[OH-Dev] Possible plot for an IRC training mission: Pancakes

[Jessica Ledbetter]

1) Vegans rock

2) I suggest adding 'cloaking' to the mix. I know it made me feel a little
more comfortable in some rooms. Also, we don't have to put our full real
name when registering. So maybe just a wee little note about safety?

3) I probably have a simple pancake recipe scrawled at home. But you could
either contact that person or maybe some other vegan recipe makers? I'm sure
they'd be totally fine with it. (See #1)

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was thinking last night about an IRC training mission, and here's the
> plot I've come up with.
>
> I'm hoping for feedback, so if people have it, let's hear it!
>
> The set-up
> ----------
>
> You just invited a friend over for breakfast. After she said "yes," she
> also said she can't eat eggs or milk.
>
> For breakfast, you wanted to prepare pancakes, but because of her diet,
> your usual recipe won't work. What to do?
>
> Luckily, there is a community of enthusiastic vegan robots who hang out on
> chat room using IRC. Vegans are people who don't eat eggs, milk, or other
> animal products, and if you can get a good recipe from them, you can save
> the day!
>
> In this training mission, you will:
>
> * Join a chat room
>
> * Practice changing and registering a nickname
>
> * Learn about "pinging" people
>
> * Gain experience chatting on IRC
>
> * Learn the secret ingredient to the robots' delicious pancakes
>
> Connect to IRC
> --------------
>
> For this training mission, you'll join the Freenode IRC server using their
> web chat system.
>
> Friendly bots are awaiting you in the #vegan-bots chat room. Join that
> room, and say this special string so that the bots know to connect your
> OpenHatch username with your IRC nick.
>
>   {{ random_six_words }}
>
> These words change every time you use them. If you ever disconnect from the
> channel, you'll have to come back to this page and say the words currently
> on this page so the bot knows who you are.
>
> (Backend note: JavaScript auto-refreshes this mission step, so that when
> the bot notices you said these words, it marks this stage as completed
> successfully.)
>
> Changing your nick
> ------------------
>
> On IRC, you can change your nickname whenver you want. Try saying
> something, and then changing your nick, and talking again: you'll see that
> your name changes.
>
> Try typing this into the chat window:
>
>   /nick pancakes123
>
> (Backend note: The bot will notice that you successfully changed nick, and
> update this mission step saying you've succceeded.)
>
> Highlighting users
> ------------------
>
> (Backend note: As soon as you load this mission step, the bot highlights
> your nick and says hello.)
>
> If you want to get someone's attention, you can say their nickname in a
> chat message.
>
> This is also called "pinging" someone.
>
> You should ping the nice bot who said hello to you, and say hi back!
>
> (Backend note: This mission step is marked as succeeded when you say
> anything with the bot's nick in it.)
>
> Registering a nick
> ------------------
>
> So far, you have used a nickname without entering any sort of password.
> It's convenient that on IRC, you can use any nick you want, but that means
> that anyone else can take your nickname when you're not online.
>
> If you register with the network, you can be sure that whenever you want
> to, you can use your nick. To do that, send a private message to one of the
> Freenode bots called "NickServ" asking for help. To do that, type this in:
>
>    /msg NickServ help
>
> Note that this does actually register your nickname with the real FreeNode
> network!
>
> (Backend note: The mission step is marked as completed when the bot notices
> that your nick has mode +i, which means "i"dentified on Freenode.)
>
> Getting the recipe
> ------------------
>
> (Note: When you become "i"dentified, the bot pings you and asks you if you
> want its favorite pancake recipe.)
>
> The bots want to know if you want their pancake recipe. At any time, if you
> ping the bot saying anything with the word "yes" in it, it will give you a
> link to the recipe.
>
> Once you have a link to the recipe, give it a read. What's the secret
> ingredient that makes the pancake hold together, even without any eggs?
>
>   __________________________ (submit)
>
>
> Conclusion
> ----------
>
> Congratulations! You now have a nickname registered on freenode, and also
> can prepare pancakes at any time for breakfast.
>
> We encourage you to join the #openhatch IRC channel if you want to give us
> feedback about the mission or find an open source project to contribute to!
>
> P.S. http://whatweeatislaughable.**blogspot.com/2009/07/easy-**
> peasy-applesauce-pancakes.html<http://whatweeatislaughable.blogspot.com/2009/07/easy-peasy-applesauce-pancakes.html>is a good sample recipe. Probably we should find a nice freely-licensed
> recipe text so that we don't end up running afoul of copyright law by
> accident.
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