For everyone who’s been waiting and searching, here it is:

ApocBot v0.0

ApocBot v0.0 — The First (not completely working) Open Source MTGO Trade Bot written in C#/.NET!

Now that the fanfare is over, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty.

What was with the delay?

The truth of the matter is that life just has a way of happening. My desire to play Magic The Gathering: Online waxes and wanes through the years and I started this project shortly after moving across the country. So you can say it was the product of my being bored in the evenings Over the course of a few months my interest in this project started to fade as I settled into my new job and had to travel a bit.

I had debated in my mind on how to handle the bot. I know over time it would be a maintenance nightmare as people would require support and updates, which is honestly why I decided to go Open Source with it. For some reason people feel that paying for software implies some form of support! In the end, I just stopped working on it because (a) MTGO is just a hobby, so I wasn’t looking to make money off the bot and (b) I didn’t want to have to constantly maintain and update the code to work with new versions/UI changes as they come out. That’s just the lazy bastard I am

That being said, I still feel this is an important project because it gives the community at large the ability to finally be more open about automation on MTGO (and possibly other games).

So what shape is the code currently in?

Out of the box, the code isn’t going to work. I’ll go into the details below on why/what needs to be updated to get it in running shape.

Other than updating some of the code to work with any UI/screen changes, it should still work pretty well! I know it worked the last time I tried to use it (six months ago?).. so I’m sure with some TLC, someone can get it up and running again.

And it’s free?!

Yep! Anyone is free to download and use the code for ApocBot in their own Magic Online Trading Bots as long as they adhere to the BSD License terms. If anyone is feeling giving, links back to my blog and some Magic Online gratitude would be appreciated! (My MTGO user name is “WndrBr3d“)

Download:

ApocBot and the source code are released under the BSD License. Please review the included “license.txt” file for terms and conditions. For more information on the BSD Licenses, click here.

ApocBot v0.0 (Source)

Requirements: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0

And now.. the very rough technical details on how it works…

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