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Contents 1 Current market 2 Construction 3 Goals 4 RE:Thanks for correcting 5 A little request 6 Wow You are my IDOL! :D 7 Profitable High Alchemy 8 Assistance 9 Champion Scrolls 10 Adam Smith Clan 11 Re: SmackBot 12 Hard limits, floor/ceiling prices, and whatnot 13 Adventurer's Log 14 Hey, 15 AmauriceBot error 16 Ty for helping with Leprechaun Champion! 17 Re:Re: Ty for helping with Leprechaun Champion! 18 New Champions 19 Time played 20 Java Bot 21 Your Finances Page 22 House filler 23 Trouble with regexes

[edit] Current market

Hey Amaurice, any ideas on why items such as bandos armour, godswords, and dragonfire shields went drastically up in price? I was planning on buying bandos armour but cant afford it now because of the raises in price.  Ethan ^talk 15:54, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Construction

Hey Amaurice if possible, I'd like to get a screenshot of your menagerie in your player owned house if possible, with your dragon. Since you do have 99 construction, I was going to use it for a video im making of summoning familiars.

Let me know when a good time is for you  Ethan ^talk 22:21, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Goals

A user recommended you to tell me if you know how to do goals. The stat goals for Runescape

Can you help me? —Main 619 (talk • contribs) forgot to sign this comment.

How can i put green drags on goals? —Main 619 (talk • contribs) forgot to sign this comment.

[edit] RE:Thanks for correcting

No problem . C.Chiam^Talk 10:01, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] A little request

Good day to you. I am currently training a new F2P account, I just need some guides about how to merchant and largen the 1 million gained in like, 23 days after creating this account. (sorry for boasting myself) Another question is, if I use multiple accounts to buy the same item in mass and sell them at higher price, will it be against the rules? Thanks. 10:51, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

Although I know trading between one's accounts is illegal, the problem I have mentioned is using another account's resource, to cause the market price of an item to change as desired, and in return both accounts can gain more coins, which is considered an unfair advantage because the market price is pushed with a larger force, not the market price used as a tool to transfer coins to another account. In other words, this mechanism works like a merchanting clan, except the members are all controlled by one person. 13:55, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wow You are my IDOL! :D

Wow... you are amazing for getting 99 Construction. Well done! (: It's my fav skill and I plan on getting it to 99 whhen I get non-LAZY!! -- Famed Moon ^Chat 14:09, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Profitable High Alchemy

Thanks for the changes you've done to the GEMW page on the high alchemy calculator. It looks fairly attractive, even if it is a bit different looking from the other GEMW pages. That isn't necessarily a bad thing either, considering the topic.

As for my creation of the {{Natprice}} template, it was precisely the circular references that caused me to go in that direction. The template parser had a fit when I tried to directly access the Nature rune price directly from the normal exchange item template. I don't see that we have to keep this updated so frequently as the normal nature rune exchange item, although if you could throw it into your bot, it would be appreciated, but don't kill yourself over it. My question here is mainly one of where to stick the documentation that other wiki users could update this template as well from time to time, but put that information in a place that isn't going to cause vandalism of this template either. I could simply raise the protection level, but I think that is using a sledgehammer to fix a minor problem.

Anyway, thanks for all that you do with this little project. I consider the GEMW to be amazing if for nothing else that it sort of pushed Jagex into creating the GE Database on the official Runescape pages, and they sort of copied some of the ideas that we have here on this wiki. All I can say is to keep it up, and let's try to find some more creative uses for this information. --Robert Horning 13:07, September 26, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Assistance

Hi Amaurice, I need some assistance in an area that you're more experienced with. Please take a look at the Graphical improvements article. Could you fix the table such that the columns between the comparisons (e.g. between Moss giant and Lesser demon). Thanks! C.Chiam^Talk 08:19, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again, I wouldn't have been able to figure that out. C.Chiam^Talk 08:31, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

