Re: Judge snafus?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David H <knave375{AT}yahoo{DOT}com> wrote:
>Quick question, does the judge ever actually screw up orders, or is it
>always the human that messes up?  In a game I am playing one of the players
>is claiming that the Judge screwed up his orders, and I want to know how
>possible this is.

Email that arrives at the Judge out of order can make a mess; not
really the Judge's fault but not the human's either.

One scenario:  human sends moves, but they are not acknowledged (because
they don't arrive at the Judge right away).  He sends a second set.
There is now a risk that one set will become his moves for this turn
and the other will become his moves for next turn, with dire results.
This is particularly likely in locked positions where the moves will
often still be legal, if not good, next turn.

Another scenario:  human sends preliminary moves, then recants and
sends changes.  Those messages arrive in reverse order, and what
happens is not what the player intended.

What is the player claiming, specifically?

Mary Kuhner [EMAIL PROTECTED]