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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Game seek statistics
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?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.