From: Stephen Lamb ALS CO UK> Date: 21 may 1999 Subject: Re: Java Shogi Any chance of also providing better support for people behind a firewall? HTTP proxy support would be nice. --Steve -----Original Message----- From: Dick Iwakura [mailto:dickcon MA KCOM NE JP] Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 1:19 AM To: SHOGI-L techunix technion ac il Subject: Re: Java Shogi On Thu, 20 May 1999 13:07:49 -0500 tiger22 IX NETCOM COM wrote: > I enjoyed playing on shogi on Java Shogi quite a bit this year. It's the > only way I can enjoy playing shogi, since I can't get to the NY, DC, > or LA clubs. Sometimes I lose my connection, but the problem is that the > game I'm playing cannot be resumed. When I occasionally get > disconnected from the chess server, the game is automatically adjourned. O.K. We will consider to add the same function as a chess server in due course. At the moment, the players are requested to reply manually when the server's accident would be happened. > > I notice on the Japanese site, tournament games are mentioned but no details > are forthcoming on the English page. Except one time around > November last year. I would also like to join the rating system. I didn't > know there was one. I know about the place where players input > their own estimated kyu/dan rank, but when I think about ratings, I'm > thinking about an ELO rating. Please explain how to get a rating and > play weekly tournament games. Thanks for your interest. We will make the English site also when Mr.Y.Sawada is able to spare his time to translate the contents. Our Target is within August. We are very busy to take care of more than 20,000 players at first accessing >from inside of Japan now. Very sorry. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dick Iwakura, a member of Java Shogi Committee Mail: dickcon ma kcom ne jp / dick patt gr jp http://www2.patt.gr.jp/~patt/sibu/sibu.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++