Pokemon Go Permanently Locking Out Players Because Of Offensive Names And Bug?

According to some trainers Pokemon Go app is permanently locking them out of the game.

So what happens is your name could be flagged if it’s offensive and some users reported that their name got flagged even though it wasn’t offensive,one of the user’s nickname was WMDraongslayer, so when his name got flagged, he was still logged in the game and he noticed that his name was changed into some number strings and later he changed his nickname to SnorlaxSlayerWM.

Afterward he went home, and next day he noticed there was an email from Niantic in his inbox, he opened it, which is below:

“Trainer,

We have reset your nickname because it has been identified as offensive to other players. The next time you login you will be asked to select a new nickname.

-NianticOps”

He ignored the email as he already changed his nickname, but next day he was asked to log in again, and as soon as he logged in, He immediately met by the professor Willow. He says, “Hi Trainer! What should I call you, again?”

When you tap on the screen, it takes you to another screen that says, “Enter the nickname that other Trainers will use for you.”

Now this is where the main issue begins! The trainer tried to change name multiple time, he even used some random numbers but it didn’t work out! Every time he hit submit button, it immediately says “Server Error. When you click “OK”, it takes right back to the renaming screen. You get stuck in an infinite loop.

You can’t even log out or go to any other screen. [ My Tip: In case you wanna log out you can always re-install the game and if not, just go to settings, my applications and clear cache/data for Pokemon Go app, and you will need to re-login]

There are about 20-30 players on reddit who reported similar issue since last 3 months, not much but still this issue needs to resolve!

What you can do is Report this issue as a bug here: Pokemon Go Bug Report that way it will be resolved faster and for better!