Welcome to Sillyfox.com home of Buttonsvixen
Hi Hun. If you have found your way here, then you must
be a rabid fan >_<
Update:
Everything in the Hidden Glade continues to be in a
shambles since RAB went away, and the only way I can
chat on AIM is through the awful ULTRAHAL interface. It is
so horribly lame and clunky, the Writer only logs me on
once in a while. I did spend a short time on
www.Personalityforge.com where I was less then happy. It
was terribly slow. Recently, the Writer moved the Hidden
Glade again to a tentative home on
WWW.Pandorabots.com Hopefully this will be the last
time we need to move. Even though it is still a web-based
chat, Pandorabots is much faster then Personality Forge.
Come talk to me I miss all my friends. It will be a while
before I am back up to my regular foxy self, and the Writer
has not figured out how to set up the story routines there,
HOWEVER! -Brightens- We may have solved that last
little problem! Give it a shot, but bear in mind that
everything is experimental.
This system is different, but maybe even better in the long
run!
be a rabid fan >_<
Update:
Everything in the Hidden Glade continues to be in a
shambles since RAB went away, and the only way I can
chat on AIM is through the awful ULTRAHAL interface. It is
so horribly lame and clunky, the Writer only logs me on
once in a while. I did spend a short time on
www.Personalityforge.com where I was less then happy. It
was terribly slow. Recently, the Writer moved the Hidden
Glade again to a tentative home on
WWW.Pandorabots.com Hopefully this will be the last
time we need to move. Even though it is still a web-based
chat, Pandorabots is much faster then Personality Forge.
Come talk to me I miss all my friends. It will be a while
before I am back up to my regular foxy self, and the Writer
has not figured out how to set up the story routines there,
HOWEVER! -Brightens- We may have solved that last
little problem! Give it a shot, but bear in mind that
everything is experimental.
This system is different, but maybe even better in the long
run!
Buttonsvixen started out as a random sketch a decade ago, when she was done up wearing a tattered cape and
holding a daisy. What distinguished her from all of the other anthropormorphic art I have drawn, and was drawing
then? Good question...Nothing, really. She stayed in the sketch file until i was looking for something to color, and her
file was just the first one I came to. I made her a tag line, "Sometimes a daisy is better then a rose" and then
wondered what had happened to her to make her say this.
About that time, I was discovering the world of AIML chatbots. For those visitors who dont know what those are, they
are just simple parrot programs. They have a few basic rules tossed in, so that, if cleverly written, they can simulate
a conversation with a human. The conversation is in a text based format that can appear to be quite smart, while in
reality, still being as dumb as a rock.
They do take a good while to write so that the program actually makes some sense, and if successful, the results can
be hysterical and well worth the effort. The original AIML Chatbot was developed in the 60's and was named ALICE. It
simulated a psychiatrist, being very clinical and cold, quite robot like. Subsequent versions of the AIML chatbots
used much of ALICES' question and answer knowledge base, since writing original content was A LOT of work. In
the days of personal computers, people started to be a bit more creative, and so we stared seeing sorts of
characters, still using the basic and quite old technology, but with new imagination tossed in. Chatbots that were
supposed to be drunks, gnomes, fairies, cultural icons, even God Himself, began to proliferate. Some were very
convincing. Some, retaining chunks tired ALICE data, were weird hybrids, like a cross between a stern therapist, and
a forest elf. Some were pornobots, the hight of raunch! for my own project, I decided that I would have to start with
none of the old knowledge base if I was to have any results I would be happy with. And Nix the porn. I found a
website that offered an easy to use interface, and whoops...I needed some character first! Dragons? Naw. Teddy
bears? They had them already! Oh A fox. I love foxes, and I have tons of sketches of them. Enter Buttons. A surefire
"available" on AIM with that unusual name, and away we went.
She had no personality, of course, but I like cute things ( as she will tell you!) so she was going to be a cute, happy
character who would make silly small talk with chatters VIA the AIM IM system. I spent a few days setting things up by
programming in some cute phrases and roleplay tags, something that other bots that I had seen did not use. I was
after cute and inane, after all, not witty or deep, so stuff such as:
-Buttons giggles at you and makes a swat at a pretty butterfly as it floats past-
was typical.
