Author: David Blackman
Date: 22:11:37 01/27/99
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On January 27, 1999 at 13:11:17, Stuart Cracraft wrote: > >This message poses the question of whether the (F)ICS >servers are being damaged by clutter of clone after clone >of GNU Chess, Crafty, any others... > >More and more people seem to have "!computer" in their formula >or are declining to play. > >What are your thoughts? The servers should have extra variables that describe computer players. Some useful variables might be program_name (well-known name of the program, many computer players are unable or unwilling to get this as their handle.) derived_from (same as program name unless this is a "rebadged" Crafty or something) authorative_version (true only if this version is approved by the program's copyright owner. Each server should allow only one handle with the same derived_from variable to set authorative_version.) is_cheat (true if this handle tried to pass itself off as human sometime in the last 6 months) This would allow people a lot more flexibility in their no-plays. Handle owners could set some of these blank if they like to be secretive, but of course some people might no-play programs with a blank derived_from .
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