New Report option: Botting

Windoges·May 30, 2017·2 votes·421 views

My friend recently has quit playing the game because of what he claims to be feeders in every single game.

They weren't just feeders however; they were bots. I looked through his match history, and boy were there so many bots in his co-op vs. AI games.

Although Riot does eventually catch the bots, it could be helpful to have a report option specifically for a bot account in game.

6 Comments

UnboundHadesMay 30, 20171 votes

its simple don't play the gamemode intended for newer players because you suck against actual players(I know for a fact this comment is gonna get downvoted because people cant handle the truth)

PresBushDid711May 30, 20172 votes

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its simple don't play the gamemode intended for newer players because you suck against actual players(I know for a fact this comment is gonna get downvoted because people cant handle the truth)

... or you know, have them remove bot accounts since they just end up being sold and ruin the new player experience.....

Or you could just act like an elitist clown.

FB OspraeyMay 30, 20171 votes

reporting for cheating is the easiest way, in the caption u can explain. basically what happens is people use those bots to grind low level games and co op vs ai games to level up an account for them to sell. I am not too sure on anything else but reporting those bots especially if on the same team will end up in them getting removed almost always

HauntingTheNetMay 31, 20171 votes

Several problems...

The fake account levelling bots are not only in Co-Op mode also in PvP mode. I've ran into hundreds while trying to grind my own way up to 30.
The RIOT staff refuse to remove them immediately and instead let them sit until "the next ban wave" which means they can ruin dozens or hundreds of people's games until then.
Even worse because they do not get immediately removed dozens of copies of the same bot are actively queueing simultaneously which means new players odds of getting some for teammates raise significantly.
Because these bots mostly affect new players it is ruining the fun / experience of people who might not even know how to report them.
RIOT's response to the fake players is reactive when they need to be proactive. All it would take to stop these bots from being used would be something like a Captcha prompt that prevents them from even starting a single game afk.

Jo0oMay 30, 20171 votes

Doesn't the "cheating" option already encompass botting?

And how are you going to identify bots via match history? League is a complex game with very little direction; some people in vs. AI games perform _very badly. _ Doesn't make them bots. Hell, bots at least often break even vs. the Riot bots, or AFK farm the jungle or something.

BigBellBruteMay 30, 20171 votes

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My friend recently has quit playing the game because of what he claims to be feeders in every single game.

They weren't just feeders however; they were bots. I looked through his match history, and boy were there so many bots in his co-op vs. AI games.

Although Riot does eventually catch the bots, it could be helpful to have a report option specifically for a bot account in game.

It falls under cheating.