Botters rule Dominion and Riot doesn't give a shit

Bauchelain·7/29/2015, 6:27:34 PM·60 votes·4,419 views

I just played a Dominion match with my room mate... AND 8 FUCKING BOTS. In PvP. But there's no option to report cheaters/botters because Riot is delusional and think they're infallible (which anyone who's requested help from "Support" already knows). They're all named with randomly selected words (I took a screenshot but it didn't work because fuck Riot) and you can tell just by watching them play anyway.

80 Comments

OperationDEEZ17/29/2015, 6:30:05 PM6 votes

I hope S6 will bring an overhaul of alterative gamemodes

Kapstein7/29/2015, 9:50:17 PM5 votes

Here somes: Nat Tear Eli Save Ski Whip Buy Pull Far Some Bin Robe End Tide But Sibg Cow Fast But Fire Ron Mail Bed Lute Ham Wash Run Much Tag Goal Tab Rose Ben Even Far face Yes Door Gym Help Just go check a bot account and look at their recent game.

Livin like Riven7/29/2015, 10:51:46 PM4 votes

Whats really sad about this mode is that its kinda toxic to the overall game. Not only does it stay there being useless and thus doesn't allow a much better map/mode to replace it (URF anyone?) but it is a dirty easy way to earn really fast IP since with a snowballing champ, against bots, you can end the game in 13 minutes and get like 50-60 IP for it.

Rebonack7/29/2015, 10:06:46 PM3 votes

This has been a problem for a couple of years now. When Riot removed custom game XP the bot farmers flooded real games.

MarkedOfKane7/29/2015, 7:09:37 PM3 votes

Their names are random. But its 3 letters then 4/ letters, like

Bat Ward One Iron Red Pack

No report bot/hacker option.

Głacıes7/29/2015, 8:57:42 PM3 votes

I think those bots are owned by a group that sells smurf accounts. They level up the smurfs for sale using that feature, which should not be allowed.

GroundRuleDouble7/29/2015, 6:29:28 PM2 votes

Write down the names and send a support ticket.

Sir Poodle7/30/2015, 8:15:52 AM2 votes

Well then. Are you sure one of those bots wasn't me? I'm very bad at this game :P

Blackbren7/30/2015, 5:22:21 PM2 votes

Well then Bauchelain, I am not sure why you are griping then, as that would of been a free win for your team. with 2 humans vs 5 bots.

CasterGilgamesh7/31/2015, 1:44:50 AM2 votes

no one really plays dominion riot needs to add more and make it more attractive to play right now it is not very good i liked ascension better

MrEly7/31/2015, 1:57:04 AM2 votes

This is an MMR issue that you are facing. Play more dominions, win against the bots, take the free ip, and you will eventually be placed against humans. This is what all my friends and I have had to do. The bots have really shit MMR so getting to the point where you never see them doesn't take too long to reach. I rarely see bots in my dominion games these days. But I did have to play a lot of games against them to reach this point.

The Queen Viper8/2/2015, 11:20:26 PM2 votes

Dominion? What's that? Is it a board game or something?

Scythiel7/29/2015, 10:48:47 PM2 votes

They are everywhere in TT. I'm just lvl23, but at this low elo is completely impossible to run TT without falling in a bot game. The absence of an accurate report option doesn't help.

Ariel the Cruel7/30/2015, 12:25:41 AM2 votes

They only rule Dominion until you've played about 1000 games to get your elo up. then there's only about 2-3 per game and queue time is roughly half a day.

MaeggesMC7/30/2015, 12:33:28 AM2 votes

rito in a nutshell countin monys.

Squarefighter7/30/2015, 4:58:38 AM2 votes

Actually there are ways to report bots and you're talking out your ass. A rioter has said before you should say "refusing to communicate with team" or just negative attitude and provide a description about how it's a bot.

ZephyrDrake7/29/2015, 10:46:26 PM1 votes

you do know you can just use one of the other report options right? or just send a support ticket and mention that you believe this are bots or something like that simple as that. You calling Riot delusional because of your own lazyness and incompetence is rather amusing

Penguin Eclipse7/31/2015, 4:05:19 PM1 votes

It took me ~150 games to get my elo high enough to never get bots.

Solidair37/29/2015, 10:00:47 PM1 votes

Riot has said the report system is getting revamped soon since some categories feel redundant, and others don't feel like they don't cover enough.

So we should get some new report categories soon. Maybe one for bots!

Riot should give Dominion some love, though. Reminder to @ManWolfAxeBoss we are owed another discussion thread~

Kerchner127/29/2015, 11:04:55 PM1 votes

Excuse my noobness, but what is a botter and how does it/they work?

DeathToEcchi7/30/2015, 2:33:29 AM1 votes

People who play LoL have a misconception that this game was born from multiple game modes. The original dota was only ever played on a single map, same with it's predecessors. Riot has done more than any other MOBA by offering a second map for 3v3, as well as even coming up with Dominion, I understand the frustrations of Dominion players, but in the end it's like complaining about some cheesy DLC for a Steam game not being as humorous as you hoped.