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Pokemon Go New Glitch Sees Gyms Ruled By Eggs


Just when Niantic Labs has started getting serious about permanently banning cheaters in Pokemon Goand bringing some great updates, another glitch appears.

This time, it seems that a player has been spotted putting Eggs as Gym Leaders. And while this seems like an odd move, it's not so odd when you realize that it cannot be dethroned once it's installed in a Gym.

The discussion about this egg-cellent strategy (pun not mine) has been ongoing, with some players wondering if this could get someone banned.

Essentially, this appears to be a glitch rather than a cheat. One Reddit user, mantis commented:

"I remember noticing that I can go to the Eggs section when selecting a Pokemon for a gym battle, and laughing at the needlessness of that. And now here we are."

From the screenshots shared by the Reddit OP, you can see that the Egg is installed in the Gym, it also has 0 CP. What makes it worse is that the Pokemon Go player seems to know what the glitch does, as he has already overtaken three Gyms using the same method.

"Normally gyms change sides within 20 minutes but it's been an hour or so since I noticed this and the affected gyms are still beaming yellow."

Funnily enough, the player spotted using the glitch is from Team Instinct. The Yellow Team led by Spark believe that the way eggs are hatched must be the secret to Pokemon's intuition. Currently Team Instinct is the underdog, but considering this new strategy, they may really be eggs-perts in their field.

On a more serious note, Niantic Labs should start fixing this. Whether or not it intends to punish those who use it—or those who plan to use it—remains to be seen. Personally, I prefer rolling out punishments, especially when you're informed that it's a game-breaking bug—no matter how much they want to think that this is part of the Instinct strategy.

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