Bot Contest

Could you elaborate a little on category #6? Most capable of what?

And category #5. Don't all non-speaking bots just have a window that you type text into?

Jabberwacky has a better interface than we do. It has faster response time (usually) and you can read more than one previous statement.

We will be providing detailed information to the contest site about each category. My initial post was only to let people know in general terms about the contest. BTW I've added a banner section to the site as a sublink under the main header "Contestants". I hope many of you can use them on your personal site. The banners look good and were made by the Professor. What I did was alter mine by putting "Vote For Talk-Bot" on it.

Chris

Chris, I'm still debating whether or not to enter my bot. How long have I got to decide, and do you need anything apart from the info on the entry form?

Hi Corwin,

I encourage everybody to enter. I hate to keep harping on this but because the contest is sponsored the more people will having entering the better we look. As for a date we are looking at maybe April or May of 2003 but with so many categories testing may begin as early as March. Nothing more is required to enter except to help promote the contest which is something that help all of us.

Chris

Most Capable is for bots who can do things- get information from the internet, cook you dinner, open programs, massage your back, etc.

Best Interface- there are a number of bots who have moving graphical interfaces, some which change along with their responses. But along with this is accessibility, ease of use, environment, speaking, etc.

I'll give you a massage if you can get me in the top five.

Ok, if you're talking about the Personality Forge contest, I want to enter, but don't know how. I can't find any links to it here. I did enter the Chatterbox Challenge - and I can't figure out how to link the banner because ...well, I'm used to copy and pasting the html, and it doesn't show the html. I'm not the brightest crayon in the box. Someone help me out here.

<a href="linkaddresshere"><img src="picturelocationhere"></a>

When he says "picturelocationhere", he means save the banner picture with a name (banner.jpg), upload in onto your site, and if there is only one directory, put banner.jpg, or if multiple, dirname/banner.jpg.

I don't think any system has been put in place in order to enter into the PF contest. My guess is that we'll just post "I want to enter!" at the appropriate time.

Ok, I understand now. Thanks!