how to spot bots - just look at their name

[BAEBLADE]

There is a pretty recognizable naming convention used on the netease bots in quickplay. Below is a list of all the ones ive pulled from just my current match history. The code splices two real names together to make the username.
Notice the pattern of capital letter non-word string + capital letter non word string. Most common being a two letter string at the end. most of the time there are 2-4 bots in the matches i pulled these names from.

AdrianSh
MallorMa
CarlenKe
RosalyBr
ToshikCa
JaleesWo
MattheVe
ArnulfCl
JocelyOt
MalissFe
TracenEr
BrollyDz

ShondDur
KimikMor
BirdiSea
DesirWoo
MonikLor
MartiJam
DionnByr

ShawDris
IsaaPrui

MonBund

AnSchroc



If you still deny their existence, just play quickplay with one of these types of names and then watch the game back and spectate them. they don't play obj and every ult is wasted, missed, stop moving, etc. And then look up netease's history with deploying in-game bots to boost player retention.
whether you like the bots or not is one thing, but people needs to stop denying that its a thing when it so obviously is.

[Kyo Tanaka]

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

That's not entirely true, bots can have different names as we proven already.

Maybe these bots are handled by one person. We are already aware that these bots are not NetEase's doing

[Kernist]

Publicado originalmente por Kyo Tanaka:

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

That's not entirely true, bots can have different names as we proven already.

Maybe these bots are handled by one person. We are already aware that these bots are not NetEase's doing

That's the neat, we are not, if anything, proofs point to exact opposite.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2767030/discussions/0/591757960657544586/

[Kyo Tanaka]

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

Publicado originalmente por Kyo Tanaka:

Maybe these bots are handled by one person. We are already aware that these bots are not NetEase's doing

That's the neat, we are not, if anything, proofs point to exact opposite.

Explain the bot account selling then. They're coming from SOMEWHERE, and it's not NetEase because why would they need to go through the effort of that when they can just make them on the spot.

[Kernist]

Publicado originalmente por Kyo Tanaka:

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

That's the neat, we are not, if anything, proofs point to exact opposite.

Explain the bot account selling then. They're coming from SOMEWHERE.

How do you know they are BOT selling accounts? I did my own research and most of these accounts are advertised as HAND MADE and the rest are just accounts with currency.

Chinese prison farms, 3rd world countries with terrible economy etc. There is a chance there are some bots from players, however we already discovered most of the bots are from NetEase because of clear pattern when they appear.

If you want more proof I linked the thread, you have a lot of material to go with.

[BAEBLADE]

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

Publicado originalmente por Kyo Tanaka:

Explain the bot account selling then. They're coming from SOMEWHERE.

How do you know they are BOT selling accounts? I did my own research and most of these accounts are advertised as HAND MADE and the rest are just accounts with currency.

Chinese prison farms, 3rd world countries with terrible economy etc. There is a chance there are some bots from players, however we already discovered most of the bots are from NetEase because of clear pattern when they appear.

If you want more proof I linked the thread, you have a lot of material to go with.

anyone whos talked about this has already mentioned they pop up specifically after losing streaks. its a method to boost player retention.

[Kernist]

Publicado originalmente por BAEBLADE:

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

How do you know they are BOT selling accounts? I did my own research and most of these accounts are advertised as HAND MADE and the rest are just accounts with currency.

Chinese prison farms, 3rd world countries with terrible economy etc. There is a chance there are some bots from players, however we already discovered most of the bots are from NetEase because of clear pattern when they appear.

If you want more proof I linked the thread, you have a lot of material to go with.

anyone whos talked about this has already mentioned they pop up specifically after losing streaks. its a method to boost player retention.

Exactly.

[Trip]

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

Publicado originalmente por Kyo Tanaka:

Explain the bot account selling then. They're coming from SOMEWHERE.

How do you know they are BOT selling accounts? I did my own research and most of these accounts are advertised as HAND MADE and the rest are just accounts with currency.

Chinese prison farms, 3rd world countries with terrible economy etc. There is a chance there are some bots from players, however we already discovered most of the bots are from NetEase because of clear pattern when they appear.

If you want more proof I linked the thread, you have a lot of material to go with.

You ignored my data point regarding the single person listing 150 competitive (level 10+) accounts. And that's just one person on one website.

Bot farmers are in full force, netease isn't doing anything about it.

Put there feet to the fire for the right reason.

[Trip]

Publicado originalmente por BAEBLADE:

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

How do you know they are BOT selling accounts? I did my own research and most of these accounts are advertised as HAND MADE and the rest are just accounts with currency.

