[Werewolf Lag]
So, we've been having some issues with lag lately, and we've spent the past couple days working on figuring out why. In doing so we have also implemented a little more security - like blocking people from trying to brute force our database, which was causing issues (see previous message :P)

We also have some new spam detection systems in place, as well as a new tool that will allow us to get Werewolf back up to speed easily.

While I don't believe the problem is solved yet, we are getting much closer.

[Werewolf Spam]
Currently, Werewolfbot is spammed commands like /join and /startgame by some groups. This is making the whole bot lag again and again in the last few days. Please be aware that we see who is spamming the bot and we will ban those groups from playing werewolf.

[Werewolf]

As of now, the spam detection limits have been changed. For now, unless we need to change it, the limits are:
10 commands to bot within 1 minute: Warn
20 commands to bot within 1 minute: Temp Ban

Also, it has been patched - if the bot is lagging, and you send 20 commands over 5 minutes, you will NOT receive a tempban. That issue is fixed.

We've also patched a slight issue where sending dev only commands in a group would NOT cause the spam detection to trigger. Spam detection now counts ALL commands, not just commands done in PM. That means if you do it in a group - you'll get hit now.

First ban: 12 hours
Second ban: 1 day
Third ban: 3 days
Fourth ban: You are done. You are forever banned from @werewolfbot, there are no appeals.

When you get banned, the bot will no longer respond to you. It won't even say 'You are banned' - this would just allow spammers to keep spamming the bot, which wouldn't solve anything.

UPDATE
Users can no longer use more than one command every 4 seconds. Now you can't spam it even if you wanted

[PSA]

All large groups (well, really, any groups!):
If you've not already done so, I highly recommend that creators of groups select one or two of their admins and give them the ability to add other admins. If something were to happen (you delete your account for some reason, or worse, something bad happens to you), your group would be messed up as no one would be able to manage the group.

Always have backup "owners"

[Enforcedbot]
Telegram has decided not to send enforcedbot updates anymore.

[Werewolf]

Update:
Thanks to the latest update to the Telegram Bot API - users with no username will no longer appear as bold! From now on, ALL players will have their name linked in the player list / private messages :)

Thanks Telegram for the update!

[Werewolf]
So, I didn't know that the new method would notify players. Apologies to all those getting notifications from the player list when you're already dead.

I made a couple minor changes -
1 - I set the disable_notification value on the API - this will still notify you, but it won't make any noise
2 - If you are dead, the player list will remove the link from your name, and just send it as bold

If these do not work, or there are still issues, please contact @werewolfsupport

[Bots down]
Telegram has stopped sending updates to the bots.
There is nothing we can do while we wait for Telegram to fix itself .

[Enforcer Update 27.08.2017]

- Change in @pingall: Enforcer now pings you via inline mention, this means, you can register yourself even if you don't have a username. Unfortunately, all the lists had to be reset for that. In order to subscribe (again), use /pingme, hit the Register button and (re-)start the bot.

- Group admins can now remove people from @pingall by using /unping [username/ID/reply]

- In case spam bots are added to your group and make a keyboard at the bottom, you can use /clearkeys and enforcer will remove the current keyboard for everyone. Report those bots and the People who add them at @GreyWolfSupport (with screenshot). Reported people will be global banned and your groups with enforcer are safe.

[Enforcer leaving groups]

Currently, spambanned people causes enforcer to leave groups wherever it sees them. If it happens in your group, please contact @greywolfsupport and give us the usernames of the people who cause the bot to leave. We will temporarily unban them until the problem is fixed. Thanks to everyone who can help us about this


--Edit
Fixed, so you don't need to report people anymore :)

We still have a few gif packs available. Mess with your friends by changing the animations in werewolf! (Or maybe get a pack that goes with the language file you use?)

[Harvey Assistance]

Hey everyone, as you know Texas was hit by a hurricane recently. People are still there right now doing search and rescue, and assisting. They need some help though. They've actually already been ambushed by looters twice. Any assistance would help!

https://www.gofundme.com/search-and-rescue-port-author?pc=sms_co_dashinvite_a&rcid=e7faad05241d49cab87b4f25be7d7175

[Werewolf Update]

- Solved an issue where the Hunter could be bitten even after shooting
- In joining phase, the player list and the in-group notifications will now be more reliable

[Werewolf Fixes]

- When Sorcerer and / or Tanner are the last players standing, no one will win, and there are brand new detailed denoscriptions of what happens in that case!
- Day time is fixed. Previously, even if the bot displayed you had some number of seconds to discuss, you were actually given the same number of seconds as the lynch time.
- You can now get Long Haul at the end of the game, if the game was longer than 1h.
- "I Helped" can now be achieved only by the Wolf Cub (and not by his DG anymore)

[Werewolf Offline]
The 2 werewolf bots has been taken offline while we resolve a database issue

They back online

[Groups unable to use bots]

Hi everyone. Some of you may know that all bots, not just ours, stopped working in some groups after the major update they released. We have been working with Telegram on the issue and come up with solution to the problem.

Telegram bot developers need to revoke their api tokens to fix the issue. If you are a bot developer please revoke your api token just incase your bot was also impacted in some groups.

If you are in a group where a bot has stopped working please contact the developers of the bot and then ask them to revoke their api token so that the issue can be resolved.

We are aware of 4 groups being impacted by this issue but Telegram says it will impact groups with over 12000000 messages

[Werewolf]

@werewolfbot is currently in maintenance mode to allow games to end. Once games have ended, we will swap out the API tokens so the bot works again in affected groups.

[Werewolf]

@werewolfbot is back online and ready to use. The new API token is in place, groups should act normal now.

[Enforcer Down]
Enforcer has been having database issues which are being resolved now during this downtime

Enforcer is coming back online now. It needs some time to process all the messages. Further downtime will need to be scheduled in the future when most of the user base is sleeping to fully resolve the database issue.

It should be noted that all ban counters and other global user stats were reset. This shouldnt need to be done again