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WannaBe
Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Apr-08-26
Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello

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   Apr-07-26 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
WannaBe: In case I forgot, congrats to them Lady Bruins. =)) U. Mich (69-63) won, but the last spread I saw was -6.5, so if you took UConn w/ spread, you got very lucky, if you bet on them U. Mich, I feel bad; the O/U was 148.5
 
   Apr-06-26 Fusilli chessforum
 
WannaBe: You too <Fusilli>
 
   Apr-05-26 Chessgames - Odd Lie
 
WannaBe: Gotta double-triple check for typos in the future, what is "coving my neighbor's wife"?? Are we doves?
 
   Apr-01-26 OhioChessFan chessforum
 
WannaBe: <OCF> I will now have be a wabbit and dig dipper into Camp Washington Chili. Never hoid of them, don't know if they are canned, fast food, grocery store, etc. Will keep you updated.
 
   Mar-21-26 Chessgames - TV and Films (replies)
 
WannaBe: <CIO> LOL. I remember those mems... <chancho> North by Norwest, totally agree, the audiences know that the plane scene was filmed earlier and played on a screen behind. It was still drama. Same thing with the Mt. Rushmore chase scene.
 
   Mar-18-26 Chessgames - Politics (replies)
 
WannaBe: <plang> Do you have a link to where you got that information/data from? I would love to read it for myself.
 
   Mar-16-26 WannaBe chessforum (replies)
 
WannaBe: Future research project, how did Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld became "Can Can" and women kicking legs before the Radio City Hall Rocketts. An history that probably need some "Lookin Into"
 
   Mar-13-26 chessgames.com chessforum (replies)
 
WannaBe: ¡Olé! ¡Olé! this is what I see for "¡Olé! ¡Olé!" (game of the day Mar-13-2026) I also know this issue have been around for a while, and it's not that important, in IT term, it is a level 'C', cosmetic fix. But I just wish to report it again. Can CG.com unify this ...
 
   Mar-11-26 Sebastien Feller (replies)
 
WannaBe: <FSR> March 11 is his birthday, and usually PoD is chosen from the birth date of the player. So unless CG.com decides to change the algorithm on how PoD is decided. We will randomly get "undesired" player(s).
 
   Mar-05-26 G Timoscenko vs Karpov, 1967
 
WannaBe: So, strictly out of "Morbid Curiosity", I requested an analysis of the position: 1) +12.62 (22 ply) 55...Ke6 56. Nc6 Bg2 57. Nxa7 Ba8 58. Nc6 Kd7 59. Ne5+ Ke6 60. Nxg6 Be4 61. b6 f4 62. Nxf4+ Kf5 63. g6 Kg4 64. b7 Kxg3 65. b8=Q Kf3 66. g7 Bh7 67. g8=Q Bxg8 68. Qxg8 Ke3 69. a7 Ke4 ...
 
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Feb-01-07  YouRang: <WannaBe, Trudodyr> I don't have playchess myself, so I don't think I can be much help.

Generally speaking, an 'exception' is an unexpected error event that suspends processing (invalid memory address, invalid instruction, divide-by-zero, etc.). There are also ways to programmatically raise an exception (which is what I suspect is happening here).

Sometimes when an exception occurs, there is a piece of software called an exception handler to 'catch' it. If the exception is not caught, it is just reported as an error and the program crashes.

Since you see the "create lobbymanager exception" string in the exe file, then it figures to be a software exception that the playchess developers intended to raise under certain circumstances, and there was no handler to 'catch' it.

I think this is a problem to report to the developers of playchess. They should be able to tell you the circumstances that cause the exception to be raised.

FYI, looking online, I found a Java language object called <LobbyManager>, which seems to be game oriented. Possibly this is used by playchess.exe, and an error is occurring while trying to create and initialize a LobbyManager object. Link: http://www.threerings.net/code/vily...

I notice that this <LobbyManager> object will raise an exception if it is unable to locate a "configuration property". This *might* suggest that a configuration file on your workstation got corrupted or deleted. Unfortunately, I have no idea where that would be kept. It might be a file within the playchess folders, or in the registry, or ???). Since software developers assume that configuration files won't get corrupted, this might be the type of exception that is left unhandled.

