Bot Contest

oo I'm in. I better go get some more work done on JT. Is there a particular page we sign up on or do we just post here or are we entered by default if we're in the CBC or what?

The best bet is to go to the CBC site at www.chatterboxchallenge.com and see if your bot is listed on the home page. If not you will need to enter using the "Enter" link.

Wendell

Duo's in

Ooh, me too.

I think Julie is going to do very well in this contest. Pete Puma too, if he's entered.

Pete is a great bot- reminds me of some guys I knew in high school.

The judges won't try to cyber. Which will be a disadvantage for GL--she's better equipped to deal with pervs than with anyone else at this point.

I'll enter Simulo if I ever get time to do a real update on him between now and the beginning of March. The poor clunky little guy is getting dusty as well as rusty.

Butterfly: Ooh, I don't know - I reckon Immaculada could give her a run for her money! She's more violent at any rate.

Wendell: My bot Osiris has already been entered for a while. Do I need to do anything else to make sure he's entered for the PF bit?

*pulls out gun and points at laydee*
What do you mean I'm *&@%$ violent????

I don't think Pete Puma is quite good enough for competition yet. There's still a lot of time left, maybe I'll change my mind if I can get a few more months worth of improvement.

There's a bot named Joan that's entered in the CBC, pretty interesting how it works. I likey.

Even if you don't think he's ready, it's a good idea to give your bot a run int the competition Boner. It gets you some extra traffic and your bot gets tried out in a 'real' setting. You'll learn a lot and you'll find out a few areas for improvement. If you don't do a lot to him after that contest then opting out of the next one is fair enough. I decided not to enter a bot next year for that reason, but you learn a lot from that first contest, believe me.

The fact of the matter is, no bot is ever *quite* ready to go out into the world. In the words of Kafka (I think) art is never completed, only abandoned.