Pop.bots And Servers

LigerLiger Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18026Members
in General Server Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">Its getting annoying</div> Earlier today I was trying to join a game, took about 5 minutes to actually click one that wasn't empty except for 10-15 population bots. Bots that do nothing but stand around and make it look like the server has people playing...

In my experiance, they've almost always been near empty servers, because no one sticks around, meaning anyone who joins sees that its just bots who're either (A) Spectating, or (B) Taking up space in the RR.

So, this is more of a request. If your server has these things, remove them.
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  • PetitMortePetitMorte Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7232Members
    usually these are put on a server that "should" redirect you to to the "real" server. Like bait. make a 20 player server, with 17 fakefulls, and a redirector to the normally empty 12-person server.
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  • SariselSarisel .::&#39; ( O ) &#39;;:-. .-.:;&#39; ( O ) &#39;::. Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18557Members, Constellation
    hmm.. I think it would be better to gain some popularity first for a server. You can't just pop up a server and expect it to get players immediately. Get friends to play on it frequently, have nice admins, low ping - do this for a while and people will start joining. Then you get the regulars, and you'll never need those pop.bots again.

    I hate those too.
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    edited August 2003
    Thas has been talked about before <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=8&t=34006&hl=populate' target='_blank'>here</a>. The general agreement from it seems to be two ponts:
    1. To players: though people find these "fakefull" or "population bot" plugins/bots irritating, they do work. If the server has a good admin, he/she will de-activate it when this purpose is fulfilled, and you'll have one more good full server to play on; if he/she does not, then that's sufficient reason to say that the server is poorly maintained and isn't worth your time.
    2. To server admins: it is generally better to use bots that actually <i>do</i> something rather than sit in the readyroom. WhichBot can be rather convincing. Should a bunch of newbies join the server and go marines, they may even think they're playing vs. a clan of funny-named people, and because they're just bots, the marines have a very fair chance of winning as as well (something people have recently complained isn't happening enough).
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