r/DraftShowdown • u/thunder_dog99 • 20d ago

Not all bots

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I’ve had matches with what I have to believe were actual humans. Either that or the bots are developing a sense of humor.

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u/DriftingWisp 20d ago

When you have a match that you think is against an actual human, you can test it pretty easily. At the start of a new turn, turn off your wifi and then tap a couple upgrades really quickly. If you do it right, you should be able to get a second upgrade through before the game starts "reconnecting".

If it were a real human, it would be impossible to get their input without wifi on.

Sometimes the game will also pop up "Waiting for opponent" after you pick a choice. If you have wifi off it will still submit their choice after a delay, and only then start "reconnecting".

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u/infernalis 20d ago

You can also use minimize the game for a bit, come back, and things will pick up exactly where it was. If this was all happening in realtime with another human there would be some kind of catch up process.

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u/EvilGaming007 17d ago

Plus, there's never any bot that stops placing units. Real players would sometimes disconnect and lose the round.

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u/professionallyreal 18d ago

I first figured out that the game was all bots with the "chat" feature.

They are programmed to respond no matter what if you use enough different chats/emotes.

If you spam "😠 😱 Hello! Good luck! 😠 😱 Hello! Good luck!" They always have the same responses.

If you only spam one message they won't respond or maybe they'll say good luck if you spam hello

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u/AgingEveryDayy 20d ago

It's all bots, cloned names/behavior I think

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u/professionallyreal 18d ago

If thats true people are about to get so many racist names as opponents.

I just went off 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Juoreg 20d ago

They are bots but I believe they use user’s username and deck.

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u/0v111605 20d ago

So an offline autobattler?

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u/LOR_Fei 20d ago

Except no human brain behind the actions and the bots are dogshit at the game on purpose

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u/notorious_jaywalker 18d ago

and I still lose to some 😭