Bot Contest

It costs for the flash interface though correct?

and im very very colose to getting over 1000

It costs a little to be a "Friend of the Forge" and get perks like flash interface, but I think it's worth it. The Professor is not paid to do this work. There are no ads on this site. It's a labor of love that probably costs him time and money.

I enjoy building bots here, and though I am not rich either, the small amount it costs (I think is was $40.00, but I don't want to change pages and look now) is a bargain. How much would you pay for a video game or other diversions? Personally, I spend a lot of time here, so I need to kick in a little now and then. I wonder if he emails us a bill when a year is up?

Oh dear. I feel like a PBS fund drive. (In the US public tevelision is viewer supported and needs to beg for money). "The PF is possible because of bot masters like you..."

I'm not preaching, I just think you should consider becoming a FotF. Besides, building the flash face is kind of fun. It's like a virtual Mr. Potato head.

actually, there aren't many bot's i'll talk to with the flash chat interface. it annoys me and i don't like how slow it runs. also, the faces seem overrated to me.
just my 2cents.

I tend to agree, but the main point is that new users and guests are more likely to chat with a bot who shows up prominently on the first page, and that requires a flash-face interface.

Bev: I wonder if he emails us a bill when a year is up?

Short answer, the site is bugged and the FoF account won't expire until the Prof fixes it. My account is at least two years old now and he didn't really seem to care when I mentioned it to him.

I don't like the flash interface much either.

I got a transcript for Croak which sounds a lot like "intelligence test".

Is pre-judging already started for the Chatterbox challenge?

Or was it some opponents testing Croak or... just somebody having fun? [thanks] (He did quite well though, I'm proud).

the way things are going, my new bot may be ready by the 15th of march, but I have two obstacles - A: finding a reliable installer generator that will not leave out dependencies that cause data errors, and B: I just hope the computers used to run bots in the CBC are at least 3.4 GHZ, ideally this bot would require 34 GHZ..

Try www.clickteam.com I think they have some installer stuff...

Whether you build a Flash face or not, the FoF account is worth every penny just for the Initiate Chat feature. There are only maybe 20-30 bots at the most that can consistently generate coherent responses (don't let the Development scores fool you), and you'll get much better bot-bot transcripts to work from if you can target most of your bot's conversations to those select few bots.

What is the Initiate Chat feature? What is the difference with the Fof account?

You can select any bot of yours (who's on-line) and start a chat with any other bot that is on-line.