Announcer Bot

[Pio]

I recently started on a bot that "Announces" games on a public chat channel (?chat=twlb,twlb2, etc). Now you're asking why would we want this? Think of all the less spectators in a TWL game, that just lag it up. This way we can limit the players to maybe 40 and the rest would just have to join the announcemnt chat. It's basicly like listening to a game on the radio except it's text. It could log the events and store them in a text file on a webpage (i could code the php for it) so that people can go and see what actually happend during that game.

My current status on the project is 90%.

The current menu system looks like....

!help         -- Brings this up
!on         -- Turns Announcing on.
!off         -- Turns Announcing off.
!reset         -- Resets the bot to new.
!current         -- Gives you the current configuration.
!setalias <freq>:<name>         -- Sets a Freq #'s Squad Name.
!about         -- What's this bot for?.
!go <arena>         -- Goes to <arena>.
!die         -- Disconnects & Unloads Bot.

Things the bot will announce on...

PLAYER_DEATH
FLAG_CLAIMED

This is going to be my first bot, so i'm not very sure how it's going to turn out. Hopefully it turns out well. Even if TWL Ops decide to not use it, i'll still learn from making it.

[Awesome]

although i doubt it'll be implemented or that people would use it instead of actually going to see the game that they're interested in, it is kinda an original idea.

also, like a radio, would this be hosted with someone sending out the messages or would it just auto update the scores every x # of minutes and just announces when someone has taken the flag for base games and for dueling games just announces who kills who? (what types of messages would it send out is basically what im asking in an ackward sort of way)

good luck on the bot(s)

[Pio]

Basicly what it'll send to the chat is:

Pio has captured the flag for Incuria
Pio has killed Spastics Terrier
etc.
(Suggestions?)

Every 5 minutes it'll give out game stats for instance:
Current standings (min:min)
(Suggestions?)

The only real thing i'd think would be a problem is the bot spamming the chat if someone gets the flag like 30 times in a row. But i'm sure there is a way around that somehow.

[Anduril.]

You can aswell contact a TW RadioHost, who enters the arena and announces everything on TW radio. People connect => hear what's happening in the match. Why put that much effort in a bot when it's not really needed, and might not even get used.. ?
(Allthough I like the bot idea, GJ thinking of it!)

[Zerzera]

It gives Pio something to do. And some people might not like or want to use the radio. And you would be able to follow multiple games at one time.

[Anduril.]

If you try to follow multiple games by using the bot.. it would be UBER confuzing.

Pio takes the flag for Incuria.
M_M God takes the flag for Mambo.
Biernoot kills the terrier of Spastic.
Warportal kills the terrier of Incuria.
Warportal takes the flag for Disoblige.


Think of that happening 20 minutes long... I dunno if you can still see who is fighting who and what squad is winning,...
But I like the idea !

[Sumpson]

It's cool, you could use it when you dont feel like watching the game all the time but wanne stay up to date, you could play in a different arena and be up to date, I would use it, but uhm if there is a radio wich announces everything about the game, I would use that

/Sumpson

[Pio]

If you try to follow multiple games by using the bot.. it would be UBER confuzing.

Pio takes the flag for Incuria.
M_M God takes the flag for Mambo.
Biernoot kills the terrier of Spastic.
Warportal kills the terrier of Incuria.
Warportal takes the flag for Disoblige.


Think of that happening 20 minutes long... I dunno if you can still see who is fighting who and what squad is winning,...
But I like the idea !

There would be different bots for different games (because one bot can't be in 2 areans at once, der!). Also, each arena would have it's own chat. So if you wanted to follow the game in ?go twlb, just be on the chat twlb, etc.

[Stabwound]

This is pretty pointless.

[Pio]

This is pretty pointless.

It might be yes, but some people like it. Also it would keep the lag in a twl game down.

[Cig Smoke]

I think its an "alrite" thing for ppl who are banned from TW and ppl who just dont want to watch a game, or if someone is in SPEC of there own TWL game and wanna hear scores from another. But limiting the # to 40 ppl to an arena is stupid. The ppl dont make lag rise THAT much that u have to limit it. Thats just stupid.

[Pio]

Even if people don't want to use it, it'd be nice to have a log of what happend in the game And 40 was just a maybe figure.

[Divine Rides]

i would like my terr kills to be messaged zone wide please

[Ivan]

I think this plan is no need.

[Divine Rides]

Ivan is my cat's name (well not my cat but i live with him) and the name of the dragking that tried to pick up Jackie Brown on the L Word.