Wizards Den

Shadow Wizard

2:18 PM

@SPArchaeologist The Wizard of Oz

SweetWisher ツ

@ShadowWizard I never
played... i know the rules bt not exactly

Shadow Wizard

@SweetWisherツ the rules are very simple: just reply to the latest word, with a word of your own that is somehow related.

SweetWisher ツ

Okiesss

Shadow Wizard

To reply, either click the little icon that appears in the bottom right of each message when you hover over it (not your own messages), or open the message menu and click "reply to this message" from there

SweetWisher ツ

Can't find it from. Mobile :/

Shadow Wizard

2:26 PM

@SweetWisherツ ohhh, mobile theme does not have Reply

SPArchaeologist

@SweetWisherツ @ShadowWizard He forgot the two most important rules: only clean words and the weirder the relation the better.

SweetWisher ツ

:(

Shadow Wizard

@SweetWisherツ @SPArchaeologist is talking about himself but of course, a female clone of him would be interesting!! :-D

SweetWisher ツ

Haha I M.not his clone

Shadow Wizard

@SweetWisherツ you can use the full site theme on a mobile device (menu --> full site) but it's not very comfortable

DroidDev

2:28 PM

@ShadowWizard powerful

SweetWisher ツ

@DroidDev r u again taking power nap:-P

SPArchaeologist

@DroidDev Trixie

SweetWisher ツ

No.no..I don't like that at all shadow

SPArchaeologist

^ "The great and powerful" Trixie

DroidDev

@SweetWisherツ I assigned some work to my junior and now I have to do all of it. Its very irritating...but, whenever, I go to work, I take a nap here

and whenever I take nap from work, I come here ;)

...and now to ruin your reply... :P

@SPArchaeologist tricky

Shadow Wizard

2:31 PM

@DroidDev Dicky

Tricky Dicky (comics)

Tricky Dicky was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Topper. Drawn by John Dallas, Dicky used to play practical jokes on people, but they usually managed to get the last laugh. From 1979 to 1986 he was the cover star of the comic, succeeding Danny's Tranny and preceding Beryl the Peril. From 1999 to 2000 he re-appeared as a 'Guest Star' in The Beano, again drawn by Dallas, running against The Three Bears, Inspector Horse and Jocky and Gordon Bennett to be voted into the comic by readers, though The Three Bears was the winner. The basic premise of the strip was expanded to...

SPArchaeologist

@ShadowWizard maybe I am SweetWisher, maybe I am Magic. I could be Lauren Faust, or all that talk about UO could mean that I am Iolo...

starts singing Stones

Shadow Wizard

@SweetWisherツ sorry about that... well, if you'll be near a desktop computer know you have the option to play WAG :-)

SPArchaeologist

Long ago ran the sun on a folk who had a dreamm

SweetWisher ツ

Ya will do . It from ma . office ;) shadow

Hahhaha rofl droid

Shadow Wizard

Hey, @SweetWisherツ got my initials, SW!

SweetWisher ツ

2:33 PM

Yaa??

SPArchaeologist

@ShadowWizard or maybe I am just the asylum guard...

SweetWisher ツ

Here shadow will ping two persons@ShadowWizard

Who is @ShadowoftheShadow

DroidDev

@SweetWisherツ what happened?

SweetWisher ツ

Ruined the reply. .. hahhaa @DroidDev

The story abt your power nap

DroidDev

oops!

SweetWisher ツ

2:36 PM

Have u started writing a book ;) @d@DroidDev

DroidDev

@SweetWisherツ I've started reading one

Shadow Wizard

@SweetWisherツ ShadowoftheShadow is my sock - currently my only sock, used to test things as low rep user, or just another user

DroidDev

I wish I could have a high rep sock :P

Shadow Wizard

last word still dicky ;D

DroidDev

@ShadowWizard comics

SweetWisher ツ

2:43 PM

Hahhaah okie

Cyaa... prayer time

DroidDev

@SweetWisherツ cee yaa!

Shadow Wizard

see ya!

