Pro Pokémon player permanently banned from official events after bomb threat ‘meme’

Many competitive Pokémon players around the world have been banned from official events over the past year for hacking, but the most recent ban involves a bomb threat that, according to the player, was intended to be a joke.

On Feb. 14, pro VGC player Alex Soto announced in a tweet that he has been permanently banned from Play! Pokémon events due to “threats made online.” The threat in question was a bomb threat, which was only meant to be a joke, according to Soto. The player apologized and went on to explain it’s a common Spanish “meme” but acknowledged how others could misinterpret it. 

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