Chat Bot 101

EyeWire Chat has special player-generated commands. Here they are in full glory. This is one post in a series of posts highlighting features created by EyeWirers!

The following text first appeared here in the EyeWire forum and explains @nkem’s chatbot aka @nkem_test. Nkem’s bots also provide stats and feedback during competitions.

Overview over all commands that nkem_test understands right now:

If you send @nkem_bot a private message (how to send a private message), he’ll answer with a pm as well. (I use that for testing)

[These commands help players answer FAQs in chat by providing automatic detailed responses to common questions. Type the bold text into chat and @nkem_bot will give you — and the player asking a question — an answer]

FAQ

!about (Am I really helping science?)

Of course you are helping science: https://blog.eyewire.org/about/

!cb (cell body)

Does your cube contain such a huge blob? http://i.imgur.com/qAnsB.png

Then you got a (rather uninteresting) cell body. Just reconstruct the superficies and submit that work.

!colors (chat colors)

Yellow: Admin | Purple: Moderator | Blue: Day topscorers | Red: All-time topscorer

!dbg (debug window)

Type /debug in chat to see the cube ID, coordinates and other information.

!explore (explore mode)

Press Ctrl+E (or Cmd+E on Mac) to toggle “explore mode” on and off

Ctrl+D will delete everything you have done in explore mode; Ctrl+M will add it to your work

If you hit “I’m finished”, ALL colored paths are submitted! Be sure to use Ctrl+D

!faq (Kettas FAQ)

http://forum.eyewire.org/discussion/420/a-faq-for-the-newest-players#Item_1

!merger

A merger occurs when the AI or players mistakenly colored an adjacent neuron as well.

https://blog.eyewire.org/the-grimreaper-has-an-announcement/

!profile

!payment

Your payment are points and honor – your reward the good feeling to do this FOR SCIENCE! 😀

!points (points calculation)

Points are based on time, volume and accuracy. Longer answer can be found at

https://blog.eyewire.org/how-are-points-calculated-in-eyewire/

!tb (trailblazing)

Trailblazing means you are the first one to submit this specific cube

You’ll get 50 extra points for it. Assignment is based on accuracy.

!video (rprentkis tutorial videos)

https://blog.eyewire.org/a-walk-through-the-eyewire-tutorials-1-of-3/

 

Other stuff

!C <number>

converts Celsius into Fahrenheit 😛

 

!F <number>

converts Fahrenheit into Celsius

 

!online <username>

Checks for last activity of the user – seems to be a bit buggy… rather useless right now

 

!stats

might give some personal player statistics during competitions – answers are private messages

 

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I am a bit biased concerning the usefulness of my bot… So if you find something annoying, please let me know. Feature requests, spell corrections and everything else is also welcome. However I can’t promise to include all suggested features…