Server Refresh?
Hey guys... Just gonna ask if this really happened. I have 3 "permanent" mons in gyms that are not easily accessible e.g. out of the way etc. Now I noticed they're dead. Nothing fancy about that since it does happen from time to time. Now I'm sitting here on a little cafe in our small town and I noticed that all gyms around me are empty. Did Niantic kicked all mons?
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If after some minutes they are still empty for me there is no doubt that they were take down by spoofers, they do it a lot, take a lot of gyms and put mons some minutes/hours later, even wait for another trainer to put mon first, it is just a more secure way to hack and avoid to be reported.
If you see for example 3 or 4 high level gyms (8+) going down in a matter of minutes/hour people will suspect that probably a spoofer is around, and if the gym stays empty after taking it down it is for sure a hacker ;)
I've done that a few times while by myself if I have already cashed out for the day. I don't like putting trash mons in gyms because it hurts other players on my team. I'd rather an enemy team gets it with 3 mons which can be taken over again easily than put a 500 mon that can't be trained against. Not always a spoofer. Although I suppose multiple gyms in the same area being taken down is a bit more questionable.
