Are they bots?

[TwnklPeen]

I've noticed several usernames playing the game that are formatted like:

AdjectiveNoun123

Such as GreenHornet756, SleepyLeopard925, etc.

Are these bots?

[Lush4Life]

I was wondering the same, but they don't behave like the bots in solo.

[Utah Cowboy]

I wonder sometimes also but you can look up the names and maybe it will
show what country they are from.

[MxMeUp]

I noticed when I bought this game on my iPod Touch, it automatically assigned me a name like that. Had to figure out where to change it to my regular display name.
I figure that's what those players are: People who haven't figured out how to change their display names.

[TwnklPeen]

Originally posted by Lush4Life:

I was wondering the same, but they don't behave like the bots in solo.

Sometimes they do behave like bots in games I'm in. A lot of the times they'll make a Final Accusation on their first turn.

[TwnklPeen]

Some reasons why I think they are bots:

-- They often will make a final accusation that is wrong on their first or second turn.
-- They take their turns very quickly. They roll the dice immediately as it's available and choose their suggestions very quickly.
-- They often do not have the thought bubble with three dots icon showing that they are writing anything down.
-- They have a tendency, when in a room full of these usernames, to constantly call each others cards over and over even when they should know by deduction, if they were a person, who has those cards.

And if these are real people playing, they're all playing suspiciously very similarly and not so .... cleverly.

[Utah Cowboy]

But sometimes I notice someone will make a guess of a card that they already have to throw everyone else off.

[Jim Rockford]

my understanding is the universities teach bot building courses and yes they infiltrate our games......our tax dollars at work

[Utah Cowboy]

Isn't there a way to look up who we are playing against to see what country they are from? This might give us a clue.

[Lilyofthemyst]

I've noticed an increase in these usernames as well, if I see any in the lobby I'll just leave from now on. I was just in a game with 5 of them and they all ended their turns so quickly, made no "writing notes", their plays were all so weird and un-natural.

[Arcturus Asriv]

It's cross-platform and the mobile gamers get stuck with the weird usernames with the numbers at the end.
I don't think the majority of them know or care to change it. I'm really not sure if they can. Maybe if they link to Facebook they can change it.

[MxMeUp]

Originally posted by Arcturus Asriv:

It's cross-platform and the mobile gamers get stuck with the weird usernames with the numbers at the end.
I don't think the majority of them know or care to change it. I'm really not sure if they can. Maybe if they link to Facebook they can change it.

Yup. That's literally what it is. I have the game on Switch, iPod Touch, and PC, and when I started playing on the mobile iPod version of the game, I realized it had assigned me one of those names. It's always Adjective, Animal, Numbers.
To change it, there's an edit button on the main menu next to the username.
I figure since the button's so small, a lot of people miss the fact that they can change their username at will.

[Arcturus Asriv]

Originally posted by Mister Darke:

Yup. That's literally what it is. I have the game on Switch, iPod Touch, and PC, and when I started playing on the mobile iPod version of the game, I realized it had assigned me one of those names. It's always Adjective, Animal, Numbers.
To change it, there's an edit button on the main menu next to the username.
I figure since the button's so small, a lot of people miss the fact that they can change their username at will.

+1

[TwnklPeen]

Originally posted by Lilyofthemyst:

I've noticed an increase in these usernames as well, if I see any in the lobby I'll just leave from now on. I was just in a game with 5 of them and they all ended their turns so quickly, made no "writing notes", their plays were all so weird and un-natural.

Yes, the weird and unnatural game play of the majority of these usernames is my giveaway! They rarely "write" anything down.

[Lilyofthemyst]

I had another game with 4 of them - I did a final accusation incorrectly - and then for the next 5-10 minutes they all continued to go to the correct room, and guess the correct room/person/weapon, yet not make a final accusation even though they could have won. It was so f**king strange and I eventually just left as they kept going in circles even though the correct answers were already known. Some of them are 100% bots.

[Utah Cowboy]

Maybe. Sometimes I guess 2 of the cards I have in my hand to throw everyone off. Then they start guessing the cards I guessed.