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BOTS. RIOT doesn't CARE and you should be ANGRY.

Duke Dryfocker··6 votes·1,398 views

So I started a thread that received well over 200 comments about others experiences with Bots, and over 175 likes. I've tried to speak on Red threads about it, the last one being Xelnath's pointless "How's it going?" (or whatever) thread. I feel the most pertinent question he wished to discuss was 'how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?'. I have attempted to get a Red to respond here on the Boards and have been completely ignored.

I can't play MY favorite modes anymore because dominion and ARAM are INFESTED with IP farming BOTS! I mean it's difficult to queue up without getting at least two in a game, and after 10pm....FUGGITABOUDIT! Not happening. So I'm currently debating my future with League and gaming in general. I'm sure many of you are too. There is one thing you should begin to factor in your decision based on RIOT's, thus far, response to this problem....

THEY DON'T GIVE A SHIT!

RIOT has clearly demonstrated, in the face of a casual player base epedimic, that they don't fucking care!

I'll be happy to answer your BOT questions though, since my knowledge on the topic is, quite UNFortunatelY, extensive.

18 Comments

Sylias Ravenmore2 votes

I just posted about this in GD because I dont know where to post about it, but they are in summoners rift now.

mott1002 votes

How do come to the conclusion they are bots? I have only played one game where I thought there were bots in it.

Season 9 Amumu2 votes

usually buying only one item, primarily just auto attacking regardless of champion and having a score like 0/23/0

7ha7guy7772 votes

from my experience seeing them in intermediate bots there are a few things that give them away. instalock free week champions take heal and ghost no runes or masteries go down mid and rarely if ever attack champions never say a word build really weird/redundant things have no match history when you look for them after the game anything i missed?

Duke Dryfocker1 votes

from my experience seeing them in intermediate bots there are a few things that give them away. instalock free week champions take heal and ghost no runes or masteries go down mid and rarely if ever attack champions never say a word build really weird/redundant things have no match history when you look for them after the game anything i missed?

THIS IS EXACT...funny i was writing mine the same time you were posting yours LOL...And I forgot to add Free Champs, so Yes! TY!

Der Lindwurm2 votes

I can only guess there's nothing they can do about the bots (or that whatever they could do would require more work than they're wiling to do) considering how determined they are to pretend like this isn't a problem. They've been commenting on other issues, but none of them have been wiling to go anywhere close to any of the threads about bots that attracted a lot of views and upvotes. It's as if they all agreed "don't even go there, whatever you do don't acknowledge the problem or anyone who mentions the problem, just act like it isn't happening". Downright amazing how far they've stuck their heads in the sand about this.

crystalien2 votes

rename the game - League of Bots

Calabok1 votes

No such thing as BOTS (unless you play Annie Bot)

VocaIoid Miku1 votes

I never meet a bot what is it about? someone using hack and their champion will become a bot and play for him so he can get IP?Is that how it works or?

Ironclad Dragon2 votes

Imagine all the frustration of having a AFK teammate, with the added stress of them feeding.

Jubbinaut1 votes

Some questions:

What kinds of answers to what kinds of questions were you expecting?

As this topic has been previously discussed by Reds, what new information were you hoping to hear from them?

I guess it boils down to this: I'm extremely confused about why you think they don't care about it, when they've demonstrated that they do. They're completely revamping the RAF system to remove significant amounts of incentive for botting. They're developing new detection algorithms to automatically recognize and remove botting accounts faster.

They've stated these things previously, before the thread you referenced was ever made. In other words, they beat you to the punch of talking about what they were working on. But obviously, that means they don't care.

Also, I'm still waiting for your answer to the question I asked in that other thread: "So what more should/could they do?"

You responded by telling me they should return IP rewards to vsAI matches, but they never removed IP rewards from vsAI matches, so there's no real validity to the claim, since vsAI matches still do and never stopped giving IP. So what should they do that they aren't already doing or working on?

Duke Dryfocker1 votes

Some questions:

What kinds of answers to what kinds of questions were you expecting?

As this topic has been previously discussed by Reds, what new information were you hoping to hear from them?

I guess it boils down to this: I'm extremely confused about why you think they don't care about it, when they've demonstrated that they do. They're completely revamping the RAF system to remove significant amounts of incentive for botting. They're developing new detection algorithms to automatically recognize and remove botting accounts faster.

They've stated these things previously, before the thread you referenced was ever made. In other words, they beat you to the punch of talking about what they were working on. But obviously, that means they don't care.

Also, I'm still waiting for your answer to the question I asked in that other thread: "So what more should/could they do?"

You responded by telling me they should return IP rewards to vsAI matches, but they never removed IP rewards from vsAI matches, so there's no real validity to the claim, since vsAI matches still do and never stopped giving IP. So what should they do that they aren't already doing or working on?

Where have they stated these things previously? I'd love to know.

Jubbinaut1 votes

The relevant quotes regarding RAF (emphasis mine):

we’re making some changes to Refer-a-Friend in the upcoming weeks to combat abuses like botting and fraud.

and, further down:

Botting, account selling, and other forms of fraud have causes beyond RAF, and we continue to cast a wide net when it comes to investigating and fighting them.

The goal of this is to remove incentive for players to use bots to level up their smurfs. It hasn't taken effect yet, but should be coming soon, and I expect it will have a fairly significant impact. You'll note that news post was made some 23 days ago.

I can't seem to find the post/discussion regarding updates to the bot detection algorithm. It may have been deleted or moved from where I remembered seeing it. It may also have been in a private conversation that I can't recover. None of that's particularly helpful to sourcing the claim, unfortunately.

I suppose you could simply take my word that they've said they're developing advancements to their detection algorithms, but given the tone of your response and - more generally - the tone of your posts on the matter, I don't imagine you will, so I'll simply drop that line until I can more thoroughly source it.

My question, however, still stands.

Duke Dryfocker1 votes

Bots are easy to spot. 95% of the time they have Ghost/Heal. Many have themed names like names with 2 u's on the end, i.e. Bendaruu, whacaruu, poopaduu. Or they will have two random names separated with a space, like: Turc Fratner, or Turd Ferguson (attempting humor but really they are two random names). They build ridiculously. Typically they will build anywhere from 2 to 6 like items and usually they will be basic ingredients like dorans and codex. They will only attack if attacked, otherwise they will farm. I had one farm and not even look up at me while I beat him to death with Galio's basic attack. Literally I took no damage. And they obviously won't respond in chat...because BOTS!

Duke Dryfocker1 votes

I'm probably going to get a Ban from the Boards BTW! I've received 2 warnings already for BOT posts. One because I posted the results of a game, and I guess your not supposed to post screenshots of grievances against other players. And I got a warning for this pic. I accidently made a duplicate post of it tho and this one survived. Frankly I don't care though. I like modes other than SR and I'm so frustrated with the Bots, I hardly give two shits right now. Looking for other games. Recommendations?

D0nC1 votes

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