Comparing the two, I like the table with the Before and After headers. Not to mention that extra clarification is good. Thanks, I'll go ahead and add it in. C.Chiam^Talk 09:06, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Champion Scrolls

Hey Amaurice, it's been awhile. You know how your trying to beat all the Champions? And how you spent so long trying to get the Lesser Demon Champion? Well, i had Lesser Demons for a assignment, and like the 10-15th kil i got a challenge scroll >:D so, I fill my inventory with good pots and sharks and ALOT of runes, but I ended up only using 1 prayer pot :|. The Lesser Demon "Champion" was actually kind of a pushover. Well, I guess i should summarize this as, "haha I got the lesser demon champ and you dont >:P" lol cya round Vex 327 ^talk 19:47, October 10, 2009 (UTC)Vex 327

[edit] Adam Smith Clan

Earlier you had expressed interest in participating with the new merchanting clan that I was going to set up. I appreciate your support and input on the topic, and I'd like to see you join us in discussing the organization of this clan on the clan discussion page. Your voice is important, and any contributions that you may make right now will significantly impact how this clan can be organized and what it is that we will be doing.

Remember, this isn't going to be a traditional manipulation clan or something that may hurt other players, but it will be something that is going to make us all quite a bit of money. It is an experiment in a number of ways, and something that can be of a service to the greater Runescape community.

I hope to see your involvement with this clan in the future --Robert Horning 16:50, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: SmackBot

More bots the merrier. I write in PHP for how easy it is to write. I run the bots from command line, although the bots are also designed to work from websites.

I have never used Java successfully, but I can try. I am also planning to write a update bot in PHP, although I want access to the source of GEBot and SmackBot first so I have tested regexes and a structure to base my bot on. This issue shows why we need access to source code and backup bots, so have us run multiple bots may be a good idea. - TehKittyCat^{Talk Wikian-Book} 12:31, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

You might be interested in supporting http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?29,30,383,59233743 which would add a ge_lite like we have a highscores_lite. - TehKittyCat^{Talk Wikian-Book} 12:33, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

I won't be able to start writing the code for 2-3 days either, but I/we can start planning it out. Having the bots provide statistics and logging is a great idea, TehKittyBot already logs every page(and diff) edited and provides statistics at User:TehKittyBot/log. - TehKittyCat^{Talk Wikian-Book} 19:35, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

I've compiled all information relating to the GEMW/exchange bots that I could find at User:Catcrewser/Litterbox, I thought you might find this useful and feel free to add to it. - TehKittyCat^{Talk Wikian-Book} 21:10, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Hey Amaurice, I see you are updating all the Exchange prices right now. I have a small request to make, which is that you set all your edits as minor (in your Preferences), as it is difficult to find vandalism with your edits in the RecentChanges. Thanks! C.Chiam^Talk 08:22, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again. I didn't actually realise that our prices were that off or that the bots were no longer being run regularly. Thanks for taking the initiative to fix this . C.Chiam^Talk 08:39, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

I updated the Exchange pages with AzBot, and managed to update almost all of the pages. You actually updated some of the items which AzBot updated a few hours ago... Anyway, don't worry about updating the Exchange pages until you get your bot account approved, and start using AmauriceBot... As Calebchiam said, your edits are filling up the RecentChanges at the moment.   az ^talk   09:34, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Actually all of them have been updated to the current prices... only the items in Category:Needs price update/7 days are currently out-of-date.   az ^talk   09:52, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

But just because the price changes frequently, it doesn't warrant an update every 2-3 hours... or 2-3 times daily. SmackBot uses a minimum duration before updating an item, regardless of the price change, but I'm not sure what is the minimum is. 6 hours, I think? Try asking the owner. You should set a minimum duration as well.   az ^talk   10:20, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

