RE: Broadcast from andidi via PBM Server

[Bob Lafleur <bob_lafleur@technologist.com>]

You could not see what cards you had with the SHOW command, because if you
could, ANYONE could see them!

You must use the SHOWAS command, supplying your userid and password, to view
board status with your cards. For example:

	hearts showas user password 123

The same goes for scramble. You can't see anyone's tiles with a SHOW
command, you must use SHOWAS to see your tiles.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frans Smit [mailto:frans@icon.co.za]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 3:14 PM
> To: Bob Lafleur; pbmserv-users@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: Broadcast from andidi via PBM Server
> 
> 
> The move was accepted by the server. I sent the show command 
> and could not
> see what cards I had.To get the game going and hoping that I 
> then would get
> an error and then see what had I had I sent in any move. It was not an
> intentional cheat.
> 
> Frans
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Lafleur" <bob_lafleur@technologist.com>
> To: <pbmserv-users@gamerz.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 4:15 PM
> Subject: RE: Broadcast from andidi via PBM Server
> 
> 
> Yes, I thought it might add flavour to the game if one could 
> pull a "fast
> one". But, I guess in the PBeM environment, that isn't such a 
> great thing to
> allow. So, the next version of Hearts will allow for legal moves only.
> 
>    - Bob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pbmserv-users@gamerz.net
> > [mailto:owner-pbmserv-users@gamerz.net]On Behalf Of Ronald Lokers
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:42 AM
> > To: gadrane@globeschool.com; pbmserv-users@gamerz.net
> > Cc: antdiago@yahoo.es
> > Subject: RE: Broadcast from andidi via PBM Server
> >
> >
> > As far as I know, the server doesn't check if you play by the
> > rules thus far. So you can play any card any time.
> > I think the programmer thought it a nice feature if a player could
> > 'cheat'. But I don't know if there's a way to punish such a player
> > if his cheat falls through.
> >
> > Ronald (elloco)
> >
> > > > In this game, the situation is illegal. Player 2 had to play 7C
> > > > in move #6. How is it possible that server couldn't detect it?
> > > > Going on the game is very stranger now
> > > >
> > > > >   Player 1          Player 2          Player 3        
>   Player 4
> > > > >    1 ->              2 ->              3 ->              4 ->
> > > > >    5 2C              6 JH              7 4C              8 AC
> > > > >    9 --             10 --             11 --             12 10S
> > > > >   13 JS             14 7C
> > >
> > > I don't play Hearts on this server (yet!), but I'm 
> assuming the game
> > > being
> > > referred to above is Hearts.  In any case, aren't there 
> two problems
> > > here?
> > > One, as andidi points out is that Player 2 had to play
> > clubs if they had
> > > them, but two, isn't it illegal to play points on the first
> > turn? (unless
> > > all you have in your hand are points, if I understand the rules
> > > correctly...)
> > >
> > > JM2C....
> > >
> > > Grey (gadrane)
> > >
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