3 This help file documents the rules for adding extra accounts for players.
5 The file is for the AFICS site, please feel free to modify the contents
6 or admin names for your particular site.
8 Types of account allowed:
10 playing account or | only 1 of these allowed per person
11 chatting account or | admins may have one of these in addition
12 playing/chatting account | to their normal account - see below.
14 - This is the default registered account.
16 blind account - for blindfold chess ONLY!
18 - may shout with it, but NOT to be used as
19 - an excuse to abuse/get round quota/get
20 - past censor lists etc.
22 - must use style 9 (although may set to
23 - another style to examine afterward)
25 team account - for team chess ONLY!
26 - see rules for blind accounts
28 - advise player not to let members other
29 - than from his/her site to use it as
30 - is responsible for their behaviour.
31 - this is not a hard fixed rule though.
33 computer account or | maximum 1 per player
34 'cyborg' account | (more if automatic moving)
36 - non-automatic computers should NOT be
37 - used as a shouting mechanism (except for
38 - match pairings, greetings etc)
40 - A cyborg account is where the player is
41 - using a computer to analyse the moves,
42 - but a human is deciding which one to play.
43 - (can make a very strong player)
45 - Useful if computer specifications/house
46 - rules are placed in notes (eg no aborts)
48 (any problems with the above three - remove immediately and comment the
51 admin account - may be used to play/chat
53 - advise to get a player account to save
54 - getting questions in the middle of a game
56 tester account - admins/programmers only.
57 - maximum of 2 per person (or more if only
58 - for a temporary period)
60 helper account - receives messages from players (eg bug)
62 - admins only, unless authorised by Sparky
64 - do NOT put passwords in admin help files.
66 1> Extra admins accounts.
67 Admins can have as many accounts as they wish as long as the above rules
70 2> Extra user accounts.
72 Must satisfy the following criterea:
75 1> Is not currently being sanctioned (eg on abuser list)
77 2> Comment file is clean or nearly clean (check the comments don't
78 assume because someone has more than one comment they have been
79 an abuser). Repeat offenders must be refused additional accounts.
81 3> The player is not known to cause (much) trouble.
83 If in doubt please check with sveshi (AFICS) first.
85 Must put in comments list of the player applying for it the name and type
88 Eg. addcomment FishFood DAV's blind account
90 Must add in the realname of the account, the handle of the player and what
91 type of account it is.
93 Finally add it to a list with +listname [name] if appropriate.
95 Do NOT revert an additional account to a player account without good reason
96 (eg old account was destroyed somehow). Check with sveshi (AFICS) if unsure..
98 See ahelp: accounts, addplayer
99 See help: addlist, sublist
101 [Last modified 11/28/95 - DAV]