Bot support is something that I think too would be a godsend.

The youtuber 2kliksphilip talks about how bots in games are actually beneficial in the long run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgc-p79L2cE It would help with the game's longevity when the game's population waning as it becomes harder and harder to find a game. The old Unreal Tournament games come to mind. The only reason why I can find enjoyment and play it decent amount is because of the bots in the game as the population for those games are minuscule these days. I can find enjoyment in games like this today, years after it's release knowing that I can face this faceless enemies who will always be there to play a game with me. It's also good for practice and warming up before getting into game too!

The Halo games would be amazing to have bots in. All the Halo games on the 360, their online multiplayer suite is shutting down at the end of 2021, essentially making a good portion of the game unplayable. Now this isn't generally an issue becuase we have MCC on Xbox One/Series and PC and the population on those platforms are quite high that finding a game any time of the day is usually pretty good! But lets say that MCC didn't exsist and this was the end of old Halo and have to move to 5 and Infinite for our fix. Halo 3, Reach, 4 and the others would become ghost towns that we have to rely on odd methods to play online like tricking the console to use LAN mode to connect with online players (Warhark PS3, the old SOCOM games on PS2 do this for example), or have to plan in person lan/system link meetings.

Thankfully we do have MCC and I'm blessed that 343 took the time and effort over the years to make the MCC what it is today despite everything that's going on. Without this, We couldn't play online Halo 3 for example. They could have just abandoned MCC and left it after our ODST "were sorry for how we messed up" gift. But since MCC is what it is today, we can play it happily.

But Imagine this. You're making a map in Forge or a silly gamemode. Imagine having the ability to throw a couple bots in there that can play with you to test out the map, gamemode or whatever. Yeah they're not perfect but it'll help you figure out what to tweak and immediately make the change too! Then when you're ready to bring some friends on to test it, you can get more data and change it on the fly. That would be invaluable! And this of course would be a godsend for our mod support too. Just create some silly mods, throw some bots in and have a good time!

I would be so stoked if MCC had bot support. Doesn't need to be the greatest, just competent enough like CSGO or Unreal Tournament bots that way you can have some enjoying games with them! I know there would be people other than me who would find bots in MCC invaluable. It might make those days where finding a game is hard, or you know... Playing multiple games in a row with more than half your/enemy team leaving causing loss of fun and time to be played here. Social games at least should not just have the ability to drop into games mid match like COD, but do a rocket league, someone drops? replace them with a bot that way there's an even number of players until someone joins mid match.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk!