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Subject: Re: Possible chessmaster 9000 error on Tournament Mode.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:14:10 11/11/02

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On November 11, 2002 at 04:16:07, Daniel Chancey wrote:

>This requires further testing.
>
>I just discovered that in tournament mode,  If you use your name to participate
>in a tournament, & select "Auto"    then I fear that you won't be able to play
>in the tournament.
>
>I just tested with me & 3 weakest personalities,  set it at Round Robin   2
>rounds   set the game on "auto" and my name was ignored completely.   The other
>3 players also played more than 2 games.
>
>Could this problem be patched up in the future?      I guess I'll have to play
>Vanessa in 40/2 instead of facing a 1500 in the 2nd round, because the tourney's
>on auto :(
>
>Castle2000

This is not a bug. When you press the "Auto" button, ALL scheduled comp vs comp
games are played until you stop the automated process. With the round robin
tournament, all of the matchups are determined in advance, so all of the comp vs
comp games are played up until the final round, leaving the games with humans in
them unplayed.

The situation is, of course, different for Swiss tournaments, in which the
pairings are determined after each round. So, pressing "Auto" in this case will
only play the comp vs comp games for the current round.

jm



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