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In video games, a bot or drone is a type of artificial intelligence (AI)–based expert system software that plays a video game in the place of a human. Bots are used in a variety of video game genres for a variety of tasks: a bot written for a first-person shooter (FPS) works differently from one written for a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).
Certain bot tasks routinely get denied as either poorly thought out, lacking consensus, or violating some aspect of the bot policy. Here are some examples of such routinely-denied bots. Keep in mind that consensus can change, and it can always create exceptions for particular, well-defined, tasks.
Already has a bot flag (Y/N)NO. Spelian is an automatic AWB based bot intended to trawl pages of Wikipedia semi-automatically making spelling corrections to specific recurring spelling errors. For example, words like prominent are almost always spelt prominant which is incorrect.
If the bot is causing a significant problem, or the bot operator has not responded and the bot is still causing issues, several mechanisms are available to prevent further disruption. Many bots provide a stop button or means to disable the problematic task on their bot user page. This should be tried first, followed by a discussion of the issue ...
Bots typically don't need approval for this, unless making null edits in large numbers that would affect server performance, or requiring access to special bot-only API features. null edit A null edit is an edit where the page is saved without changes. This is sometimes done to force a server-side cache purge and force the page to be re ...
A cloud gaming server runs the game, receiving controller input actions from and streaming audio and video to the player's thin client. cloud save The player's saved game is stored at a remote server. This may provide a backup, or enable access from a different game system. See also cross-save. clutch. Also clutching the game and coming in clutch.
This year, the Game Awards nominees for best score and music include “Astro Bot,” “Final Fantasy VII Rebirth,” “Metaphor: ReFantazio,” “Silent Hill 2” and “Stellar Blade.”
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