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''Bet on Cobalt'' was a ''[[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|Twitch]]''-based event created on January 19th, 2016<ref>(2016, January 19). ''Mojang on X''. X. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://twitter.com/Mojang/status/689469081259343872</ref> to promote the release of ''[[Cobalt]]''. The event was run by [[Oxeye Game Studio]] and [[wikipedia:Mojang_Studios|Mojang]] on the Twitch account [https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt "bot_cobalt"]<ref>(2016, January 19). ''"bot_cobalt" on Twitch.Tv''. Twitch.tv. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt</ref>, and lasted until February 2nd, 2016; the release date of ''Cobalt''.
''Bet on Cobalt'' was a ''[[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|Twitch]]''-based event created on January 19th, 2016<ref>(2016, January 19). ''Mojang on X''. X. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://twitter.com/Mojang/status/689469081259343872</ref> to promote the release of ''[[Cobalt]]''. The event was run by [[Oxeye Game Studio]] and [[wikipedia:Mojang_Studios|Mojang]] on the Twitch account [https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt "bot_cobalt"]<ref>(2016, January 19). ''"bot_cobalt" on Twitch.Tv''. Twitch.tv. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.twitch.tv/bot_cobalt</ref>, and lasted until February 2nd, 2016; the release date of ''Cobalt''.
Bet on Cobalt is a crowd-control simulated gambling experience<ref>“Bet on Cobalt - Help - Pastebin.com.” ''Thewreck'', 2016, pastebin.com/V0phNPRU. Accessed 6 June 2025.</ref> based on the Team Strike game mode in Cobalt.


== Operation ==
== Operation ==
Bet on Cobalt is an IRC bot for Twitch, initialized when the PC version of Cobalt is launched with the launch argument "-ircbot". Bet on Cobalt acquires the information necessary for connecting to Twitch chat via IRC through a twitch.sfg file the operator creates.  
Bet on Cobalt is a crowd-controlled IRC bot for Twitch, initialized when the PC version of Cobalt is launched with the launch argument "-ircbot". Bet on Cobalt acquires the information necessary for connecting to Twitch chat via IRC through a twitch.sfg file the operator creates.  


== References ==
== References ==