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return (err, convo) => {
  convo.ask('Do you want to play `paper`, `rock`, or `scissors`?', [
    {
      pattern: 'paper|rock|scissors',
      callback(response, convo) {
        // since no further messages are queued after this,
        // the conversation will end naturally with status === ‘completed’
        convo.next();
      },
    }, {

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function privateConvo(bot, message) {
  return (err, convo) => {};
}

...

bot.startPrivateConversation(message, privateConvo(bot, message));

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hears(['accept'], 'ambient', (bot, message) => {
  ...
  if (user in players && !players[user].accepted) {
    bot.reply(message, 'GREAT, LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!!');
  
    bot.startPrivateConversation(message, callback);
  } else {
  ...
});

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hears([‘play’], ‘direct_message,direct_mention,mention’, (bot, message) => {
  ...
    channels.save(gameData, (err) => {
      if (err) throw err;

      bot.say({
        text: `<@${playerTwo}> you've been challenged to a game of ROCK PAPER SCISSORS by <@${user}>,  say \`accept\` unless you're too scared.`,
        channel,
      });

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...
if (data && 'players' in data) {
  const { user } = message;
  const { players } = data;

  if (user in players && !players[user].accepted) {
    // player two accepted
    bot.reply(message, 'GREAT, LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!!');
  } else {
    const player = Object.keys(players).find((p) => !players[p].accepted);

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// a bot can listen for text it's not mentioned in
// by passing 'ambient' as the second parameter
hears(['accept'], 'ambient', (bot, message) => { 
  const { channel } = message;

  channels.get(channel, (err, data) => {
    if (err) throw err;

    if (data && 'players' in data) {
      // game has started !

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if (userData) {
  
  ...

  channels.save(gameData, (err) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    bot.say({
      text: `<@${playerTwo}> you've been challenged to a game of ROCK PAPER SCISSORS by <@${user}>,  say \`accept\` unless you're too scared.`,
      channel,
    });

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...
if (userData) {
  const playerTwo = userData[1]; // player two's id is at the first index of match results
  const gameData = {
    id: channel,
    players: {
      [user]: {
        accepted: true,
        played: '',
      },

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hears(['play'], 'direct_message,direct_mention,mention', (bot, message) => {
  const { user, channel, text } = message; // destructure message variable
  const userData = text.match(/<@([A-Z0–9]{9})>/); // parse the text for user's 9 character id

  if (userData) {
    // if there is a user challenged, start the game
  } else {
    bot.reply(message, 'You didn\'t challenge anyone…');
  }
});

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if (!process.env.token) {
  process.exit(1);
}

const Botkit = require('botkit');

const controller = Botkit.slackbot({
  debug: true,
});