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    Discussion in 'Hearthbuddy Forum' started by lota7, Jun 24, 2015.

    1. lota7

      lota7 Member

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      So I'm thinking of buying, but having read on how to "spot a bot", it makes me wonder if these issues is something hearthbuddy has?

      For example
      • arrow pointing towards their hero power. A normal player playing with a mouse cannot do this). The arrow is a dead giveaway of a bot.
      • No Hovering (I think hearthbuddy handles this one?)
      • Only targetting the 1 card for several seconds before doing the action. (Normal people would mouse over alot of cards)

      Are there any other giveaways that hearthbuddy suffers from? Since it seems most bans come from reports and if it's so easy to be spotted you'd be reported alot.
       
    2. nigerson

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      The last reported ban was over 2 months ago, so this type of stuff isn't really a priority.
       
    3. lota7

      lota7 Member

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      Well...if previous bans are any indications you'd know they dont ban instantly but gather up bans for a big one.
       
    4. Demel

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      Yes but the last ban wave was 5 or 6 days ago , and in the ban report forum is no new thread.
       
    5. lota7

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      Someone said earlier that the banned posts were deleted by mods...true? Coverup?
       
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      And human being can concede when he realized the opponent's attack can kill him
       
    7. pushedx

      pushedx Moderator Moderator Buddy Core Dev

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      The bot does not currently perform any actions a normal player can not. It moves the mouse around and actually clicks and drags cards. The old version did have some issues with it not doing things this way, so arrows would not show up or impossible arrow scenarios could result, but not anymore.

      If you actually play the game and watch streams though, you'll know how the game "estimates" opponent actions, but is not a 100% accurate representation of them. That is, an opponent can be moving the arrow to attack one card, then attack a different target, and on your side of the screen, it looks like they were targeting a totally different card then the action was performed on.

      All other "human like factors" are highly subjective, and not really worth talking about. To some people, the bot needs to use a billion emotes each game and respond to every opponent emote. What they don't realize is how suspicious that is, and people who play a lot of games, aren't wasting their time with every emote. It's a casual game, but also a PvP game, so when bots try too hard to appear normal, they look more like bots.
       
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      I agree with Pushed. Other than a couple of idiotic mistakes it makes in relatively rare situations that a normal player might just slap himself in the forehead after doing it isn't noticeable.
       

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