May I have the regexes you are using for your bot? - TehKittyCat^{Talk Wikian-Book} 21:07, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Ok thank you. The last major cog the bot was missing. - TehKittyCat^{Talk Wikian-Book} 00:40, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hard limits, floor/ceiling prices, and whatnot

Do you have an algorithm to detect these hard limits in Exchange prices? Or do you base it by observing the graphs? I have the data for all of the prices of Exchange items from 1 January 2009 till 31 October 2009, and I would like to know if it is possible for me to develop the junk/anti-junk item list from my database.   az ^talk   09:34, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Adventurer's Log

Do you mind if I use your Adventurer's Log RSS feed template if I give you credit? I've already got it on my page but remove it if you want me to. 00:34, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. I'll keep the credit on anyway. 01:03, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hey,

Can you please semi-protect Dragonfire shield for the time being, as it's been vandalised several times recently, and it's getting really annoying now. Thanks. --

Baron Scizor

Chat • 'Tribs • Edits

17:05, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. --

Baron Scizor

Chat • 'Tribs • Edits

18:25, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] AmauriceBot error

Hey there, It appears that your bot is adding some extra characters to the end of some image links. Check it out here Special:WantedFiles. Let me know if you get a chance to fix this. Thanks, Tollerach ^talk 20:09, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

Glad to help, and thanks for getting back to me so quick. Its nice to know you're already on top of this. I didn't see many of those errors, so I think its pretty contained. Bot on. Cheers, Tollerach ^talk 16:18, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ty for helping with Leprechaun Champion!

thanks :D I didn't know what else to put in :P Sir Adunkley^(Talk)(Sign) 15:40, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Re: Ty for helping with Leprechaun Champion!

I somewhat agree, though he does give experience to both hp and slayer and shows this also has Champion in his name, I dunno though, admins call I suppose. Sir Adunkley^(Talk)(Sign) 15:55, November 9, 2009 (UTC) forgot sig :s lol

[edit] New Champions

Jagex must dislike you to add more champions when you needed one more challenge scroll left. Haha. Powers38 ^{TalkI'm stalking your talk page, beware.} 04:21, November 10, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Time played

Hi, long time no see. Lol. I know your busy but I just found the new adveturer's log. I was shocked at the time I have played, it said I had played for 132 days 8 hours, which is a lot, (at least 4 and a half month straight). I know you have a very high amount of rating and xp within the game and a lot of 99s, I thought I would ask how long you have played as a comparison, I hope you don't find this intrusive and of course you don't have to tell me, but seeing how long someone who has played for the length of time you have and has such achievments as yours would be a great basis for comparison.

Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk} 16:05, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, that's a weight off my mind, I thought it was just me! Thanks again. Bob2006ty^{_{(RUNESTORM333)}talk} 15:01, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Java Bot

I noticed your proposal on the Yew Grove to have AmauriceBot run GE updates. I see that AmauriceBot runs on Java. Would there happen to be any classes provided to make wiki editing easier, and if not, could you help me with it? I am aware that there are libraries for PHP, but I am not familiar with PHP. I am planning on developping a bot to create charm drop log subpages, and was hoping I would not have to learn a new programming language to do it. If you could help me out, that would be great.   tLUL ^{Talk - Contribs}  22:30, November 18, 2009 (UTC)  

Yeah, the edit tokens were what I anticipated I would have trouble coding for. Your classes greatly simplify creating bots in Java. If I were to create a derived work, how should I format the copyright notice? I tend to use the full GPL notice at the beginning of the file, like this:

/*--------------------------------------------------------
 * NAME - DESCRIPTION
 * Copyright (c) YEAR  Maurice Abraham and others.
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 * CONTRIBUTORS
 *------------------------------------------------------*/

Would that be an appropriate way to provide the copyright notice?   tLUL ^{Talk - Contribs}  23:51, November 18, 2009 (UTC)  

