Noescape

During a three hour game, disconnections from FICS are likely to happen. This could mean that you lose the game. In order to avoid this, disable your noescape variable.

Upon joining the tournament

Disable noescape by setting its value to 0 (zero). Into the command line of your FICS interface, type or copy & paste:

set noescape 0

Before starting the game

Both you and your opponent must have their noescape variable set to 0. Let's say, pchesso is your opponent. Check your, and pchesso's, variables. Type:

var

If your noescape variable is set to 1, change it (see above, "set noescape 0").

var pchesso

If pchesso's noescape variable is set to 1, ask pchesso to "set noescape 0".

Upon starting the game

If you forgot to check the variables, and if either you or your opponent have noescape set to 1, the FICS server will send both of you the following warning:

A disconnection will be considered a forfeit.

If you see this warning in time, end the game immediately:

abort

Check both players' variables. Make necessary changes as described above. Then, start a new game.

A permanent solution

The noescape variable will work fine, if BOTH players have set it to 0. If you prefer a permanent solution, disabling noescape in your formula will add security. Study the formula help file on FICS to learn how to set up a formula:

help formula

Include !noescape in your formula, this will disable noescape. Example:

set f7 standard and !noescape and rated and !private and !computer

set formula f7