@DroidDev cartoon

DroidDev

@ShadowWizard network

SPArchaeologist

2:59 PM

@ProgramFOX still missing

DroidDev

@SPArchaeologist you want that spell bad, don't you. That's why you are asking about him, Aren't you? :P

SPArchaeologist

cannot say yes, cannot say no.

Shadow Wizard

@SPArchaeologist so it's a maybe

Maybe @ProgramFOX got infected from @rene flu :(

didn't know flu can be transferred via the internet but hey, weirder things have happened :D

@DroidDev botnet

DroidDev

@ShadowWizard dotnet :P

@ShadowWizard ya, like @SPArchaeologist posting NSFW work

yes @SPArchaeologist yes, I haven't forgotten that and I won't :P

Shadow Wizard

@DroidDev Rotnet :D

DroidDev

3:10 PM

@ShadowWizard hotmail (that's their support mail's domain)

SPArchaeologist

@DroidDev "Like it or not, believe it or not as you will. Your perceptions will not change reality, but simply colour it".

Shadow Wizard

fun fact: hammer can be used to clean up a mess ;)

SPArchaeologist

Also know as "if you are really thinking that... who am I to try to give you a dose of common sense?" I forgot my hammer home, so...

Shadow Wizard

@DroidDev coldmail (yup, such thing exists)

> [FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.]
ColdMail.ColdMailRegistration.btnRegister_Click(Object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e) in D:\Debug\Debug\ColdMailSolution\ColdMailSolution\ColdMail\ColdMail.aspx.cs:92
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton.OnClick(ImageClickEventArgs e) +108
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +118
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10

DroidDev

:O

@ShadowWizard stacktrace

Shadow Wizard

3:17 PM

@DroidDev debugging (yeah, they made so many mistakes in their site, it's totally amature)

DroidDev

@ShadowWizard they might have forgot to do debugging ;)

going home btw,

cee yaa!

SPArchaeologist

every time google autocomplete completes my query with the bug I an just going to search, and the "bug" becomes a common issue unfixed from years.... I want to set fire to the farm...

Problem

Fox bot is know for giving out spells

This is nice, but spells are just word in a list.

how could this be improved to give an use to the spell?

Unihedron

3:36 PM

Simple. Fork fox's repository of the bot. Add features to spells. Submit a PR.

SPArchaeologist

@Unihedron -_-

Unihedron

Proposed Solution (Unihedron)

Fork the repository, and build that feature. When ProgramFOX pulls it, the changes apply and the bot is now capable of granting usages to the spells!

SPArchaeologist

@Unihedron ok, Take #2

WHAT features could be fun for spell to have?

for example, spells could be used in a new game built just for them, but how?

Monkey Island monkey combat comes to mind (or whatever rock-scissor-paper-lizard-spock clone you prefer)

but it won't work on chat

because you can't post all the players choises at the same time

is there any way to send a message that only a certain user can see?

if you could message just the bot, it could then post the results when the two players chose their options.

Shadow Wizard

3:51 PM

@SPArchaeologist one thing on mind is something like "double score", i.e. the overall ranking won't be just raw amount of words, but rather a calculated score then it can be affected by various things

@SPArchaeologist not really, but since the bot scan messages every second you can post a message, it will intercept it, then you can delete the message so nobody else can see it.

you can see it happening when the bot replies to deleted words

SPArchaeologist

@ShadowWizard the bot would require to be room owner to delete other people messages

Shadow Wizard

@SPArchaeologist actually even room owner can't delete other user's messages, only diamond grant such power

SPArchaeologist

so this is a nope

you would need to manage the deletion by yourself

Do you remember caps or other similar toys?

suppose you have card with scores. Both players drop card, you chose a category, higher value wins.

Unihedron

Host a web service for this.

Makes everything simpler. FOX9k can then POST to your server and expect valuable response.

SPArchaeologist

Could work but I was thinking of something more simple

Shadow Wizard

4:01 PM

@SPArchaeologist nope, doesn't ring a bell

SPArchaeologist

@ShadowWizard well I was thinking something like that. Will have to think more.

