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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