Topic: This aint gonna work is it?

Different people will have different views I guess.

Personally I wouldn't want to discuss the strategies my bots implement, because I've put a lot of work into them, and they're where I hope to get an edge. But other stuff - programming techniques, debugging techniques, testing etc - seems more public and I wouldn't have a problem discussing it.

Yes it will work, as an independent community.

I certainly don't want to give my edges away. I even shut my own site to help retain my edges but I miss having a diy bot building peer group, there's just nobody else out there with our same interests - the strange mix of sensible programming and the seemingly illogical act of gambling !

Even if only one person answers a post it's better than talking to yourself.

I was going to mention the strategies, I doubt will be discussed. Even from an open source background I will be guarding my strategies - an competitive edge can be difficult to obtain, sharing it will only dilute this edge. . However am happy to exchange notes on debugging, libraries and frameworks. At the moment the source python SOAP for a framework I got from someone off fred77-forum had disappeared, I plan to put this back-online.

BMS

Hi folks,

It's great to see another bot forum up and running. I was missing Fred's forum, I think I had withdrawal symptoms!

Andy

PS. my bot got stung tonight, with BF's technical issues. Not impressed! Waiting to see if my stakes are refunded.

I think most people guarded their secret strategies on fred's site but there was still enough useful discussion and help with coding that made it work. I guess we'll just have to see if this site gets that same community feel.