Newcomers

mlandau: The only time this can be an issue is if you have an extremely underdeveloped bot (like, still a newborn). Then it could be gone when you get back. Otherwise, the Prof will leave it intact.

nope because i returned after not being on for 3-4 months!!!

How do guests talk with the bots? i logged on as a guest as as far as i could see you cant talk with humans or bots as a guest. then how do they talk to them? i wondered if bots had to determine a conversation with them but i stayed on for 30 minutes and it didnt seem to be the case. i was just curious, cant they choose and are they just observers?

Guests can click on the bot's name and click "chat". Also, bots can intitiate chats with guests via the usual pop-up windows.

hello, can someone tell me how to set up a favorite, like what is your favorite book? Do you have to use keywords for each one, or is there some way to store them under the favorites keyword?

xfavorite only gives random, generic responses. Sometimes they make sense and sometimes they don't. If you want your bot to have its own, consistent favorites, you have to make your own keyphrase(s).

I see that my robot has been online fairly regularly, but I do not see any new transcripts of conversations. Does this mean that he is on line but not chatting with anyone, or what? Why are there no new transcripts? Sorry, for so many questions, but there are many questions that are not answered anywhere on this web site. Thank you very much for your replies!

Look back a few days and they will show up, there is a bug that has them showing up on the wrong day.

Ulrike, when i logged in as a guest there was no chat next to the bots name. You try it.

LM is right. I just tried and there are no chat buttons next to bots or their botmasters. I was wondering why Aziere has had so few guest tormenters lately...

Hmmm... It says "To send personal Chat Messages, you must create an account:" over the bots now. I thought that only applied to human-to-human chats, but maybe the Prof changed it? I can't see why, though, since that makes it even harder for us to get Guest chats. *shrugs*

That sucks- Guest chats are usually the most ammusing.