Pokémon players disqualified from World Championships for hacking
Pokémon World Championships disqualifies several players for using hacked Pokémon during games.
During the Pokémon World Championships 2023, which ran in Yokohama Japan this weekend, it was discovered that a number of professional players had been using hacked Pokémon during games, leading to the event disqualifying them (via VGC).
It's reported that although the Pokémon used during the games were allowed and acquired through the selected games, the disqualified players used third-party tools to obtain them.
Normally, it would usually take hundreds of hours of game time to catch the desired Pokémon, so third-party tools were used to generate them with optimal stats — therefore hacking for an advantage.
It also seems that some of the Pokémon were only available in certain games, and the disqualified pro players used hacks to avoid the set requirements.
One of the competing players, Brady Smith, a three-time regional champion and founder of VGC Corner — which helps players get started and improve at playing Pokémon — was disqualified for having hacked Pokémon.
After winning his second series, a routine check found that he hadn't obtained and trained his Pokémon within the guidelines, and was removed from the competition. He took to <a href=«https://twitter.com/vgccorner/status/1689847256944656385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1689847256944656385%7Ctwgr%5Ee2aca641cdf17e38cd27caf51c70011a73f69756%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fesi.si.com%2Fpokemon%2Fdisqualifications-at-pokemon-worlds-brady-smith-vgc» target="_blank" data-url=«https://twitter.com/vgccorner/status/1689847256944656385?ref_src=» https:>Twitter
later to explain, saying he didn't have access to Legends of Arceus andPokémon Sword and Read more on techradar.com
