why is everyone calling people bots now?

  • MightyAnchor
    Master
    Insider

    I get it is meant to be an insult suggesting the person is so bad they might as well be an AI, but where did it come from. don't get me wrong trash talking is fun but I think it is weird everyone is using the same generic insult. if you are going to insult me try and be creative.

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  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    Whether you're a kid at recess or an adult playing a video game insults and mob mentality are often effective but very rarely creative.

  • Fall3nSnip3r340
    Rogue

    Imagine being called a bot at chess. Then it would be a compliment lol.

  • Glannigan
    Sailor

    I prefer the classics with a little sprinkle about ones mother.

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    Being aggressive is 1 thing, but to refer to someone as less than human?

    No.

    I won't stand for that.

    We are not bots. We are not sheep. We are not less than. What we are is better than you. - said to every arrogant jerk ever

  • ajm123
    Legend
    Insider
    Founder

    I take it as a compliment. Maybe they think I'm so smart I'm a computer. It's even better when they are the ones sinking calling you that

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    @ajm123 Computers can't be smart; they don't think (yet).

  • Nabberwar
    Lord
    Insider

    Bot to me has always been predictive, repetitive, and unthinking. Its nothing AI related, it is more of an insult to players associating them to mobs or companions in games. It isn't uncommon to have quite brainless allies in single player games. Trending names isn't really that uncommon, this just so happens to be a most recent one. Noob has fallen out of favor a bit, so this may be the recent version of it.

  • FuzzyPyrate
    Master
    Insider

    I've been called worse. I honestly don't think twice about it and just let it roll right off because I know that everyone talks tough when they are behind a keyboard or headset.

    That's my way of dealing with hit, but I know not everyone is the same.

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