Anyone remember Witticisms? reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chap_stik · 2017-07-09 16:18 Hey guys! I was just thinking about this game I used to play on IRC back in the late 90s (and maybe early 2000s) called Witticisms. As I recall, an Australian guy named Mick created the game, which was played by users typing in various commands to the bot he made called Witts. It was really a fun game. When a game was started, Witts would prompt the players with a phrase which the users would either have to complete with their own words, or "fill in the blank" in the middle of the sentence. Players would submit their wittiest response, and then Witts would display all of the answers in an anonymized form. Players would then vote for the answer they thought was the funniest. I don't believe you could vote for your own answer (in case you're wondering). Witts would keep track of the score and then at the end of the game, the winner was announced. Witts also kept track of all-time stats. I played the game pretty regularly for a couple years when I was a teenager, and it was really fun. It seemed like the same group of people would play the game regularly, so it's a long shot, but I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else out there remembers Witticisms. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2017-07-09 19:22 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MeanMelodyDean · 2017-07-09 19:46 You're an actual piece of shit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cox_11 · 2017-07-10 06:05 I'm 14, so hadn't been part of IRC really and am finding IRC quite fun to play around with especially with writing python bots. I've been wanting to write a multiplayer game for it for quite some time now. I think I'm going to try to remake that game. Thanks for some inspiration! Edit: Missed a word. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MeowWhat · 2017-07-10 16:06 What was that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bladepwns · 2017-07-11 21:33 Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. Still my greeting on a couple networks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codedeeply · 2017-07-13 17:45 This sounds both interesting and fun, though I can't dig much up on it from a quick Google search. I wonder if there's something like this still around on some network somewhere... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chap_stik · 2017-07-13 23:42 It was really fun. I couldn't find a lot on google either. I think it was fairly obscure at the time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- t4hn · 2017-08-23 17:10 Wow. I remember this game fondly and even an answer I once gave. I can't remember what network it was on though. Great flashback. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chap_stik · 2017-08-23 17:33 Really? Awesome! What was your username if you don't mind sharing? And what was the question/answer you remember? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- t4hn · 2017-08-23 21:01 My nicks would have been either TuRBoSoNiC (cringing at that caps) or ex0dus. The answer I gave was "but wait, call now and receive a free set of steak knives". I I wish I could remember the context. I also remember Witticisms being brought to or either copied on another IRC network I used called MediaDriven. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mickdemi · 2017-10-10 06:34 I've been searching for the witticisms bot forever. I used to play, A LOT. It was written by "Mick". That's all I know about him. His bot was legendary, and it seems gone forever. If anyone knows how I can get this bot or one like it please PM me on a link to the script, even years from now if this thread pops up in your search. I've been wanting to run this bot on chatrooms for years but it seems KO'ed off the face of the internets forever goods. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chap_stik · 2017-10-10 14:08 What was the username you used back when you played? Maybe I'll remember you, I played a lot as well. Also, any coincidence that your username here involves the name mick? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mickdemi · 2017-10-11 02:06 My name was rather inappropriate/lewd because I was just a kid back then and didn't know any better so I'd rather not post it here. You can PM me though if you want to know what my old IRC username was. Perhaps we did play together