Ranked is full of bots?

[76561199206391932]

I'm back after months and been climbing with my Dark Magician deck through ranked. In one day I went from the lowest rank to platinum 4.

I keep encountering players that look like they are bots: they play normal 4 star monsters, and equip spells on them and they attack into you even if your monsters are stronger

at first I thought it's just noobs, but I encountered them at all ranks, even now at platnium (how did they even get this high?)

also their names are random letter, for example I just played against someone called

"wrcgu"

what gives them away even more is that if you destroy their monsters, they will equip their spells on your monsters and increase your attack

[Tunnel Sharks Rule!!!]

This game has always had bots so get used to it, also you mostly see bots in low ranks most of the time it's at the end of the season. Sometimes it is complete noobs but most of the time it's bots or scripts

[[Prinz]]

Well the playerbase in modern yugioh was/is and will be very low. It's normal that over 90% are bots.

[Astrallight]

You lucky. I just faced two stun players in a raw in gold rank.

[Akemua]

Originally posted by Prinz:

Well the playerbase in modern yugioh was/is and will be very low. It's normal that over 90% are bots.

Can you actually prove that at all, or is that that just more nonsense people pull out of their ass?

[Papa Shekels]

Low ranks tend to be full of bots like that. Starter deck bots, random junk piles and just pressing buttons, selftk bots, or the duel links style ones that just summon high attack vanillas and give them atk boosting equips. It depends on the time of the season, at the start of the month they're mostly down in silver/gold but by the end of the month you will find more in gold and plat 5. From plat 4 beyond you should mostly be seeing real players

[76561199378662608]

Keep climbing up, you will see less. It's been a long time I met them since I reached diamond to master.

[Jumbopfandbrief]

Originally posted by DarkAlan:

, but I encountered them at all ranks, even now at platnium (how did they even get this high?)

They get this high simply by playing enough. This is actually a nice illustration how useless the ranking ladder as a measure of strength is. The ranking ladder is a motivational device, and nothing else.

Up until Platinum IV you can never derank. This implies that by just playing enough you will eventually reach Platinum V no matter what. Even bots specifically designed to lose as quickly as possible eventually get there, and towards the end of the month, they all get stuck in Platinum V, because should they ever, by chance, get into Platinum IV, they are relegated back quickly.

The non-self-destruct-bots like the one that equips a normal monster with 3 equip cards for instance get into Platinum V even faster.

So, next time you hear something like "wow, I reached Gold with this terrific deck!" you smile and congratulate them. ;-)

[Drago]

Originally posted by gredora:

Originally posted by Akemua:

Can you actually prove that at all, or is that that just more nonsense people pull out of their ass?

You won't get anything out of them. Judging by their post history, they only come in, ♥♥♥♥ on the game and make these wild claims without providing any evidence at all.

I could say the 8000+ attendees at YCS Tokyo this weekend says otherwise about this game being 'dead' but they'll disregard that and call you a butthurt kid or something.

Source: https://twitter.com/YuGiOh_OCG_INFO/status/1784418096377434243

Seems like pretty solid numbers really considering.

[Merilirem]

I haven't run into a bot myself in months, maybe over a year. Not sure how long exactly but its all definitely real players for me.

[RED-Life]

Originally posted by Merilirem:

I haven't run into a bot myself in months, maybe over a year. Not sure how long exactly but its all definitely real players for me.

You either play too little, or your rank is too high.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by RED-Life:

Originally posted by Merilirem:

I haven't run into a bot myself in months, maybe over a year. Not sure how long exactly but its all definitely real players for me.

You either play too little, or your rank is too high.

Oh yeah, if you make a point to maintain your rank you never have to be in Platinum and thus never see anyone who isn't trying to win.

[Commanderm]

i a few days ago i actually think i seen some bots in Platinum Rank, all they did was End their turn after i summoned Crooked cook and even after going into attack mode they still ended turn, real pain in the butt.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by Commanderm:

i a few days ago i actually think i seen some bots in Platinum Rank, all they did was End their turn after i summoned Crooked cook and even after going into attack mode they still ended turn, real pain in the butt.

I mean, you won that duel faster than you probably would have with Exodia.

[Commanderm]

Originally posted by HeraldOfOpera:

Originally posted by Commanderm:

i a few days ago i actually think i seen some bots in Platinum Rank, all they did was End their turn after i summoned Crooked cook and even after going into attack mode they still ended turn, real pain in the butt.

I mean, you won that duel faster than you probably would have with Exodia.

Indeed

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yep bots cause a guides to make autoplayable the game and something similar.
real cause: top tier deck used every 7/10 games when you play = lose chance 80-100%