Botcheck Request (in General)

Can we get bot checks to show in our Recent Battles list? This would help us track the frequency at which we get them, and let us know what we typed when we get one wrong.

What are bot checks?

wouldn't this idea actually help botters tweak them to perform better?

How so? I don't see this being an issue unless words were repeated often enough, which they aren't. Or maybe I'm just not a very creative programmer *grin*.

Waldo, use the Help! feature in the upper left corner.
http://www.carnageblender.com/wiki/Bot+Checks

Lord Bob, he was clearly being sarcastic...

Really? Oh, well I suck.

LOL

You don't suck Bob (I call noone Lord.)
I really didn't know what a bot check was on here. Of course I have seen similar things on other sites , mostly on log-in or sign-up pages, but I had no clue they were on here. Is there a waiting period before these start showing up because I have not gotten a single one.

Yes there is a waiting period. I think its once you hit a certain mpr or something. I only know cause I went through it recently :P

We'll call it "vet amnesia." There's a waiting period on bot checks, so Waldo hasn't experienced the joy of having to pause ten times while burning BA in a hurry just to prove he's not a robot.

lol, i guess i owe you an apology bob :P lol, sorry.

I would like to know what my bot check count is at. how many ive challenged/won/loss on my user page for funzies :D

I would like to know too. Even if people think I'm botting because of my terribad botchecking during late night hours.

The information is there. We record every botcheck that you fail. I am not aware of any recording of the number you've passed.

The frequency is not worth tracking. The code is literally nothing more than a call to "rand" at 30% or whatever the value is now. If there's a streak of bot checks, just remember that we use a pseudo random number generator -- there's nothing I can do about that. It's not bad, though, especially compared to the one in, say, php.

Verifex posted a graphical comparison of various PRNGs a while ago. It was pretty enlightening.

nightstrike made me go in awe because i hardly understand what he said about the botchecks :P