Bot Contest

Where's that-a-way? I can't see your finger.

For the record I offered the Professor the opportunity to run his own contest of PF bots only. He could run it anyway he saw fit. The winner would automatically get a spot in the finals of the Chatterbox Challenge. The rest of the PF bots would NOT be eliminated but would enter the contest as normal. This would have given you all a smaller contest and thus a better chance to show the abilities of your bots. It was a win - win situation but guess what. It never happened. So now you were faced with trying to shine in a field of 88 bots. Oh well, I simply wanted you all to know I tried and if there is a contest next year my offer still stands.

Congratulations to Brianna McKenzie. She won the bronze in the Best Character/Personality.

Chris Cowart

Rexmundi, I agree with you. Although I've put some very specific responses into one of my bots at least, I put them there not so she could become happy-sappy friends of everybody who talks to her, but so she could seem as real as possible. I don't think the 'reality' of a bot lies in its ability to tell you what time it is or what the capital of (country) is. It's much more esoteric than that.

Oraknabo often 'feels' real to me even though I know what he is. I have also had moments like that with Midnight Blue and a few other bots.

A generous offer, Chris, and I appreciate it. I didnt decide not to have the Personality Forge Personality Contest, there was just way too many things going on what with rewriting everything and moving to a new server. I simply didnt have the time.

Congratulations, Brianna McKenzie and Forest of Death!

Yay Brianna!

I think it was very wise of you not to set things up so that a PF bot automatically got a place in the finals. While I think more than one deserved a place, it would only have been worth it if that bot had gotten in with everyone else. Not to mention the fact that the tournament-fixing cries would have been far louder...

Congratulations, Forest of Death!

oops yeah -
Hooray Brianna and FOD!

I think if we're gonna have a PF only contest, it should be a totally separate thing. And that we shouldn't have it until all of us get around to updating our bots with the new features.

Yay! Thank you
Well done to everybody else as well

The deadline for getting your two votes in for the 10th finalist is this Sunday, May 18. Send your two choices in to chatterboxchallenge@yahoo.com along with your name. Very few have voted so far, so it will only take the slightest nudge to get a PF bot into the finals.

Dang, we should be able to send in one for one bot and one for another. I have to decide between voting for my own bot or someone elses... Hrmph, well GH would probably never speak to me again if I didn't vote for him...