A script to hunt ducks on IRC. Don't mind me...

duckhunter2.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from sys import stdin
from random import choice
from time import sleep

duck_tail = "・゜゜・。。・゜゜"
duck = ["\_o< ", "\_O< ", "\_0< ", "\_\u00f6< ", "\_\u00f8< ", "\_\u00f3< "]
duck_noise = ["QUACK!", "FLAP FLAP!", "quack!"]

bang_miss = [
    "WHOOSH! You missed the duck completely!",
    "Your gun jammed!",
    "Better luck next time.",
    "WTF!? Who are you Dick Cheney?" ]
bef_miss = [
    "The duck didn't want to be friends, maybe next time.",
    "Well this is awkward, the duck needs to think about it.",
    "The duck said no, maybe bribe it with some pizza? Ducks love pizza don't they?",
    "Who knew ducks could be so picky?"]
again = " You can try again in 7 seconds."

def clean_duck(duck):
    return duck.replace(' \u200b ', '').replace('\u200b', '').rstrip()

def quacks(duck):
    for noise in duck_noise:
        if duck.endswith(noise):
            return True
    return False

def act():
    print(choice([".befriend", ".bang"]))

def delay(secs):
    # override to pass for speedy testing
    sleep(secs)

for line in stdin:
    if quacks(clean_duck(line)):
        delay(1)
        act()
    if line.rstrip().endswith(again):
        delay(7)
        act()

hunter2.md

Intended to be used with ii.

$ cd 'ii/irc.some.net/#channel'
$ tail -f out | python3 -u ~/duckhunter2.py >> in

References:

• "hunter2" origin
• the bot whose ducks this hunts
• ii SSl patch