Bots?
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@Spinal_Tap_N_Die It didn't use to be, but it is now
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@Thelibero said in Bots?:
Three times today I played a team that wore Florence’s pink and yellow and they just let me run up the score on them. They all had different names and played in Oakland. It’s cool, I don’t mind. Just thought it was strange. Anyone else see anything like this?
Like they wouldn’t throw me out. They wouldn’t catch a ball. Just bunted the first inning and for the next three they just stood there and didn’t swing.
Which console?
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I know there are players who don't care about ranked, but want to finish the program so they just leave a let the game play itself so they can rack up innings. Very odd that you had almost three in a row like that after looking at your game log. Easy way to get some PXP for sure.
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Also very easy to get your account banned by running up the score against the bots, just be on the look out for all bronze teams on Xbox. Xbox is the console that it seems like they're playing on
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@sbchamps17 said in Bots?:
Also very easy to get your account banned by running up the score against the bots, just be on the look out for all bronze teams on Xbox. Xbox is the console that it seems like they're playing on
Has anyone actually gotten their account banned for this or is this just hypothetical?
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From everything that I've heard people have gotten their account banned, the bots are very real and people are sick of them
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@sbchamps17
There is an XBox COD streamer that was ranting about this "bot lobby" thing a while back. I just hope this stuff does not come to PS or NES! -
This one streamer that I watch on YouTube got a bot 3 times in a row
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@sbchamps17
So if I see a team like this again, just score 10 runs and strike out the rest? But play 9 innings? I’m confused. I don’t want to get banned.
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@x814xmafia
Xbox (the newest one)
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@sbchamps17
Why would they ban my account for that? I don’t understand. They were all bronze teams.
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@sbchamps17
Can you show us/me the things you’ve heard/seen?
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@Thelibero Just score enough to get the mercy after 4 innings. 10 runs.
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@BJDUBBYAH
OK. Thanks mate.
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The bots are people who pay other people to grind their account for all the rewards. Like he said get the 10 runs fast and mercy him after 4 innings if you play all 9 you most likely will get your account banned because of all the runs that he would let you score
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@Thelibero said in Bots?:
@sbchamps17
Can you show us/me the things you’ve heard/seen?
Pretty sure its just speculation and they possibly can ban you, but I think its extremely unlikely.
It would be different if you were win trading, or something that you personally set up.But this is the same as if someone puts down their controller and walks away. Not sure I've ever heard of a ban for teeing off against those people.
Further, I would argue running up the score hurts the botters because you are just making their 3 innings take longer. I would definitely not strikeout, if you are going to get out than you can try to get out on basepaths so they dont get strikeout xp.
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In the past, people have gotten banned for "Boosting". Matching up with a buddy online or messaging your opponent saying, let me rack up all these online stats and then I'll quit to give you the win. This is the first time I really remember "Bots" being a thing in the game. It's more of a warning to say hey, if your game record looks fabricated and it looks like you're boosting...you could get banned. Not saying it's definitely gonna happen.
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Do they appear in the event? I faced a guy recently who threw everything in the strike zone and I won 6-0. They didn't have an all bronze team however.(I'm on PS5)
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I'm sure it's ranked only. I want to have fun not play a bit cheating scrub. Win or lose. Just play the darn game.
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It's only in ranked that you see them and if your cross play is on. (If you play on Playstation and have cross play on then you will see them on Xbox nj but if you play on Xbox you are more likely to see them)