Did you notice that I managed to say quite a lot without actually being helpful? I learned this skill the other day when I spent 3 hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech support.

Feb-01-07  YouRang: Addendum for <Trudodyr>: In my forum, <myschkin> gave the following link for chessbase support. I recommend that you use it to report your problem: http://www.chessbase.com/support/ma...
Feb-01-07  Trudodyr: <yourang>I think you have hit it on the head.
Feb-01-07  JoeWms: Just passing by. System Restore cured my illness recently.

Feb-01-07
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  WannaBe: <YouRang> Hey, man, thanks!!

Oh, yeah, back home from NoCal. =)

Feb-01-07  YouRang: You're welcome, although I suspect that when <Trudodyr> said that I <hit it on the head>, he was referring to the remark I made at the end of my post: <...I managed to say quite a lot without actually being helpful>.
Feb-01-07  positionalgenius: <yourang>He wasn't. Trust me.
Feb-01-07  YouRang: <positionalgenius> Oh, I was just trying to be wry. (Hmmm, a wry try). :-).

I probably should have followed my previous post with a winking smiley [;-)] to avoid confusion.

Feb-01-07
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  WannaBe: <Trudodyr> Going back to our debugging of the problem.

In your Playchess folder, there is a sub-folder called Messages, which should have 3 *.inc files and another folder, (mine is called English) does this match your configuration?

(I Personally still think it's that Kodak program... Did you get it from Kodak corporate site? Or is it a shareware? I read on a page that shareware are notoriously bad for causing errors like these.)

Feb-01-07  Trudodyr: <wannabe>The kodak is store-bought;its used to save pictures. OK the files:
Yes it matches your configuration.
Feb-01-07  Trudodyr: <wannabe>It doesn't make sense. I completely uninstalled and reinstalled it,and repaired the install. Everything should be there....
Feb-01-07  Trudodyr: <wannabe>Whats even worse is that playchess #1 Raffael played today and I didn't see him. Truly sad...
Feb-02-07
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  WannaBe: <Trudodyr> I am completely out of ideas... =(

Let me sleep on it over night, and see if I can think of any other cases/scenarios that this can happen.

Feb-02-07  Trudodyr: <Wannabe>Thanks for the help. You took time and tried to figure it out-thats a selfless act. You certainly have my gratitude.
Feb-02-07  ahmadov: Do you think this is somehow related to you ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6...

Feb-02-07  JDK: Mmmm..rabbit pie :-)

My mum had a pet rabbit as a child. One day she came home to find the rabbit hutch empty, and that night her dad made the family rabbit pie...strangely nobody ate it.

However, my mum says that she will never cook any pet rabbits from her bad experience..so a positive came out of it.

Feb-02-07  mojoXX: <Wannabe> Mad props to you for the help you give to the CG members. Go Bruins!
Feb-02-07
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  WannaBe: Eating rabbits?! How cruel!! I've personally never had rabbit meat.
Feb-02-07  Open Defence: <wannabe> wabbits are extremely tasty hehehehehehe (Elmer Fudd laugh)... in fact I make a Wabbit Stew...
Feb-02-07  Trudodyr: <Wannabe>In a final act of deperation I uninstalled it all,waited 24 hours and then reinstalled it. No luck.
Feb-02-07
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  WannaBe: <Trudodyr> Silly/stupid question time, I noticed that when I installed the playchess software, it says to reboot the computer.

Have you done that yet? If yes, maybe it's time to visit the support and send them a description of your problem.

Feb-02-07  Trudodyr: <Wannabe>Yep,did it. And yes I already contacted chessbase twice and both times they told me to re-install...
Feb-02-07
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  WannaBe: <Trudodyr> I see, I see... =(
Feb-02-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Okay,

we have ruled out:

1. Bad download/install, because our file sizes completely matches. But we didn't compare files in the sub-folders...

2. Virus/worm, you did a scan and found nothing.

3. You have (un)(re)installed, many, many times.

I am starting to run out of ideas/options here...

Feb-02-07  Trudodyr: <Wannabe>Real weird thing is that I'm good with computers so this one really has me stumped. I'm not a programmer or anything but I still know quite a bit about computers.
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