notes. Both Gyarados and Charizard are quite strong in the cartoon and the Game Boy games; however, in Pokemon Go, they are not better defenders than some other famous water-type and fire-type Pokemon.

In addition, it should be noted that this list is not as simple as “strong-stronger-strongest.” GamePress has taken into account the potential counters that opposing players might have when he/she tries to steal a gym, even when the strength of an individual Pokemon does play a very strong role in its tier placement. For detailed explanations of all the defenders on the tier list, you should visit GamePress.

Businesses profiting from Pokemon Go

In the history of mobile games, Pokemon Go is the most popular, and this is not only helping its developers and investors but third-party businesses too.

A survey done by Slant Marketing found that Pokemon Go players like to be active on weekend afternoons and weekday evenings. Most players play one to three hours daily, but some play for three or more hours daily. Also some players like to play in groups.

What this game provides to business owners is a massive inflow of Millennials. Millennials who have a lot of disposable income are a difficult target for advertisers due to their uncertain views of marketing techniques. But thanks to Pokemon Go, players go to places they otherwise would not have visited. While playing a game, around 82% of players have visited a business, and 50% of them visited a business for the first time, the survey found.

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Pokémon Go Lifts Ban For Some Players

Niantic, the developer of Pokemon Go, is reversing some of the permanent bans it issued mistakenly over the last few weeks, it announced in a blog post. Niantic’s team started issuing bans based on whether players were using tools that were against the the copmany’s terms of service, said John Hanke, chief executive of Niantic.

Pokemon Go developer realizing mistake

Niantic started issuing permanent account bans about two weeks ago. The bans were put in for players using third-party mapping tools designed to show where Pokemon were located, such as PokeVision, which is now defunct. The game developer started cutting off access to those third-party apps earlier this month, but for the past few weeks, it has been issuing permanent account bans aggressively, notes The Verge.

In some cases, the less popular mapping tools collected data on the players and sent it to Niantic’s servers. This, according to Hanke, resembled a DDOS or distributed denial of service attack. DDOS is a relatively basic and very common technique, in which a hacker or a cyber-attacker attempts to overwhelm a service with a lot of automated traffic. This would jam up the servers and frequently result in slow working of the game or the website, explains The Verge.

Niantic acted indiscriminately when it came to safeguarding its servers, as those data transfers appeared malicious.

“Because of this we have had to ban some accounts associated with using these add-on map tools, leading to confusion by some users about why they were banned,” Hanke noted, adding that this is only a small subset of the accounts that were banned.

Still monitoring for suspicious tools

Now the game developer is going through the accounts it banned to reinstate the accounts of those not violating the terms of service knowingly. However, Niantic did state that it will continue to ban accounts that violate its terms of service. Hanke clarified in the blog post that the add-on maps scraping data from their servers are still violating their terms of service, and use of them may result in an account ban in the future.

Hanke added that accounts that use GPS spoofing techniques to play in other areas around the world and those created to scrape from the game will remain permanently banned. Hanke concluded that their main priority is to provide a fair, fun, and legitimate experience for all users; therefore, “aggressive banning will continue to occur for players who engage in these kinds of activities.”

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What Pokémon Go Could Mean For Your Business

More daily users than Twitter. More in-app time than Facebook. And within two days of its release, it was on more Android phones than Tinder. Pokémon Go is the most popular mobile game in history, and is now a full-blown global phenomenon. One fascinating story to emerge from all this is how the game has become a remarkable boon for savvy business owners.

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There’s been a lot of chatter about Pokémon Go in the business world—everything from stock implications for Niantic and Apple, to fast and dirty tactics for business owners to attract players. But the one thing that’s been missing from the conversation is an evidence-based look at how Pokémon Go players actually interact with businesses. How often do they visit businesses while playing? What kind of businesses do they visit? How long do they stay? Do they buy anything?

Well, we decided to find out.

Our survey found that players are most likely to be active on weekday evenings and weekend afternoons. A majority of players play one to three hours per day, but as many as 14 percent report playing three or more hours per day! Also, there seems to be an even split between people who typically play alone and those who typically play as part of a group.

One of the best things about the exposure Pokémon Go provides businesses is that the largest demographic it hits is millennials. Flush with disposable income, millennials are a notoriously hard target for advertisers due to their jaded views of typical marketing techniques. Pokémon Go gets around this by attracting potential customers without them even knowing they’re being marketed to.

Capturing the hearts of people everywhere and getting them to go places they otherwise wouldn’t visit is the secret sauce in Pokémon Go. While we found an incredible 82 percent of players have visited a business while playing the game, the most enticing data point for business owners is that more than half of those people visited a business for the first time, as a result of playing the game.

As to whether or not players are aware of being lured to businesses, the jury’s still out: 36 percent think they’ve been intentionally lured by businesses, 17 percent think they have not been intentionally lured, and 47 percent aren’t sure. A full 68 percent, however, admit they’ve visited a business specifically because there were lures in that location. Of the regular players we surveyed, more than a third said they believe they’re lured by businesses as frequently as “a couple times per week.”

Perhaps one of the most surprising and illuminating statistics we uncovered: nearly half of all Pokémon Go players who have visited businesses because of lures report staying at those business for an average of 30 minutes or more.

Part of the beauty of this game is that it will run on practically any smartphone and it’s FREE to play. With little barrier to entry and the backing of a cherished brand like Nintendo, it’s almost certain the game will be around for a long time, with its user base increasing by the minute. The question is, will business owners take advantage of this opportunity?

