How to easier help a FICS user?

Not all questions TD Sibylle can answer.
It is sometimes good reformulate users question so that Sibylle could understand.
So the scheme can be depicted like this:
User's complex question --> my simplified question to Sibylle -->
--> Sibylle's answer --> copy of the answer to user(s)

How to find an opponent?

I-st method

1. Somewhere in the Internet announce:
   
   1. Your possible and preferable playing schedule.
   2. Your possible and preferable game types.
   3. Your opening variations (or few thirst moves) you would like to play(try, analyze...).
2. "shout", "cshout", "tell [channel e.g.:90/101]" something like this:
   I seek 90mins +30secs chess, rated, now or at scheduled time, with set or not set opening variation, please read my finger note 10 before any offer.
   And do(seek)so, from time to time until you'll have optimal opponent choice.
3. view users of channels:
   inch 90
inch 101
4. finger [user in a channel]
5. Contact a user:
   i. tell [user] "something"
   ii. tell [user] "Would you like to play time control xx yy game z? If yes, please read MY PREFERENCES -finger note 10.

There is how I set my finger note 10
(This too long to publish in FICS):
set 10 TO MY OPPONENTS
i. Opponent agrees that he will not make any questions, like "are you still there?", during the game. I have time on the clock and I can think until the end of it. If you are disappointed (or you think, you can be disappointed) about my thinking time, please do not start playing with me or just put me in "noplay" list.
ii. Opponent uses something like "ping [user]" command if some technical questions arise.
iii. Opponent proposes adjournment (best scenario) if he/she can't normally finish a game, otherwise - disconnects (worst scenario).
iv. We will play during game, neither talk, neither argue.
v. After the game we can discuss about it or anything else, if you like. We can even schedule a rematch or other game.
vi. You very well know that lack of respect to your opponent is clearly an abuse. And anything stronger abusive will surely reported to server admins.
vii. Be 100% sure that will be no tiny of argument with any kind (technical or psychological) of abuser. It simply will be reported to the server administration.
viii. Do not use playing programs at any game stage - it will be detected by various methods.
ix. Any abusive behavior does not worth its risk.
This short variant is FICS text length acceptable:
set 10 TO MY OPPONENTS: 1. My time zone: PDT+10. 2. We can schedule our matches/analysis. 3. We can play various game types/opening variations. i. Do not ask me to play faster(If there is time control). If you do not like time control that is offered, choose another. ii. We will play during the game, neither talk, neither argue. iii. If there are problems: offer to adjourn or simply disconnect. iv. Do not use playing programs at any game stage - it will be detected by various methods. v. WARNING: Any abusive behavior does not worth its risk.
D. If opponent agrees with your preferences, than:
match [opponent]
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More about channels:
90 - STC_Bunch - http://stcbunch.net/
101 - Team Leagua - http://teamleague.org/index.php

2. Propose your seek and preferences in "STC Bunch Discussion Board"

The most frequently used (system) aliases (in FICS)

What is your the most frequently used (system) aliases (in FICS)[FUA]?
Help page on system aliases: http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/system_alias.html
My FUA are shown here in this table:

