From: "Jonathan H.N. Chin" <shrchin <at> READING <dot> AC <dot> UK>
Date: 12 oct 1993
Subject: Re: Hellspark Shogi List

> Here's the Hellspark Shogi Server List. It lists the players who have sent
> their info to me, or whose info I got from the server itself, in order to
> create a database from which we can set up some matches. Until the server
[...]
> ServerID    Rank    Hours Available(EST)        Email Address
> Jonky       5k                                  shrchin <at> reading <dot> ac <dot> uk
  ^that's jonky with a lowercase `j'   8^)

And in email to the ISS list, he (<benedict <at> jeeves <dot> UCSD <dot> EDU>) wrote:

> I'm just having a hard time logging on and finding any shogi
> players around, and if there were an *official* time for shogi
> playing, it would increase our chances of playing together.

Here's another idea:

Why not choose a channel number on IGS and use it to flag player
availability? Anytime you logon to the server do "channels" and if
there is anyone on the channel, then you know there is someone
interested in a game.

I asked tim to put a line in the motd to publicise the idea.
I propose to use channel 3 (tim's suggestion and it fits with shogi
being the 3rd "choice" on the server).

Until the various new features get added, it seems like a reasonable
half-measure.


-jonathan

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