a "Download only" bot

[Sorc.Polgara]

I wish I were at home so I could host custom games and packetlog what happens when someone DLs from you.  All I can do for now is packetlog what happens when I DL a map from someone.

[DeTaiLs]

I was brain storming about this last night and I thought of a problem, after awhile your game gets removed from the game list so how would you keep it on the game list without having to keep remaking the game.

[iago]

I wish I were at home so I could host custom games and packetlog what happens when someone DLs from you.  All I can do for now is packetlog what happens when I DL a map from someone.

It's probably a lot more complicated than that. 

I was brain storming about this last night and I thought of a problem, after awhile your game gets removed from the game list so how would you keep it on the game list without having to keep remaking the game.

You could just tell Battle.net that you closed/re-opened the game. 

But wouldn't it make more sense to use some kind of file-sharing program to exchange maps without ever including Battle.net?  It seems like hosting games just for downloading is a waste of your time and of Battle.net's resources. 

[Sanguine]

But wouldn't it make more sense to use some kind of file-sharing program to exchange maps without ever including Battle.net?  It seems like hosting games just for downloading is a waste of your time and of Battle.net's resources. 

However, Battle.net is the primary source for people wanting to play custom games, they dont typically go looking for custom maps on emule or whatever.

I run a bot for a community of a rather small custom map and we're eager to try and expand it.

[Sorc.Polgara]

Yes, most people aren't really that willing to go out on the internet, let alone a filesharing program or BitTorrent to look for a map.

The really only people who have the most incentive to do so is those 56k'ers who are trying to download map that are fairly large (1mb+).

[iago]

Then perhaps you have to get people to start doing it.  Start hosting a whole bunch of maps and encourage others to do the same. 

[DeTaiLs]

I really don't see how it's a waste of resources for battle net you could say the same thing for winbotting, there is tons of sites where people can upload their maps but nobody ever uses them so I doubt anybody would start using an ftp type client so I think a bot would be best way to go.

[Sanguine]

Then perhaps you have to get people to start doing it.  Start hosting a whole bunch of maps and encourage others to do the same. 

It would have the same effect on battle.net's resources as a bot doing it, the bot has the following pros tho;

it can refresh the slots automatically (If this actually helps to keep a game active on the list? Has it been proveon one way or another)
Failing that it can re-create the games automatically.

It can give automessages about the map, direct people that are interested to the community website
it can kick people that have finished downloading

and it can do all this whilst a) you're asleep or b) doing something else

[DeTaiLs]

Then perhaps you have to get people to start doing it.  Start hosting a whole bunch of maps and encourage others to do the same. 

It would have the same effect on battle.net's resources as a bot doing it, the bot has the following pros tho;

It wouldent effect b.net resources because he was talking about an outside of b.net type of ftp client, but I have to agree with out an bot would be the best way to go about this.