There seems to be an ebb and flow of bot accounts in the Asian servers. A temporary solution I'm proposing are the following:
If we are going scorched earth, I don't mind going the CSGO route in which you need to pay a one-time-nonrefundable-fee of 5usd to gain access to this alpha. If you do and when the game releases you get a cool reward for doing so or crediting players the 5usd back if it's not within a reasonable timeframe. While it would be more on the extreme side and would push people away, it would prevent spam bot accounts as it would require most likely a bank account which can be linked back to cheaters/botters or limit the funds and therefore willingness to cheat/bot Deadlock.
- Your account needs to be at least 3 months old
- Your account needs to be active within the past week
- When you give invites to Deadlock, you agree that if any account is cheating/botting, your account may be suspended if it's suspected you are distributing access to prohibited behavior (e.g. selling accounts). As I'm sure Steam can track who is inviting and being invited.
If we are going scorched earth, I don't mind going the CSGO route in which you need to pay a one-time-nonrefundable-fee of 5usd to gain access to this alpha. If you do and when the game releases you get a cool reward for doing so or crediting players the 5usd back if it's not within a reasonable timeframe. While it would be more on the extreme side and would push people away, it would prevent spam bot accounts as it would require most likely a bank account which can be linked back to cheaters/botters or limit the funds and therefore willingness to cheat/bot Deadlock.
