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The bots are taking over.

I enter the arena. Then all of a sudden I'm bombarded by bots. Bots bots bots. Freaking bots. On my entry, on my profile even! How could I tell they were bots? Obvious.

How to tell if a user is a bot.
1. Read their comment.
If it's kind of bland, boring, lacking capitalization of any sort, doesn't make sense ("nice to meet you guys! ^_^" wink , or is just plain short/sketchy, it's most likely a bot.

2. Look at their clothes/hair.
If they're wearing starter clothes and hairstyles, it's most likely a bot. The most common females I've seen are wearing the blue snug set and have orange-ish whip hair. The most common males I've seen have the flame style in the same color, and wear the cool starter set, most likely the baggy clothes. But lately they're more varied, using any combination of the starter clothes, eyes, starter hair, and skin colors.

3. Look at their username.
Bots normally have rather peculiar yet bland usernames. Normally, they consist of random letters, something like "wizieropw" or "xwiujgoap." Lately, though, they've been phrases or words followed by a series of numbers, like "sparrow34906" or "dino56098" or something. That's probably the most obvious sign.

4. Look at their profile.
If their profile is the basic blue watery-looking background, with zero customization, you can tell it's a bot. There might be some comments on it, because they're people who they've commented before, and they're a little confused so they post "okay..." on the bot's profile. Sometimes they don't know it's a bot.

They're all over. In the arenas, in the forums, in the games. Here, baby. There, mama. Everywhere, daddy daddy. Bots bots bots bots bots bots bots.

Crymson