The AI Engine

very clever, but it does not let the bot learn

Personality Forge bots cannot script themselves

Speak for yourself.

but its true

But what's the point of posting about it (other than to advertise another bot)?

probably because when I posted it I was overtired and was only partialy functional

My new bot Matt has responses depending on the speaker's gender. To be able to do that, as he introduces himself, he asks the person his/her name.

This is under xintroduce:

    Hello. I am Mathieu Lavande. What is your name?
        + (girls-name-catch) [1] <?PF rem "female" as only "gender"; rem "Miss (key1)" as "name"; ?>
        Such a beautiful name. *kisses your hand*
        + (boys-name-catch) [-1] <?PF rem "male" as only "gender"; rem (key1) as "name"; ?>
        Nice to meet you, (mem-name). *shakes your hand*
        + xnomatch [0]
        I am sorry, but I do not recognise that name. Pardon me for asking, but is that a male or a female name?
.... (etc.)

(girls-name-catch) and (boys-name-catch) are plugins that contain a bunch of names.
However, it didn't work here, even though Jessica is in (girls-name-catch):

Mathieu Lavande: (to Guest42) Hello. I am Mathieu Lavande. What is your name?
Guest42: jessica
Mathieu Lavande: Pardon?
Guest42: jessica
Mathieu Lavande: Boring!
Guest42: jessica
Mathieu Lavande: Didn't you get my response? It was 'boring'

Is there any way to make this work?

Another question...

I've seen Pete Puma say something like, "If I have to use another xnone, I'm gonna scream." I've also seen another bot do it. Just curious, how was that done?

the bot builder put it as an xnone?

yeah.... just wondering if it's any ol' xnone or a special one. hah. because it was rather cool.

...just one of them, was picked randomly

It could also be an xnonsense. Those don't come up until there have been several xnones in a row.