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Teh Scourge of Co-Op vs AI

HavinABadTiem·1/31/2018, 3:22:08 PM·4 votes·537 views

I've been chillaxing and grinding out some bot games in between fits of depression and sleep, and I've noticed something incredibly strange. In 75-80% of the games I play there, there is at least one "player" that runs smite/heal on random champs like Kalista/Kat/Annie and flop around in the jungle, waiting for the game to end. I'm almost certain that these aren't humans, since one would have at least asked for help OR went to a lane when towers began to fall. One game in particular had me paired with a single actual player, forcing us to 2v5 a bot game.

Don't take this as me complaining, I enjoy the challenge. I am a bit concerned for the newer players though, since getting paired with more than one of these bots can spell a heck of a bad time for them. Is there anything being done about these artificial players, or is Co-Op vs AI completely overlooked?

https://imgur.com/a/voX5H

Attached is a screenshot of the last game I played. Mad props to this bro for holding out with me. Was a hell of a ride. <3

12 Comments

Jo0o1/31/2018, 3:47:34 PM4 votes

Yeah, it's a thing. As far as I know, Riot does ban these accounts as often as they can be proven to be bots, but the nature of the free-to-play format is such that the person behind the botting can easily make new ones. It's an endless, losing game of whack-a-mole.

AJStarhiker1/31/2018, 3:53:31 PM2 votes

No, I've seen those, too. It's annoying-- especially since it drags out what should be an easy win.

Personally, I see it as community service: I report them and they get wiped next ban wave.

Butt Ρlug1/31/2018, 4:44:50 PM2 votes

Yeah there are a ton of bots in those game modes.

I'm pretty sure people are reporting them, and riot knows easy way to spot bots, but they only ban them in waves, this to make it more difficult for the bot programmers to know how they got caught.

HavinABadTiem1/31/2018, 3:43:40 PM1 votes

Around 22 minutes

Abyss Gear Syxx1/31/2018, 3:46:31 PM1 votes

That's quite awkward. Wasn't a fight over who wanted to be jungle?

ModPeriscope1/31/2018, 3:27:50 PM1 votes

How long did the match last?

HavinABadTiem1/31/2018, 4:05:14 PM1 votes

It shouldn't be difficult to create an algorithm to much more efficiently sift these accounts out. Eventually they will peter off because they get nowhere, in theory.