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Subject: Re: Question for John Merlino regarding playing rated games with CM9000

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:56:58 11/20/02

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On November 19, 2002 at 23:23:57, Brian Blanks wrote:

>On November 19, 2002 at 00:29:20, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On November 18, 2002 at 12:16:33, Gerald Grimsley wrote:
>>
>>>Hello, I am a long-time fan of the CM series.  I've been playing CM9000 on the
>>>rated game mode, and notice a couple of minor problems. In a game against a 2100
>>>personality, I reached a completely blocked bishop and pawn endgame that is dead
>>>drawn.  I keep offering draws and the opponent declines.  We just keep shuffling
>>>the same king and bishop back and forth for 20 or 30 moves.  I continue to offer
>>>draws to but no avail.  How do I end this game and get proper credit for rating
>>>points?  Another thing I have noticed is that once when playing a rated game, I
>>>adjourned it, continued it later, finished the game, and my player rating was
>>>properly displayed.  However, later when I went to play a new game, my rating in
>>>the player profile showed no reflection of the adjourned game results.
>>>Any thoughts on these two observations?
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>Gerald
>>
>>Whether or not a personality accepts a draw offer is based on two things:
>>
>>1) How the PERSONALITY evaluates the position and,
>>2) The personality's "contempt for draw" setting.
>>
>>Some personalities have such a high contempt for draw that they will not accept
>>a draw offer even if they are down a piece. You should check the personality
>>that you were playing to see if that explains the behavior in this case.
>>
>>How do you end this game? Simple! Continue playing until the 50-move rule. It is
>>perfectly legal for an opponent to refuse a draw, so you must continue playing
>>if you want the game to end.
>>
>>I have no idea about the rating bug that you are describing however.
>>
>>jm
>
>As far as the Rated Game Bug is concerned... I had the exact same thing happen
>to me 2 nights ago. I played a rated game, adjourned it, and then reloaded it
>and played out the game.
>
>When I lost, a window popped up and said my rating had decreased x number of
>points. But in the same message, it also said my rating remained at 1500. When I
>looked at the Player Profile screen, it displayed my updated rating correctly.
>Yet when I set up another Rated Game, the box said my rating was still at the
>original 1500 value.
>
>I've done it twice since then without adjourning the game, and it seems to work
>fine.
>
>Seems like it gets confused upon saving/restarting...???

That's certainly a possibility, but there's not much I can do about it any more.
All bug reports should now be sent to either chessmaster@ubisoft.com or
support@ubisoft.com.

jm



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