Having to provide regular votecounts is one of the most tedious parts of hosting.
We’re going to make that easier.
1. When moderating a game you can now choose to have VCs done by posting @VCbot in the first post of your sign up topic. @VoteCountBot will reply with a confirmation fairly quickly.
To qualify, your game must not have nonstandard voting (i.e. votecounts can be accurately counted and provided by a spectator).
2. Once the game starts players can post @VCbot in the topic to ask for a votecount or point out a potential error. Response time will usually be at most an hour. @VCbot will provide semi-regular votecounts on its own through the @VoteCountBot account. It can also lock the topic on majority.
3. IT’S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS TAG @VCbot AND NOT @VoteCountBot
It is against the rules to interact with @VCbot in ways other than requesting vote counts or asking it to check for an error. Speculating on which particular person made a post is forbidden. All posts and potential responses from the account will be standardized.
How does this work?
There are multiple people manning the Votecountbot account. This list is not public.
What happens if someone is in a game and also part of VCbot?
We expect members of VCbot to not misuse the account for in-game purposes by deliberately posting slow or incorrect vote counts.
Can I become a member of VCbot?
We’re in a trial period but if you’re interested in helping out in the near future send @Ellibereth a message - we want to see if this is a good idea first.
What do hosts using VCbot have to do?
They only need to design the setup, send out role pms, deal with night actions, and deal with potential player inquiries.
Why should we only tag @VCbot and not @VoteCountBot?
VCbot is a group, VoteCountBot is an account. Tagging VCbot informs the members of the group that they need to go on VoteCountBot and provide a vote count.
