And I think you guys are missing the whole point -.- But that doesn't change your opinions, does it? Didn't think so.
I will be discarding anymore attempts on a 'stab' on my spark of idea, because I find most of you who keep posting "well, ______" very negative, which is a brilliant way to keep other's creative thinking alive [sarcasm]. Also, I personally don't want to take the time getting through thick skulled people [IMO] who will not open their minds and see my point of view, hence, it would be wasting my time overall. So - please - don't waste yours either because I see both sides to the point.
ANYWHO!
I have honed it down a little tiny bit as I was working on my bot earlier.. it hit me when I typed in one thing.. But here it goes.
Also, this is typed in the sense that anyone's bot/channel.. etc..
Someone would join the room and the topic of that room would be set to something along the lines of "Welcome to [room name], where you could get information about Bushtarion! Note that not everything will have an answer, but feel free to message [channel owner] if you would like something added - [best way to send suggestions]. [Bot's name] is a bot here to answer your questions that [name or sex of the box] can. You can type in !help at any time to see a list of stuff you can type." [I know it's a bit long and choppy, but remember that something along the lines of?]
Ok, so once someone enters the room, they know what they can press to access the information. [I know it isn't as good as actually asking a full length question of your own, but it's a bot and this is the rough idea I have since I've worked on mine.] Someone would type in !help [I would if I seen that I could
] - The bot would reply with something along the lines of "This is designed to help you understand all of my codes and what they do. You can type in !help followed by one of the following for more information on it: harv, unit, tech, route, info, suggest or calc." [That is directly from my bot, but much more would be added of course and probably be re-worded]. Ok, so someone would type in !help unit [just as an example of course] and the bot would reply with something simple that most people can understand - "The !unit function is there to let you know the stats of a particular unit. You would type in !unit [name of the unit] to get these stats. Ex: !unit Apache Longbow. It's best to use all of the name. Note: The unit stats are from the bushtarion manual, they have been edited by [the bot's owner]. If you would like to know what the asterisks are, type in !help unit asterisk." - I know new people aren't going to know every single unit in the game, but they see that Gardeners, Harvesters, Hippys, Yobs and Wheelbarrowers are part of their staff. - Well, I have been pointed out that some people may not have heard of the asterisks nor know what they would do. With the !help asterik, people can choose to go into further detail about the unit stats [talking about what the asterisks are], or they can simply choose not to go into further information. If someone were to type in !help unit asterisk, they would get a message stating what they are, and for more information, type in !help unit asterisk2 or something along the lines [staying on the subject, but going into further information] and so on and so forth. I know there isn't a lot to talk about with the asterisks, but the information that is said would probably have them with another question, in which case, they would simply go back to !help [and the words following it wouldn't be something only players who've been playing for a while].
I know this will not solve the whole "People need different wordings" fact [brought up by Azzer himself], but with what I've come up so far, I find that - this way - at least
some 'questions' would be answered in a way that some people [if not most] wouldn't find childish, but not
too in your face either, but as more of a friend to friend fashion. Like I've said before, I'm just going to recap here.. and be
very blunt with you all.
No, I'm not saying that I'm going to do it because you guys say it's a bad idea or good idea - it would be a
very well thought through idea/plan. I know there will always be people against this idea, just like any other idea out there. I'll let you know right now, most likely not
everyone would be able to access the channel if I do go through with it, because I don't think the people who cannot appreciate how much work goes into such a detailed thing should have such access, nor do the people who think it's a good idea and actually would use it need such negativity from other people. Negativity from you puts negativity in other people, and no one needs as much negativity as I have seen focused on me throughout my time here on bush so far.
I asked for a yes or no answer on if this would be a good idea and why if you felt like typing - and I think some of you actually found the
urge to type negative stuff because it was my idea. NOT all of you did, but I THINK some of you did.
However, I will be putting such information into my bot so other players that I play along side of will have the option to access the same information I can, also so I can have the information.
I really don't feel like typing anymore.
If you would like to know more about the idea, feel free to send me a private message - people who send hateful messages will have their message discarded.
Thank you and have a nice day!