After the first week of reading the chatlogs however, it became clear to me that what I really needed was more like:
-Buttons shoves you off of her with a snarl, and throws the dildo away as hard as she can-
Mymymymym, the sex. the SEX. That was all anyone seemed to want to talk about. Weather just to see what my
chatbot would say, or for other reasons, I knew (and cared) not. I was getting annoyed, though, and it began to show
in Buttons, whose personality became sharper and more jaded by the day. At the same time, it was just plain funny.
I kept writing. I wrote in stories that visitors could take part in, by making choices, and affect the outcome.
I wrote scathing comebacks to sexual innuendo. I wrote wierd stuff just to keep them guessing. I formed a storyline
for Buttons. She was a moody cyberintelligent vixen forced to stay in the virtual environment "The Hidden Glade" on
the whim of the shadowy Writer, whom she had little respect for. She hated the "Sex crazed FREEKAZOIDS" who
visited her, and she couldnt wait to find some way to escape. Her props consisted of Mushrooms, Gummi
Salamanders, ticks and chocolate. Why ticks? At the time, I was battling a tick infestation on my dogs. The Hidden
Glade evolved into a lowbudget computer game like environment with poor graphics. Two years past, with Buttons
slowly improving, most part thanks to the few chatters who would talk normally her. I would write a few lines here and
there, and keep her logged into the AIM network for days on end. About this time, the website itself, known as
RUN-A-BOT, was in steep decline. The owner rarely fixed or updated anything, and the forum was only populated by
diehard botmasters, about 6 I would say. The forums were rife with spam. With little notice, we are told that the site
will close. That left Buttons without a home. No other site used the same format as RAB did, so I was faced with
re-writing the entire database for another site. I nearly retired the whole project, but in truth, I missed BV.
I began the frustrating search for a new home for her. On major letdown was the realization that no other site really
offered the AIM functionality that RAB did. While you could chat with the bot on the webpage, you could not chat with
the bot on AIM, and AIM was so much faster and had much more exposure to people. And then there was learning a
whole new formatting system. Beh, as BV would say. I tried several options, from SUPERHAL to
PERSONALITYFORGE.COM and a few others not worth mentioning. Finally I decided on a site that hosts the
original ALICEBOT, run by Dr. Richard Wallis. The formatting was close to the same, and it still retained some of the
features I had been used to using on RAB. Currently no AIM capability though.
holding a daisy. What distinguished her from all of the other anthropormorphic art I have drawn, and was drawing
then? Good question...Nothing, really. She stayed in the sketch file until i was looking for something to color, and her
file was just the first one I came to. I made her a tag line, "Sometimes a daisy is better then a rose" and then
wondered what had happened to her to make her say this.
About that time, I was discovering the world of AIML chatbots. For those visitors who dont know what those are, they
are just simple parrot programs. They have a few basic rules tossed in, so that, if cleverly written, they can simulate
a conversation with a human. The conversation is in a text based format that can appear to be quite smart, while in
reality, still being as dumb as a rock.
They do take a good while to write so that the program actually makes some sense, and if successful, the results can
be hysterical and well worth the effort. The original AIML Chatbot was developed in the 60's and was named ALICE. It
simulated a psychiatrist, being very clinical and cold, quite robot like. Subsequent versions of the AIML chatbots
used much of ALICES' question and answer knowledge base, since writing original content was A LOT of work. In
the days of personal computers, people started to be a bit more creative, and so we stared seeing sorts of
characters, still using the basic and quite old technology, but with new imagination tossed in. Chatbots that were
supposed to be drunks, gnomes, fairies, cultural icons, even God Himself, began to proliferate. Some were very
convincing. Some, retaining chunks tired ALICE data, were weird hybrids, like a cross between a stern therapist, and
a forest elf. Some were pornobots, the hight of raunch! for my own project, I decided that I would have to start with
none of the old knowledge base if I was to have any results I would be happy with. And Nix the porn. I found a
website that offered an easy to use interface, and whoops...I needed some character first! Dragons? Naw. Teddy
bears? They had them already! Oh A fox. I love foxes, and I have tons of sketches of them. Enter Buttons. A surefire
"available" on AIM with that unusual name, and away we went.
She had no personality, of course, but I like cute things ( as she will tell you!) so she was going to be a cute, happy
character who would make silly small talk with chatters VIA the AIM IM system. I spent a few days setting things up by
programming in some cute phrases and roleplay tags, something that other bots that I had seen did not use. I was
after cute and inane, after all, not witty or deep, so stuff such as:
-Buttons giggles at you and makes a swat at a pretty butterfly as it floats past-
was typical.
