Author: Will Singleton
Date: 14:48:11 01/24/00
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On January 24, 2000 at 15:51:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 24, 2000 at 14:26:35, Steve McRiley wrote: > >>On January 24, 2000 at 09:43:28, Dan Homan wrote: >> >>>For a tourney like this, what is the ettiquite for programs whispering >>>or kibitzing eval information? By default my program will spit out how >>>it thinks it is doing (score, depth, nps) after each move (I usually alias this >>>to a kibitz or a whisper depending on whether I am playing an automated computer >>>or a human). I know that other programs have a similar facility (some also >>>display pv info). >>> >>>It might be interesting for some of the participants to see this information and >>>certainly for the observers to see this information. On the other hand, some >>>participants (particularly ones who are operating manually) may find >>>this screen cluttering information to be rather annoying. Maybe there could >>>be an "eval" channel, where participant programs could send eval information >>> - or would this be too confusing? >>> >>>Another question: My program will be running under Xboard by Tim Mann. >>>Xboard automatically accepts game requests that fit your formula. How >>>do I prevent someone from "matching" my program a few minutes before >>>the tournament game is supposed to start? Do I have to set "open = 0" until >>>the moment before the game begins? >> >>There are (as has been posted)several ways to do this but I think the easiest >>way is to just set manualaccept to 1. This way you will have to manually accept >>any matchrequests. >> >>/McRiley > > >This is an ICC command, not an xboard command, correct? Which means that >"zippy" will get a match request, and accept it automatically by sending ICC >the "accept player-name" command. I thought manualaccept was to prevent seeks >from starting a game without the seeker being ready... Yes, but it also allows interfaces to screen match requests, which is handy if you want some criteria for dynamically adjusting who can match you. Will
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