"Video proof with easy replication: Server communication is not taking place when pressing OK on raid boss catch screen"

#PokemonGO: Since we're doing this whole discussion about people telling others that they shouldn't press OK to increase the chances of catching the raid boss, I decided to have a shot at getting proof of no network traffic occurring when pressing the OK button. TSR unanimously agrees that pressing OK does not affect catch rates at all, but quite a few players do for various reasons not believe this.The premise of the whole not-pressing-OK thing is that when you press OK, the game supposedly tells the server that the Pokémon was caught, and that this causes the server to lower catch rates for others. So naturally, there will have to be network traffic happening in order for this communication to occur. I have an app om my phone called Internet Speed Monitor. It registers network traffic and updates the displayed data rate every second according to how much data my phone uses at any given time. It shows as an overlay on the screen.I recorded a raid against Weezing 11 days ago where I happened to have this app running through the entire raid and catching sequence. So I uploaded the relevant parts here in an effort to prove that this theory makes no sense whatsoever:https://youtu.be/SRhGlC_4QiUThe speed monitor is in the top right corner. Note how the usage peaks at around 60 kbps every time I throw a berry and every time a ball hits the Weezing or is deflected by the Weezing. This indicates that Pokémon GO communicates with the server every throw (ball and berry). When the thing is finally caught I press OK immediately. Note how there is no network traffic at all when I do this. This proves that the game is not communicating with the server when pressing OK because communication cannot have taken place when there is no record of any traffic occurring on the network.There are some small intermittent peaks of low data usage throughout the video that originates from other running apps. This explains the peaks of mostly up to ~4 kbps that happen intermittently. These occur because Internet Speed Monitor records data usage from the entire system and not just Pokémon GO, and stems from other apps using data in the background. But even with background data taken into account, there's nothing happening around the time I pressed the OK button.This proof is very easy to replicate. The speed monitor app is free, has good reviews, and does not require root. So simply install it for yourself and do a raid with it active.Hopefully this can help end the debate once and for all. via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2wIi8qR