Team full of bots...

VanillaYT·12/28/2019, 12:52:55 AM·3 votes·6,565 views

Every other day, i would go to play a bot game for warm up.

But now, it is filled with bots, this screenshot is from last bot game, our team consisted of two ACTUAL and REAL players (me and Lux). Other teammates, were obvious bots, running on some sort of script, later on these accounts would get sold.

So, what's the issue here?

First of all, I pity new players, as they have no choice but to play these bot games until they reach certain level to play normals and they actually think these people are real, as they have no experience in League Of Legends and think how also normal games go, furthermore these bot accounts make impression that it is VERY hard to play normal games ( These words came out of beginner friend of mine whom decided not to play league as he said "it was impossible to win" even though it was bot game). Secondly, there are wayyyy too many fake accounts for every real player to report, as these kind of reports don't get much of attention. Thirdly and lastly, this is direct request for Riot Games. Please improve or create newer anti-bot system, so you don't lose any potential clients/summoners, as I have been playing League of Legends for years now, i want my friend's to find same joy and excitement from playing games, it won't be possible if you don't listen your player's concerns due to recent activity.

I believe you will make right choice, even though i know you are busy with planning and making new games, please make sure that your current player base is stable,

I rest my summoner 3 in this post, Thank you, VanillaYT Ashe

7 Comments

ModDaenrysTargaryen12/28/2019, 1:04:41 AM1 votes

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Prothello12/29/2019, 6:11:36 PM1 votes

I left this on a different post but I feel like I should probably put it here, too:

I think they should negate the penalty for dodging, in co-op vs AI games only, to combat this problem. There's no reason why people should be penalized because riot can't fix their bot issues. I don't know if permanent IP bans will fix the problem (since the creation of bots vs the destruction of bots ratio is in favor of bots being around forever) but it could be a viable option as well. At least to help do some damage control. It's true that since Twisted Treeline went down there's been a massive influx of bots in the bot games. I personally used the co-op vs AI mode to learn new champs; and now, unfortunately, that's all but a memory since its basically carry practice, now that the bots have moved in. I have numerous screenshots of me being the only player on an all bot team, but apparently I can't post them. Please do something about this riot. Pretty please with a cherry on top.

themachamp12/31/2019, 8:33:23 PM1 votes

Losing TTL, permabanning, keeping ranked restricted to level 30, no hard ranked resets, etc. Bots will be around forever.

It actually makes sense from a time perspective. It is MUCH quicker to buy a 5-10 dollar fresh level 30 than to grind from 1-30. Plus leveling up means you are playing with BOTS anyways and have to carry games 1v5 on beginner AI matches. It is easy to do but it makes the games last 10-15 mins longer (aka more time wasted since I'm not learning anything). It is indeed a vicious cycle. RIOT has yet to address the root causes, only treats the symptoms with ban waves from time to time.