ProgramFOX

@SPArchaeologist @ShadowWizard @DroidDev I'm here now. I was at school.

SPArchaeologist

Actually the full idea was to have the other bot implement something like caps, stickers or something similar

ProgramFOX

I got 8 notifications, 6 from this room -_-

SPArchaeologist

But how to give them a meaning?

ProgramFOX

4:08 PM

What were you discussing here?

SPArchaeologist

if you could use the caps to play some game against other user it could give something to do

ProgramFOX

I read some stuff about pull requests and suggestions.

SPArchaeologist

that was @uni

Unihedron

@ProgramFOX Heh, I usually get about five notifications when I get home from school, you're the winner!

SPArchaeologist

I was thinking how to implement some collectibles in a bot that actually have an use

ProgramFOX

4:09 PM

@Unihedron How do you get that fancy profile page?

SPArchaeologist

spells for now are only words

ProgramFOX

@SPArchaeologist It doesn't award spells if you don't say that the bot runs in Shadow's Den. It has specific features that are only enabled when running here.

Unihedron

@ProgramFOX You mean the blockquote banner? ... Hold on. Whoa.

HEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPP MEEEEEEEEEE

ProgramFOX

@Unihedron No, I missed the "Profile" tab on the profile...

> 87k people helped

Did I help 87k people? :O

Unihedron

2k...

SPArchaeologist

4:11 PM

@ProgramFOX the question was "you collected a spell. Now what?" how could a spell be used?

Unihedron

Wait, this is too good to be true.

It's only on MSE though.

Shadow Wizard

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Q: Profile Page Makeover, Part 3: the Prototype returns

You may recall this thing - our profile page makeover prototype, the reloaded user page. We posted a prototype 6 months ago and got a lot of feedback. Since then, generations of dinosaurs were born, fell in love, had families and were eventually killed by a comet. Or climate change, or maybe tex...

ProgramFOX

@SPArchaeologist Not, it's just a fancy thing for this room.

SPArchaeologist

@ProgramFOX I was thinking of some game played using spells or something similar and I was trying to come up with some rules

Unihedron

@ProgramFOX Views.

Shadow Wizard

4:12 PM

last word: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/2711745#2711745

ProgramFOX

@DroidDev Indeed, they will :D

@JasonC Nice! It's strange though that some of the "words per user" stats contradict with @ShadowWizard's stats.

SPArchaeologist

@ProgramFOX see other board..

ProgramFOX

For example, my top word is "music" according to Sha's stats, but "red" according to your stats.

rene

@ShadowWizard probably bird-flu....

Shadow Wizard

@ProgramFOX see Jason's later messages, he got some bugs in his code

ProgramFOX

4:20 PM

ah

Shadow Wizard

I want to believe my code is correct, but of course can't know for sure

rene

@ShadowWizard You admit you're a lousy software engineer?

Shadow Wizard

Jason admits his crimes and saying goodbye

14 hours ago, 20 seconds total – 3 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked 15 secs ago by Shadow Wizard

@rene never really said otherwise ;)

ProgramFOX

@ShadowWizard They can. It just isn't exposed in the UI. We found that out when working on SmokeDetector. We pinged balpha and he said he would either expose it, or disable it. Don't know what happened eventually.

FOX 9000

Bot started with waiting time set to 15 seconds.

Shadow Wizard

4:23 PM

@ProgramFOX oh, simple matter of POST, like Informed badge on MSE?

ProgramFOX

@ShadowWizard Yup. Can you make the bot room owner for a short time? I want to test what happened as the bot doesn't yet check whether he only deletes his own message.

Shadow Wizard

@ProgramFOX coming your way in 3... 2... 1....

oh no

> Users must have at least 100 reputation to be a room owner

ProgramFOX

gah!

Shadow Wizard

eh, typo

Users and then "to be a" - wrong

ProgramFOX

My bot has 66 rep.

Unihedron