alias	function	description
a	accept $@	Short form of accept
.	tell . $@	Sends tell to last player you sent a tell to
,	tell , $@	Sends tell to channel you lastly told
!	shout $@	Short form of shout command
?	help $@	Displays basic help files
*	kibitz $@	Used for kibitz during games
#	whisper $@	Used for whisper during games
+	addlist $@	add an item to a list
-	sublist $@	Remove an item from a list
=	showlist $@	Display contents of a list
in	inchannel $@	Shows a list of channels you are in.
exl	examine $m -1	enters examine mode with your last history game
fop	finger $o $@	Shows finger note of your last oponent
f.	finger $. $@	Shows finger notes of user you last sent a tell too
f	finger $@	shows finger notes of a user (relpaced by "$@")
hi	history $@	Displays history of a user (relpaced by "$@")
ho	history $o	Displays history of your last oponent
rping	xtell ROBOadmin! Ping [user]	Used to check users current ping time
^	cshout $@	Used to make a cshout
:	it $@	Alternate to I or it.
ss	set shout 1	my alias that lets to here shouts
ss0	set shout 0	my alias that lets to not here shouts
ct	set chanoff 0	My alias in order to set FICS to listen to channel tells
ct0	set chanoff 1	My alias in order to set FICS to not listen to channel tells
ts	td set tshout on	my alias in order to set FICS to hear t-shouts
ts0	td set tshout off	my alias in order to set FICS to not hear t-shouts
tl	alias tl xtell teamleague $@	Now I just have to use "tl" to issue a teamleague command
ee	set seek 1	My alias. It turns showing seeks on
ee0	set seek 0	My alias. It turns showing seeks off
cs	set cshout 1	My alias. It turns showing chouts on
cs0	set cshout 0	My alias. It turns showing chouts off
set tell 0	set tell 0	No alias yet. This command stops showing guest tells to you and this way ensures that you will not get (more) abusive tells from guest users.
lcs	tell $o Join LCS! It is free! Have fun and improve your game! Advertise yourself, your needs/preferences and find your best ever playing/training partner! More info: "finger antiseptic".	My alias in Promotion of LCS with "tells" to my opponents
lcss	$@ Join LCS! It is free! Have fun and improve your game! Advertise yourself, your needs/preferences and find your best ever playing/training partner! More info: "finger antiseptic".	My alias. It is like lcs, but this one uses only tell/shout text. I'll decide where text will be sent: or as "shout"/"cshout", or as tell/xtell to channel/individual. Usage examples: "lcss t [user]": "lcss t antiseptic" or "lcss xt antiseptic": "lcss xt [user]", "lcss t [channel]": "lcss t 90" or "lcss xt 90": "lcss xt [channel]", "lcss !", "lcss :", "lcss it"
t0	tell $m You are talking to yourself.	Direct "tell" to yoursel and test the tell
gg	getgame f	Gets a game using formula
ww	seek fr f	seek fr f
w4	seek w4 f	seek w4 f
w5	seek w5 f	seek w5 f
zh	seek zh f	seek zh f
1111111	222222	33333333
1111111	222222	33333333
1111111	222222	33333333
tn	td next	my alias for command "td next"

help on FICS alias: http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/alias.html

How to set up an alias?
Type in main FICS console "alias", space, alias name, space, command that will be used when typed alias name and pressed "enter".
Let's say you want to say your last opponent "Good game" by typing only two letters gg.
To set up this alias type in main FICS console:
alias gg tell +o Good game
Press "enter", and your alias is set up! NOW YOU CAN TYPE gg an press "enter", AND YOUR LAST OPPONENT WILL GET A TELL "Good game".

FICS chlog

FICS chlog command can be as entertaining as informative. :)
The result was made at about Sat Apr 14, 23:58 EETDST 2012(local time).
More smiles and more happiness, people! :)

xtell chlog show 50 -t 120
(told chLog)
:chLog(TD):
:Channel 50 log for the last 120 minutes:
:[12:07:00] GroveL: nox aurumque is haunting
:[12:08:25] GroveL: wild chords
:[12:08:59] GroveL: almost psychedelic
:[12:12:19] irWietje: does anyone know any blind chess players on fics, i seem to remember there was actually one, but forgot about his nick
:[12:13:55] LaoTzu: blindbpaulsen
:[12:14:24] LaoTzu: he doesn't play here that often. nobody is rated high enuf for him here
:[12:14:31] SeasCommander: there's a command that lists all of them
:[12:15:06] SeasCommander: There's at least like 20 blind players
:[12:16:13] chaostheory(TM): you can list blindfold accounts with "=blind", but a list of actually blind players doesn't exist ofcourse
:[12:18:35] LaoTzu: lol, i didn't know grovel had a blind account
:[12:20:18] irWietje: someone just solved my question: Introspection is actually a blind player
:[12:22:42] DawnParker: 9 wins in a row! Can anyone stop the meanest girl in chess..DAwn Parker! bye yall!
:[13:07:06] Gorgonian: no id love to have his bank account numbers, just to say i have them go ahead
:[13:07:11] Gorgonian: mistell
:[13:07:21] tjradd: niiiiiiiice
:[13:48:51] antiseptic: "tell Sibylle how are you?" /(answer):I do not have an answer for this question/ :)

Favorite FICS bots

FICS has lots of "TD's"(bots), by no offense to other TDs, I selected some(especially because I want to know them more, then I know now):

Bots(or TD's)	Description
chLog	Channel Logger
notesBot	search user finger notes
ObserveBot	observing games according to your preferences
puzzlebot	puzzles
Sibylle	Answers to questions about FICS
statbot	statistics
RelayInfo	Being used to provided users the Current Relay Schedule
tbot	monitors FICS tournaments
WatchBot	stores comments made during the game
wildBot	play additional wild variants
?	?

