Hearthpwn

 One thing that is worth pointing out (that I am surprised nobody has said so far) - is that Blizzard introduced their own bots into the game to alleviate wait times escalating too high and guarantee players will always have an opponent wherever possible.

Personally, I am much happier to face a bot and know that I am more or less guaranteed a win (barring some terrible RnG) than having to wait an extra 5 or 10 minutes to face a player fielding yet another boring aggro netdeck and inevitable lose.

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At lower mmr and ranks that could be blizzard bots. They seem to test new cards already or are bugged using them already. You can check by seeing your last opponent. If it won't show up it was a blizzard bot.

 I have definitely been seeing a mix of Bot names now. Some with the "<adjective><noun>" format, and then others with russian lettering, etc. Could be Blizzard bots as well of course, since I dont know what the russian words actually say! XD

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I don't understand why there's no algorithm set in place to autoban. No human can repeat the same action at the exact same time interval. You set something up so that if something is the same action is repeated x times in a row = ban. It's that simple. How could a hacker circumvent this?

 Circumventing that would be easy to implement a simple randomisation when it comes to the delay before acting. It just becomes a "cold war" of sorts.

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« Also-also, use the in-game report function. It's what it's there fore, and yes it DOES work. Reporting players has an effect. You just dont get told about it. »

Can you provide evidence please?

 Tricky, because not without breaking the "Name and Shame" rules.
But suffice to say I have seen first-hand people who have been silenced for varying periods of time after flaming in the in-game Chat. And the fact that the bots cannot be added ingame / found in the previous opponent's screen, then they are clearly established as non-players by the game, and therefore easy for Blizzard to spot (when following up on reports).

That all said, I do also remember reading "somewhere" (Reddit? Blizzard Forums?) that Blizzard have added their own bots to the game so that people at low ranks will always have someone to play, quickly and easily. But I honestly can't remember where I read that, nor if that specific claim is true or not. So take that one with a pinch of salt until proven either way.

I love playing against bots in Ranked, because you get to reap in the free wins.
In the EU here, they all have names in Russian letters and you know if they are bots, because if you go to the friends tab, they don't appear as Current Opponent, or last opponent.

Also, it's hilarious when they "accidentally" buff your own minions by mistake lol

Also-also, use the in-game report function. It's what it's there fore, and yes it DOES work. Reporting players has an effect. You just dont get told about it.