Bots are ruining 3v3. Where's the response from Riot!? I bet I don't get one...

KyleKyllz·Oct 31, 2014·10 votes·7,737 views

It's come to my attention that Twisted Treeline is running rampant with bots. They auto lock and pick Ghost and Heal as their spells every time. They run straight down lane toward the enemy turret, feeding like mad. I have seen no response from Riot concerning the bots and I wonder WTF is going on here? Do you really not care? I realize the game is "free" but many of us have dumped hundreds of dollars into your pockets. We deserve an explanation or some acknowledgment of the issue. PLEASE start communicating with your player base on this. Thank you for your time.

20 Comments

Augmented ReaperNov 3, 20142 votes

The yahd a HUGE post about this? Maybe you should look for the answer rather than demanding one? They are throwing bans left and right.

KyleKyllzNov 3, 20141 votes

Every search i've done has only come up with other people complaining about the same thing I am. I haven't seen a single response from a representative of Riot on any of those threads. I wouldn't post something if I had already found an answer...

Hyrum GraffOct 31, 20141 votes

You did get one, nearly 3 weeks ago.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/upcoming-changes-refer-friend

KyleKyllzNov 3, 20141 votes

This seems to be about RAF and not about bots in matches...

Hyrum GraffNov 3, 20141 votes

The TL;DR for those of you who just want to get back into game: we’re making some changes to Refer-a-Friend in the upcoming weeks to combat abuses like botting and fraud.

Emphasis mine.

KyleKyllzNov 3, 20141 votes

Such as:? It's not like you have to go through RAF to make an account

Hyrum GraffNov 3, 20141 votes

Many bots exist because people were farming RAF benefits with bots. Now they can't do that any more, so there's less incentive to use bots.

They're tabling the heart of the problem, not just addressing the symptoms.

Proxy345Oct 31, 20141 votes

No wonder I can never find a 3v3 match. I end up waiting like nearly 10 minutes or more and still find nothing,and probably would end up with bot teammates instead lol

KyleKyllzNov 3, 20141 votes

Of the 4 matches I've tried to play today solo, all of them had myself and 2 bots on my team. Absolutely inexcusable

Chaotic ReksOct 31, 20141 votes

Careful with what you say to riot. They might ban you like they did to me...

HyKobushiOct 31, 20141 votes

Didn't notice you posted before I made my post, whoops, anyhow such harsh rebuke is unbecoming of anyone who knows riot at all. They are very active and are almost always just around the corner to help- I mean if you play coop vers ai enough where this harshly dampens your spirits, did you bother alerting them to the issues that are also present in them such as tanky ai that just stop moving entirelly? Riot do a hundred and one things right but when something players do goes wrong people try to draw blood from the innocent.

Nonetheless, I sent in a ticket last night around midnight my time (EST) and you should have confidence that they are likely doing something about this- if you think about it though its a very fragile situation as it would be challenging to just remove these bots. Don't go blaming them for taking their time to do something right and instead just alert people as we can.

Not at all trying to be mean, just think though- they do a lot for us and support a great many good things. Would you rather them reply to you or just work on it? Be patient and instead just give your insight on it and help others not play it without knowing. Coop is a huge part of the new player basis so theyre surely working on it~ use forums to help out as you can!

It's league, we have enough sorrow in matchmaking, we should be positive on here and help others!

KyleKyllzNov 3, 20141 votes

I think the fact that this has been going on for months and I'm only now posting about it is me being patient. What's the accepted amount of time to put up with BS? 2 months? 3 months? a year?

TH ExarthiousMay 5, 20152 votes

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Didn't notice you posted before I made my post, whoops, anyhow such harsh rebuke is unbecoming of anyone who knows riot at all. They are very active and are almost always just around the corner to help- I mean if you play coop vers ai enough where this harshly dampens your spirits, did you bother alerting them to the issues that are also present in them such as tanky ai that just stop moving entirelly? Riot do a hundred and one things right but when something players do goes wrong people try to draw blood from the innocent.

