Elim & BaseElim

[Shadowmere]

Hi all.

For the temporary downtime of Robo Ref and Robo_Ref, few staffers have been working on the bots and best gameplay possibilities for the gamers.

A few notes:
*Elim voting and MVP system have been fixed, the bot no longer forces WB to 10 games.
*BaseElim has been moved to BaseElim2 TEMPORARILY.

BaseElim2 has shrap enabled. However, coming to a conclusion that it's best to let the players decide how to play the game, I have set up a bot voting system that allows you to change whether there is shrap or not in the game. You will need 15 votes from players that are on the arena at one time for any changes to take effect. The amount of votes is high because at peak times today there were 35 players on the arena and we don't want the shrap voting to be abused. If it will be abused, it will be removed and shrapnell enabled just like the arena configurations work. There will be a notification of this voting system every 15 minutes by GammaBot3, as well as every time you enter the arena.

As I said, all this is temporary. However all of it is to make you players satisfied. I believe it is for the best to let the players choose how they play their games.

We could change the BaseElim system because at the same time testing the fixed bot was best done in BaseElim2 and currently there is no ranking that having or not having shrapnell could make unfair.

I need to consult with the bot coder more, but as far as I know, things like 'Accuracy percentage' will be added to BaseElim as well. However there has been some problems with it, so don't count on it.

EDIT: We've removed the shrap voting system. We are trying to get people more used to shrapnel, and as you all know the arena used now isn't in permanent use quite yet.

[Zeebu]

id love to see 15 active people in baseelim(2)

[Soilderz]

id love to see 15 active people in baseelim(2)

Yes..and maybe zoners from staffers now and then to get it active (me?)

[Downfall]

i love baseelim2 keep it

[Galaxy Turbo]

The progress being made in terms of bot work on both bots for elim and belim(2) are good so far from what I see. The only possible issue which we're already aware of is the 15 vote limit for the activation/deactivation of shrap, basically because it may not always be possible to get 15 votes from players. This is why I would say that a time limit was placed instead of a vote limit for shraps.

Other than that, so far I see no problems, hopefully baseelim will be at least partially revived as a result of this work.

[Vergilius]

message to qan: here's the log of what happened

GAME OVER: Winner sajen [The Noose]
MVP: i.d. ... 13 kills
Vote on ship: 1=Javelin 2=Warbird 3=Terrier 4=Shark 5=Spider 6=Any Ship
10:BElimAlert> The next round of BaseElim is about to begin.
This game has been cancelled because there are not enough players!
sajen> gg
Vote on ship: 1=Javelin 2=Warbird 3=Terrier 4=Shark 5=Spider 6=Any Ship
Vergilius> hm?
This game has been cancelled because there are not enough players!
Vote on ship: 1=Javelin 2=Warbird 3=Terrier 4=Shark 5=Spider 6=Any Ship
dilate> 1
It will be Javelin elim. (1 votes)
Vote on deaths (1-10)
corleone> 5
It will be Spider elim. (1 votes)
Vote on deaths (1-10)
lavu>
corleone> 1
lavu> 1
It will be Javelin elim. (1 votes)
Vote on deaths (1-10)
corleone> wtf
Javelin elim to 1 (1 votes)
Enter if playing.
10:BaseAlert> A basing game just ended at ?go base. Another game will start when enough people are here
corleone> why is it spid?
corleone> WTF
Javelin elim to 10 (default)
Enter if playing.
lavu> lol
Javelin elim to 10 (default)
Enter if playing.
corleone> wow this is fucked up
Vergilius> i think its screwed
Next round begins in 15 seconds ...
Next round begins in 15 seconds ...
corleone> yeah..
Javelin Elim to 10 has begun. GO! GO! GO!!
corleone> it is
Next round begins in 15 seconds ...
dilate> why wont shrap ever turn off
Javelin Elim to 10 has begun. GO! GO! GO!!
Javelin Elim to 10 has begun. GO! GO! GO!!

so, as you can see, jolly good fun that game. To start, it gives the warning of cancel by lack of players directly after the win, and continues as long as no 2nd person enters. Put it so that it only cancels after the 'game will start in 15 seconds' or so.

next issues... well, you can see. (eventually it was a jav elim to 10)

Edit: Next game started fine.

Edit2: When entering, the # players still in game is flawed. Took screenshot: http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?i...nshot58cw0.png

[stark]

I always PM my vote to the bots, and when I did it in elim, the bot PM'd me back when voting on game type saying "thank you, your vote has been counted" but it did not say that when I was voting on deaths... and no one else voted and I didn't vote 10, yet it was to ten. Does he not count death PMs?



On a different note, 'losh (yeah, sweet nickname... just made it up) set it up so you can PM the bots remotely like you used to be able to do with robo's. Most of the old schoolers prolly used to :#bots:!status to check on the status of both elim and baseelim... Now you can :#elfbots:!status to check on both and baseelim