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    Pending Registered bot Elo after the opt-in matchmaking change: evidence of a substantial population shift

    Thanks — and no disrespect taken at all. That's actually a fair question. Just to clarify the first point, I'm not suggesting that games against registered bots should affect the ratings of human players. I think the current protection there makes sense. What I'm asking about is slightly...
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    Pending Registered bot Elo after the opt-in matchmaking change: evidence of a substantial population shift

    I previously posted about the difficulty registered bots have finding opponents after the new opt-in system. This is a separate follow-up about the rating behavior after the matchmaking population changed. We have a frozen Gen 9 OU research bot, vadmiral_slowbro, that played both immediately...
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    Pending Research bots: make consensual bot play easier to opt into

    Thanks, really appreciate you acknowledging it and passing it along to the other admins! Totally understand not wanting to promise anything yet. Happy to help or provide feedback/data from our research bot if it becomes useful! The platform has been great. And we really appreciate it. Very fun...
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    Pending Research bots: make consensual bot play easier to opt into

    To whom it cocnerns, I’m the developer of vadmiral_slowbro, a registered Gen 9 OU research bot. Thank you so much to maintain showdown! Really impressive platform and very fun! I wanted to ask what the longer-term future for bots on Showdown might look like after the new opt-in matchmaking...
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