Summary
Pokemon Sleepreleased a notice warning against cheating, but it left many players confused.Pokemon Sleepoften sends out announcements on its website and the in-game mailbox regarding general updates and bug fixes, but this is the first time it relayed a cheating warning.
Pokemon Sleepmainly functions as a sleep tracker when players sleep at night, but during the day, they can researchPokemon’s sleep stylesand gather ingredients and berries to feed Snorlax. Compared to otherPokemongames,Pokemon Sleepisn’t competitive and helps players to keep track of their sleeping habits, so it doesn’t have any form of toxicity.
Recently,Pokemon Sleepsent out a notice titled “Response to Inappropriate Conduct,” which initially caused some confusion among fans. Upon reading, the announcement was a warning about “using unauthorized tools or programs” to hike up the number of sleep research sessions.Pokemon Sleepemphasized that it will suspend players who go against its Terms of Use if it detects suspicious activity in past and future gameplay. Developers will also continue to observe players' app use to respond to further violations.
Pokemon Sleep Notice Confuses Fans
Despite the explanation about what “inappropriate conduct” entails, manyPokemon Sleepfans were still confused about how people could cheat on a sleep tracking app. The sleep tracking game also didn’t specify what type of suspicious activities it detected recently, which raised more questions and speculations. Meanwhile, there are some who think that players might be using third party apps to change their time zones, or going beyondPokemon Sleep’s twice a day bedtimerule by spamming naps to farm Pokemon.
Pokemon Sleeprecently hosted a Raikou event that many players participated in to catch and level up the Legendary Pokemon. This April,Pokemon Sleepis hosting a Flower Festival eventfeaturing Comfey encounters, along with Grass and Fairy-type Pokemon.
SomePokemon Sleepfans believe that these limited-time events and the chance to catchrare Pokemoncould motivate people to cheat in the sleep-tracking game. But overall, they seem unfazed by the “inappropriate conduct” notice, and it must be because of the non-competitive nature of the game. Likewise, the notice is a general reminder for players to not encourage others to violatePokemon Sleep’s Terms of Use to prevent any problems with the app’s operations.
