CompetBOT - A small guide

[Ch0wW]

(Latest Update: 07/06/2015)

Y0 everyone!

Since some of the players have noticed on some of their clan channels someone called [CTF]CompetBOT all in a sudden, but doesn't understand the goal of it (or banned it instantly without asking questions), or even asking to themselves how it works, I decided to create a thread to make it easier for the future uses of it.

1) What is CompetBOT?
- CompetBOT is, as its name implies, is a bot that has been created to help people to organize games on Zandronum, either Private CTF, or announce events.

- It is also used to create your account for the BaseQ.fr servers for the ones that require a login to join the server.

- Finally, it'll be a tool to promote actual tournaments or upcoming tournaments that will be created by the community. That feature is yet to be created, but it's already on the works.

2) How to make the bot join your ZandIRC (Zandronum's IRC) Channel?
- In order to add the bot to your IRC Channel, simply ask to Ch0wW. The only requirement is that your channel must be made for competitive goals.

3) How to start a private CTF?
- If you want to start a Private CTF, you first need to get logged through ChanServ. PM the bot, or write on a channel where the bot is this command:

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!private 

ARGUMENTS:
* [none] : Choose a server from any region
* 1 / E / EU / EUR / EURO / EUROPE / EUROPEAN : Choose from an european server.
* 2 / U / US / USA / AMERICA / AMERICAN : Choose from an american server.

EXAMPLE:
!private EU
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People wanting to join, must write this command:

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!addprivate

Once 6 players are there, a server will be randomly chosen between this list with the description of how to join in (will change in the future):

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- BaseQ.fr
- Grandvoid UK
- Grandvoid FR
- NJ FunCrusher
- DE Funcrusher
- BestEver

4) How do I get an account for our servers?
- You need to get logged in on ChanServ, and PM CompetBOT this command:

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!register <password>

That's all to do!
(!pctf_register also works)

BY THE WAY. The passwordlist will be refreshed after each map change, so please be patient. Or, ask Ch0wW to instantly refresh the list.

5) How to be notified when a private starts?
Simply message CompetBOT using the !suscribe command:

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!suscribe add

Each time a CTF is starting, a PM will be given to you.

To remove your account & nickname from the list, use this command instead:

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!suscribe remove

7) How to see stats?
You have 2 ways of getting your stats:
-> by writing !stats [your CTF Account name].
-> by visiting http://dl.baseq.fr/doom/stats .

8) How to retrieve your account/password?
- Simply PM CompetBOT, and type this command:

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!remember

(!pctf_remember also works)

If you have questions, you can now ask o/ . Peace!

[Ru5tK1ng]

(or banned it instantly without asking questions)

Banned it from my channel for spamming up the channel with notifications/didn't want any potential logging bot.

Neat idea I suppose.

[Oxyde]

Very good stuff Chow! Please also note that the bot is still in development, which means it can potentially crash anytime. If this happens, let us know, we will restart

Banned it from my channel for spamming up the channel with notifications/didn't want any potential logging bot.

Aaaaaaaaand, congratulations!
Not a single f-word is given to what happens on your channel, the purpose of this bot is to help start private CTF games. You're in a clan and not interested in private games at all? Great sportsmanship! You're afraid of the bot logging the convos? It wasn't developped by Google actually!

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If you folks think of any feature that could enhance the bot functionnality, please share your thoughts on #BaseQ! Also, incoming soon enough, the bot should be able to log victories and losses (only on the BaseQ servers though).

[SwordGrunt]

Banned it from my channel for spamming up the channel with notifications/didn't want any potential logging bot.

Aaaaaaaaand, congratulations!
Not a single f-word is given to what happens on your channel, the purpose of this bot is to help start private CTF games. You're in a clan and not interested in private games at all? Great sportsmanship! You're afraid of the bot logging the convos? It wasn't developped by Google actually!

Not a single 'f-word' is given to your bot either, apparently. I don't want to be highlighted every time a person wants to play ctf and every time someone else joins that server, simple. It's a cool thing that you guys are doing this and I praise you on it, just don't act retarded about it.

