Bug #568

Match with All Bots After Exceptional Player Stats

Status:	New
Priority:	Medium
Added by:	gizlyy on June 16, '25
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	1.0 - Launch/Season 1.1

Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch game
2. Select any Arena game mode
3. Press play
4. After loading into a lobby, press tab to take notice of all players being bots
5. Game goes as normal
6. Game ends
7. Return main menu/Play again
8. Get in new game
9. No bots

Explanation

The player may be put into a match where all other entities (enemies and teammates) are bots. They all have the [Bot] prefix. Additionally, they all have typical Bot characteristics, indicating they aren't disguised players. Has been found to happen after the player has exceptional statistics in the game preceding the full bot lobby. May be related to the skill based matchmaking not being able to place the player in a "normal" match. This only occurs for one match. Usually, the player is automatically placed in a match with real players on the next game. This instance was noticed on Frontier, in Domination. However, this same bug was also spotted on different maps and modes. All of them I have encountered/heard of were arena maps and game modes. Bug encountered on june 15th 2025 at 8pm EST (5pm PT). Also happened in the weeks prior.

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