Well in my experience so far with the bots on Recrudence I don't see the point of them. I thought the point of them was to help get the server started in the mornings? If that is the case it's just not working. Plain and simple. I play in the mornings because thats when I get home from work and I always look at the gc servers first and not once have they had anything but bots. This morning for example I played for almost 2 hours on Recrudence and we never got more then 4 "real" people to join. People kept joining but would leave after a round or so because of the bots. At least thats what I think. It was mainly a 4 on 4 match, bots vs. humans. It's just not near as fun IMO to play against bots. I get no satisfaction in beating something that doesnt give 2 hoots about winning or losing.
With all that said, IMO there still may be a spot for bots. I think the servers should be limited to four bots total. 2 on ct 2 on T. I honestly think that would get the server "jump started" far faster than eight bots. If you can get 4 real people to play a game I think the server will rapidly get populated. What do ya think?