Chess queue management

[urban dock]

So right now the lottery style competition with potentially 100s of others is kinda lame ngl

I'm not sure if Fossabot is capable of this, if not can we consider another bot that can do queues

Proposal: Twitch queue with streamelements or nightbot
https://blog.streamelements.com/level-up-your-engagement-with-viewer-queue-2cdcdcd40f6a

First come first serve or random picking, and then just whisper the twitch chatter with the lichess link.

Optional automation by piping names to lichess messaging API?
https://lichess.org/api#tag/Messaging

[fluid timber]

i dont want to send challenges ideally because then it can take time for viewers to accept and they might not still be around in the stream

there is probably a better way of doing it

but because there's probably quite a few people competing even with a queue your odds are still quite low

[urban dock]

for the individual the chance is always low, but doing a proper queue still might be better than the current "skill issue ggtypefaster" to whoever type the link the fastest?

[urban dock]

if the viewer isn't around you can just pick another, however this way is quite mod intensive, don't know how you would want to do it

[tranquil hatch]

Not everyone will be able to play with a queue system either I think the bigger issue was just the same people being able to play multiple rounds

Which vedal fixed

[fluid timber]

it is still possible to automate it this way but its much easier to give everyone the link somehow, although I do understand the frustration

[urban dock]

I'm going to be prepared next time with a python script to screen grab the link from the stream and paste it into my browser 👌

[velvet rover]

make it a qr code :3

extra painful for the copy pasters :D

[fluid timber]

i would say if u do this u deserve ur one game

but I changed the link system today for a reason

and i might do it again next time

[severe cairn]

An ARG for every qr code to stop people from scripting their way into games

[velvet rover]

although there can be a queue system

https://lichess.org/api#tag/Challenges/operation/challengeCreate has a limit of 20s, so if the viewer is afk it would be a pain to wait, however we can cancel the challenge ourselves without needing to wait for a timer

the api for challenge create doesnt allow to change the expire time, it only allows to remove the expiration timer

https://lichess.org/api#tag/Challenges/operation/challengeCancel

response from challengeCreate provides the game ID

so if we make a "manual queue", have a list that display the next users and etc, we could possibly add a queue

minimizing the waiting time if a viewer is afk

the queue part would be harder, since lichess doesnt have a queue system, but by using what DMZ linked its highly possible

vedal did mention some problems, however i will try doing something and uploading to github

although i need to know if vedal is using python, js or something else to connect to the lichess api

so if you're still there :)