Too Many Script Controlled Players

Zaryelle··2 votes·653 views

I'm starting to see a huge increase in bot/script controlled players in my game. Sometimes it's not obvious if they are bots (some new bots are getting really good at pretending to be human such as calling lane and pinging even) but the common factor is the repetitive movement/actions you can see them doing, and always getting terrible scores for 20-30 games in a row. I've seen enough bots now that it's pretty easy to tell them apart from new players, but not always.

Take a look at this Ashe bot I had last game, keep in mind this player is LEVEL 27, they've been ruining games for 27 levels:

http://postimg.org/image/nv11fq4l9/

She wasn't feeding as much as the other bots usually do, but she was definitely useless. She would go mid and attack them under turret let herself get hit 2-3 times then the enemy gets a free kill, then she revives but stays AFK for 30 seconds and repeats the tower dive again. The bots almost always go mid, except a few.

These newer bots are becoming a huge problem though because they are getting good at not being detected- I've seen some bots now that will ping "on my way" although obvious because they always ping in the exact same spots Some bots will also call lane, like say 'mid' right at the beginning of the game. Some bots also now even say 'help!' when theyre getting attacked, or sometimes for no reason at all

Some of these bot designers were courteous and made it so their bots only play in Co Op vs AI.. but plenty of these bots are playing in Normals, especially in ARAM and TT, it's funny until you are having a good game only to have it ruined by something worse than AFK.

4 Comments

entitledplayer2 votes

You're not capable of detecting scripts -- Send a report and let Riot investigate.

Zaryelle2 votes

I may not be able to say with 100% certainty they are bots, but there are some very obvious signs with some of the worse bots, and yes if I'm pretty certain it is a bot I do report them.

FrankerX1 votes

i leveld this account to 30 not even 2 weeks ago and i never saw any good bots on aram.

it was like 20% the bots stand always stay behind tower and barrely move and 80% the bots that just run 1v5 24/7. never ever did a bot say anything or even pinged.

not trying to be rude but it feels like you see bots where none are. ps: your "ashe bot" screenshot doesnt look like a bot to me. i play since season 2 and never ever saw a bot build an item that was usefull. rapidfire and BF sword are 100% usefull on adcs. also sometimes she buys pickaxe sometimes zeal - bots buy ALWAYS the same if the champ is the same. im really sure that ashe is no bot. (especially because bots have a lossrate of at least 75% lol)

Zaryelle1 votes

Ashe was level 27 and going scores like 0/1/3 in every bot game? If you saw how she acted and the repetitive movement in game you would know she is. The only reason she didn't go 0/20 in that game was because they were all bot games.

Trust me when I say there are bots now that will ping and say a few words like 'mid' or 'help'. They are more rare than the crappy mid feeding bots, but they do exist.

It was super obvious to all of us one game when 2 people were both bots because they would call lane, say 'help' and ping in the exact same positions as each other, and both would have glitchy movement where they would just walk in a line repeatedly over and over while the enemy hits them and just fed the whole game and bought exact same items. All 3 of us agreed to report the other 2 who were clearly bots.

Had a bot Thresh in ARAM yesterday who would use Q W and R when no one was around at all, and then run straight into the turret, thought it was a troll until I saw their history was like 2/10/2 for 7 or more games in a row. Although it still could be a troll, it seems more likely it was a bot because they played thresh 7 times in a row while he was free and then changed. I don't encounter them often in ARAM, maybe 1/4 or 1/5 games, but they're still a problem.

Time of day also affects it, play super early in the morning/ late at night and you will encounter more

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