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RE: Week through Adrian's Lenses (18-24 May 2024)
So, playing people wasn't a good experience either... I see a lot of anti-bot sentiments among the Splinterlands players, even when they've been restricted to one league. Given the strong developments of AIs recently, and that we come from a new industry in Web 3 or crypto, this kind of attitude toward bots (in general, not the bad ones) is surprising to me.
Let's remember it all started from having one or some human-only tournaments. Then, it extended to no bots in Modern, tournaments, and brawls. Then, battle helpers were banned everywhere bots were disallowed. I was ok with all these decisions. People needed their "safe" places. But maybe I need my "safe" place too, where I can play my account (only one) using a bot, without being penalized for doing that.
Otherwise, give me viable alternatives to Ranked, and I'll never play Ranked again, myself or a bot on my account. I dislike it profoundly anyway - to be forced to play an average of 25 games daily, to remain "in the cards". Maybe I don't have time a couple of days. Maybe I just want to play 5 games, not 25. That's why I like Brawls, and I play them, and would never play Ranked again, under similar conditions.
Playing people was nice, it was the gap in the power of the decks. Constantly fighting Gold+ level decks in Bronze was insane. Maybe it is the lack of players. When I switched to Wild and even reached Champ league, I earned more Glint and almost similar SPS compared to when I was in Modern Bronze. So there was no going back at that point.
I am not a fan of bots in games in general. Bot farms extract a lot of rewards from the game, which lowers the rewards for all, and prevents the game from being enticing to new players. As for single bots, I think bots are just too good for competitive play. We already see it in Chess and Go, and other games. AI can find the optimal team and moves which give them an unfair advantage. Land is already supposed to give the passive gameplay.
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