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Subject: Re: ICC seems to have blocked Guests :(

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 08:22:00 03/22/04

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On March 22, 2004 at 06:28:38, Bryan Hofmann wrote:

>On March 21, 2004 at 20:01:57, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>On March 21, 2004 at 14:51:53, Mike Taylor wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I tried to log on as a Guest and it seems to be blocking all guests -:)
>>>
>>>Does this mean no more Guest play or view at ICC ??  Anyone heard ??
>>
>>As a general rule, when something like this happens it usually is "operator
>>error."  You likely have inadvertently done something incorrectly.  Contact the
>>ICC help staff and find out what you did wrong.  Then try again and follow their
>>instructions to the letter.  Incidentally, you do not have to use Windows to
>>play on ICC.
>
>Or the person responding is in error, When you login as a guest not using
>BlitzIn you will see the following;
>
>
>
>SpeedTrap(C)(*) tells you: Please visit http://www.chessclub.com/download and
>\   install our latest chess client "BlitzIn 2" to log into Chessclub.com.  You
>\   will then be eligible for a FREE trial (your own handle) to try the service
>\   and decide if you want to become a full member!  For questions: email
>\   FREEBIRD@chessclub.com
>aics% You are being kicked out by the administrators.

Since this CCC computer chess bulletin board is used by many accomplished
computer programmers, it is quite likely that some here have the ability to
create software to take the place of Blitzin.  That is fine, but if the program
used thwarts ICC's ability to monitor usage of chess-playing software while
playing games, then you can be sure that ICC will be non-cooperative.  Keep in
mind that ICC management is paranoid in the extreme when it comes to what they
call "cheating."

Bob D.



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