[pbmserv] Re: Broadcast from volta via PBM Server

["bugmenot@gawab.com" <bugmenot@gawab.com>]

Aha! Now I get it. If I was volta though I would never play a
PBeM game with that short of a time limit, my email provider is
too unpredictable for that. ;-)

Jeroen M.W. van Dijk writes:

> The answer is simple. The timelimit is set on two days per player.
> And volta did have 2 days and 03:29 hours on the clock.
> 
> Forfeit by timelimit.
> 
>> Well, I am starting to think it isn't just an ordinary "resign".
>> Otherwise it would say Resign, not Forfeit. That is confusing.
>> 
>> And it can't be your opponent resigning, because he won the
>> game. Very Weird.
>> 
>> pbmserv@gamerz.net writes:
>> 
>> > Uh, what gives?  I submitted my most recent move, which should
>> > have been move 52, a few hours ago.  Now, I see that the move has
>> > registered as a forfeit hours later.  Why would I forfeit a game I
>> > was winning?
>> >
>> >  -- volta, annoyed.
>> >
>> > ----- Forwarded message from Richard's PBeM Server <pbmserv@gamerz.net> 
>> -----
>> > Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:54:33 -0400
>> > From: "Richard's PBeM Server" <pbmserv@gamerz.net>
>> > Subject: Backgammon Board 31250
>> >
>> > Summary of Backgammon Board 31250
>> >
>> > Game won by doreenl by 2 points.
>> >
>> > volta's rating went down from 1810 to 1800.
>> > doreenl's rating is 1674 (provisional).
>> >
>> > Eks: doreenl
>> > Ohs: volta
>> >
>> > Eks Move 49: Roll: 4,1  Move: B-21,9-8
>> > Ohs Move 50: Roll: 5,1  Move: 17-18,17-22
>> > Eks Move 51: Roll: 6,1  Move: 8-2,8-7
>> > Ohs Move 52: Forfeit
>> >
>> >
>> >  ___________________________________________________
>> > |                       |   |                       |Eks: doreenl  
>> 90/15
>> > |12  11  10   9   8   7 |   | 6   5   4   3   2   1 |
>> > |                 X   X |   | X   X       X   X     |
>> > |                       |   | X   X       X         |
>> > |                       |   | X           X         |
>> > |                       |   | X           X         |
>> > |                       |   | X                     |    2
>> > |                       |BAR|                       |HOME
>> > |                       |   |                       |
>> > |                       |   | O           O         |
>> > |                     O |   | O           O         |
>> > |                     O |   | O           O   O   O |
>> > |                     O |   | O       X   O   O   O |
>> > |13  14  15  16  17  18 |   |19  20  21  22  23  24 |
>> > |_______________________|___|_______________________|Ohs: volta  63/15 
>> M
>> >
>> > ----- End forwarded message -----
>> >
>> >
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