Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:02:21 01/15/04
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On January 15, 2004 at 00:46:13, Ed Trice wrote: >Hi Kevin , > >>According to the guys site: People can lag cheat. How do people due that? I >>want to know so that I can protect myself from it. I have seen people start >>lagging when they are in a losing position. I am a merely 1500 ICC patzer and >>have no problem being such. >> > >I have been on the receiving end of it, so here is what I can report. You are up >2 pieces or more, your opponent has about 10 seconds left, you have like 80% of >the time control left. > >They take 80% of the time control, and should have long since timed out, but >they don't time out, there clock stands still. > >Only somehow they "sent" the move to the host computer, their timer is not >advancing, but yours is, only you do not see it! > >Somehow they simulate network throughput lag, delaying the decrementing of your >timer, and not showing their own move. > >The result? You used up all of YOUR OWN TIME, they made the worst move on the >board, and your flag falls! > >These rat bastards should be chained to a steam pipe in hell. This can't happen if you are running timestamp. They can cause their own clock to not run, but they can't possibly cause _your_ clock to run unless you are the one experiencing lag, without using timestamp to account for it.
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