ScumBait

[Adel]

thanks weilawei!

now, before I download it and run it, could someone with the proper skill set (and who isn't a "townsperson") please vet the source for security? I don't feel like getting pwned today.

[Adel]

check out this thread for some functions some players would like to see in this kind of tool:

http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7863

I think trying to code a set-up balancing equation is a tar pit which is best avoided.

some highlights:

- Post count by player
-Word usage tallies by player
-Voting records/timeline
*how many times player x quoted player y
*how many words outside of quotes player x's posts average
*graph of activity level (words, posts, votes, citations by other players) by player, with post number serving as the unit of time

there could be a interface that would let you easily enter a pre-defined evaluation of each post. We could probably generate a pretty definitive list of possible casual relationship between player. It would be a trivial matter to display posts one at a time in a display that also features the radial button for defining those relations ships... each button could open a slider for inputting a % chance guesstimate.

[Adel]

I have python 2.5 installed under XP (C:\Python25).

Which folders do I place the ScumBait, BeautifulSoup and SimpleJSONin files in? What do I type into the command line for these files to load?

[Adel]

as for GUI stuff, this is the kind of visual products I produce by manually collecting information and then assembling via graphics software. A program that would automate this process could actually lead to some very strong mafia play based on quantifiable evidence:

http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/images/f/ ... _whome.gif
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/images/d/ ... ravhen.gif
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/images/f/ ... 5vd2d1.gif
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/images/a/ ... player.gif
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/images/3/ ... player.gif
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/images/c/ ... yer515.gif

Doing these is so time consuming that I don't, even though I've had some great results from this approach (see the link in my sig for an example)

[Adel]

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c:\python25\python.exe c:\code\scumbait\scumbait.py -g 7270 -m Adel -tfl -p all > c:\my_log.txt

produced a text file named "my_log" only containing

Option 'p' is not recognized.
For more information see -h (--help).

what did I do wrong?

http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7270 is the game I was trying to grab information from.

[Adel]

NetworkX looks like a great graph library for Python, simple to get started with. I might consider support for graphs before the GUI, because the GUI is really just going to be a wrapper in many ways. Image output is a more core functionality.

NetworkX does look great, and I really appreciate the time you've put into it so far! I was just sharing ideas. I haven't written a line of code in over 14 years, so I certainly can't do what you can do.

[Adel]

is from the NetworkX gallery.

There are all kinds of variables I would love to be able to assign for the circle diameter, line width, circle color, and line color!

[Adel]

The 0.1 release didn't have support for the -p switch.

damnit! I didn't DL the new version. I know better... sorry about that.

I downloaded the new version, and I got a good dump. I'll comb through it tomorrow for accuracy. Thanks for walking me through it this far.

You may have just saved me 10 hours a week.

[Adel]

issue 1:

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c:\python25\python.exe c:\code\scumbait\scumbait.py -g 7703 -m Mr. Flay -tfl
 -p all > c:\testaab.txt

bad dump

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c:\python25\python.exe c:\code\scumbait\scumbait.py -g 8222 -m Mr Stoofer -t
fl -p all > c:\testaac.txt

bad dump

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c:\python25\python.exe c:\code\scumbait\scumbait.py -g 8286 -m EmpTyger -tfl
 -p all > c:\testaaf.txt

good dump

I think the "Mr. Flay" and "Mr. Stoofer" fail as moderator names because of the space.

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issue two: some player post stuff like "

vote:we end this day allready

which your script interpets as a vote for "we".

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issue three: some players post "

vote:WW

" instead of "

vote:WildWest

"

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general feedback:


in the log summary it would be useful if the post number was listed for each line.
example:

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elvis casts first vote for rabbit.  (post 4)
carrot unvotes for elf leaving 0 vote(s). (post 9)
carrot casts first vote for elf. (post 9)

instead of

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elvis casts first vote for rabbit. 
carrot unvotes for elf leaving 0 vote(s).
carrot casts first vote for elf.

[Adel]

Kills are currently not accounted for. This makes it harder to use for entire games, thus I'd love suggestions on what a reasonable format to expect for a kill is

well, when >50% of living player vote for someone that results in a lynch, but some games have deadlines with other factors that come into play.

Players who die during the night are often listed in the second post by the moderator after a player got enough votes to be lynched.