In the MOBA Heroes of the Storm , a bot decided a match between two professional teams.
Normally, bots are what my-MMO gaming journalists and other total casuals secretly play against League of Legends and Heroes of the Storm. For professionals, they are hardly worth a weary smile.
In a match between the two eSports teams Cloud9 Maelstrom and compLexity, however, a bot made the difference. Here, a player from Cloud 9 went “link-dead,” lost connection, and was replaced by a bot. It performed remarkably well as an Elite Tauren Chieftain.
First, it feigned complete noobness and got the melee faction of compLexity hungry to kill to attack it, then it skillfully used its AE stun and its human helpers took out the compLexity team: an early decision.
The player “KingCaffeine,” who was so honorably represented by the bot, humorously announced his retirement from the eSports scene:
@KenziDK @CyaSteve ETC Bot showed me up man I have no choice
— KingCaffeine (@C9Caffeine) May 20, 2015
The bot, however, as one hears, has decided to pursue a career in eSports as “Skynet” from now on.
