Let's bet on it! - Githubissues

ralt commented 11 years ago

New command proposal: !!bet

Usage:

@FlorianMargaine: !!bet new 60 Will jAndy rep whore on this question?
@Bot: New bet registered. ID: 123456. Use `!!bet 123456 yes 1000` or `!!bet 123456 no 1000` to bet 1000 internet points.

Everybody starts up with 100 internet points.

Of course, when the fact is decided, someone has to finish the bet by saying:

!!bet decided 123456 yes

And the internet points will be given/taken according to the bet's ratio.

Format:

bet new <minutes> <question>
bet <id> <yes/no> <internet points>
bet decided <id> <yes/no>

Sounds like to me it could be lot of fun, especially since bets could be on anything. (It should be related to SO though.)

Some examples:

Will Benjamin get more than 10 upvotes on his last answer?
Will Zirak write a funny answer?
Will rlemon get 10k rep before 2023?

Zirak commented 11 years ago

This looks like #34 (well, its original intention, not /karma).

ralt commented 11 years ago

The difference is that bets are given on facts. It's not a popularity contest.

And you can win/lose internet points. INTERNET POINTS.

PanicIsReal commented 11 years ago

When I read internet points I was on board.. INTERNET POINTS!

AmaanC commented 11 years ago

Seems alright if you guys feel like it'll ever be used. On Aug 5, 2013 7:06 PM, "Gacnt" notifications@github.com wrote:

When I read internet points I was on board.. INTERNET POINTS!

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Shmiddty commented 11 years ago

This seems like a toy more than a tool. Seems subject to mass binning.

AmaanC commented 11 years ago

True. And it might eat into the localStorage space for little benefit, since it has to store every user who's ever bet's points. May or may not be worth it depending on how much we actually like it, but it might still be an interesting project to program. On Aug 5, 2013 8:01 PM, "Shmiddty" notifications@github.com wrote:

This seems like a toy more than a tool. Seems subject to mass binning.

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FirstWhack commented 11 years ago

I honestly don't see the point in this, at all.

The bets will have to be manually enforced, which makes the bot a pointless conduit for simply stating that a bet was made and waiting for someone to tell it who won. Then it states who won after being told. It seems like all it would be doing is keeping track of these "points" that no one will care about after the first 2 days.

I don't mean to be a negative Nancy, but that's my opinion.

----- Reply message ----- From: "Amaan Cheval" notifications@github.com To: "Zirak/SO-ChatBot" SO-ChatBot@noreply.github.com Subject: [SO-ChatBot] Let's bet on it! (#82) Date: Mon, Aug 5, 2013 12:06 PM True. And it might eat into the localStorage space for little benefit,

since it has to store every user who's ever bet's points. May or may not be

worth it depending on how much we actually like it, but it might still be

an interesting project to program.

On Aug 5, 2013 8:01 PM, "Shmiddty" notifications@github.com wrote:

This seems like a toy more than a tool. Seems subject to mass binning.

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FirstWhack commented 11 years ago

Although I do believe it would be a fun project. Just like /color. It doesn't have a real purpose either.

----- Reply message ----- From: "Amaan Cheval" notifications@github.com To: "Zirak/SO-ChatBot" SO-ChatBot@noreply.github.com Subject: [SO-ChatBot] Let's bet on it! (#82) Date: Mon, Aug 5, 2013 12:06 PM True. And it might eat into the localStorage space for little benefit,

since it has to store every user who's ever bet's points. May or may not be

worth it depending on how much we actually like it, but it might still be

an interesting project to program.

On Aug 5, 2013 8:01 PM, "Shmiddty" notifications@github.com wrote:

This seems like a toy more than a tool. Seems subject to mass binning.

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loktar00 commented 11 years ago

If someones willing to do it why not? Might be cool to tie in things like hangman etc. into it where you are awarded "internet points" for winning. I like the idea of having a pool of points that you risk, however should there be some sort of passive increase in the pool? Like 10 points per week for example.

AmaanC commented 11 years ago

Yep, and that'd solve the problem people would have if they lost all their points too. On Aug 6, 2013 7:33 PM, "Jason Brown" notifications@github.com wrote:

If someones willing to do it why not? Might be cool to tie in things like hangman etc. into it where you are awarded "internet points" for winning. I like the idea of having a pool of points that you risk, however should there be some sort of passive increase in the pool? Like 10 points per week for example.

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benjamingr commented 11 years ago

:+1: but with low priority

Zirak commented 8 years ago

Closing for about the same reasons as #231, comment if you want this.

Zirak / SO-ChatBot

Let's bet on it! #82