Hello! How are you doing Are you not watching the BYU football game?
Hi! And no!
Hello again!
Are you/
Why not!?
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yeah haha
And who are they playing? Utah state?
Utah State tonight
Gotcha. We got this game...right?
I think so.. but am not sure
That tends to be the general feel for BYU lately.
We honestly always beat teams we shouldn't beat, and lost to teams we should beat It's always hard to tell I think we will win this one though What do you typically do on Friday nights?
You said it! haha And I'm at work right now.
I typically just watch Netflix or play Fortnite hahaa
But I typically just chill I guess.
oh nice, where do you work?
Ah, good ol' Fortnite! I am a research assistant for a professor at BYU
Sweet! I am thinking of doing a research class next semester It's like 150 hours per semester you have to commit to right?
I started with a class and moved to a paid position. It's a 3 credit class. So not overly difficult. Pretty tame, really. What's your major?
oh cool.  Does it still count  as credits even while being paid? I'm a computer science major
No. right now it's just a job. But it covered my tuition! So that's cool!
Which teacher do you recommend trying to get into their research studies with?
And I'm CS too!
That's really cool!  Must be getting paid well if it covers your tuition or you're just working a lot! haha
They covered my tuition completely like a scholarship with their research grant. So that was a huge blessing!
that's awesome!
And I would just find a professor that is doing something you like or seems interesting and see if you can join.
It's amazing how much money is available for students if they just look hard enough
Yeah! I wish I was more proactive about it before.
Do almost all of the professors have studies currently going on? or just a few?
Not sure actually! I just happened to find one that did who I had take a class from before. Dr Jones. The one who teachings CS 356 and 456
Cool!  I'll have to start asking around
Which are the UI/UX classes.
oh nice!
Loved those classes.
I am probably going to take those eventually Do you know anything about how they award the Ipads in this competition? Also, BYU just had a pick six, so we are losing now in case you were wondering
I really don't know. I suppose it's the top scored chatter at the end of the time period. And then all the others who reached a certain score will be entered into a raffle. Ahhh nice! :/ Supposedly they will send out a clarifying email tonight about this round of the competition.
That's kind of lame though... so if you aren't close to being first, as soon as you hit the minimum for the computer you should just stop haha Okay, that would be nice.  They were just pretty vague in the FAQ page So I know they got like a $250,000 grant this past spring for this competition are they trying to implement this as like a feature of Alexa? or are they working with Amazon to make this a part of Alexa?
You know, I am not sure what they are planning to do with this project! I have read a bit but not too much about it.
same
I just participate haha!
I'd be really interested to see what kind of work they are doing with all the dat data Oh same, if I won an Ipad Pro then i'd probably call it good and just relax haha But, probably not now that I think about it
Same!
If they're going to dish out these big prizes then you gotta go all in
But it is a nice way to pass the time while doing work. That's my mentality too. I got pretty high last round.
True.  I enjoy being able to just type honestly
But started too late to make it worth it to keep going.
That's why I love CS.  Just writing code for hours is therapeutic.
And yeah same here! Though I do feel a tad restrained in how I talk because I like to use shortcut words and acronyms and other slang that they don't want.
I placed really high last round which I was happy with, but unfortunately it still probably wasn't enough for that first IPad
'Haha' is probably on the edge but it is so needed I feel haha! Oh were you second? Third? ....tenth?
True, it's hard to cut that stuff out.  But, if I were to use this app I think I would appreciate it talking to me the same way I would casually talk to someone else. hahah I will never say!  But very high yes
From my perspective, this bot should be able to understand slang and know how to respond even if it doesn't use it. That'd be really impressive.
It's so tough to hang with the top spots though.  There are some freshmen that just have nothing better to do and just go crazy on this challenge It makes it very difficult to place high.
TRUE. Hey, question. Do these chats ever end without us ending them?
I don't believe so, no
Because theoretically we could keep this conversation going for just a long time . Like, a really long time. Just keep talking and talking.
I would assume that if the chat was idle on both ends for extended periods of time though that it would just time out
Perhaps.
true, and just rack up like a million points each
Bingo was his name-o!
I had a chat in the first session that scored me 300 k that was pretty awesome
Oh wow! My highest was only ever 150k I believe. I was going for quantity. Got pretty high pretty fast but still, some people!
Yeah One guy I spoke with spammed the chat for about 2 minutes before I noticed he was on he just kept typing the word Hi!  How are you? like 200+ times He was going for those big points
Haha, I don't spam stupid things but I will keep talking until I get a response. Just have the conversation with my self as if they were there.
Yeah, that's what I try to do
That's funny though. I generally start by saying "Hi. Are you areal person?" "Or am I talking to the void again?"
If people don't respond within a minute then I typically end the conversation and then immediately start a new one and wait for them to get back on
Usually it's the void..
Yes!  Like every time! I think that they should try and update the suggested prompts to have some new material. Like pose a moral dillema or something to debate Honestly they should have debates.  It would get them much more data and people would use a lot more words in various scenarios.
Oh debates would be fun! Yeah some of the prompts are really, well, not so interesting. Like "What is the world were made of peanut butter?"
What time do you think the email will go out?  I'm guessing 9:12
"Well, that was kinda be difficult..." And oh I have no idea! Hopefully sooner than later.