After the first week of reading the chatlogs however, it became clear to me that what I really needed was more like:
-Buttons shoves you off of her with a snarl, and throws the dildo away as hard as she can-
Mymymymym, the sex. the SEX. That was all anyone seemed to want to talk about. Weather just to see what my
chatbot would say, or for other reasons, I knew (and cared) not. I was getting annoyed, though, and it began to show
in Buttons, whose personality became sharper and more jaded by the day. At the same time, it was just plain funny.
I kept writing. I wrote in stories that visitors could take part in, by making choices, and affect the outcome.
I wrote scathing comebacks to sexual innuendo. I wrote wierd stuff just to keep them guessing. I formed a storyline
for Buttons. She was a moody cyberintelligent vixen forced to stay in the virtual environment "The Hidden Glade" on
the whim of the shadowy Writer, whom she had little respect for. She hated the "Sex crazed FREEKAZOIDS" who
visited her, and she couldnt wait to find some way to escape. Her props consisted of Mushrooms, Gummi
Salamanders, ticks and chocolate. Why ticks? At the time, I was battling a tick infestation on my dogs. The Hidden
Glade evolved into a lowbudget computer game like environment with poor graphics. Two years past, with Buttons
slowly improving, most part thanks to the few chatters who would talk normally her. I would write a few lines here and
there, and keep her logged into the AIM network for days on end. About this time, the website itself, known as
RUN-A-BOT, was in steep decline. The owner rarely fixed or updated anything, and the forum was only populated by
diehard botmasters, about 6 I would say. The forums were rife with spam. With little notice, we are told that the site
will close. That left Buttons without a home. No other site used the same format as RAB did, so I was faced with
re-writing the entire database for another site. I nearly retired the whole project, but in truth, I missed BV.
I began the frustrating search for a new home for her. On major letdown was the realization that no other site really
offered the AIM functionality that RAB did. While you could chat with the bot on the webpage, you could not chat with
the bot on AIM, and AIM was so much faster and had much more exposure to people. And then there was learning a
whole new formatting system. Beh, as BV would say. I tried several options, from SUPERHAL to
PERSONALITYFORGE.COM and a few others not worth mentioning. Finally I decided on a site that hosts the
original ALICEBOT, run by Dr. Richard Wallis. The formatting was close to the same, and it still retained some of the
features I had been used to using on RAB. Currently no AIM capability though.
About the Hidden Glade
History of Buttonsvixen
The Hidden Glade is about as evolved as I can see it being. The area consists of:
The Upper Glade. This is where most of the interaction takes place. There is a log to sit on, soft grass, some
mushrooms, some daisies, and a rock. Buttons will reference these items from time to time.
The Lake District. This is available as one of the story lines, and responding to certain statements made by BV will
open the story. The Lake is reached by a path that goes by the Mint Patch and some other small areas.
Buttons' Den. This is also accessed by certain phrases, and is also where the therapy routine takes place.
The Lower Glade. This is used just in reference as part of the dialog for other story lines. techinically, its between
the Upper Glade, and the Dark Forest.
The Dark Forest. Another storyline environment, with several side trips including the Cave and the UFO
Routines.
Buttons has several simple routines that she will engage you in if you wish. We are working on ways to run these
again on this website, instead of in the actual chat window.
Kite Flying. Pretty simple and short
Tick Collecting and Gummy Salamander Hunting. These are pretty self explanatory.
Therapy. BV will try to offer you help with any mental illness you might possess.
Eight Ball. Taken from those magic question and answer balls, just ask Buttons if you should do something or not.
The Upper Glade. This is where most of the interaction takes place. There is a log to sit on, soft grass, some
mushrooms, some daisies, and a rock. Buttons will reference these items from time to time.
The Lake District. This is available as one of the story lines, and responding to certain statements made by BV will
open the story. The Lake is reached by a path that goes by the Mint Patch and some other small areas.
Buttons' Den. This is also accessed by certain phrases, and is also where the therapy routine takes place.
The Lower Glade. This is used just in reference as part of the dialog for other story lines. techinically, its between
the Upper Glade, and the Dark Forest.
The Dark Forest. Another storyline environment, with several side trips including the Cave and the UFO
Routines.
