The Black Sheep have a fun program: DD-BSPool (see thread title)
Basically, you chat (http://eblacksheep.net/forums/index.php?action=chat) in our IRC channel (more info on IRC here: #blacksheep (http://eblacksheep.net/forums/index.php?topic=49.0)) and earn tokens. Tokens then need to be entered in the drawing. For every 50 entries, the prize (starting at 10 Q7 tanks) goes up by 5 tanks. The drawing takes place at 9 PM EDT (1800 eRep time). A secret keyword (http://eblacksheep.net/forums/index.php?topic=77.0) can be spoken for 5 free tokens.
Commands (see the spoiler to view the commands in action):
~tokens player (optional) - Reports on the player's token status (e.g. owned tokens, entered tokens) as well as current prize; if no player is specified, the user's info is instead reported.
~enter number of tokens or all - Enters the specified amount of tokens into the drawing; if using 'all' instead of a number, all your owned tokens are entered. ~et is the shortened form of the ~enter command.
~lotterystats (or ~ls for short) - Summarizes the previous drawing.
~lotto (or ~dd) - Provides a mix of information regarding the current drawing, including who has entered the most tokens.
(http://i.imgur.com/pkSrqiA.png)
Deets you may care to know:
- The bot will only count lines that consist of a minimum of three words.
- For simplicity's sake, Wolfram Alpha was used to find the average English word length: http://i.imgur.com/GOZTysa.png
- This means you must have 15 characters per line, excluding the special characters described below.
- Certain characters are removed from a line before counting the length: . @ ! , : ; ( ) ] [ {space}
- Unsubmitted tokens are not currently removed after drawings, which means you can keep them. This is subject to change.