Numlock News: April 20, 2022 • Nemesis, Billy Joel, Uranus
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By Walt Hickey Her, Starring Joaquin Phoenix Many mobile game players who have been in long-running contests with dedicated, randomly-matched rival players over the course of months or even years have been shocked when it turned out that their longtime congenial adversary, their eternal nemesis, their beloved sparring partner is in fact a robot produced by the game in order to ease player matchmaking and not some far-flung game-time pen pal. This has been startling for players who had enjoyed the rivalry and hoped to spark a conversation with their most persistent and dogged foe. This is a new phenomenon: At the beginning of 2016, just one out of the top 10 mobile games employed bots posing as people, while today Sensor Tower says that
Numlock News: April 20, 2022 • Nemesis, Billy Joel, Uranus
Numlock News: April 20, 2022 • Nemesis, Billy…
Numlock News: April 20, 2022 • Nemesis, Billy Joel, Uranus
By Walt Hickey Her, Starring Joaquin Phoenix Many mobile game players who have been in long-running contests with dedicated, randomly-matched rival players over the course of months or even years have been shocked when it turned out that their longtime congenial adversary, their eternal nemesis, their beloved sparring partner is in fact a robot produced by the game in order to ease player matchmaking and not some far-flung game-time pen pal. This has been startling for players who had enjoyed the rivalry and hoped to spark a conversation with their most persistent and dogged foe. This is a new phenomenon: At the beginning of 2016, just one out of the top 10 mobile games employed bots posing as people, while today Sensor Tower says that