Bot (Gaming)

Bot (Gaming)

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Bot is a slang term used in the gaming community to insult players who play poorly, the implication being that they're playing like a character controlled by A.I. This is not to be confused with alternative definitions of "Bot," such as an A.I. controlled character or software that helps a player gain an unfair competitive advantage.

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On June 1st, 2018, Redditor niklass_ replied to a post on /r/Fortnite,[1] defining the term as "It's a player who plays like a bot. No building horrible shooting cant run properly etc."

The term was added to Urban Dictionary on October 2nd, 2018, gaining over 550 likes[2] (shown below). User "~j͓̽B͓̽~ Juiice " wrote, "You are a horrible player in a game, specifically CS:GO or C-ops (mobile game) and you just suck so badly that you play like a bot, otherwise a NPC or something that isn't humanly controlled."


TOP DEFINITION Bot You are a horrible player in a game, specifically CS:GO or C-ops (mobile game) and you just suck so badly that you play like a bot, otherwise a NPC or something that isn't humanly controlled. *insert name here* is a bot. (Whoever is just a bad player) #csgo #bot #horrible player #trash #garbage #robot by -jB- Juiice October 02, 2018

The term has been associated with Fortnite streamer FaZe Tfue. On July 20th, 2018, YouTuber Phudo posted a video of Tfue dying to a "Bot" on stream, gaining over 10 million views (shown below, left). On July 26th, 2019, YouTuber Daily Clips Central posted a video in which Tfue called Ninja a Bot, gaining over 3.5 million views (shown below, right).



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[1] Reddit – Term BOT?

[2] Urban Dictionary – Bot

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Timey16
Timey16

Players of multiplayer games being so starved for bot modes now they need to pretend other players are bots for the illusion…

bring back bot modes!

Because that would also mean that old multiplayer games would still stay PLAYABLE even after the servers have all shut down.

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