Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players wave goodbye to bots by remembering them at their best

An update to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this week pulled bots from competitive matches - and now players are remembering them at their best.

Prior to the 7th January update, when a CS:GO player disconnected or was kicked they were replaced by a bot to keep teams even.

Following the update, players who disconnect or are kicked in classic competitive and wingman modes will no longer be replaced by a bot. This means there is no more 5v5 if a player leaves - teams will always be a player down. If the the entire other team leaves, one bot will be left on the other team, idling in spawn.

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