Chinese prison farms, 3rd world countries with terrible economy etc. There is a chance there are some bots from players, however we already discovered most of the bots are from NetEase because of clear pattern when they appear.

If you want more proof I linked the thread, you have a lot of material to go with.

anyone whos talked about this has already mentioned they pop up specifically after losing streaks. its a method to boost player retention.

Most of the bots play very poorly thus have low MMR.

Lose some matches and the game will try and find you easier opponents to play thus you are more likely to find them after losses lower your MMR

[Nex]

Publicado originalmente por Keen Shadow of the Mist:

You did a lot of work. For nothing :D Amazing, online game has bots when people disconnect etc. I hope you've got a giant grant from your goverment to do this extensive research xD

They also have these when you lose a lot in a row in quickplay. Got a whole enemy team of bots probably to make us feel better

[guysdogman]

crazy

[Kernist]

Publicado originalmente por Trip:

Publicado originalmente por BAEBLADE:

anyone whos talked about this has already mentioned they pop up specifically after losing streaks. its a method to boost player retention.

Most of the bots play very poorly thus have low MMR.

Lose some matches and the game will try and find you easier opponents to play thus you are more likely to find them after losses lower your MMR

Except my history already proved this theory wrong. I won 5 games in a row so my MMR would be way higher, but still lose streak triggered bot match. Another proof is judging by replay from various players bots exists on all levels of skill. Verdict: it is not MMR based, and farm bots would be MMR based.

[CrAZYVIC.]

Well, let me tell ya, sunshine. I like to keep it balanced, y'know? One game of quickplay, one game of competitive—rinse and repeat. It helps take the edge off, keeps that tension, adrenaline, and stress of comp in check. But at this point? Hell, I might as well switch to playin’ versus AI on "Three-Stars."

At least then, I’d be squaring off against some tough-as-nails bots instead of the walk-in-the-park ones you find in quickplay. Keeps things interesting, don’t ya think?

[Kernist]

Publicado originalmente por CrAZYVIC.:

Well, let me tell ya, sunshine. I like to keep it balanced, y'know? One game of quickplay, one game of competitive—rinse and repeat. It helps take the edge off, keeps that tension, adrenaline, and stress of comp in check. But at this point? Hell, I might as well switch to playin’ versus AI on "Three-Stars."

At least then, I’d be squaring off against some tough-as-nails bots instead of the walk-in-the-park ones you find in quickplay. Keeps things interesting, don’t ya think?

I completely understand you, at least then you know what you are facing without anyone lying to you.

[Trip]

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

Publicado originalmente por Trip:

Most of the bots play very poorly thus have low MMR.

Lose some matches and the game will try and find you easier opponents to play thus you are more likely to find them after losses lower your MMR

Except my history already proved this theory wrong. I won 5 games in a row so my MMR would be way higher, but still lose streak triggered bot match. Another proof is judging by replay from various players bots exists on all levels of skill. Verdict: it is not MMR based, and farm bots would be MMR based.

Farm bots appear with different skill levels, and can be on both teams in a match.

You ignored the interesting code I provided where it should have been my easy win but the aim bots fought so hard one of the duelists had 32 kills.

You also ignored the code I posted of bots on both teams, mine AND the other team.

Are they going to rig the match's to such an extent they are putting bots on both teams?

Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of marvel accounts are already on sale.

[Kernist]

Publicado originalmente por Trip:

Publicado originalmente por Kernist:

Except my history already proved this theory wrong. I won 5 games in a row so my MMR would be way higher, but still lose streak triggered bot match. Another proof is judging by replay from various players bots exists on all levels of skill. Verdict: it is not MMR based, and farm bots would be MMR based.

Farm bots appear with different skill levels, and can be on both teams in a match.

You ignored the interesting code I provided where it should have been my easy win but the aim bots fought so hard one of the duelists had 32 kills.

You also ignored the code I posted of bots on both teams, mine AND the other team.

Are they going to rig the match's to such an extent they are putting bots on both teams?

Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of marvel accounts are already on sale.

1. Yes, except they are Netease bots.
2. I didn't ignore it, I responded to it at least 2 time, you have a tendency to ignore things that disprove your conclusions.
3. I didn't, I provided few myself, it is again proof you are completely lost in the topic.
4. Yes, as proven.
5. That's true, however a lot if not all of them are hand made. Maybe you are too young, but long time ago there was a big WoW drama where chinese prisoners were farming gold in WoW. Also there are multiple games where poor asian and south american countries farm currency and sell it in western market because their country economy is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it provides a decent income. Ofc I don't disregard the idea these accounts can be botted, but the bots you, me and others provided replay codes for are NetEase bots because all of them have a pattern when they occur, their profiles being locked and enemy having whole team of bots.