Utterly Frustrating

[Currahee]

Good points by Heldenkaiser; and if you'll use the start menu button to open saved games, you're unlikely to open a .pbl file, because it won't show them, unless you select the wrong button. Also, if you're prompted for a password, that's a clue that you've opened the .pbl file.

Also, note that the automatically saved moves, labeled "END OF TURN- DO NOT SEND" can be freely opened without triggering an anti-cheat message; that's what they're for; so it's no problem, if you want to go back and look at an earlier position. It's not cheating, as those files are no longer part of the "active game".

Dan, if your game is a ladder game in another club, of course their rules will apply; but we won't require you to forfeit your games here, if you have to quit because of multiple reload messages. And also, unless your opponent registers here, you won't be able to report the game on the Blitz ladder. So you may just want to terminate the game, unless that gets you into trouble in the other club.

If players want to allow "take-backs", that's easy; you can still take back moves as always, your opponent gets a "beep" during the replay movie, so if you've agreed to allow it, no problem; there's no need to do turn reloads.

Even considering all the various legitimate reasons "reload" messages may be triggered, the false alarms are very infrequent; the sad truth is, some players were used to playing COW for years, and doing multiple, intentional reloads, to replay moves, or portions of moves. If you responded in kind, the game became exceedingly tedious, and completely put off new players; it's really good for the game system, to put that behind us.