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- Mar 7, 2010: Adventurers' Log Community Discussion (by Kyle)
Hello,
Since its inception the !alog feature among RuneScape Stats IRCBots has been muddled at best. Jagex has had issues with their RSS feeds and we have proven a general misunderstanding for what you, the end-user of our service, truly wants. For these reasons we would like to engage everyone to participate in this discussion/poll for the purposes of providing the necessary insight needed to create something everyone finds useful. Above in the poll I have outlined a few possibilities, two polar opposites and a comprise between them, as well as provided the opportunity for anyone to express their own unique opinion. I implore everyone to take advantage of this opportunity and share your opinions on what is and isn't useful.
Before voting I recommend each of you read specifically what each of the options entails, as explained below.
Current System: Our current system of output takes the most recent !alog entries and displays them raw (With the date). We offer no form of time management, nor any summarization or interpretation. This system could be modified fairly simply to incorporate time frames. An example is provided below.(05:32:34) -RuneScript- *** [ A. LOG ]: Recent Activity for Kyle: I killed Bork [06/03/2010], Item found: a granite maul [06/03/2010], Item found: a granite maul [06/03/2010], I killed Bork [05/03/2010], Item found: a granite maul [05/03/2010]
(05:32:34) -RuneScript- *** [ URL ]: http://services.runescape.com/m=adventu ... hName=Kyle
Summarization: Other RuneScape IRCBots, notably Vectra, have demonstrated a completely different interpretation of how !alog would be implemented. Instead of displayed the content raw, they summarize the entirety of the adventure log. This provides the user with analysis of what they have accomplished since Jagex's inception of the feature, but again lacks the customization many users on this network have become accustomed too. Adding parameters to monitor time range could be easily implemented, though default time lengths would need to be addressed. An example of Vectra's developmental content has been reproduced below by their consent.(05:35:09) -[Dev]Vectra- ** (A. LOG): [Kyle] A Christmas Warble Killed 18x mithril dragon, 7x Bork.
(05:35:09) -[Dev]Vectra- ** (A. LOG): [Kyle] Gained 5 [+3.9m] level(s): Ranged 97->98 +1.1m, Slayer 95->96 +913.0k, Hunter 86->87 +374.5k, Fishing 94->95 +826.9k. Item(s) found ~16.3Mgp: 4x granite maul, 7x pair of dragon boots, 4x abyssal whip. Reached 24.0m Constitution exp, 26.0m->28.0m Defence exp
Compromise: The final possibility would be a compromise between the two, via a @parameter or a default user setting (Like !mycolor only this would decide which output type). The question begotten would be which one would be considered normal behavior and the other alternative behavior. This option is the most loosely defined, besides the obvious "other," because the implementation is really based on user preference, which is what we are assessing presently.
We encourage everyone to contribute their thoughts towards command implementation and syntax; please do not consider any idea too outlandish or any question too stupid. I thank you all in advance for any insights anyone may provide, and I look forward to your responses.
--Kyle - Feb 16, 2010: !drops, !ba, !mlia and !gegraph
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