Leveling BOTS are ruining this game.

MeatPopsycle·6/24/2016, 7:33:09 AM·11 votes·3,516 views

So, this has become a HUGE issue as of late. I know this problem has been around for a while, but it is so much worse now than it has ever been. No matter what game mode you enter and regardless of if you play a PVP game or an A.I. game, you are going to run into these accounts that aren't being manned by an actual person. I have played about 10 games today, and I was lucky enough to get ONE game that did not contain one of these damn things. You can tell exactly who they are because they just repeat the exact same movement over and over again. This usually includes walking straight up to vacant towers or right through enemy champions without even performing an action. I know everyone has to know what I am talking about. It's become unbearable. When you get into an ARAM or a 5v5 and one or two of the people in the game are just there serving up a buffet of deaths to the other team, it makes the entire game a waste of time and frustrating as hell. There are just as many times that they end up showing up on the opposing team, and that's equally as frustrating, because we all have experienced it and know exactly what they are going through. I don't know if they are just more prevalent now because of site that are selling pre-leveled accounts or if it has to do with the "Refer-a-Friend" program that you have going on, but it's off the wall. Isn't there anything that could be done, on your side or ours, to stop these things from showing up in every single game? I don't know how you guys are even getting new players to stick with the game long enough for it to be profitable for you. If you try playing on a lower level account, there will be times when 80% of all the accounts in a map are being controlled by these things. PLEASE...there has to be something that can be done about this.

23 Comments

Illydth6/24/2016, 8:06:18 AM5 votes

@Deep 2 of 2 ARAM games tonight were 3 of 10 bots in game 1 and 4 of 10 were bots in game two.

Yes, it's not unlikely, it's prevalent. 9/10 games DO have bots in them at this point.

--Doug

Deep Terror Nami6/24/2016, 7:36:49 AM3 votes

I find it highly unlikely that you had a bot in ~9/10 games, rather than just think they were really bad (whether they were or not). If you think they are a bot then report them, and if you don't feel that is enough you may submit a Support Ticket.

Palmeiras SerieB6/24/2016, 8:07:24 PM2 votes

Rito does not seem to care, have a good day.

Sarutobi6/24/2016, 9:15:59 AM1 votes

Honestly anyone over level 30 shouldn't be seeing bots. If that's the case then you have either bought the account (since the MMR on the account would be just the same as other botted accounts since in order to level an account a bit usually levels it up to be sold later) or you are queuing up with low level people thus getting grouped with botters because it's trying to even out the matchmaking (which is horrible in some cases) and lower levels are prone to queue up with botters because of their low level.

Yes it is a problem but there really isn't anything can be done aside from what they are doing. Plus like with Nami said it could just be really bad players. Unless someone states they are botters it is really hard to see a difference. There are some clues (only playing free to play champ, default summoner icons/spells, etc) aside from that it's really difficult.

Then of course when they do actually ban these peoples, you get a whole list of people claiming they didn't hack/bot/buy the account claiming the system is a failure. So matter what riot does they'll piss people off.

Lukesgud5/25/2017, 9:37:52 AM1 votes

This is still a problem just came out of a 41 min game of intermediate bots where all 4 of my teammates were bots...before that played one aram with 5 bots 3 v 2 ... I can't imagine how new players feel when they go in a game and just witness these bots running it down mid top bot...

Lukesgud8/19/2017, 8:17:12 PM1 votes

It's not RIOT that's putting Bots in games, it's people that sell League accounts most likely, definitely not Riot

Münchenhausen9/20/2017, 8:31:03 PM1 votes

Fully agree. Just had my 4th game this night alongside 4 (four) Level bots, against 5 players. This ruins the game, it is bad matchmaking. Ridiculous.