Nonetheless, I sent in a ticket last night around midnight my time (EST) and you should have confidence that they are likely doing something about this- if you think about it though its a very fragile situation as it would be challenging to just remove these bots. Don't go blaming them for taking their time to do something right and instead just alert people as we can.

Not at all trying to be mean, just think though- they do a lot for us and support a great many good things. Would you rather them reply to you or just work on it? Be patient and instead just give your insight on it and help others not play it without knowing. Coop is a huge part of the new player basis so theyre surely working on it~ use forums to help out as you can!

It's league, we have enough sorrow in matchmaking, we should be positive on here and help others!

Your post is six months old, and I just recently come back to the game. Literally 1 out of 10 games at level 30 has at least one bot in it, on either side. I made a low level account thinking maybe something about my main account was bugged, and OMFG are there a lot of bots in 3v3s below level 30. I had five games in a row where I was the only human player in the game. It was so bad, I wanted to see how bad it was, so I picked a champion that could kill from range, and played more than thirty games in a row, some with over 50 kills because the opposing team did not have a single human player.

How long do I have to wait before I can complain about this? I'm quitting the game because this is out of hand, and it is unplayable. I was really looking forward to playing League of Legends now that I have time once again.

COBRA C0MM4NDEROct 31, 20141 votes

Easy to fight the feeder bots.

#1. Screenshot the pre-match setup. make sure you notify in your message to support who (bots of course) the accounts are.

#2. try to win.

#3. Take another screenie midgame if you like, it can be passed on though. at this point try and engage the bots with conversation and ping alerts to warn them or get their attention...they never respond, it helps with the request with support.

#4. AFTERGAME : Take a Screenshot (prntScrn button, then copy/paste into an image editing program like paint) save it as REPORT.bmp or whatever you fancy. As well, make use of the report function by hitting the RED ! <--- and choose a complaint...I usually pick assisting enemy or feeding.

#5. Go to Riot Support and fill out the form and UPLOAD your screenshots to them. You will receive an automated reply that your request is in the queue to the email you used.

#6. Go and enjoy your favorite beverage or snack knowing you have helped ruin a cheater's day.

FDruNov 3, 20143 votes

#6. Go and enjoy your favorite beverage or snack knowing you have helped ruin a cheater's day.

In reality all you are doing is giving Riot more work. They have their own methods to catch bots, and more than likely your emails go directly into the trash bin.

It's their job, let them do it.

KyleKyllzNov 3, 20141 votes

The problem with this is that you have to spend 30-60 minutes doing a job we're already paying Riot to do

TildsyApr 23, 20151 votes

It's not that Riot isnt doing anything, It is the fact that by leaving posts up like this and bringing it up to the general uninformed public it only encourages more people to grind IP with 3v3 games. The best thing to do is to help out by screen shotting the game and sending a Ticket into riot so that players doing this can be punnished.

Godyr Carries UJul 7, 20151 votes

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It's come to my attention that Twisted Treeline is running rampant with bots. They auto lock and pick Ghost and Heal as their spells every time. They run straight down lane toward the enemy turret, feeding like mad. I have seen no response from Riot concerning the bots and I wonder WTF is going on here? Do you really not care? I realize the game is "free" but many of us have dumped hundreds of dollars into your pockets. We deserve an explanation or some acknowledgment of the issue. PLEASE start communicating with your player base on this. Thank you for your time.

i have an screenshot of that bots, they take the free champions and usualy have clear and shield: http://imgur.com/Y3aHOfe

m4gm4g14n7Sep 27, 20151 votes

so its almost a year later and this is still a huge problem. i searched bots in 3v3 and this is the first thing that showed up. now that the raf change has done nothing to combat the number of bots in this game mode has riot made any other plans to stop or at least stem the tide of bots?

im going to keep looking so i apologize if an answer is already out there. im getting really tired of filling out report forms and tickets