Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-9531161-20140421005250

Hey admins. I just found out why the bot doesn't respond sometimes. This is particularly bad when people report, and it doesn't tell them if the report has gone through. Apparently certain user actions can "lock up" the bot, and there's really nothing I can do about it other than to reset it. So, there's a new admin command:

/botreset

Please use the command sparingly, as a bot reset will reset any RPG battles and mazes currently in action, AND it might put some people's RPG stats back a few minutes (or more). Anyway, if you see people trying to use bot directives, play the RPG, or report and nothing is showing up, PLEASE run this command. It's not just so that people can start playing again; the MOST important thing is the reporting system, and ANY of the symptoms I described indicate that the bot needs a reset. The bot has always automatically reset itself if no messages are said for a 5 minute period, but obviously this doesn't fix the problem of no bot responses when there are people in the chat. 