I'll pay you to write an IRC bot for me. Details in comments. reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wearetheromantics · 2013-06-06 05:09 I have a Twitch.tv channel @ twitch.tv/wearetheromantics. I would like to get an IRC bot that can keep track of points that people accumulate through being present, active, etc... I'd like to then, be able to use those points from the bot for people to bid on things like giveaways etc... I would also like to be able to award points to people. I know absolutely nothing about IRC or how to create a bot. I use Hexchat while streaming and understand the user end of IRC well enough. If you're interested in helping me set something up, let me know. I will pay for the services. Thanks for your time :) Wes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zarthus · 2013-06-06 06:19 Not to poop on your parade, but did you consider who of the two would have to host it and related things? Keep in mind to have a bot, you also need to run it, to run it, you need a reliable (Hopefully 24/7) host or homehost it yourself whenever you wish to broadcast. When developing a bot I'd imagine you would have your preferences, like written language, who to host it, the commands it *should* atleast have, if you want it to be private or open source. etc. etc. Your post is quite vague as making a bot takes quite a bit of things to keep in mind of. Additionally, there are plenty of bots already available, open and privately, I recommend looking there to find if there isn't already a 24/7 bot that does exactly what you want. http://community.justin.tv/mediawiki/index.php/Bots Also, if you switch over to mIRC you can simply run your own scripts from your clients, this would require you only to connect yourself to the twitch irc and your client does the rest for you. The switch to mIRC is simply due to the language being easier to implement and modify. However I reckon that the same applies for hexchat, if twitch is the only thing you use IRC for, (and even if its not), you can run some of your own python/tcl/perl scripts. This would require no bot and if this is the only function you would like its entirely a viable option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wearetheromantics · 2013-06-06 06:28 I currently use Moobot on twitch. I can probably host the thing myself, if not, I'll find a place to. Several people have contacted me about creating it so far. I'm looking for someone that can advise me on what I can and can't do and how to set it up and all that good stuff. I work around 90 hours a week on my current projects and just do not have time to learn one more thing right now. I'm not looking to pay chump change either. This isn't a do everything for me and I'll give you $5 kind of thing. :) There are no public bots for use with twitch that I'm aware of that can do this points/level up system that I would like to set up for my channel. If you or anyone else has advice on a correct path to take, I'm all ears :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zarthus · 2013-06-06 06:33 What exactly do you mean with "What you can and can't do"? As far as I'm aware, that's entirely in your hands :P I'm off for school now and will respond later; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2013-06-06 06:38 Zarthus pretty much covered what's missing from your pitch. Have you tried rent-a-coder sites (elance, odesk, etc)? I'm willing to help out, if you're paying at ballpark freelancer rates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wearetheromantics · 2013-06-06 06:44 I don't know the extent of what could be done via IRC and twitch in relation to what I would like to see done. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wearetheromantics · 2013-06-06 06:45 Thanks. Being 100% ignorant of writing something like this, I don't even know how to look up the going rate but I plan to pay fairly for what's involved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wearetheromantics · 2013-06-06 06:46 I will list out exactly what kind of things I would like to do with this bot tomorrow. Have to hit the sack now. Had planned on listing specifics in messages/email instead of in these comments so that's why I didn't originally go into too much detail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zarthus · 2013-06-06 06:53 Lots of things are possible my friend :) Just state what you expect/would like to have and I'm sure it'll be possible. This'll also clear up questions for others who may be interested. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello71 · 2013-06-06 12:46 Rent-a-coder sites are *great* if you want to find something completely unusable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2013-06-06 15:51 There are plenty of weekend-warrior types, professionals who freelance on the side for fun and profit. It's an irc bot--it's brick-laying, not a Picaso. It's exactly the kind of project you want to use a rent- a-coder for, because (a) you can write a good spec for it, and (b) there's no original thinking required on the part of the dev, it's just a CRUD app with input from irc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- spling44 · 2013-06-06 18:06 I would be interested to know exactly what types of features you're looking for. I wouldn't mind exploring the option of making a Twitch bot that you (and anyone) can bring into your chat to provide these features for free. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello71 · 2013-06-06 18:11 Okay, okay. You'll probably still wind up with something that: 1. costs too much 2. doesn't follow IRC spec, e.g. PING, auto-responds to NOTICEs, etc. simply due to the fact that most people on these sites don't know what they're doing. ^[citation needed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gabeswagner · 2013-06-06 21:51 /u/KindOne is a really great bot-maker, and definitely deserving of compensation for it. Hit him up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YOYAYA · 2013-06-06 23:01 If twitch allows you to connect with mIRC... and I'd assume it does since you mentioned hexchat. Then the options are almost endless. It all comes down to how well you can describe what you want. I'm a fan of mIRC because its been around forever, and has a large base of documentation and people willing to help. So even if your 'bot/scripter' bails on you, there are many places where people will help you make edits your self. I've made some scripts for people in the past, and had them come back to me months later because it 'broke'... and the code they show me looks very little like what I made for them... because its much easier to edit, than it is to script it from the start. (Especially if the scripter Comments it well) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YOYAYA · 2013-06-06 23:04 when ya post more detail, reply to me, or send a pm... and I'll take a look over it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mbrodge · 2013-06-07 02:21 Depending on what he's trying to do, exactly, he may even be able to just tweek the questions/answers to an existing trivia bot...that would be fairly simple. Depending on the size of the user base, and what he wants to track other than present/not present, he could probably write the entire thing in his remote, or even alias calls using mIRC without having to bother with a true bot at all...also a big fan of mIRC here! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- atomiku · 2013-06-08 22:28 I have a load of stable VPSes, I can host it for you for free if it doesn't use too much bandwidth. If not, you can grab a VPS to host it for around $24 for the year (!!) Check out http://lowendbox.com/ - you're bound to find some good deals on there ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wearetheromantics · 2013-06-09 03:11 Cool thanks man! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FiXato · 2013-06-09 18:00 More details would definitely be useful. :) When people ask me for a bot, I generally refer them to my guide at http://fixato.org/guides/irc-bots.html which includes links to various scripting resources such as guides and frameworks, as well as some questions they usually hadn't thought of yet themselves, but which are kinda a requirement for a coder. Especially what a bot exactly needs to respond to, who will be expected to run the bot, as well as on what platform, are useful details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wearetheromantics · 2013-06-11 02:02 Bookmarked. Will check it out. I'll post full requirements of the bot soon if the couple of people that contacted me don't get back to me in a timely fashion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rational_lies · 2013-07-29 02:57 That's why you don't hire someone simply by virtue of them being on the website. Did you realize that the same is true for the general population of developers in real life? Most "developers" can't even code fizzbuzz. You still need to vet your guy, being on a freelance site doesn't give the person the job automatically. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodr1c · 2013-09-12 01:43 I realize this post is old but shoot me a pm and we'll talk. I already have one coded that a couple well known streamers use. If my memory serves me correctly I believe you may have asked one of the guys running my bot about it. Let me know if you are still interested. Edit: fixed a typo