Tek7 (Legacy)
CGA & ToJ President
Greetings, all.
To help revive interest in Starcraft and Warcraft III among forum members, I would like to revive the bot for op cga on US East and US West Battle.net servers.
I used to run the channel bot on my third PC when living in Tulsa, but since moving into an apartment with my wife, I am no longer able to host the bot.
The purpose of the bot was to moderate the channel; the bot gave us the ability to keep a list of Battle.net users that had been kicked and banned from the channel for various offenses (usually hate language against Christianity). It also added features such as botmail, which allowed users to leave messages for one another on the channel. The bot also streamed channel text to the Christian Gamers Alliance web site. Overall, it was quite spiff.
So, down to business. This is what it's going to take to get the op cga bot running once again:
Hardware
1. A dedicated computer. The bot must reside on a dedicated Windows PC. The requirements for both Binary Gateway and UltimateBot are low, so you can dust off that old Pentium 233 in the closet and fire it up, OR add it to the server load on a Windows PC that's already acting as a server. You don't have to dedicate an entire PC to the bot; you can run other applications on it. To be honest, though, I don't remember if the two programs required to run the bot will run on Windows 98. I believe they do, but I can't guarantee it.
2. A 24/7 connection. This means that you must have some kind of broadband Internet connection and the dedicated computer you use must be on every hour of every day. The bot uses a trivial amount of bandwidth, so this should not affect your gaming or other server applications if you share a connection through a router.
Software [NOTE: All programs listed are freeware.]
1. Binary Gateway 3. This program makes it possible to host a bot outside of channels designated for chat on Battle.net servers.
2. UltimateBot. This is the bot program I used previously. I selected UltimateBot after trying several bots out. I doubt anything better has been released since last August, but I'd be willing to entertain the suggestion of a new bot program.
3. WebStream, a plugin for Binary Gateway. This will stream channel text to the CGA web site, once I (or SirThom) set up the appropriate web pages.
If you are able and willing to run the bot, please e-mail me at tek7 AT cgalliance DOT org and include your forum handle. I'll give you the information (bot account information, CD key for Binary Gateway) and we'll get started on reviving the op cga bot. ^^
To help revive interest in Starcraft and Warcraft III among forum members, I would like to revive the bot for op cga on US East and US West Battle.net servers.
I used to run the channel bot on my third PC when living in Tulsa, but since moving into an apartment with my wife, I am no longer able to host the bot.
The purpose of the bot was to moderate the channel; the bot gave us the ability to keep a list of Battle.net users that had been kicked and banned from the channel for various offenses (usually hate language against Christianity). It also added features such as botmail, which allowed users to leave messages for one another on the channel. The bot also streamed channel text to the Christian Gamers Alliance web site. Overall, it was quite spiff.
So, down to business. This is what it's going to take to get the op cga bot running once again:
Hardware
1. A dedicated computer. The bot must reside on a dedicated Windows PC. The requirements for both Binary Gateway and UltimateBot are low, so you can dust off that old Pentium 233 in the closet and fire it up, OR add it to the server load on a Windows PC that's already acting as a server. You don't have to dedicate an entire PC to the bot; you can run other applications on it. To be honest, though, I don't remember if the two programs required to run the bot will run on Windows 98. I believe they do, but I can't guarantee it.
2. A 24/7 connection. This means that you must have some kind of broadband Internet connection and the dedicated computer you use must be on every hour of every day. The bot uses a trivial amount of bandwidth, so this should not affect your gaming or other server applications if you share a connection through a router.
Software [NOTE: All programs listed are freeware.]
1. Binary Gateway 3. This program makes it possible to host a bot outside of channels designated for chat on Battle.net servers.
2. UltimateBot. This is the bot program I used previously. I selected UltimateBot after trying several bots out. I doubt anything better has been released since last August, but I'd be willing to entertain the suggestion of a new bot program.
3. WebStream, a plugin for Binary Gateway. This will stream channel text to the CGA web site, once I (or SirThom) set up the appropriate web pages.
If you are able and willing to run the bot, please e-mail me at tek7 AT cgalliance DOT org and include your forum handle. I'll give you the information (bot account information, CD key for Binary Gateway) and we'll get started on reviving the op cga bot. ^^
