#esoteric-python Cog

[pydis-bot]

Originally posted by Shawn McLaughlin:

TLDR I believe that the #esoteric-python channel could benefit from some bot commands.

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Of course, we currently only have a handful of users who actively participate in challenges every week, so the usefulness of this can be debated. I do think though that if we deem this unworthy for the moment that we should reconsider at a later date if I manage to get more people into the coding challenges. Also, having bot commands related to #esoteric-python might bring a bit more awareness to the channel, too.

Basic functionality:

• !eso command with options;
  • suggest: Suggest a challenge for future weeks (I find myself soliciting suggestions every week and it would be neat to have a way to catalogue suggestions and build a collection for future challenges
  • vote: Eventually, the bot could perhaps generate some polls through reactions that could be pinned in the channel which would allow users to vote on which challenge seems more appealing to them
  • point system: While I don't think making esoteric-python competitive is the right path to take, I do think we could benefit from at least some recognition from people who participate, and could have a sort of "hall of fame" option that displays a nice richembed showing users who have contributed a lot of solutions
  • info: Explain what the heck #esoteric-python is all about, since I'm certain many people don't quite know what goes on in there and when they walk in seeing Juan's 30-deep nested lambdas skedaddle out of the channel really quickly

That being said, I think the main features for the first iteration would be the suggest and info commands. I am willing to program this cog should we deem it worthy of inclusion.

Thank you for listening

[pydis-bot]

Comment from Shawn McLaughlin:

changed the description

[scragly]

Transferred this issue to seasonalbot due to being an event-related/fun feature.

[Akarys42]

I don't think this is needed anymore since we don't have eso challenges anymore. At worst we can have a tag explaining what esoteric python is.