I found some bots for mac, and I have been using them.
there are 9 bots that I have heard of and used
My favorite bot is Kanebot generation 3
but it suddenly doesnt work on my comp.
Kane made a new 1 and it is awesome.
Kanebot 2005
(make your own commands, go to private channels +more)
8 others:
LuxerBot Mac OS X
Prolix Mac OS X
Battlegram Mac OS X
Javabot (any Mac)
JXBot (any Mac)
Purpletooth (Mac OS 8,X) Works on my OS9 but says its only for 8 and X
Thunderchat (8,9,X?)
MacBattle Chat (7,8,9)

I use Purpletooth the most
because it has the best commands and features
(some features arent done and the bot is dead so no more updates)
ONLY KANEBOT can go to private channels
which is y it is said to be the best bot for mac

Here is a link to Kanebots site with all the bots down the left side

http://linkware.clan-mac.com/kanebot/screenshots/index.shtml

The worst thing about b-net are the bots. After that, people who cheat, and scam. Finally I'm not crazy about the aol speech everyone is using.

Sorry for being a bit negative.

Bots aren't particularly bad. It's when they pump out reams of spam and make it impossible to carry out business in your channel. If you have a bot for your channel that just ops whoever it is meant to op...

I find all that really annoying too
except for the part about b.net talk.


Bots for Battle.net are not only for spamming and flooding.
Most of the time when I see a bot it is for Channel Ops
e.g.
Channel= ( Op Clan[O] )
bot name= Clan[O]
so bot has power of who to ban and kick or designate.
they can also keep the clans upkeep in clan channels
Clan uUu
operator=Unknown
operator=cheifton of the clan

its all explained on some website but i fergot where it is.

The bot in the clan that I am in, has some awesome scripts.
even though it is a Stealthbot. It is not annoying.

If you see an annoying bot just squelch it.
it is what I do.


cheat? they can only hack on battle.net.
it is what people do and you got to live with it.
Aol speech is the future as i mentioned in another post.
Computers and technology is our future.
and if we are going to talk on computers all the time it is all going to be Aol type talk.
because it is shorter and faster to read.


you are just saying the Cons of battle.net.

There are a lot of good things about Battle.net.
I barely have any friends in my home life.
But I have 20+ friends On battle.net. and I have so much fun,
-making maps
-beating them in games
-talking (best part)

I do not know their names, nor does it matter.

-O)Matt_Burch (not THE "Matt_Burch")

I think the future of net speech will be people taking out all vowels. s 'd tlk lk ths n bttl.nt nd thr mltplyr gms.

Yes, destroy them all I say!

Regarding "AOL-speech" as the future.. I think the future will involve more use of online speech, and less writing. Only makes sense that heavy computer users expand their collection of technical gadgetry over time. And speaking is much more effective than writing will ever be.

I think chatrooms and games will form most of the grounds for heavy "AOL-language". Especially with younger people, like teenagers.
Then you have webboards like Ambrosia, which have many users who focus on clear, orderly posts. Official papers and letters will still use the common forms.

I must admit it though.. I am probably the only WOW-player I have seen that does not use "AOL-language" at all.

While I am a very liberal person overall, I don't like the growing tendency of sloppy language use, or even lack of skill in one's own language.

Finally, the problem with all chatrooms of that kind is the vast amount of fools which inhabit them.
"FUK U NUB! U CANT BEAT ME LOLOLOLOLZZZ!!!11111" and "COMON NIGGAZ, I CRHS LL OF U!" are just samples of the highly developed intellectual conversations one can be part of. Buy the CD today!

why the hell do you need "ops" on battle.net?

and for god's sake, man, type in a ######ing paragraph. proper english will make you feel much better about yourself. it's not your name that makes you annoying, it's the goddamn line breaks every couple of words (though harping on the fact that you aren't matt burch every post is also annoying).

What you speek of is more like a type of code that I have read about before.



True, it saves the environment, cutting down less trees to produce billions of pencils each day. But there are people out there who hack into e-mails and read them, a big invasion of privacy. That is why I think it is a little better to mail, than to e-mail. Still I like e-mailing because it is faster and way cheaper.



You do not use "AOL-language" at all?? AOL language is just shortening the word by making abbreviations. The way you just said that, shows you do talk AOL a little bit. WOW means "World of Warcraft" which is technically AOL talk.



Operators on battle.net allow people to be alone, if there is a person that is annoying, you can just kick/ban him from that channel while you are there. If there is a bot as the operator you can tell the bot to kick/ban someone from your account and not the actual computer it is on. That is what most people use for Clan Channels.



