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(Message started by: mooseye on Jan 20^th, 2010, 10:04am)

Title: game review?
Post by mooseye on Jan 20^th, 2010, 10:04am

Hi all,
Maybe its just me, but I can't seem to figure out how to review a previously played game. namely, my very first game which seemed to break the rules right off the bat. My very first game was a draw! I think the text should be changed on the home page where it says no possibility of draws.

Title: Re: game review?
Post by ocmiente on Jan 20^th, 2010, 10:43am

you can click on the "Game Record" link on the page that describes you. I clicked on the 'mooseye' link on the active players page.

Then in the 'Totals' section, I clicked on the number just below the 'Games' column header. This lists all the games you've played.

Your first game can be reviewed with this link:
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/games/jsShowGame.cgi?gid=72628&s=w

You are correct, that it was a draw. However, the game was played before the no draw rule went into effect (I think)

n = No rabbits left for either player; draw (before 2008.07.01)

Title: Re: game review?
Post by mooseye on Jan 20^th, 2010, 11:16am

Thank you for the link. I had just figured it out before I saw your post.
In reviewing the game I noticed that the bot had no rabbits well before the game ended in a draw due to my last rabbit being trapped. I was under the impression that loss of all the bot's rabbits should have resulted in a win for me. Maybe that rule was not in effect at the time?

Title: Re: game review?
Post by Fritzlein on Jan 20^th, 2010, 11:31am

Right, the rabbit elimination rule was not yet in effect (except for tournament games) when you played the linked game. Starting July 1 of that year, just a few months later, the elimination rule went into effect for all Arimaa games. From then on this game would have counted as a win for you.