Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 13:37:52 01/11/02
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On January 11, 2002 at 15:39:17, Tom Likens wrote: > > >I have implemented an autoplayer mode for my chess engine on ICC, >but have a question about etiquette. Once the program logs on it >issues a "seek" command, so far so good. My question is: when the >command isn't automatically accepted- how often should it "reseek" >(i.e. reissue the seek command)? There is probably some accepted >etiquette, such as waiting 10 (or 20, 30,...) minutes before issuing >a seek command again [ or maybe the etiquette is *only-once* ]. > >Anyway, I would be interested in hearing varying opinions. > >regards, >--Tom As far as I understand, the seek advertisements stay around anyway. I don't think that issuing another seek would make any difference if you use the same time controls. If you mean issuing another seek with different time controls, then it's up to you. Issue as many seeks as you want; only the last three will remain visible anyway. Andrew
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