Author: Sean Empey
Date: 11:01:12 07/14/00
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On July 13, 2000 at 22:51:29, Pete R. wrote: >On July 13, 2000 at 22:44:46, Jon Dart wrote: > >>The chess server is generally a friendly place. You find a few people who >>are unpleasant but that's true of most communities. >> >>You will sometimes get verbal abuse if an opponent is denied a draw, >>feels the computer should have resigned sooner, is denied a rematch >>and thinks s(he) should have one, or a lot of other reasons. I think >>it's silly to complain to a machine-operated account but some people >>do it anyway. If it really annoys you there is always +censor and >>+noplay, but I personally try pretty hard not to use these. And if >>it's a titled player we're talking about, I cut him or her a lot of >>slack. >> >>Probably the most common abuse of computer accounts is humans who use >>computers without registering as computer accounts. It's always hard to >>be sure someone is doing this, but if a normally low-rated player has >>a big winning streak against a normally strong program, you get >>suspicious (at least I do :-)). There are other signs of computer use >>as well but obvious outperformance is probably the most blatant. >>Most computer account operators will noplay others they suspect of >>cheating in this way and may complain to the server admins as well. >> >>Another common tactic is other computer accounts coming on to the server >>at a low rating level and driving their own rating up by playing long >>sequences of games against temporarily higher-rated but in fact lower- >>strength programs. This is annoying because your account's rating is >>sinking unnecessarily and because the other account is monopolizing >>the use of yours. Some of the rating restrictions and # of games >>guidelines you see are a response to this. >> >>You don't have to worry about any of this. You can decide personally >>what behavior you want to prevent and whether it's important enough >>to you to put in restrictions. >> >>--Jon > >Thanks for the comments. Is there any particular protocol regarding challenges >between computers, or is it pretty much business as usual with seeks, and anyone >putting out a seek is fair game? On ICC computer accounts can not match human accounts or accept their seeks. A computer account can only accept a direct match or can challenge another computer. But like Mr. Dart said read their finger notes and vars to see the formula. A lot of accounts have strict rules and do not allow matches from computers. Sean Empey
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