So as some folks know, we've been doing some work on a bot API system, which allows countries to be played using scripts.

This is done so that we can make some AI elements which take over inactive countries (which is important as we grow the game and get the inevitable dropouts) and to provide additional countries of varying skill levels in the games.

Right now, Slag and I have written some bot strats that are pretty simple, and we're debating starting up some countries in the Alliance game to see how the bot reacts to being outside a fishbowl.

We're looking for thoughtful thoughts on the idea of adding some bots to this server.
Anyone got some? :p

the bot API is pretty sweet, and if you're into AI/bot making (which you all shouldn't be! *shakes fist*) it could be a good opportunity to work on something that's beneficial for the game, once we open it up to the semi-public. People who work on bot API's with us will be on a very short leash cheating-wise, but we'll discuss that later :)