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And I am DONE with Dominion due to bots - 6:44 game with 3 bots on one team

cibelon·10/8/2014, 4:46:05 AM·9 votes·1,253 views

I just posted about Bots yesterday after leaving a lobby for the first time in two years of play when I saw a bot account I recognized in my game lobby. Today, I'm done with Dominion.

Here is my most recent - and final - Dominion game. We had at least 3 bots on my team - I think the Kha was probably human. He didn't respond to chat, so I don't know for certain. But he had damage against enemy champs, unlike our 3 bots. (That's the most telling graph, if you need convincing they were bots. All 3 literally had zero damage against enemy champs.)

At first I presumed they were human, and fought up top. By the time I came back from my first death and realized they were all bots, the enemy held all 5 locations and all 5 of them were camping outside our base farming the bots as they respawned. I gamely tried to pick one off that looked somewhat isolated twice more, but it was obviously pointless. Game over in under 7 minutes. No IP for the bots, at least. Yay for that.

Ascension made me think Dominion would be a fun. With people it is. With bots, it's not. I look forward to return of more fun modes, or fixing the bot issue. If it stops the bots, I'd go as far as suggesting that Riot just shut down Dominion. But I'm done with that mode for now unless I'm playing with a group.

7 Comments

KnightMare Moon10/8/2014, 5:27:36 AM2 votes

Dominion is my favorite mode (even more than SR on some days) and I don't even think Riot remembers that it exists anymore. Sad day.

Rummie e210/8/2014, 3:50:56 PM2 votes

I got you beat. This is the last game I just played: http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1573994661/221217000

That's FOUR bots on my team. Unbelievable. https://i.imgur.com/MW6uvFi.jpg

Duke Dryfocker10/8/2014, 9:06:48 AM1 votes

I also just faced 3 bots in a game. Lame!

MCSanctuary10/8/2014, 1:08:42 PM1 votes

Its not just Dominion bro. ARAM, 3v3, Ranked Summoners Rift games. They're all filling with bots.

KaWraith10/8/2014, 4:55:49 PM1 votes

I have seen as many as 9 bots in a game, and only one human player....

Who knows how many 10 bots games there are, that nobody was witness to?

cibelon10/9/2014, 5:25:43 AM1 votes

Thanks for the comments and verification - I figured I wasn't the only one. I'm sorry to hear about the 4-Bot and even 9-Bot situations. Since even one completely spoils the game. Clearly I hold no records. :) I hope there's a team working on this hard, now. I fear the eventual impact on SR...