Toribash
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Bot rules
Currently the rules on bots (http://forum.toribash.com/showthread.php?t=469766) say that bots cannot talk:
- Bots & Automation

Any nefarious use of unauthorized software will result in harsh reaction from the staff.
a) Any kind of bots playing the game automatically are not allowed. You may use scripts to quickly perform moves, however if you are found AFK-botting, you will be immediately banned.
b) Bots managing rooms without the presence of a human operator are not allowed. Bots may not be /house of any room.
c) Bots are not allowed to be in players list nor use chat.

My suggestion is to make bot allowed to talk, but only when a human triggered the action.

For example, my old BetManagerBot had some useful commands such as !nudgeline, which would tell the user where the nudgeline on a bet server is, or !nudges, which would say how many nudges a user has.

If the rule is because of spam, I think some caveats could be added, such as only allowing a bot to talk where it has OP, or where its owner has. Or maybe only allowing bots to use whisper.
I'd be interested in seeing, as mentioned before in this thread, an official bot that you can summon into your betting server.

Having a bot made by the devs that can only reply to you once first asked a certain question, (i.e. "Nudgeline?" or "what's the nudge line" or anything to do with nudges, current bet total, etc...), would eliminate the need for player made bots, and henceforth allow for certain "Official Betting Servers" (i.e. this thread http://forum.toribash.com/showthread.php?t=616000) that a clan can pay to take over for a certain amount of time, (i.e. 10k per hour of ownership) and makes the payer the /house until the end of ownership. Obviously there would be a limit on how long you can own the server, but I feel that a 24/7 betting server that clans can buy and own that sends a global message saying /jo w/e would make betting servers much less scammable and much easier to operate.
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