November 2001
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The FICS SR Team

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FICS Onlinetours

One of the biggest obstacles facing the newcomer to FICS is learning how to function on the server. We at FICS realize this, and have a way for newcomers to learn a little about how to function on FICS. It is the FICS Onlinetours. The Tour is an interactive way to become familiar with various commands that are used on FICS. During the Tour, you will have chances to ask questions about the subject. There are three different Tours:
  • The Communications Tour which is used to help players learn how to talk with each other, through the tell and shout commands;
  • The Match/Seek Game Tour which helps the players learn how to get games with other players, through the match and seek commands;
  • The Mamer Tour which shows experienced players how to play in the tournaments that FICS offers.
The Tours are run in channel 7. To watch a Tour when it is run, simply type in:

+ch 7

The current tours schedule is:

 Tour  Week Day  Server Time
 The Communication Tour  Sunday  04:00
 The Match/Seek Game Tour  Tuesday  11:00
 The Mamer Tour  Thursday  19:00
 The Match/Seek Game Tour  Saturday  17:00

Server Time is Pacific ie. GMT-8.

In addition, the Communication Tour and the Mamer Tour are available in Italian, courtesy of frengo, one of the admins at FICS. Please send a message to him to arrange a Tour.

If you would like to participate in a Tour, but none is scheduled for the time that you are on, you can always ask for a Tour. All you need to do is ask a Service Representative(SR). To see a list of the Service Representatives, type showsrs, and you can send a tell to one who is listed as available. In order to do this, just type, for example:

tell GBate Hi! Could you run the Mamer Tour for me, please?

If you have suggestions about subjects for the Onlinetours, please don't hesistate to send a message to either Chessty or GBate.

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