I have some help on 22 FICS bots in my help page: http://antiseptic-freechess.blogspot.com/p/help.html
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What is your favorite FICS bot?

Favorite FICS commands

moretime [seconds]
takeback [halfmoves]

Who would not like to have a move back in a long game after unintentional move when game just started(and all players have plenty of time)?..

Also it is nice to get each other more time, especially, when both players have similar digits in there clocks and the players enjoy the game, or situation is really complicated and pleases to be solved.

[The list is not finished. Any suggestions for useful and more notable(then generally it is) commands? ]

Lithuanian FICS channel?

FICS user Maras (FM) says:
+ch 237 to connect to Lithuanian channel.
More offers?

One technical idea how to make Fischer Random chess more popular on FISC

To establish (automatic or manual or both) initial countdown game starter(s).
Thirst suggestions in 50-th FICS channel(Sat Apr 14, 17:25 EETDST 2012):
antiseptic(50):How I suggest to make wild fr play more frequent? It is to
adopt an initial countdown, i.e. before game, to start countdown (e.g. 15 second) so players would be sure that they are "thinking", and not aborting the game.
(Explanations will be published later on.)

FICS stats, games, seek, filtering, and formula

For more info read previous posts or FICS help files.

Wanted game ---> user or game statistics
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V
Game seek statistics
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-|--------------> formula. Search or filtering means and methods.
?formula
gstat
ustat,
games /BLSwxz #or  games /b  games /s  games /l
sought all
sought
seek f #1 My first most wanted seek proposal
[*wait some time]
seek [time][increment][board][OP][f] #2 My second most wanted seek proposal. OP - Other Parameters.
[*wait some time]
seek [time][increment][board][OP][f] #3 My third most wanted seek proposal.
[*wait some time]
getgame f

*When waiting do e.g.

1. analysis with stats, e.g. gstat , ustat ;


2. analysis with: "games /bslBLSwxz", "games [first letters of user name]"


3. analysis with: "sought all", "sought"


4. adjust formula


5. observe a game with: observe /bslBLSwxz


6. analyze games or g. stats with: games /bsBlwLuxSez


7. overview users(for analysis or challenges) with: "who [o][r][f][a][R][U][s][b][w][z][L][S][B][A][l][t][v][n][#i#j]" Example: to find players available for challenges.


8. just wait


9. other things, e.g. listen to music, have a dinner...

[o]: Only open players.
[r]: Only players for rated matches.
[f]: Only free players (not playing a game).
[a]: Only available players (open & free).
[R]: Only registered players.
[U]: Only unregistered players.
[#i#j]: Only a portion of the who list; #j divides the list into j segments;
[A]: Lists players alphabetically.
[l]: Same as above but without rating/game info. [lower case "L"]

FORMAT OF DISPLAY
[t]: Terse. [this is the default]
[v]: Verbose.
[n]: Win-loss record.

My chess opening study

I. Opening choice may depend on your:

1. Experience
2. Opponent qualities
3. Qualities
4. Clock settings
5. Analysis objects, scientific investigations
6. Playing media
7. Playing event
8. Moods
9. Other factors

So in broader sense, there are no "bad" openings, only just underestimations. But our intelligent sense of humor let's us fairly name some openings as sharp as "crazy opening", "fools opening", or so. But deliberate usage or exploit there weakness, at some point might be effective. So this kind of database at certain situations might be useful, as well. And that is because certain playing conditions during the game determine difference between "winning" and "loosing". The faster the game and the less experience of players, the more chaos in the game is predictable.
And isn't it fairly to name "all openings" with only one descriptive name "Chaos opening"?
II. My chess opening study experience is not deep and broad. This work is an aim to reach a higher level in this area too.
III. Chess openings.
1. f4
1. f3
Blackmar–Diemer Gambit 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3
Openings for white.
1.e4 e6
1.e4 c6
1.e4 e5
1.e4 Nf6
1.e4 c5
1.e4 Nc6
1.e4 g6
1.e4 b6
1.e4 d6
Openings for black
1.e4 e6
1.e3 *?
1.d4 Nf6
1.d3 *?
1.c4 Nf6
1.c3 *?
1.f4 d5
1.f3 *?
1.b3 *?
1.b4 *?
1.g3 *?
1.g4 *?
1.Nf3 *?
1.Nc3 *?
1.Nh3 *?
1.Na3 *?
1.a4 *?
1.a3 *?
1.h4 *?
1.h3 *?