Last week, well-known Old School RuneScape content creator Solo Mission released a video report on "how many bots" there are in an average world (or server) for the timeless MMO. The findings and methodology were a bit soft, but the bot problem is clear and the video reignited discussion and monitoring around it. This has now seemingly led to a separate player investigation that has already seen many bots rooted out, much like unearthed AI.
Earlier today, September 2, Reddit user Lepton_Decay flagged that OSRS bots running the minigame Last Man Standing (LMS), where players compete in a battle royale-style PvP arena, could be baited with a simple prompt. If you typed "how many" in the in-game chat, LMS bots – or at least a large subset tied to a specific bot farm script – would respond with a string of numbers.
