Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:58:06 01/11/02
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On January 11, 2002 at 16:37:52, Andrew Williams wrote: >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 When I started on ICC, few would respond to my seeks, given the low rating. Since I naturally wanted a lot of games, I decided to write an auto-matcher. You might try it. My program would issue the "who C" command, read all the open computer accounts, make a list, and match them all (within rating, repeat and nop limits). You could really get fancy and try to interpret an account's formula, but I never got that far. Or, maybe you can't do that using Winboard? Will
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