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Hi i wish to test the pbem,and the skills ive learned,so i need an opponent to try a real small short game,just to get my feet weet.I am willing and hopping to start rite away ,thanks
ACTUALY to tell the truth i need a decent person to walk me through ,how to send and recieve emails,in order that i may start doing PBEM games.i didnt realy see any info on this in the manual.

Friend, you have to log-in into The Official Ladder. There you will find Short Games, the Official Ladder games.

www.advancedtactics.org

PBEM:

First you have to configure the game for PBEM.
Means you have to activate "passwords" and the "PBEM Anti Cheat"

At the end of the turn you save as usual.
For PBEM it is often
Lee_vs_Grant_01a.pt2 (player 1)
Lee_vs_Grant_01b.pt2 (player 2)

The 01 represents the round number. Player 1 has to change this when he saves his turn.

Simply to avoid overwriting the turns.

You then send the turn you saved. Simply attach it to your email,
write some lines and go. You can send it as it is, no need to zip it.

When you get the answer you simply save the attachment into your saved games folder
and open it like a normal saved game.
I have for each of my opponents a own folder in my saved games folder. A lot of folders full of
well known names in the AT world [:D]
Hope this was a help.

I forgot:
 
Imho it is better you start with non ladder games just for fun.
Less pressure, better for learning. You can find opponents here in this forum.

Seille thanks i understand now ,sounds easy to do a pbem.

I'll play you a random PBEM game. I've not done one yet so I'm just as much a newb as you. I can ususally get in a turn every day or two.

ok jeff we will learn the procedure together,small senerio,just to get the email sending down,then we can play a small one fer real,you could set it up you look capable with the hat and glasses and all.

ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.

I'll play you a random PBEM game. I've not done one yet so I'm just as much a newb as you. I can ususally get in a turn every day or two.

ORIGINAL: R.E.LEE

ok jeff we will learn the procedure together,small senerio,just to get the email sending down,then we can play a small one fer real,you could set it up you look capable with the hat and glasses and all.

ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.

I'll play you a random PBEM game. I've not done one yet so I'm just as much a newb as you. I can ususally get in a turn every day or two.

Sure, I'll give it a shot, I'll need your email address to send the turns to; mine is testcranker-at-gmail-dot-com

Great no time like the present-- tcscott_51@hotmail.com Make sure the first one is a real small small game just a tesster,if we manage the emails ok then we can play a good larger fight.