AlphaStar paper is out

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Right now the bots don’t play many games, don’t play repeat games and play under a barcode.

Probably the biggest aspect of the game is understanding your opponent, how they think, play, how they will react to X information, etc, which they have completely shielded the bot from.

Give the bot a name. Have it play 10k games on the ladder and I guarantee it won’t be anywhere near the rank they claim it is at.

Hi rabiDrone, have you thought of the reason as to why you play under a barcode account yet? Previously you were telling me that you play under a barcode 'because it’s no different than playing under any other alias’, which is a sentiment you seem to disagree with suddenly. Get back to me on how this is different, maybe something to do with the sample size of AlphaStar’s games?

I tried mass infestor and lost 400 mmr

A barcode is no different than any other alias.

Is barcoding more anonymous than a normal alias?

I’ve done exactly that and have witnessed others doing exactly that as well. If aliases were unique, meaning once you registered an alias NO OTHER PERSON COULD USE THE SAME ALIAS, then having an alias would make you somewhat identifiable. You still wouldn’t be identifiable if you were to play on a different account with a different alias. However, anyone can have any name they want, and at times there are dozens of people with the same name. Barcoding is a great example of this in action - …