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🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Jun 3 01:52 AM UTC in reply to Bn Em from Sun Jun 2 01:57 PM:

Might it be worth tracking here not only who has nominated/seconded games, but also eligibility status and perhaps even what currently makes a game ineligible if so?

I have now done this up through Opulent Lemurian Shatranj, and to save time, only for the remaining games that are also seconded. Here's a legend of my codes:

GC
Programmed for Game Courier. Meets requirement for programmed online play.
OGC
Old Game Courier, meaning it is programmed for rule enforcement but does not support display of legal moves or evaluation of endgame conditions. Could use updating.
UGC
Unprogrammed Game Courier. Needs updating.
ID
Interactive Diagram. Too weak to meet requirement but may tip balance.
PG
Past games, linking to Game Courier logs. Meets requirement for record of past games.
J
Jocly. Too weak to meet requirement but may tip balance.
Li
LiChess. Programmed Online Play requirement?
Lu
Ludii. Too weak to meet requirement but may tip balance.
Z
Zillions-of-Games. Meets requirement for being able to play against your computer.

Of the seconded games I added details for, none fully qualify. Seireigi comes closest, being playable on Game Courier, on Jocly, on Ludii, and with an Interactive Diagram. While it is playable against multiple computer opponents, two are JavaScript based, the other is Java based, and all are fairly weak.