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9: Pending emails: 11 (as of May 17th 2015, oldest pending email from Mar 31)
You should be approved first, I just applied for crazyhouse variant this first week of May, no reply yet.brtzsnr wrote:How does one get a computer account on FICS?
I did what it was required here http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles ... r_app.html three times already (Nov, January, May) but I did not get any reply from them. I also thing my first two emails should have been processed already.
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> finger Computers 9: Pending emails: 11 (as of May 17th 2015, oldest pending email from Mar 31)
They normally only provide these accounts to authors of programs. Otherwise, FICS would be full of computers!brtzsnr wrote:How does one get a computer account on FICS?
I did what it was required here http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles ... r_app.html three times already (Nov, January, May) but I did not get any reply from them. I also thing my first two emails should have been processed already.
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> finger Computers 9: Pending emails: 11 (as of May 17th 2015, oldest pending email from Mar 31)
Yes, I know. I want an official account for my own engine https://bitbucket.org/brtzsnr/zurichess/overviewSean Evans wrote:They normally only provide these accounts to authors of programs. Otherwise, FICS would be full of computers!
I have to wait more for the decision. Even the final decision is not guaranteed.Isaac wrote:The first time I applied it took about 1 week to get an answer. The last time took like 3 months or so.
Took more than 3 months for a friend of mine and about 3 months for another friend.
When the account "computers" is logged in, he checks the email and approve/disapprove requests. The problem is that he may do so for 1 account per login and logs in once every 3 months or so. Sometimes he seems much less busy.
So the answer is that yes, you just have to wait and hope he will approve.
Two of the REQUIREMENTS wrote:o Member of FICS for at least 3 months.
o A minimum of 10 days online.
correct, I only go one a while back becauce years back I had one there and they resurrrected it, kind of like I was grandfathered in but you have to be like he saidSean Evans wrote:They normally only provide these accounts to authors of programs. Otherwise, FICS would be full of computers!brtzsnr wrote:How does one get a computer account on FICS?
I did what it was required here http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles ... r_app.html three times already (Nov, January, May) but I did not get any reply from them. I also thing my first two emails should have been processed already.
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> finger Computers 9: Pending emails: 11 (as of May 17th 2015, oldest pending email from Mar 31)
FICS sucks. Why even bother with them? They are free of course but its services still suck.brtzsnr wrote:How does one get a computer account on FICS?
I did what it was required here http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles ... r_app.html three times already (Nov, January, May) but I did not get any reply from them. I also thing my first two emails should have been processed already.
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> finger Computers 9: Pending emails: 11 (as of May 17th 2015, oldest pending email from Mar 31)
That is both lame and ridiculous. What a pile of garbage.Isaac wrote:The first time I applied it took about 1 week to get an answer. The last time took like 3 months or so.
Took more than 3 months for a friend of mine and about 3 months for another friend.
When the account "computers" is logged in, he checks the email and approve/disapprove requests. The problem is that he may do so for 1 account per login and logs in once every 3 months or so. Sometimes he seems much less busy.
So the answer is that yes, you just have to wait and hope he will approve.
Yeah, perfectly ridiculous, in a day and age where there is no shortage of free, excellent onlinechess sites on the Web !APassionForCriminalJustic wrote:That is both lame and ridiculous. What a pile of garbage.