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How To Download Pokemon Go 0.35.0 Hack for Android [No Rooting]

Niantic Labs, the developer of the popular Pokemon Go game, has had what many consider to be the most interesting week since the game launched. Not only has it released a new version of the game for iOS and Android, but it is also coming under fire for what seems to be dwindling interest in the game.

 If you like to read everything you can about Pokemon Go, you may have already seen the reports that almost 10 million users have now stopped playing the game. In fact, the sheer number of people who have stopped playing made the launches in Brazil, India, and other recent new markets unable to make a dent in this downward spiral. However, in the coming weeks and months, Niantic is likely to continue adding more new features and keep the game rolling out around the world.

Pokemon Go Hack for Android

Concerning those who are still catching Pokemon on an Android device and are looking for ways to make playing the game a lot easier, there is a way for you to add a joystick hack which will let you roam the real world. Sound interesting?… Carry on reading for more about this and how you can use it on the latest version of Pokemon Go for Android that does not require your device to be rooted.

How to download and set up the hack

As with all tutorials, please make sure that you thoroughly understand each step before acting upon it and moving on to the next.

Step 1: To start with, if you have Pokemon Go already installed on your Android device, make sure it is the latest version. If you don’t have the latest version, the game will prompt you to update when you start it. All you have to do is tap Update, and then update for a second time when you get to Google Play. Then wait for the update to be downloaded and installed.

Step 2: Along with the latest version of Pokemon Go, for this hack to work, you will need to go to the Google Play Store again and download the free Fly GPS app. You can download and install it from here.

Step 3: Now that you have both of these apps installed on your Android device, you need to go to Settings and then the About Device option at the bottom of the screen. Tap on it, and then on that screen, look for BuildNumber and tap on it seven times. This will unlock Developer mode on your device. There is a chance that your device’s Build Number is in a different location, as this can differ depending on how the manufacturer set things up.

Step 4: Next, from Settings >> Developer options, tap on Mock location app and select Fly GPS.

Step 5: Now from Settings >> Privacy & safety .. Location >> Location method, turn on High Accuracy and Location History. This setting could vary on handsets from different manufacturers.

Warning: Modifying the Pokemon Go came could potentially result in you facing a lifetime ban if Niantic discovers you’re cheating.

Step 6: If you have not yet downloaded and installed the Fly GPS app, do it now.

If you have it, launch the app now and choose your location. To get more options, you can tap the text box. Next, select GPS Service Run and then select Joystick Location Mode-Pokemon.

And that’s it. You now have a great hack/ modification working with the very latest version of Pokemon Go. From now on, you will no longer have to roam the streets looking for Pokemon, so just sit back and relax.

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Pokemon Go players using cheats, hacks – Beware!

Pokémon GO is still a massive success in mobile gaming. Still played by millions every single day, Niantic Labs’ augmented reality game is still going strong. While the majority of players try to “catch ‘em all” using legitimate ways without cheating, there are still those that have found ways to cheat the system. Using third party trackers and application, users have been able to locate Pokémon easier, trick the game into thinking they are walking, and all sorts of other hacks and cheats. However, as of today, things are about to change for the cheaters.

Pokémon GO cheaters need to watch their back

Niantic Labs has implemented a new method of rooting out and stopping Pokémon GO players who are using cheats and bots to unfairly get ahead in the game. As the most recent update has just been released for the application, hackers have been able to look through the game’s code and have found traces and multiple references to “captchas,” a popular security method used to determine if players are using automated tools, or “bots.”

As of the time of writing, Pokémon GO players have not yet reported seeing the captchas in use yet. However, since it seems like these security measures are already in place and just waiting to be put into use, it is only a matter of time before Niantic Labs decides to implement the system. Once implemented, it will all but cut out the use of all automated tools and third-party trackers and tools.

Niantic Labs’ captcha tools is based on Google’s reCaptcha. The tool will monitor the online movement of Pokémon GO players even after they check the ubiquitous “I’m not a robot” box. If Niantic’s Pokémon GO servers detect that a player is cheating by using automated tools, the captcha will then reappear. However, instead of just checking an “I’m not a robot” box, players will need to sign into their Google account again by typing the letter(s) appearing on the screen.

Niantic has been having cheating issues for a while now

Niantic has been trying very hard as of late to get rid of third party bots and tracker providers, and, as of now, it seems as if the developed has gained the upper hand. Meanwhile, many bot and third party tracker users have been talking about their experiences dealing with Niantic’s attempts to get rid of them.

Pokémon GO hacker Steven Bartell, the creator of the popular third-party application Insta-PokéGO, which allows its users to catch the game’s creatures more easily, has said that applications like his would most likely be rendered useless if Niantic does indeed implement the captcha feature.

In order to protect his app’s user base, Bartell has stated that he plans on shutting down the Insta-PokéGO website in order to prevent players who use the application from being banned from playing the game.

Third party tracking applications could be affected, too

Not only third-party applications will be affected by Niantic Labs’ latest security update, however, as popular tracking application FastPokéMap has announced that it will most likely be shut down if the security measure are put into place. According to Bartell, the future of FastPokéMap might not be so bad as Insta-PokéGO, however, as it will depend on how Niantic decides on using captchas in the game.

“No one is sure whether mapping trackers will be affected because it really depends on how Niantic deploys the captcha,” says Bartell. “If they only use it when players spin a Pokéstop or try to catch a Pokémon, maps could be fine. If they are smarter about it and deploy the captcha when they see any sort of suspicious behavior, the maps could be in trouble, too.”

Niantic has yet to release an official statement regarding Pokémon GO’s latest security update.

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