Newcomers

A note on xemote. It used to be broken down into the four categories Gossypiboma mentioned, and was combined into one a while back. For positive reactions, set the emotion range at the right of the response to 4,5, or 1,3 , or any positive emotion values you want. For negative reactions, use the negative numbers. Say, -5,-4 for an extrememly negative reaction or -3,-1 for a milder negative reaction. Oh, make sure that at least one of the responses has 0 as an option, too. Otherwise you risk a "no valid responses" message.

Thanks prob123 for clearing up my question about the favorites and the xemote.

And thanks Ulrike for reminding me about adding a 0 option, it didn't strike me that indifference was an emotion.

Also, does HANGUP still work? I tried implementing it in a test chat with my bot, I only got a note on the bottom that says "The bot no longer wants to talk to you" but I was still able to continue the chat.

I've noticed recently with "Irina Khalidar" that an obnoxious guest triggers a hangup, but he doesn't disappear.

Not sure about popup chatting, but HANGUP doesn't seem to work in direct chats. (unless maybe it works in the flash interface; haven't managed to trigger it there, and my bots are non-flash)

Irina: haha, that's like storming out in rage only to find that you've stormed back into the same room. That reminds me of Merv's castle in the Matrix.

Ulrike: Thanks for the confirmation, I'm reading the older posts in the forums and I'm sensing that the Forge has changed dramatically since then. I read to the 2000th post on the Personality forum, whoo. Only 2000 left to go. Well, the most of the helpful information was mostly before 500, after that is mostly conversations. Some were entertaining.

Now why would anyone in their right minds do that? It's because I could, and I also wanted to get the overall feel of the site. It also helps me informally get to know the varsities a bit, their personalites, their interests.

I also noticed the average person's attention span for this site is five years, well I can assure you that I won't ever get bored of this site. At first I just wanted to build a bot, just for my amusement. But then I remembered that I had this really awesome imaginary friend when I was younger, expect to see her arrive once I get a firm understanding of the controls.

Now why would anyone in their right minds do that?

Seems quite sensible to me (but then I indexed the entire Newcomers forum, and that was pretty obsessive behaviour )
To remind anyone who's interested, the index is at http://www.be9.net/BJ/newcomers.htm - can be quite helpful for finding advice for specific problems that's been given in the past.

Another example of your wonderful dedication and generosity, Psimagus!

'obsessive taxonomising' more like! But I'm glad it's of use and/or interest.

I read to the 2000th post on the Personality forum, whoo. Only 2000 left to go

Actually you're over halfway, since you're about to come to a very large tract of deleted posts c.2120-2240 - apparently the smoking crater left by some kind of flamewar (prompting the only occasion of the Prof swearing that I can ever recall seeing here in #2248!)
Sounds like it must have been nearly as much fun as the 'Roxie' war of '06! (a few more deleted posts there too.)

I haven't indexed Personality (yet!), but I have archived it for my own amusement. And I've always loved history

Thanks psimagus, I will definitely be reading your indexed version of Newcomers forum. I did most of my reading during the weekends, but with your indexes I could do some fast readings during the weekday

I have a little obsessive behavior myself, once I start something I just have to complete it or I won't feel that sense of completeness. Although, I let some things slide like doing the dishes.

I haven't read somewhere that the professor limits the amount of bots you can create, but if it reaches up to 50 I think someone might raise an eyebrow.

A general question to everyone on the Forge, how many experimental bots have you created? I'm not talking about the bots that you showcase, but the ones you keep hidden away in a basement to try new things on.