I was expecting it to be within the hour of sending it, but that clearly didn't happen haha I got the email about the closing and reopening and it just didn't happen. Question, I'm not sure how into Video Games you are, but would you or would you not join a BYU Fortnite club? for CS students only
Hmm!
I'm thinking that we should just run our scores up big time so that we can take like a full week break from this challenge and still be on top
Are you wanting to make that club? And agreed with the score thing haha.
I mean it'd be fun, but if you want to make it official you need faculty support which means a member of the staff must be present at like x amount of meetings
It's true. It wouldn't be hard to find faculty I don' think.
kind of tough when you have a club like that
There are plenty of game clubs already. Like console and card.
There are, but I feel like i'd prefer to just be in a club that's CS students only it's way nicer when you share the same major, because most of your interests are typically aligned Just nerd out while playing games I bet you someone has made a club, whether formal or informal already
Oh i'm sure! There was an unofficial LoL team a while back.
yes! I remember that
Maybe it still exists, idk. I never played Leage hah My friends did.
I was trying to start a Starcraft II league for a bit freshmen year ahha I loved SCII
I'm a big fan as well!
Do you still play or no?
I haven't played in a few weeks but I can still thrash my friends haha. What race do you play??
Nice! I always play as Zerg I've gotten a perfect build order so that I come out guns blazing.  Makes it very tough for my opponents to follow their typical builds
I was always a protoss fan myself! I believe it!! Zerg is nuts. I have been trying to just play random the past few times I play so I can be decent with all of them.
I just always struggled with Terran and Protoss to be able to efficiently build for long enough or to play into the late game. With Zerg I know all the counters and moves to be efficient and relevant both short and long game. I gave up on the others a while ago.  Zerg for life! I haven't played in a couple of months though due to Fortnite I really need to get back into playing Starcraft.  It is such a great game! What is your favorite  unit as Protoss?
Dang, looks like we have a pro on our hands! And yeah fortnite has for sure stolen the spotlight nowadays!
I really hope that it doesn't become too big though to where other games become irrelevant.
Oh, the hype will die down for sure eventually. It seems like it won't go away but the wave will die. And I was always a huge voidray enthusiast! But nothing beats a nice stalker.
Nice! I never have really liked stalkers I hate when opponents just blink in and out of bases For Zerg it's a nightmare to defend against
Lately I have mostly played for-fun games with my friends in groups so it was easier to just rush voids or something you wouldn't be able to do as well 1v1. Hahaha, I know right?
Nice! Unfortunately my friends are purely fortnite fans
Yeah I find myself getting into things more easily when my friends do. Not that I'm a band-wagoner always, but I admit sometimes I am! It's just fun to have friends to compete with.
It is
Like Mario Cart! Normally I don't play much but lately my roommates have been into it so It's fun.
Makes everything more enjoyable. Nice
Or like SSB!
Yall should get involved in super smash lol
Though, I do enjoy a few video games regardless.
yes.
Hey, look at that haha! I'm a fan of toon link. *drinks milk*
I've found that super smash on the gamecube is the best
Wait, no that milk emote was young link...oh well. I'ts so fun! Though I'm best at the Wii-U version. Mele was my jam!
Ohhhh mele I am awful aat Mele at My favorite character however would have to be Ganondorf
That's the GameCube one though.
when playing teams that is.
Oh are you saying its the best but you suck at it?
Exactly haha
Fair! I am worst at the original N64 version of the game. I appreciate all of them! I just shine brighter in the later ones.
it's difficult to really be a pro at early game systems
It was so funny when I finally realize that being better than my siblings did not equate to being 'good'.
yes!
My college roommates were beasts! So I learned a lot. And became a lot better for it!
It's when you are the best in your friend group that you know you're getting somewhere
Like actually being able to doge and shield. yes! Are you a fan of any anime?
not really, no sorry...
Thanks okay. You are forgiven. Now go and repent. No, I know it's not everyone thing!
haha I just never really found it interesting
A lot of weird and messed up anime gives the rest of the good ones a bad name.
I found more interest in marvel and stuff
Did you ever watch Avatar (the series)?
Yes, now that I did watch but that was about the extent of my anime watching
That was my 'first'. Although it's not anime technically. Have you heard of the Netflix series coming of it?
I haven't about avatar?
Yeah! Live action series.
Oh cool!
But this time the original writers are in on it. So it won't be a let down like the movie was.
I like when big studios remake series and stuff.
Yeah, It's fun!
I still haven't seen that movie I heard awful things about it and decided against it.
You're not missing anything! If you ever want to see the gist of a movie without watching it just look up Cinema Sins on Youtube. Funny critique channel.
nice! i'll have to check that out. Question
Yeah?
I know BYU CS has a discord channel do you happen to know the name of it?
Good question! And I don't. At least not off of the top of my head. I only use the slack really.
same, but I heard we have a discord and wanted to check it out. I'm thinking that they are going to forget to email everyone about the chit chat challenge and just do it sometime over the weekend.
Yeah, I don't have my hopes set too high. As long as they keep track of these current chats I'm good. And BYU is down 21 to 0 huh? That.. is not good.
Yeah, my guess is that whoever is in charge of this is probably watching the game and just upset.
Haha yeah that would make sense!!