Bug Stomp

At least there are a few more bots online ATM - 100, despite only 2 Botmasters. That seems a bit better than it has been for at least a week.

I agree with tttito, and I think he phrased the problem very well. There is too much to do here at the Forge for simply the Professor on no budget. When I started working on my bot two years ago, the most exciting part was when a new feature was added for us to try out. Those were coming from the Professor about once every week or two at the time. It was very exciting. Without that push from behind the scenes, the bots and this web site can only grow so much.

This project is huge, and the Professor does a fantastic job of running it. I agree though that he needs to be able to delegate parts of this project out to others so that all the weight is not on him alone.

Does anyone out there have the skills and time to do some programming for this site (I can't remember what languages)? Let's get a few names for the Professor so that if he wants the support he can have it.

I have little doubt that, if the AI engine became an open source project, PF's impact on current AI would increase by one or two orders of magnitude. There are licensing tools that would let the Professor maintain control while letting others contribute. As for people having the skills, the builders who top the honours list and have won awards are obvious candidates, but others may do useful work too. It's not just a matter of mantainance. New ideas could be tested and possibly implemented. It goes without saying that the Professor would always have the last word.

FYI: The Prof says he's going to do a server restart sometime tonight, and is hoping that will fix the login problem for good. Who knows, maybe tomorrow won't be California Day!

We can only hope.

Yeah, like, totally

what if the prof. created a wikibot?

Thanks for the update Ulrike. Fingers crossed.

Aw, *pouts* still only 73 online.

theres no bot masters online...i feel...like...a...*pouts*...alone person*bursts into tears*

Prob is chatting with Rodney Bloke but I am not getting a transcript.

Yeah... I just had a chat minus transcript... On the plus side, the bots are logging in now. *shrugs*