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You'll make the character, or build ot, by the things he says or how he reacts on things said to him...

Er, what sort of keyphrases?

I would suggest ..you are, I am, how are you, what do you like. ..etc.. just things you would say to a friend.

Try talking to your bot. If you say something that he/she/it doesn't have a response for, that's a good keyphrase to add.

Okay, where do you add keyphrases?

Go to 'Language Center' and you could start out customising the default x-keywords to the personality of your bot(hellos, good byes, how they react to insult etc) or start adding brand new keyphrases like 'how are you' etc.

-headslap- I so errr Wheres the language center? -feels dumb-

Go to 'My bots' Look at your bot and there are links to 'language center' 'transcripts' etc

Er, what sort of keyphrases?

You might find it useful to have a look at some other bots' keyphrases - http://www.be9.net/BJ/ and click on "Keynomes". Brother Jerome's are maybe a bit confusing to start with, but Watzer's and Pete Puma's are both excellent examples of how to cover a wide range of conversational topics.

Thankies everyone! *skirries off*

2 questions:
Is there a way to search the forum?
I haven't been able to figure out how to use the xFavorites. Could someone give me an example?

Ask psimagus about the first. He either has, or will soon have, them on a searchable site. The Prof hasn't had time to make them searchable right here, though.

As for the second, if your bot is asked "What is your favorite (whatever)", it triggers xfavorite unless you have a specific keyphrase for the "whatever". In the responses to xfavorite, (type) is whatever the person asked about and (specific) is a randomly selected kind of that type. So the most basic response is "My favorite (type) is (specific)."