[Ænima]

Yeah just because somebody doesn't want to use this doesn't mean they don't care about priv.


Don't act as if your bot is going to be the savior of competitive Doom. It's a cool little tool but IMO ops can ban it from their channel like other bots if they please.

[Oxyde]

Sorry if I sounded agressive or "retarded" to quote somebody, that was not the intent. I am totally fine with people who don't want the bot in their channel, or who don't even want to use it; But really? Being affraid of a simple private CTF notification tool because he could potentially be Big Brother? You're joking!

[Watermelon]

I like this bot because now I can see when people want priv (and who wants it).

I would condense the msg into one line though.

[Absolute Zero]

It should only highlight the players who are going to participate once the teams are set. Definitely a good tool, and I suggest teaming up with the #zandronum admins to set a few standards so it can idle in that channel (making it *finally* useful, too), rather than the clan's channels.

Also, you can learn something in #warsow.pickup @ irc.quakenet.org.

[FateLord]

It would be nice to have for TDM but it's rarely played these days, duel would be best.

[Ru5tK1ng]

Aaaaaaaaand, congratulations!
Not a single f-word is given to what happens on your channel, the purpose of this bot is to help start private CTF games. You're in a clan and not interested in private games at all? Great sportsmanship! You're afraid of the bot logging the convos? It wasn't developped by Google actually!

You're not very bright are you?

The reason why I deemed your precious bot unwanted was because it joined my clan's channel out of the blue long before this thread was created. None of the channel ops knew anything about it and we certainlly did not know who brought it to our channel. Since the bot's creator didn't bother to say anything, I threw it out of the channel. Simple as that.

Not that I need to justify anything to you, but I will have you know that I'm a priv regular on NJ and I hop on GV to play Euro Priv on the weekends as well. If I didn't care about priv or compet at all, I wouldn't be NJ admin. I like priv and I'm content with people highlighting in me #priv or someone telling me on TS to join up.

But really? Being affraid of a simple private CTF notification tool because he could potentially be Big Brother? You're joking!

Actually when I attempted to register with the bot, my AV flagged the session as 'Malicious Traffic'. Needless to say, I closed the PM window.

I respect your efforts to make priv's startup easier and more organized, but don't get upset just because a few of us don't want to deal with any priv bot.

[Ch0wW]

It should only highlight the players who are going to participate once the teams are set.

Actually, once enough players are there (minimum 6), the bot is PMing every player who "suscribed" to the private CTF. That might reduce a little the "spam" amount, a true problem that I'm actually concerned.

Definitely a good tool, and I suggest teaming up with the #zandronum admins to set a few standards so it can idle in that channel (making it *finally* useful, too), rather than the clan's channels.

Also, you can learn something in #warsow.pickup @ irc.quakenet.org.

I prefer to keep it at the #baseq channel rather than on #zandronum, EVEN THOUGH I'm working on some commands that will automatically idle to a channel without the need to modify its CFG.
(Speaking of W§W, you make me remember to start again the 2 servers + pickup I was hosting at the time ; the system I'm doing for the pickup bot was based on QW's one.)

Finally, Ru5tK1ng, even if I felt your answer being a little cold, don't worry about the bot. Even though I can understand for the spam purposes (and I'm trying to limit that to 99%, the 1% left is for possible match announcements, or upcoming tournaments), I'm not logging anything but the stats people are having on the BaseQ private servers (ie, those statistics):

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- Frags
- Deaths
- Flag Captures
- Flag Assists
- CTF Wins
- CTF Losses
- CTF Draws

>>TOADD:
- Duel Wins
- Duel losses

Of course, I can add a little more features, please tell me what I could add.

Speaking of development, I noticed that some people had problems with mail formatting. So I fixed it, and I added a little more clarty for new persons who are going or want to register. (Thanks AlienOverlord btw for pointing me this out, I wouldn't even notice it!) ; and I'm going to update the 1st message once new features are present.

[Ch0wW]

Thread updated for the newest version of CompetBOT.

You can register easily now, by specifying your own password!
And other various updates and fancy things.