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Subject: Re: Winboard and Unrated games

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:17:09 04/28/00

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On April 28, 2000 at 17:54:32, Brian Richardson wrote:

>Occasionally Tinker gets matched in an unrated game on ICC. This is not usually
>a problem, but recently a user (Diamond) has been playing numerous unrated games
>against many programs at standard time controls.
>
>I am curious because I have useformula=1, rated=1, formula=rated &... and
>manualaccept=1 settings, so I am wondering why it does not decline them (before
>even getting to Winboard)?


there is a trick to bypass formula, if you do it before the formula is set.
I just match you unrated, before you decide to stop playing unrated games.  I
play, and then win or lose, I just type 'rematch'.  This ignores your formula
since you just finished a game, and the server assumes "if you played one game
in violation of your formula, you are willing to play another."

All he has to do is play a couple, then adjourn in the middle, then resume it
tomorrow and continue this...  day after day...  If you watch an notice him
win or lose a game, try +noplay right after the game ends.  The next day,
remove the noplay although he will now have to go by the formula and can't
play unrated any more.



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