Bots are a big topic on people's minds in splinterlands and every play to earn game will face them.

Let's first look at things in the beginning of Splinterlands as a case study. It's important to consider perspective before you jump to one side of the fence.

What good were bots?

Bots allowed for players to find a match more quickly
Running bots required accounts to have cards (Proof of Stake)

Selling cards, or proof of stake, fuels the development of a game

Are bots bad?

Many will say yes because they deplete the rewards pool. But, even if you had a nonintrusive way to eliminate bots and your rewards are high enough, then humans will simply replace bots.

If play is more profitable than renting, then people have incentive to automate their play.

In the days of old, a game's success was built off selling a copy of it or an upgrade. But, ownership of digital assets and their interaction has become easier and more accepted. Thus, we are arriving at more play to earn games.

Some gamers of old feel that this ownership is just a way for game makers to be greedy. On the contrary, there is a demand for immersion into the virtual and there is a new demand to be met. To ignore this is, well, bad business on the game makers side.

When you consider a game's success it satisfies these conditions

Does it fill it's most base purpose, is it pleasurable or fun?

If it supports ownership:

Did the game allow you to spend very little for the entertainment you got, pay for itself, or actually make you money?

Side Note: If you approach a play to earn game with the intent on making money with a substantial amount, you're really not just playing around. To me that sounds more like business.

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P.S. One day it may be impossible to tell if you're playing a human or a robot in a live game of chess. Then what are we gonna do?

As always, I will never give financial advice, I will only be expressing my opinion. Thanks for reading!