RE: Splinterlands: Game Economy Analysis - How Bots Are Making Tournaments Unsustainable

Another, quite overlooked aspect of bots is psychological impact on players.

Lets say new player will play against mmdragon in qualifier, ccdragon in round 3, and gets eliminated in round 5 by th-12 bot. When he checks results he is happy that he made it into prizes but see prizes goes to what he will most likely think is some th-12 clan. Or he might suspect botnet ofc. Either way do you think this player will:

• like splinterlands as much as before or will he get "new players not welcome" vibe?
• trust the game long term, possibly be willing to invest or will he suspect something is fishy and proceed really carefully?
• will he cheerfully share this game with many friends or will he tell few friend that there is possibly interesting game with some issues?

There are some pros of bots too - having reasonable off peak wait times for battles is nice, but at what cost...