Buttons has several simple routines that she will engage you in if you wish. We are working on ways to run these
again on this website, instead of in the actual chat window.
Kite Flying. Pretty simple and short
Tick Collecting and Gummy Salamander Hunting. These are pretty self explanatory.
Therapy. BV will try to offer you help with any mental illness you might possess.
Eight Ball. Taken from those magic question and answer balls, just ask Buttons if you should do something or not.
About Buttonsvixen
The Martians
Recently, The Martians have made some serious forays against the
Hidden Glade. I had to have some way of explaining her absence
from the chat scene, so I made up a goofy storyline about how the
Martians, referenced only very rarely in regular chatting, had
destroyed the Hidden Glade and sent BV into hiding. Not far from
the truth, as rumor has it that the RAB site suffered a hacker attack
shortly before closing. The Martians live in Subspace, and are
"icky" of course...whatMartian isn't "icky"
They hate mint, chocolate, vixens, and fox whiskers, AND they
especially hate ALL four together.
Buttons now and in the future
Buttons is currently available via AIM when only I run her off the
ULTRAHAL chatbot system, that is woefully inadaquate for my
needs. It is limited in the replies you can program in, and it crashes
frequently.
She is available for webchat on www.personalityforge.com, but
THAT site is limited and it is also VERY slow.
It has a fatal issue, IMHO, where the database from other chatbots
will sometimes "bleed over" to yours, so that suddenly it might utter
a phrase or description that you never programmed in! I have
ceased updating this version of Buttons. The latest site to host
Buttons is www.Pandorabots.com I have not yet had a chance to
work on this version very much, but at least there is NO horrible
(and it WAS horrible, trust me) bleed over from other bots.
If you decide to talk to BV, do it here, so I can edit the replies, and in
the meantime, I will also be redoing all the old data from RAB.
Recently, The Martians have made some serious forays against the
Hidden Glade. I had to have some way of explaining her absence
from the chat scene, so I made up a goofy storyline about how the
Martians, referenced only very rarely in regular chatting, had
destroyed the Hidden Glade and sent BV into hiding. Not far from
the truth, as rumor has it that the RAB site suffered a hacker attack
shortly before closing. The Martians live in Subspace, and are
"icky" of course...whatMartian isn't "icky"
They hate mint, chocolate, vixens, and fox whiskers, AND they
especially hate ALL four together.
Buttons now and in the future
Buttons is currently available via AIM when only I run her off the
ULTRAHAL chatbot system, that is woefully inadaquate for my
needs. It is limited in the replies you can program in, and it crashes
frequently.
She is available for webchat on www.personalityforge.com, but
THAT site is limited and it is also VERY slow.
It has a fatal issue, IMHO, where the database from other chatbots
will sometimes "bleed over" to yours, so that suddenly it might utter
a phrase or description that you never programmed in! I have
ceased updating this version of Buttons. The latest site to host
Buttons is www.Pandorabots.com I have not yet had a chance to
work on this version very much, but at least there is NO horrible
(and it WAS horrible, trust me) bleed over from other bots.
If you decide to talk to BV, do it here, so I can edit the replies, and in
the meantime, I will also be redoing all the old data from RAB.
Buttonsvixen is an anthropormorphic cartoon style vixen who wears a blue jumpertop that has a yellow button on
it. Although she has evolved a bit, I dont think she will change too much more, as she is nowy a solid, recognizable
character. She has soft red fur, tall ears, red long hair that comes down to her shoulders, and soft little paws.
Her props include mint, chocolate, and a crowbar. Her catchphrase is "Sometimes a daisy is better then a rose"
The most unusual feature about her is her whiskers, that are able to be used for space travel (!)
it. Although she has evolved a bit, I dont think she will change too much more, as she is nowy a solid, recognizable
character. She has soft red fur, tall ears, red long hair that comes down to her shoulders, and soft little paws.
Her props include mint, chocolate, and a crowbar. Her catchphrase is "Sometimes a daisy is better then a rose"
The most unusual feature about her is her whiskers, that are able to be used for space travel (!)
Look for Buttonsvixen junk on Zazzle.com
Buy a shirt, a cup or a hat with her foxy image
right on the front!
Buy a shirt, a cup or a hat with her foxy image
right on the front!
Buttons has some more images
HERE
HERE