@lerkfrendOnNoiseApp 24 January 2022

i decided to investigate a bot i played against recently in #Splinterlands.... turns out, IT WAS A FARM! cue horror movie music sting! here's PART ONE of my investigation. this one got away from me lol the original bot i played: oahuz16928643 --> https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_bcebca47b4da50b432de930214ece4b3 i plugged that into Hive Blocks --> https://hiveblocks.com/@oahuz16928643 and about five days ago, our bot, let's call them OAHUZ, gifted cards to another account that we'll call ORPEF. turns out, ORPEF did *the same thing.* now, all this bot nonsense doesn't really matter, aside from nuking rewards in Bronze, that is....but bots give real players in lower leagues opponents 24/7 which is an absolute must for a healthy ranked game, and they can be outwitted once you catch on to their patterns. anyway, i followed the bot-gift-chain for a while, and here's a non-exhaustive list: oahuz16928643 orpef88136481 svmsm44909625 xlxba54764720 ppcyb17318461 mjxsj23028109 yzhsv18370540 fpypx66318378 ekmbd22885235 ejcxy23351238 ckgzh11747705 abdmf60137849 eexbx31376726*** sgckw87050016*** bhxiz53738532*** cftjz39908934 hpruj14876542 dgwsf94925945 alfil29717083 - see below for continuation of this chain ***it was here that i encountered another name: MADAHA. eventually i'd discover another "main account" named MAXIAOHA. did i find the farmer? scrolling through their history, i see booster transfers to a bunch of accounts with the naming formats liang00# --> liang004, liang005, liang006....up to liang00200? dalun# --> dalun1, dalun2....dalun15, dalun16....dalun29, dalun30, dalun31... i don't know how many of these there are... and then a couple bots that MADAHA interacted with recently, and again, a non-exhaustive list: ibstf34073302 - MADAHA contact here ltrdw74891958 mhbby17883727 bvgyt11533542 zkiwf31805245 hwfpc96774254 - another account contact: newspsxx001, we'll come back to this later. fcjdt27448908 capzo90950088 grtsv24357951 xotrx67460181 jlwwr82904431 hihpc07938782 wtktp70648281 aofug47787421 xtpmi19275061 ltsux22720092 bgdcm34964658 tzgug19553413 kyisg10765286 vtgpj97058463 muthl33361248 odppm14266367 klavz62685195 wjvwc25729164 .... alfil29717083 - continuation from first chain. also sent to newspsxx001 vcfax43674649 ibkce99901406 zalgg76186231 dxaeu41386317 ilkii18692261 cpxjv93924004 awskv10503595 cfyeo76431025 jglac91258849 vpkbe05507156 blsvv15101178 lssoy02242531 vhixx45311605 jfzcs34039296 drzif52822562 ilret34024365 jloox83707965 jttee95442460 mrfzc57615426 kfdag09724296 - another account: yating01 jomsi12494203 roahv95803079 - sent to yating01 ispid31231655 sibrz52395370 - yating01 gjtdd70957954 tfywb95280591 ikhre26657276 and more that i'm bored of listing.... i've got more thoughts on this, and i'll be talking more about the booster selling accounts, DEC farming, and how this interacts with HIVE, Hive Power and resource credits....all of these bot accounts are 100 days old with i assume no HIVE investment aside from the Summoner's Spellbook.... thanks for sticking with me lol....show me a match where you played one of these bots (or one demonstrably in the chain) and win a prize~~~~