Round 62: Spongebob Mafiapants

Yoshi wrote:My reworking worked....votebot does not reconize amylovers!

Phoenix wrote:Why not I'm [in]. Theme seems really fun

Good to have ya back m8.

Well, looks like iftopic IP banned me.

That was interesting.

Might be a rough couple of days for my access here until I can perfect avoiding whatever bot-detecting features they've implemented.

Fortunately, they're kind enough to assume that they've got a false positive, so they send me to an error page that informs me that I may be a bot... unless the bot mindlessly continues to try to access the site, in which case they just IP ban me (take a guess what it's been doing over the last couple days).

I've at least made it smart enough that I shouldn't be IP banned again, though I can't say how reliable it'll be with posting and stuff.



Oh, and [in]. In the unlikely event that I get IP banned again, I'll let DA know.

Which means we're doing this the old-fashioned way, then? ALRIGHTY THEN.

EDIT: Okay, guess not.

>Alpar not in sponge mafia

for shame

Players
01: Link Lab
02: spplmj
03: Hunter Axel
04: Gam
05: MrNaleIt
06: French Connections
07: Tael
08: Yoshi
09: StalinCommander
10: Zyquux
11: Aboithagameboi
12: Cloak
13: Shadi
14: Phoenix
15: Rainboy




Phase: Pregame Setup

Rainboy wrote:Oh, and [in]. In the unlikely event that I get IP banned again, I'll let DA know.

I got your back, Jack.
Also, out. School's pinning me down.

Gam wrote:

Link Lab wrote: Also, Gamage, you should probably post the [end] command to make it stop tracking your round.

This command isn't it the command thread.

I saw the command in one of Rain's posts in the poll thread DA before the bot joined.
Anyway, I've asked Rain about it and he said it results in the bot not posting further in the thread but not updating anything. I think it would be a good idea to use it now so it's not tracking threads it doesn't need to track. Especially since it has to deal with the forum's anti-bot measures.

Link Lab wrote:I saw the command in one of Rain's posts in the poll thread DA before the bot joined.

Rainboy wrote:[end <winner1>, <winner2>, ...]

If you're refering to this, he said in that same post it's a new feature(or was at the time), it has run without it. It's main function is to to record who wins, and we already keep a record. I also know for a fact that Rain can set what it watches. He's also very capable of messaging me himself or updating the command thread if it's a convenience issue. (This also isn't the place for this, sorry Scept.)

Link Lab wrote:Especially since it has to deal with the forum's anti-bot measures.

When I finish setting up the class that reads boards, I'll have it set up so he only reads threads that are not locked.

For now, the bot will read only threads that I tell him to manually. (Right now, just this thread and the test thread.)

Rainboy wrote:

Link Lab wrote:Especially since it has to deal with the forum's anti-bot measures.

When I finish setting up the class that reads boards, I'll have it set up so he only reads threads that are not locked.

For now, the bot will read only threads that I tell him to manually. (Right now, just this thread and the test thread.)

No Rain, the bot controls YOU!

Shadi wrote:

Rainboy wrote:

Link Lab wrote:Especially since it has to deal with the forum's anti-bot measures.

When I finish setting up the class that reads boards, I'll have it set up so he only reads threads that are not locked.

For now, the bot will read only threads that I tell him to manually. (Right now, just this thread and the test thread.)

No Rain, the bot controls YOU!

No Rain, you ARE the bots!
And then Rain was a bot.

Wait, why was this round locked? Did I miss something or did someone mean to lock round 61?

Well we've been locking round when they end, I thought. Otherwise, it might be to stop the bot from tracking.

Zyquux wrote:Well we've been locking round when they end, I thought.  Otherwise, it might be to stop the bot from tracking.

This isn't round 61. This is the current one...

Oh yeah, this is still a thing, isn't it?
[signups closed]

[vote no lynch] (not day)
Night.

Hey you, we haven't started yet.

Ahh, ze Krusty Krab. Home of ze Krabby Patty. It is yet another dreary day... for now.

Mr Krabs sat in his office, lovingly counting and stacking his money. Suddenly, he sniffed the air. "That smell... I'd know that smell anywhere!" He sat bolt upright. "PLANKTON!"

Suddenly, the outside of the entire restaurant was encased in a metal dome, scaring the customers out of their wits. The ensuing chaos was broken immediately as Krabs' office door slammed open.

"Alright, listen up ye landlubbers!" he shouted. "It has come to me attention that Plankton has infiltrated me restaurant, most likely for me secret formula! He's most likely hidin' out as one of ye, so we're gonna get rid of him in the most efficient* way possible!

The center of each table opened up, revealing a hole. "We'll be votin' out anyone we think is suspicious. Pencils and paper will be provided, but if ya break a pencil, ye be payin' for it. Whoever gets the most votes also gets the boot! So look lively!

*TL note: efficient here means "stupidly convoluted"

DAY ONE STARTO.

[dawn]

Ends Wednesday 9:00 PM CDT (GMT -5).

Jumpin the gun there, frenchy...
[vote French]

Bot's getting locked out again... probably won't have proper time to fix it until the weekend. Might want to use both the bot commands and the manual way until I can do so.

[vote spplmj]

(well this is an interesting round already. Bots are pretty nifty)