[edit] Your Finances Page

I saw your page that showed your money that you made/spent, and I was wondering if you could teach me how to do that too. Its a really cool system, and I'd like to use it if that is ok. Leave a message on my talk page, it hasn't has a message since Bonzii..... that was crazy.-- Yödapen6 ^Edits 01:41, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much for helping, I'll try to use that.. but unfortunately I'm not very good with complicated templates :P-- Yödapen6 ^Edits 00:21, November 22, 2009 (UTC)

Do you mind if I copy-paste the basic template from the page, and then edit it to become what I want?-- Yödapen6 ^Edits 00:24, November 22, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] House filler

I've recently been using the POH Room template to plan out my house, and I tried using the "None" room, but it occupy the space of a whole room, and I think I have tracked down why - using "none" or "filler" uses the image File:House filler.png, but you scaled it down from 100x100px to 100x20px. Why did you do this? I've thought about it for a while and I'm unable to figure out why that was done! So I figured I'd ask, what am I missing? And more importantly, how can I get that all-important 100x100px spacer? Should I upload a new image? Psycho RobotTalk 21:28, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

Huzzah! I can live again! *disinters myself, brushes dirt off, and strolls away* Psycho RobotTalk 20:42, November 27, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Trouble with regexes

Hi Amaurice!

I'm a-l-m-o-s-t done with tLULbot; the only thing it is still having trouble with is pages where charms are listed as a drop, but no charm template is found.

Would you be able to help me with a regex for inserting {{/Charm log}} at the end of the drop section containing charms. Here are all the regexes I have been using so far (I have tried many different versions of the last one, but the result is always the same):

private Pattern m_dropCharmPattern = Pattern.compile("===?[^=]*[(drop)||(charm)][^=]*===?[^(==)]*charm", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
private Pattern m_charmLogPattern = Pattern.compile("\\{\\{(template:)?charm[ _]table[^}]*}}", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
private Pattern m_dropCharmEndPattern = Pattern.compile("===?[^=$]*[(drop)||(charm)][^=$]*===?[^=]*[(gold charm)||(green charm)||(crimson charm)||(blue charm)]+[^=]*==", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);

match = m_dropCharmEndPattern.matcher(text);
if (match.find())
    out.println(monsters.get(i) + ": " + text.substring(0, match.end() - 2) + "{{/Charm log}}\n\n" + text.substring(match.end() - 2));

The first two perform their jobs admirably. The last one hasn't been working at all. Look at where it decided to insert it on the Abyssal guardian page:

...armour, so you shouldn't have to worry about it.

==Habitat(s)==
Found in the [[Abyss]] and the other abyssal area reached using the [[fairy rings]] code ALR.

{{/Charm log}}

==Drops==
===Always Drops===
*100% [[Ashes]]
===Talismans===
*[[Elemental talisman]]
*Various [[talisman]]s
===Runecrafting Items===
*[[Necklace of Binding]] 
*[[Pouch (Runecrafting)|Runecrafting pouches]] 
*[[Pure essence]] (1) 
*[[Pure essence]] (noted) 
===Others===
*Level 2 [[Clue scroll]] 
===Charms===
*[[Abyssal charm]] (summoning) 
*[[Green charm]] (summoning)
*[[Crimson charm]] (summoning)
*[[Gold charm]] (summoning)
*[[Blue charm]] (summoning)

==Trivia==
*Abyssal guardians' heads have di...

That is most certainly not the correct place to put it. Can you help me out with the regex?   tLUL ^{Talk - Contribs}  01:35, December 4, 2009 (UTC)  

Of course, a single pipe. I had even been using single pipes in my other regexes! I'm not sure where I got the double pipe idea from (most likely from Java itself, or any of the other C-like languages I have been using). Thanks for pointing that out! Hopefully this part of the code will now work as intended. I will also be checking the 96 affected pages (listed at User:TLULbot/Testing) after I run the bot just in case there are any errors.   tLUL ^{Talk - Contribs}  21:32, December 4, 2009 (UTC)