Competition policy

[pav]

Originally Posted by Nick

If I start a thread with that in it, Pav, could you make it a sticky?

/me readies the tube of glue.

[MrCba]

Originally Posted by Nick

Yes, I'm planning to cover that. My current feeling is that anything allowable in game is allowable in the comp - so that the only things that are really out are savefile-scumming, and wizard and debug modes. Or changing the edit files

Yes, it sound good. But how can you detect someone which make savefile-scumming ? I don't think you can, except with a special version with saved game on a server on Internet, or in a Telnet game. (like for Nethack competition)

[pav]

Originally Posted by MrCba

Yes, it sound good. But how can you detect someone which make savefile-scumming ? I don't think you can, except with a special version with saved game on a server on Internet, or in a Telnet game. (like for Nethack competition)

IMHO you don't need to care about it, until it actually happens.

For example there ever were only a few attempts to forge Ladder dumps, and it's running from 2002. Also, peer review works. People tend to notice something is too good to be true.

[MrCba]

Yes you right.

[Psi]

Originally Posted by Nick

Yes, I'm planning to cover that. My current feeling is that anything allowable in game is allowable in the comp - so that the only things that are really out are savefile-scumming, and wizard and debug modes. Or changing the edit files

...which means someone could turnoff disconnected stairs...? Perhaps we should have an ironman comp instead

[Nick]

Originally Posted by Psi

...which means someone could turnoff disconnected stairs...?

Well, I guess it could be written into the competition rules. Or I guess it could be standard that that option shouldn't be changed. Any others? I'm inclined to think that autoscum should usually be turnable off and on at the player's peril.

Perhaps we should have an ironman comp instead

Oh, definitely

[Psi]

Originally Posted by Nick

I'm inclined to think that autoscum should usually be turnable off and on at the player's peril.

Personally I think it should be at one setting for the life of the game... otherwise in a game like FA, I'd turn it off whenever traversing swamps

[Nick]

Originally Posted by Psi

Personally I think it should be at one setting for the life of the game... otherwise in a game like FA, I'd turn it off whenever traversing swamps

Too late, made the rules now

There's scope for comp-by-comp rules, anyway, and the rules can always change. Also, it's not an issue in V, because autoscum is now a birth option.

[Psi]

I was really intrigued by the smart_chest option you mention in the other thread - until I realised it was a typo

[Nick]

Originally Posted by Psi

I was really intrigued by the smart_chest option you mention in the other thread - until I realised it was a typo

Maybe the chest would check to see if you were a mage and then give you Wrath of God.