Re: S1901M Game Starting

Hi,
after i sent the thing about my password and all, the judge wrote that I had
"Invalid password or power ID specified".
Thanks
Jacob

Thorfinn wrote:

> Heyho. :) Thorf here, addressing the English power and coach.
>
> All powers are now signed on to:
>
> NZMB:teachme3
>
> NZMB's address is <judge_at_gem.win.co.nz>.
>
> How this works is as follows:
>
> Each player needs to do:
>
> SIGNON xgamename blahblah
> SET PASSWORD something.unique.to.this.game
> SET ADDRESS player_at_address.goes.here,coach_at_address.next
>
> Note: *NO* spaces after the comma in the SET ADDRESS.
>
> After that, the coach will start receiving all press going to and from
> the player. The player needs to email the coach the password they are
> using (hence why I suggest the SET PASSWORD be something unique to this
> game only).
>
> Coaches - as soon as you get told what your power's password is, you
> should be able to signon as that power using that password, just as if
> you were signed on to the game.
>
> Note that at that point, coaches and players doing a SIGNON as that
> power and issuing commands will get two copies of the command results...
> That's just something to live with. The other person (ie, the coach if
> the player issues a command, and the player if the coach issues a
> command) will receive one copy of the command results.
>
> Now - Coaches - you should communicate with your player by sending press
> to your own power - and you should *only* send press to your own power
> (and/or to M, of course).
>
> Do not do *anything* else (this includes making orders, sending
> broadcasts or press to any other powers, etc), with the exception of
> issuing a 'SET ABSENCE' command to request deadline delays if you are
> going away. Send 'get absence' to the judge to find out more about
> absences.
>
> Players, you should communicate with your coaches by sending press to
> your own power. You, of course, are free to issue orders, communicate
> with other powers, etc, and should be doing so as soon as I turn full
> partial press on. :)
>
> Please stick to the "send press to own power" method of communicating
> between players and coaches, because that way I get a copy of the press
> for historical purposes.
>
> So, in summary:
>
> Player - set your password to something unique, and set address to you
> and the coach, then email your coach with the password.
>
> Coach - as soon as you get the password, sign on to the game, and send a
> 'PRESS TO M' telling me that you're there, to confirm that everything is
> working.
>
> As soon as I get acks via the judge that all the coaches are on line,
> I'll change the press settings to full partial, set the deadline to
> allow two weeks for the pre season happenings, and game, as they say,
> is on.
>
> Later,
>
> Thorf
>
> --
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Received on Tue Nov 12 09:23:24 2002