I've been playing GNU Chess for about one month. I have a serious complaint about the way it is programmed. Why is it that the computer calls a game a tie before it lets a human set up their pieces during an endgame? I don't know how many times I've killed the computers pieces, and I'll have a Queen, Rook and possible several pawns. The computer will only have it's King and a few pawns. But when I prepare to set my pieces up to Checkmate the computer, the games and a message appears on the screen saying "Tie Game". This drives me f**king angry!!! If I don't put the computer's King in check immediate (usually within three or four moves), then computer ends the game as a tie. This is bad programming. You have to let a player develop their pieces on the board to checkmate the computer.
What makes it even worse, when the computer has me in check, it never calls a tie game. It will put me in perpetual check! Where is the tie game then?? Did your programmers do this on purpose? If not, then I hope your programmers will look into this. Usually in competition there's 50 moves allowed before a tie game is called. Why implement this? Or at least 25 moves. But let a human set up their pieces during the endgame!! Please!!! Another complaint: It's very offensive when the animated voice says "you play like a monkey! You are a monkey!" I happen to be African American. I know the white guys that created GNU chess probably don't think black people play chess. But I can assure you we do. It may be an innocent comment to you, but I cringe and find it offensive everytime I play GNU chess. Why not change the comment to: "You play like a martian! Wait, you are a martian!" I don't think there are any martians on earth that will be offended. It is a slur to compare a black person to a monkey. Ron McZorn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeanne Rasata via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [gnu.org #320326] A Complaint About GNU Chess > Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:03:19 -0500 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sun Nov 19 11:59:31 2006]: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, Ron, > > Unfortunately, this is only the general email contact for the FSF and > the GNU project and I am unable to answer technical questions. My best > suggestion would be to contact the project mailinglists to see if they > can give you any help. You can find their contact information in their > entry on our Free Software Directory > http://directory.fsf.org/games/chess/chess.html. > > Sincerely, > -- > Jeanne Rasata > Program Assistant > Free Software Foundation > > --- > Have we been helpful to you today? Would you like to help > the FSF continue to spread the word about software freedom? > You too can become a member! Learn more at: > http://donate.fsf.org > Come check me out on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/28357960 -- Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com _______________________________________________ Bug-gnu-chess mailing list Bug-gnu-chess@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-chess