new (KarmaPlugin)

    # File rbot/plugins/karma.rb, line 2
      def initialize
        super

        # this plugin only wants to store ints!
        class << @registry
          def store(val)
            val.to_i
          end
          def restore(val)
            val.to_i
          end
        end
        @registry.set_default(0)

        # import if old file format found
        if(File.exist?("#{@bot.botclass}/karma.rbot"))
          puts "importing old karma data"
          IO.foreach("#{@bot.botclass}/karma.rbot") do |line|
            if(line =~ /^(\S+)<=>([\d-]+)$/)
              item = $1
              karma = $2.to_i
              @registry[item] = karma
            end
          end
          File.delete("#{@bot.botclass}/karma.rbot")
        end

      end