I am sorry for not typing in paragraphs before. I am so used to talking like that on battle.net, I type it everywhere. Since I am at this forum, and want to stay I am going to force myself to type in a proper manner.



When you were younger, did you ever have a person you wanted to be when you grow up? and idle? Matt Burch was an idle to me before. But now I am leading my own life and not dreaming, and actually doing what fits me. Which are computers, Battle.net, Math, and reading forums.

Yes, yes. But the fact remains that spoofing people's names, for whatever reason, is generally looked down upon by the community. I think that a name like "I <3 Matt Burch" would be far more appropriate.

If you all are annoyed about my name, do not call me "Matt Burch." Call me "O)Matt_Burch" or "Matt." Because that is who I am, and by calling me by "O)Matt_Burch" or "Matt," if should not remind you of "Matt Burch."

Other people in the world have the EXACT same name as each other. The possibilities are VERY low, but it is still possible. Most of the time it is the first name that is the same. In families your last name is all the same. But really far away relatives that you are not in touch with could call their son "Bob" while you call your son "Bob". Being a relative you might have the last name the same, depending on who married who. (must a boy from the family that has the last name the same as yours) Having the same last name of "Smith" they are both "Bob Smith."Then coincidently they meet up on a business thing or in this case a forum.

Even though my real name is not "Matt Burch." There is no harm done in having an account under that name. An online account is just keeping your identity from your real life identity while, talking to people you do not know. So nothing bad happens such as stalking or what not.

If I was ACTUALLY saying I am "the Matt Burch" who created the "Escape Velocity" series. Then I would actually be doing something wrong. My account is perfectly eligible for this forum, according to the rules and regulations posted.

-O)Matt_Burch (not THE "Matt Burch")

Thank you for not using so many line breaks, makes the post a bit easier to read.

This is correct. Anybody who is paying attention would know you are not the real Matt Burch, and you haven't really attempted to impersonate him so you haven't done anything wrong there.



From my experiences on battle.net (which I've used for a little over five years now), bots really come in handy when one is running a Starcraft clan. There were quite a few "sore losers" who would chase down the person that beat them and spam clan channels, in which case having a bot to maintain operators was nice. Otherwise, really annoying people could just camp out in clan channels and ban all clan members, hijacking the channel. I don't know if this is still the case.

Most of the bot hostility comes from the Diablo 2 spambots, and the Starcraft winbots (that made the ladder what it seems like today).

I do believe they fixed the issue of needing to have bots to maintain ops with clan channels in warcraft 3. High ranking clan members automatically always get op privileges and non-clan members can't be in the channel without a clan member escorting them. So the need for bots is decreasing.


This is the part I want to argue with. Just because people abbreviate words (such as "USA" for "United States of America") doesn't necessarily mean they are using AOL-language. They're using abbreviations. There is a big difference between abbreviating "you" as "u" and abbreviating "Who wants to form a group party to go raid the Upper Blackrock Spire Dungeon" as "LFG UBRS". The latter is tedious to write out so many words over and over, the former is just laziness with not being willing to type out two letters. Its this "lazy abbreviation" of common words that is often associated with AOL-Speek, abbreviations that don't really save a whole lot of time (about four tenths of a second unless you're a slow typer - in which case typing out a whole lot of words under pressure will help you become a faster typer) and increase reading complexity (especially with the addition of numbers) which is partly responsible for the short-temperedness about "AOL-Speek".

I don't think AOL-Speek is the future, I do think people will continue to abbreviate really long names (like Ambrosia Software) as they have always done - especially in history textbooks.

In the future, people will realize that they can't do a resumé or write a project proposal in AOL-speak. After being unable to get and hold a job, they will learn to type faster and accurately so that they can type as fast as they can think without any kind of excessive abbreviation. This behavior will allow them to type in proper english in all aspects of their computer life, from game chat channels to web forums. Practice now while you have a chance. I can honestly say that participating on web forums (with proper spelling and grammar) has doubled my typing speed, at least.

I'm sure you're gonna fit in just right.

While we have a few unwritten rules, grammar and such comes to mind, this is generally quite a nice forum to hang out.

Be sure to check out the b&b board, that's where the cool people hang out
Just Chat is just for politics and nitpicking.

Oh, and people will probably comment on your name for some time, until they begin to know you.

Btw, I guess bots aren't that bad, it's probably just my Diablo 2 gaming which is affecting my view.