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Bots in literally every mode as level 60...

lukasdim·9/25/2019, 12:57:26 AM·2 votes·1,912 views

Ok, so every single game I get into, there is either a bot or an afk/leaver. I don't understand. Riot never punishes them, their system is broken, and the only thing that works is "unsportsmanlike players" detected by the AI. Riot has never cared about these people but it is making a significant decision if I should quit or not. I have spent countless hours on this game, and I still get put with bots, feeders, inters, leavers, afkers, dicks, "unsportsmanlike players", and much more. Every game I have the most dmg by tens of thousands. My supports usually suck, but I'm still being put with all these people. If you didn't read the title, I'm level 60. It shouldn't be happening. It obviously isn't me Riot, so get your shit together. Just because you're a rich company with lots of players doesn't mean you can just let this happen. You haven't done anything about it for a while, and thats the stupidest decision I've ever seen. Just do something to help us, I don't want to play a game with people that call me names and literally get into a game to not play the game.

5 Comments

AeroWaffle9/25/2019, 1:27:45 AM4 votes

I doubt you're running into actual bots that often at your level. Due to the nature of matchmaking bots are typically only encountered at the very bottom of the MMR barrel so you'll only run into them if you're just starting out in a particular game mode.

As for them getting banned, it's done in waves. Banning a bot as soon as it's detected doesn't do Riot much good since the bot creator will quickly figure out how the bot was detected and try and do something about it. It also gives a sort reliability of purchase to the bot buyers, because if it's still not banned when it gets to them it's not likely to be banned.

Banning in waves helps hide the detection methods from the bot programmers and it discourages buyers by giving a sense that the account they buy might be a ticking time bomb.

Imperial Pandaa9/25/2019, 1:09:54 AM3 votes

You probably aren't seeing any actual bots unless playing a coop vs ai.

Afks/leavers are handled with Leaverbuster. Not heavy handed admittedly, but that is because legitimate reasons exist.

Trolls get punished, albeit not as quickly or often as we may like.

Verbally toxic players get punished, you can look at these PB boards for that proof.

Nik Nikerson9/25/2019, 1:12:53 AM1 votes

They do ban bots. They just do it in waves.

I Like Teemo9/25/2019, 3:49:50 AM1 votes

at sub 15 you can play twisted treeline blind... in 7/10 games there is a bot, in 3 of those 7, one team has 2 bots and its 3 real people on the other team, in 3 others its you, a teammate and a bot vs 2 guys and a bot, and in about 1/10 games, all players except you are bots... its really hit and miss, and by far the most bot ridden place (helps to play at like 2-5 am for this)

durring peak times is a lot more unlikely to get all bots, but in 10 games 2-3 of them should have 1 or 2 bots

Tele II9/26/2019, 4:16:20 AM1 votes

Level 60 is pretty low. Youre not experienced enough to make these huge assumptions like "never get punished"... like youre only lvl 60, how do you know? Unless of course its an alt account. But anyways, yes, there is a perception that trolls dont get punished, and Riot needs to work on that imo. Leavers are dealt with through an automated system, so they all get dealt with equally. Same goes for toxicity, except the difference is toxicity requires reports, and operates on a different punishment ladder.

Bots are banned in waves, as they try to track the creators and take down sites at a time, instead of just 1 measly account at a time. I am surprised that you would run into that many of them post lvl 30. Maybe its been a while since a ban wave.