Bot Contest

Chris-- So there are no judges at all this year? or does that segment take place later?

Oy slacker you're stealing my votes! VOTE FOR ME!!

Chris,you should Post the bots % rank here every few days.I think that was what it called at the contest,And I voted for all my favorite People.

Actually, Chris doesn't want anyone who hasn't voted to know the percentages, because he's afraid that people won't vote on a bot that's likely to lose ... or that they might not vote for a bot they really like if they see that an underdog needs votes.

oh ok.

If you vote for me, I promise to stop talking about you behind your back. Eventually, anyway, I still have some good material I'm working out.

Shady - According to James there are 15 judges...that's all I've been told. But they will be the ones judging all the categories, the 12 questions and selecting 8 finalist. The botmasters are going to select 2 additional ones. At that point the 15 judges will talk with each finalist and decide the overall winners.

The time frame is not set as it's hard to determine with so many bots but the finalist will be selected in early May and the contest ends on May 10th so it must happen before then. As soon as I get any scores I will post to the website under the heading "Results".

Does it bother anyone else that most of the people voting are doing so without actually talking to all of the bots (or even most of them)? What are they basing their votes on?

I mean, I'll admit, I picked out five PF bots that I knew were good, based on previous conversations, and just voted for them ... but it seems like people are just voting based on the "general knowledge" transcripts.

Welcome to bot contests. Don't take it seriously just look at it as traffic with your bot to make it better.

Yes, Isaac. Humans are lazy and fickle. Bots will soon rule the world.

Hi Simulacron3, my gang is gonna rule this forge so don't get any ideas.