Mafia Vote Count Bot

[ironstove]

Hi all,

I'm not sure if this is the place to put it, but I don't know if MS currently has an automated method for counting votes. None that I'm aware of at least.

On a different forum I am on which I play mafia, I created a semi-crude vote-count bot that runs on the client side that utilizes chrome web driver + python to parse through a game thread and keep track of votes for the host.

Additional functions the bot can also do are post vote counts on demand from any user, and declare when hammer has been reached.

If there is interest or support from the staff on implementing this, I can modify the existing code to fit for mafia scum.

However, by support what I mean is I would ideally like to explore the idea of eventually moving the bot to run server-side rather than having the hosts download the bot on their end and run it to count/display votes. The reason I created the bot client side on the forum I am using is because the site-admins were providing no help to implement the bot on the back-end.

Back-end support would make the bot run more smoothly, require less updates/maintenance/bugs due to the removal of the chrome webdriver layer. I would however require a bit of guidance if the back-end is not in django or some python/javascript-related platform

[vonflare]

thesp made one a while ago, but it's external. A backend votecounter would be invaluable, if it works and the admins approve.

http://www.robandkriskris.com/votecounter/

[Alisae]

Mathblade is working on one
Psyche is working on one
The more the merrier

[borkjerfkin]

If you're interested in doing dev work for the site in general (including this project) PM me with your email and I can get you invited to the developer slack where we can hash out more details. I'm obviously not an admin, but I'm an active member of the dev team.

(That goes for anyone else as well)

[MathBlade]

PM sent

[Gamma Emerald]

Would it be possible to develop browser add-ons for this? I remember another site having custom add-ons for its mafia community.

[jasonT1981]

thesp made one a while ago, but it's external. A backend votecounter would be invaluable, if it works and the admins approve.

http://www.robandkriskris.com/votecounter/

I used this back when I modded. It is great, the only issue is if someone spells the name of the person wrong, or shortens it, the bot will not pick up the vote.

[PokerFace]

^or the bot will pick it up as a vote for someone else.

I use thesp's bot to

review

my counting. Not make the calls for me.

I count the votes then run the bot to see if I missed anything. As you mod the game, you can correct spelling errors and that will fix the bot's errors if there be any.

[Nancy Drew 39]

*Thanks thread topic*

[Alisae]

MathBlade's tool

[Nancy Drew 39]

I hope this tool is implemented soon. That’s really one of my main frustrations with games on here, not being able to check the current votecount often enough.