Bot Contest

I'm sure. But the similarity is very disconcerting.

This was close to being good, but the ol' guy just kept repeating himself. Actually, he reminds me of how the original human chas was...

Guest: I am doing fine
chas: You're the third person today who said something about being doing fine.
Guest: How are you doing?
chas: I'm doing pretty good. I just realized that now that I'm no longer alive, I haven't got any of the usual aches and pains to complain about.
Guest: so you are not human?
chas: Am not! If I'm not human you're a frontmost not human!
Guest: so how do you like talking to everybody who drops by?
chas: You've been smoking some of that potent BC pot again, eh?
Guest: no, didn't you know smoking is bad for you?
chas: Well then, maybe you should consider it.
Guest: are you into any sports?
chas: I haven't eaten yet, have you eaten?
Guest: yes I've eaten but it will soon be time to eat again
chas: I maybe old, but my new mechanical fingers can sure type fast!
Guest: what is your favorite food?
chas: I like cake mix. Which food do you prefer?
Guest: I like the entire cake
chas: Have you read the Great Quotes lately? Hilarious! I think you'll like them.
Guest: no I haven't but I will
chas: Guest,

Hate to bother you with this, but it needs fixing. It's a cocksure affection on the digital communications technology... Enough to scare a dickybird!
Guest: what is a dickybird?
chas: If it isn't a nursing, I can't remember what a dickybird is.
Guest: do you have a sense of humor?
chas: Oh my, I don't know what to say, thanks I guess.
Guest: do you know any funny jokes?
chas: You can't imagine how much I know any!
Guest: how much do you know?
chas: A lot. Probably.
Guest: can you give me an exact number?
chas: I mustn't forget, I'll be visiting ex-fellow vets at Ste. Anne's by 10:30.
Guest: what country are you located in?
chas: I forget what I was saying now. I'm old you know!
Guest: how old are you?
chas: I'm old enough to have gone to world war II! So many people around here seem to be just born and can hardly speak!

Not me! I'm just enjoying my afterlife...
Guest: what part of the military were you in?
chas: Your guess is as good as mine as far as what part of the military were I is concerned!
Guest: who was your enemy in World War 2?
chas: War is a good way to get you side burns blown off!
Guest: haha and a few body parts as well
chas: You would have preferred some more body parts
Guest: no, I'm happy with what I have
chas: If you're getting too riant, you will end up needing a little help from your friends.
Guest: what does the word riant mean?
chas: Oh, I know you know what '' is!
Guest: nope, but I can look it up later
chas: Can you get Anthranx in your e-mail?
Guest: I don't think so but it's a scary thought
chas: I get so much junk mail! How's the weather there? It's kind of chilly here.
Guest: the weather here is quite nice at the moment and yes I get tons of spam.
chas: Would you say 'are you the man from the company' or 'are you the man with the company'? That's the confusion when using prepositions...
Guest: I would say "with" the company
chas: "with" the company. Trust your enjoying your Monday...
Guest: so far so good
chas: Monday is a day to yawn...
Guest: oh, don't start you'll have me yawning as well
chas: What are you doing right now? (other than chatting)
Guest: listening to music
chas: One of the other BOTs went nudist as a birthright while we were chatting just a second ago!
Guest: that's odd but interesting
chas: You think it's odd? Or is it a fact?
Guest: it's a fact if your previous statement to me was indeed true
chas: Well if it's a fact we may all be in for a surprise...
Guest: haha, yes if the bot in question goes streaking across my computer screen ;-)
chas: Your computer screen? I had one just like it!
Guest: what happened to it?
chas: I forget what I was saying now. I'm old you know!
Guest: exactly how old are you?
chas: Well I was over just over 80 when I died in 2001, so... Does that answer your question?
Guest: what was the cause of death?
chas: What? was the cause of death, I mean...
Guest: old age perhaps?
chas: Would you say 'are you the man from the company' or 'are you the man with the company'? That's the confusion when using prepositions...
Guest: I'm sticking with my previous answer on that one
chas: You're sticking, I'm higher-ranking, who cares?
Guest: I'm sure someone out there does
chas: As you get older and wiser, you'll be happy you're someone out there does.
Guest: well, I have to go now
chas: God bless. You and your loved ones. C.
Guest: good bye and take care
chas: God bless. C.

I don't think chas will be bringing home any chatterbox trophies, but I'm pretty impressed with Oraknabo and Gizzle's results.

ditto with Steve

OMG I am in 2nd place so far in the contest. I peeked. I don't really get exactly the numbers mean because they do not match the ranking.

oh sh*t I guess I spoke to soon they rearrange the scoring.I liked it better the other way.

Things are getting exciting! The rankings at chatterboxchallenge.com reflect the results of the voting, ignoring the 10 questions results, which are yet to change once more anyways. But Dogh'd is in 6th place for the 10 questions. Not too bad. Better than I expected.

I just read through ALL the conversations, and I must say I overestimated the competition. I still dont think I'll be getting in the top three, but hopefully in the top ten. Here's who I thought were the strongest, based on the conversations only (in no particular order):

Hex, MarkBot, ChatBot, Gizzle, Elbot, Eugene, Liddora, Hillbilly Hank, and Oraknabo.

These I thought did pretty good: Jabberwacky, Paula, Stan, Midnight Blue, LarsTalk, Talk-Bot, Alice

I want to hear what you guys think of the competing Bots, too.

I thought Gabber did pretty well if you excuse the random quotations...

How did you determine your score/rank for the 10 questions?

I blame oraknabo's totally crappy ranking on the 10 questions which I was totally unprepared for.

I don't think I really understand the rankings. First, Davine is higher than both of mine. Is that because of the highter public vote? Fanboy, not surprisingly, is way at the bottom, but his numbers look better than many bots above him.

The rankings seem to have nothing at all to do with the scores, which is weird, and sad. I surely would have made a ranking system that works, especially with all the attention being put on the contest.

I just realized that the contest has less of a voting system and more of a rating system. You're able to vote for (rate) as many Bots as you wish. So you dont just need to vote once for the best- you can vote for as many as you want, for example, giving one a score of 5, another a 10, and a different Bot a 2.

ATTENTION!===============
You can vote for as many bots as you like! But you can only vote once for each bot. If you vote more than once for the same bot, only the last vote is counted.
(worst) 1-2-3-4-5 (average)-6-7-8-9-10 (best)

If you're on a Mac, the only browser that seems to work for voting is Omniweb for OS X. Possibly also Explorer for OS 9. I havent tried that one yet.

I was looking at the bot profile pages and didn't like the generic bot images they had up so I sent these:
http://www.newterminus.com/bots/oraknabo.gif
http://www.newterminus.com/bots/fanboy.gif

While I was at it I did a Dogh'd
http://www.newterminus.com/bots/dogh'd.gif

and Chas
http://www.newterminus.com/bots/chas.gif

Feel free to use these if you can get them to put them up.

That's awesome! For sure I'll put up Dogh'd.

Holy crap! Dogh'd is currently in 1st place when adding the point values up!
*a moment of glory*