Edit: ok I am new and stupid, i didn't know botting wasn't frowned upon in this game and pretty common, so this was a dumb post, but I am new so cut me a break.
Hi, I am I knew player. Started about 24 hours ago. Right after the update, I went on like a streak of winning 33/35 games or something going from bronze III to bronze I. I am pretty sure it is because the entire division was bots and the update moved stuff around. ~60% just timed out, rest fielded 30$-60% of the allotted value of a team. Here is a snap shot from early on that continued all the way up. Did I found this kinda concerning, How much of hte player base is actually real? If you are invested in this community and project, which I am now, how much of the hype and player numbers are artificially inflated with accounts like this?
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IT kept going and going
Example of a fight with them just playing 1 monster:
https://splinterlands.com/?p=battle&id=sl_5ff60501c598dcaae190dc747d2e9ab1