Fake player numbers and fraud. Bots are infesting the servers.

[Tighty-Whitey]

it is no secret that the remaining players in marvel rivals are experiencing difficulties in terms of matches and play. the queue times in marvel rivals are aimed to be fast in any way possible and when the game cannot quickly find other players, because the game isn't actually played by as many people as steam displays, the game brute forces the player and even their entire team into a match with bots. at first those players don't believe it, but upon further look they see that their moves are literally the same and devs aren't even trying to hide it.

in case someone didn't know, this game is developed by a chinese studio. those are infamous for being able to create a lot of bots and spyware going against people's expectations in western countries, to spy on them by retrieving critical data and selling such data. creating bots and keeping the numbers fake was not difficult to them either. the bots they've set up have private profiles and they do count to the overall player number that's actually a lot lower than people were led to believe.

and since a lot of people feel concerned about the game being botted, just like some of the other steam discussions in this hub, we can see that the reputation of marvel rivals is already at risk and people are worried that the game will not last with such a questionable decision. but in reality, since this game is just one big advertisement for other marvel stuff and mediocre movies, devs of this game have already invested into the game's potential and inevitable popularity decline in months to come, so they've set up bots in advance, bots that hide under player names, which is a tremendous fraud. this explains why the influx of users in this particular hub isn't that high, even though supposedly the game is supposed to be played by around 200k players. turns out that is not true and those are just bots set up by the developers to not only inflate the player number, but to deceive certain players that they are doing well so that they won't quit the game. some justify it by saying that "it's because the game is made for kids" but it's not how it works, a good game with a good matchmaking system wouldn't need that kind of desperate measures, it would find skill matched players, so really seeing this kind of tendency and the desperation of the developers is not new.

this is why this game is not actually popular and isn't actually liked, the game simply cannot provide the players for months to come, which is why they had to resort to bots to inflate fake player numbers. this kind of tendency in the online videogame industry is concerning to people and for a good reason. not only that, but there are also a lot of cheaters and combined with lack of quality content and support from the developers in the months to come, because it is difficult to maintain a modern multiplayer game with content that can keep a large amount of players invested, also marvel rivals being a convoluted game with elements that are detrimental to its longevity and lack of measures against cheaters the game will not last long and has an uncertain future ahead.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Messaggio originale di Wingnut Mcmoomoo:

Messaggio originale di Tighty-Whitey:

that would stand even a little bit, had my researches and evaluations not been correct. they were correct and so is this one and you can easily verify by playing enough of marvel rivals.

Lol you don't know that the replay viewer lies do you? its kind of a buggy mess atm... also if your "researches" were real then you'd know how much it would cost the company per day in electricity for this conspiracy to be true. Its literally just as likely that this game actually puts a wizard in all of our computers to make us smell like farts, that's how believable this is.

china has enough electricity to provide the amount of bots and fake players in marvel rivals. just because you are not familiar with countries and how the world works doesn't mean that you have credibility to spread misconceptions.

[WizardLordKing]

ok don't play then bye.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Messaggio originale di WizardLordKing:

ok don't play then bye.

playing against bots? doesn't seem like a fun waste of time. why do you play with bots?

[EcksGamer]

I am curious where you got all these facts from because you also have to remember there is cross play with this game as you would be with/paired against people from an Xbox and a Playstation system.

[TaoTaoTap]

Wingnut Mcmoomoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjAljBFL0VY

[JordyyFPS]

only in quickplay, ranked has 0 bots, only use quickplay to get used to characters anyways.

[Z Y Z Z]

Messaggio originale di EcksGamer:

I am curious where you got all these facts from because you also have to remember there is cross play with this game as you would be with/paired against people from an Xbox and a Playstation system.

https://youtu.be/IjAljBFL0VY?si=53pV5JgS50-zZfWU

[Xenomorph - Drone]

Bro, what kind of threads are you making? :D
If anything bots aren't even included in the player count. Stop it.

[Z Y Z Z]

Messaggio originale di JordyyFPS:

only in quickplay, ranked has 0 bots, only use quickplay to get used to characters anyways.

That's the point, but not against bots that you end up steamrolling and trapping in their spawn. They don't encourage you to use any of your kit properly because they aren't a threat in any way. If you want to get better with a character against real player habits and tendencies so that you can fully understand and utilize your character before hitting Competitive, you SHOULD be matched against real players. If you want to fool around and play against bots, you should queue up the Vs. Bots mode. They shouldn't be force-fed to players in Quick Play, a mode that's supposed to be Player Vs. Player, specifically.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Messaggio originale di Xenomorph - Drone:

Bro, what kind of threads are you making? :D
If anything bots aren't even included in the player count. Stop it.

the only way the bots wouldn't be included in the player count is if you keep spreading misconceptions and wouldn't want the situation to be as bad as it is, but it's really time to face the reality when the game is clearly being botted. wishful thinking and false optimism will not help.

[WizardLordKing]

You just wanna argue with people :)

[Tighty-Whitey]

Messaggio originale di WizardLordKing:

You just wanna argue with people :)

what's there to argue about?

[Cpt Obvious]

No one cares weirdo.

[Pizza Old Boy]

the fact that the player retention is so high on a game this bad makes me SUPER suspicious

[Pizza Old Boy]

Messaggio originale di EmperorVolo:

Quit playing QUICKPLAY which is just a mode for QUICK fun.

Also they don't count fill bots in the Steam thing or for accounts. Those are player replacers who leave or disconnect or for any other reason.

It's at 20 Million btw Steam isn't the only platform. They have a stand alone client which a MAJORITY use.

If your at Bronze a lot of those brain dead players.....are players. Once you get high enough you won't see them any more. Cause there are enough players at that point. When you're all the way on the bottom it tries to give you players with your skill level and when you so god awful it gives you bots so you can feel like you are winning sometimes.

It's a common Chinese tactic in games and there are a number of American games that pit really bad players against bots so they feel good about themselves.

The solution is to stop being that bad.

I also wouldn't come on here and tell everyone why you're seeing so many bots....Fortnite does the EXACT same thing. New players and extremely bad players face off against bots. The fact is even against bots you're probably still losing....so you'll only ever see bots cause it's trying to allow you to have fun even if you still fail.

They just can't lower the bar any more.

I agree I think it's physically impossible to lower the bar further than this game has set it.