QuakeNet · since January 2022
EpicBots is a free bot network for QuakeNet. Protect bots that stop takeovers, floods and drones within a second, and trivia bots with rankings, achievements and games you can also play from this website.
two kinds of bots
Ask for the one your channel needs, or one of each. Every bot only answers to its owner on its own channel.
Your channel's guardian. It reacts to a takeover without waiting for its queue, gives op back to your people and leaves the channel as it was 90 seconds later.
Fast questions in your channel, in English or in your people's language. Weekly rankings, duels, streaks, 12 achievements and a hall of fame.
#how-it-works
The hub, EpicBots, does it all by itself. The staff only steps in on borderline cases.
You type !request pro #yourchannel in #EpicBots, authed with Q.
A WHOIS gives it your Q account. It checks the blacklist, the limits per account and that a bot is free.
It joins, checks that you have @, that Q is there and how many users there are (no clones, no bots), and leaves.
The bot with the most room joins and makes you its owner on your channel only.
The bot tells you the exact command: +amo for a Protect bot, +ao for a trivia bot.
#history
EpicBots comes from many years on IRC: from knowing what makes a bot worth having and what makes a channel trust it.
sauk learns the trade in IRC's bot and bouncer scene, in channels like #pwnd.bots and #bouncers: that is where it becomes clear what a good bot must be. Always up, instant to react and no trouble.
A time of inactivity, far from the channels and the bots.
Back on IRC, sauk founds EpicBots on QuakeNet: free service bots for any channel that needs one, requested with a single command.
A hub that handles requests by itself, Protect bots that stop takeovers without waiting, trivia bots with rankings and live games, and this website.
#team
The EpicBots staff. For any question, a problem with your bot or an idea, find us in #EpicBots.
Founded EpicBots in January 2022. Designs the network, keeps the bots running and decides where the project goes.
Runs the network: reviews borderline requests, looks after the channels' bots and answers for support.
Runs the network: watches over the rules, helps owners with their bots and answers in #EpicBots.
#webchat
QuakeNet's official webchat, already pointing at our channel. Pick a nick and join; to ask for a bot or play from the website you need to be authed with Q.
#faq
Nothing. EpicBots is free for any QuakeNet channel that meets the requirements.
A Protect bot guards your channel and brings every channel management tool. A trivia bot runs the game, with its rankings, achievements and statistics, and only has the commands it needs for that. You can ask for one of each.
Auth with Q, join #EpicBots and type !request pro #yourchannel (or trivia). The hub checks your channel and, if it qualifies, the bot arrives within a minute. The details are in Get a bot.
No. You are the bot's owner on your channel only. Your commands work nowhere else and you have no partyline access.
In Trivia · Play press "Log in with Q", send the code we give you with /msg EpicBots weblogin CODE while authed with Q, and that's it: your answers count in the same ranking as on IRC.
It starts again by itself within a few minutes and logs in to Q again. Your channel, your users and your settings stay saved.
In #EpicBots: the staff and other users answer there. You can join from the webchat.
What we need to protect you and for the game: the users with access, their hosts and accounts, the bans, a copy of the channel settings and the trivia scores. We don't keep conversations.
Type !request pro #yourchannel in #EpicBots, authed with Q. No forms, no waiting.