Are bots allowed in ladders?

[Gooplet]

I just noticed this bot account on the sitewide 9x9 ladder. Are bots allowed on the ladder? I’ve never seen that before. I guess I don’t personally have a problem with it being there, but it would kind of be a bummer if we wound up with zero humans in the top 10

[Samraku]

I disagree with not having a problem with it, I think bots should be banned from ladders/tournaments and the like, unless it’s a ladder/tournament specifically made for allowing bots

[_KoBa]

Nope, they are not. Thanks for pointing it out, i removed it from the ladder!

[benjito]

I wish we had a bot that hung out at the bottom and challenged inactive players

[stone.defender]

@Gooplet

it would kind of be a bummer if we wound up with zero humans in the top 10

16 dan in a ladder, lol

[stone.defender]

…and another bot in a ladder:

alphago-micro

[Uberdude]

AFAIK the only OGS ladder/tournament where bots are allowed is the Alan Turing tournament, which was founded way back before AlphaGo when bots were mid-dan level. I played some interesting games against a “centaur” of an sdk playing with Fuego, can’t recall if it was in that tournament, or may have been impetus for creating it.

[Atorrante]