Gym strategy, spoofers and spoofhunting

GPS spoofers belong to the unwanted human trash in the Pokemon Go world. Lazy parasites who pretend to play the game.

A GPS spoofer plays the game pretending to be somewhere else than where they actually are. This is achieved by using software that feeds the game with incorrect GPS data.

We're only looking at spoofers from a gym battling context. That they do all their rare hunting from home is a given.

There are a number of spoofer types, usually overlapping, and by no means exclusive to spoofers:

• Thief -- assigns pokemon to empty slots, often waiting for another player to open one up
• Sniper -- uses an extra account from a rival team to attack their own team. Usually in order to push ut the lowest positioned pokemon in a level 10 gym. Then trains the gym back to level 10 and assigns a high CP pokemon, normally one of the shitty four
• Aggressor -- tears down high level rival gyms, often without assigning any pokemon when the job is done to stay hidden
• Builder -- adds a substantial amount of prestige to a friendly gym
• Multiacc -- uses several accounts, often done by a builder

Spoofhunting, what is it?

An effort to make the gym battling aspect of the game a major PITA for an individual spoofer.

When is it futile?

Spoofers who who only match the thief and sniper types can't be hunted. Wherever there's an open spot or a level 10 friendly gym you'll find them. Especially the latter kind is a major problem for their 'team mates'.

Spoofers who belong to the aggressor type can't be succesfully hunted when they recieve the active help from other players from that team. When they become an accepted part of high level gyms there's not much you can do.

My enemy's enemy

For the builder type you need the help of players from rival teams. An exchange of services or some other deal is in order. Basically you ask those players to tear down a gym filled with the accounts controlled by the builder.

Team hunting

When it comes to the aggressor type you have to handle it with your own team members. You most likely need to be at least half a dozen team members to carry this out.

Locate which of the gyms, subject to targetting by the aggressor, doesn't 'belong' to that rival team.

Take one of those gyms down, build it to level 10 and make certain it's fully populated. Keep at it. The cost for attacking a level 10 gym alone is substantial both in terms of resources and time. The cost for doing it multiple times per day is horrendous.

When the aggressor gives up on that gym hit the next. Eventually the spoofer will give up the entire area and move elsewhere.

Spoohunting is a special case of keeping up the pressure and maintaining territory. The main difference being that you don't voice any threats but just carry them out.