"Rocket League" cheaters are now becoming more and more annoying.
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'Rocket League' Cheaters Hack Practice AI-Powered Bot to Defeat Pro Players! How Will Epic Solve This?
This time, they are now using AI-powered bots to defeat professional gamers.
Many pro players shared their experiences after encountering cheaters who use advanced bots.
So many of Rocket League’s biggest names have voiced their concerns over the bots and other game-breaking issues over the past few days yet we’ve still heard practically nothing from Psyonix.
— Pulse Bop (@TheBopPops) January 17, 2023
How much longer can this community take? :/ pic.twitter.com/FSpwqJZPTN
One of them is Reed "Chicago" Wilen. He said that playing against the bot is very confusing.
This is because the AI that cheaters use doesn't do aerial tricks or other in-game acrobats. Instead, they perfectly dribble the ball with impossible accuracy.
'Rocket League' Pro Players Face-Hacked AI-Powered Bot!
According to The Wired's latest report, the AI-powered bot that cheaters are using is called Nexto.
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'Rocket League' Cheaters Hack Practice AI-Powered Bot to Defeat Pro Players! How Will Epic Solve This?
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In 2020, Psyonix, the Epic Games-owned company behind "Rocket League," started allowing developers to create bots that players could practice against.
However, many unfair gamers decided to take advantage of Nexto and other bots. They were able to hack the AI and use it to play in a human's place.
.@RocketLeague @PsyonixStudios I queued 3 matches of Snow Day and got bots in all of them, if this isn't a sign that you've killed your own game by making it F2P then idk what to say, come up with a solution instead of adding $30 cars and stop focusing on new players over OGs 1/2 pic.twitter.com/2caWUzgBqq
— leardi (@leardzn) January 16, 2023
Although many professional players are still more skilled than the bots, other gamers said these AIs could allow less skilled players to cheat their way to higher ranks.
How Will Epic Games Solve This Issue?
As of press time, Epic Games hasn't shared its exact plan to prevent cheaters from using Nexto and other AI-powered bots.
But, the game publisher said that it is working on new methods to detect and block bots.
Developers are also reconsidering if they would release more advanced bots for practice. If the cheating worsens, there's a chance that they will not launch their next-gen practice bots.
Aside from Epic Games and AI developers, players also have their own roles to play to prevent cheaters from messing up "Rocket League."
If they want to reach higher ranks, the best and most ethical way to do it is to practice.
GGRecon provides some of the most useful training codes you can rely on to improve your skills. These include WARM UPS, GOALKEEPER, AERIAL, and SHOOTING.
You can click this link to learn more details about these training codes.
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