Bot Contest

*lowers her head and smirks* Thank you people, you are ever so kind voting for me!

Here are the top 10 bots as posted on the contest site:

1)Motbot (205) 10%
2)Artemis (181) 9%
3)Aries (87) 4%
4)Thomas (83) 4%
5)Alice (72) 3%
6)Zero (72) 3%
7)RoboMatic X1 (68) 3%
8)Athena (49) 2%
9)Poseidon (46) 2%
10)Orchid (46) 2%

Congratulations Orchid! I really like your bot, as I have said in the past

Now, I'm getting nervous for the jury voting round...

<+1>Thanks WadeK - the Best to you!<0>
I am also getting nervous but it's nice to have Orchid be one of the 10 most popular bots. The jury voting... *shiver*.. *shiver*..

<+2>I still haven't received an email to vote for a botmaster. Anyone else?

No, but then by my reckoning the public voting doesn't end until midnight tonight, and I think the botmasters' vote comes after that.

Actually, the public voting has ended. Those results that I posted are final...

And no, I didn't receive an e-mail yet either.

Oops! You're quite right, I guess my browser had cached the voting page - when I refresh, I see the voting *has* ended (that's funny though - I thought it was the end of the month, but maybe there's timezone weirdness going on.)

Oh well - we'll be getting our emails any time now then

Yeah, thanks, I hope so, since I don't want to be disqualified because of not being able to vote a botmaster.

I'm afraid of this too If anyone gets an e-mail, please let us know...

I also hope that my e-mail account doesn't have any problems during the period we are allowed to vote...

It is after the posting of the 10 questions results, not popular vote, if I remember. The 10 question results are how you get into the finals. Then the added ones that the participating botmakers choose.

and I still make it April (but then Wales has always been a bit behind the times.)
I really wouldn't panic, guys.
I know there was a bit of a spat last year, but you'll get plenty of time to get your vote in, believe me. They're not going to go springing it on us - check your email daily and you're fine (but remember to check your spam folder.)

At some point in May, you'll get the email.
And you will have several days, at least, to respond.
Period.

There really is no cause to panic.

The results of the jury voting are available on the Chatterbox Challenge site.

Hmm... It seems like Artemis wasn't judged at all, since there is no transcript... Maybe the bot's site was down during the judging? What could be the explanation for this?