At higher levels this sort of behavior is mostly non-existent as players are familiar with the game play mechanics, so the suspicion that the player is a bot would be stronger. You can see that it moves and behaves in very 'static' and 'robotic' movements, follows a pre-determined path, makes mistakes such as rushing into several enemies, stands still while taking damage, smashes into walls, etc. If we were to spectate a player such as the one in this video, it would be very difficult to draw a conclusion that it's a bot. Context, is of course another important aspect of it. Usually, a bot will likely have a combination of the traits & behaviors I've listed above. You cannot look at a single player behavior and draw a conclusion. I'll assume that you're unaware of the issue and not intentionally trying to undermine the post for the sake of arguing.įirstly, yes, there definitely is a large overlap between bad players and bots, which makes it very hard to conclude that a player is a bot. Simply being bad, ignoring you, or having an underscore in a name are not indications of botting. That, is an accurate description of botting behavior. (Whether they can see anything or not.) They move back.

I've seen players that are definitely being ran on a script. I'm fairly certain that you are mistaking bad players for bots. Because they've been saddled with a useless bot. (From both players and moderators.) For the purpose of making it more likely for one side to lose. you think that WG is rigging the matchmaker. Originally posted by Brenders Tervik:although it is speculated that bots are sometimes used to substitute players in order to favor a specific match-making outcome ('rigging').

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